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Topic Originator: dave67
Date: Tue 3 Nov 20:41
thank you
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Tue 3 Nov 20:46
I.ve started a thread on the US Presidential election on the Politics Forum just to get things moving.
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Topic Originator: Socks
Date: Tue 3 Nov 21:28
Dave, as you know, the issue of whether politial discussion should take place on off topic or a separate politics forum is one that.s gone on for a while. The recent Covid stuff has shown quite effectively that for many issues, even where they are not overtly political, there is a political dimension and so specifying what topic goes where is not always straightforward.
Would you consider allowing forum members to decide which option they prefer? I know that in the past you.ve basically just said .no, it.s the rules., but if the majority who have an opinion one way or the other feel that the rule is wrong, surely there must be scope to change it. A simple thread on off topic asking people which option they prefer would do the job simply and effectively.
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Topic Originator: widtink
Date: Tue 3 Nov 21:39
I did a poll on this very subject in 2018 on here... The overwhelming majority wanted politics in a different section.
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Topic Originator: londonparsfan
Date: Tue 3 Nov 22:02
About 90% of political topics get started in the politics forum but every now and again a political topic would probably have wide enough interest and be rare enough that the odd one could surely survive in the off topic forum despite the rules?
The US elections are going to impact pretty much everyone on the forum whether you like that fact or not. Seems a bit over zealous on the rules front to delete 3 threads rather than leave them.
If it goes back to the number of posts when the Indy and Brexit referendums were in full flow and there were a lot political posts on the off topic forum I could understand (and actually agreed with) the need to for the politics forum but surely a couple on the US elections were ok in off topic? If you didn't want to read them they were clearly marked and they aren't hard to avoid.
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Topic Originator: AdamAntsParsStripe
Date: Wed 4 Nov 11:49
Off topic should include politics.
Lots of people are interested in it.
Shoving it off to the graveyard section is why this forum is slowly dying a death.
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Topic Originator: AdamAntsParsStripe
Date: Wed 4 Nov 11:50
Quote:
widtink, Tue 3 Nov 21:39
I did a poll on this very subject in 2018 on here... The overwhelming majority wanted politics in a different section.
Do a new poll in 2020?
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Wed 4 Nov 11:56
Quote:
AdamAntsParsStripe, Wed 4 Nov 11:49
Off topic should include politics.
Lots of people are interested in it.
Shoving it off to the graveyard section is why this forum is slowly dying a death.
If lots of people are interested then why is the politics forum seen as a graveyard? Seems a bit of a Trumpism. Declares he's won but also declares fraud!
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Topic Originator: AdamAntsParsStripe
Date: Wed 4 Nov 12:18
Quote:
jake89, Wed 4 Nov 11:56
Quote:
AdamAntsParsStripe, Wed 4 Nov 11:49
Off topic should include politics.
Lots of people are interested in it.
Shoving it off to the graveyard section is why this forum is slowly dying a death.
If lots of people are interested then why is the politics forum seen as a graveyard? Seems a bit of a Trumpism. Declares he's won but also declares fraud!
Because evidence suggests that lots of members only go to the football forum or off topic.
Politics forum is the DotNet equivalent of BBC 6.
I've seen politics posts on here that gain a lot of interest and comments but gets moved away and dies a death.
It kind of contradicts what a forum is all about.
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Topic Originator: londonparsfan
Date: Wed 4 Nov 15:05
Same as the food forum. Seemed a great idea at the time. Now completely dead.
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Wed 4 Nov 15:34
Posting figures could be considered evidence but are meaningless without context. What evidence is there of people wanting politics content on off-topic? Perhaps it's simply a case that few people wish to engage on political topics?
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Topic Originator: Mario
Date: Wed 4 Nov 15:51
"Do a new poll in 2020?"
That.s not even a generation since the last one...another couple of years surely.
Post Edited (Wed 04 Nov 16:05)
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Wed 4 Nov 16:49
I posted the Biden and Big day for America posts on the off topic forum as I did not actually think they were political ( I know please don.t laugh ) But it never occurred to me at the time of posting
So apologies to all and especially admin
We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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Topic Originator: fcda
Date: Wed 4 Nov 16:57
Quote:
londonparsfan, Wed 4 Nov 15:05
Same as the food forum. Seemed a great idea at the time. Now completely dead.
Same as the TV/Movies/Music forum. Used to like seeing an occasional post on off topic about gigs in the town, or new series to watch.
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Topic Originator: londonparsfan
Date: Wed 4 Nov 17:39
I'd genuinely forgotten that was there.
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Topic Originator: Berry
Date: Wed 4 Nov 21:04
Politics forum for this p!sh
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Topic Originator: AdamAntsParsStripe
Date: Wed 4 Nov 21:56
Quote:
Berry, Wed 4 Nov 21:04
Politics forum for this p!sh
Ironically it will 😉
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Topic Originator: OzPar
Date: Thu 5 Nov 02:11
I would be happy if it was all pulled back to just three forums - football, off topic and sticky. Everything else can be folded into off topic.
It was the randomness, the insanity of it all that made the off topic forum enjoyable and interesting in the past. Now we have too many cul-de-sacs that are rarely visited.
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Topic Originator: DBA
Date: Thu 5 Nov 07:05
Quote:
OzPar, Thu 5 Nov 02:11
I would be happy if it was all pulled back to just three forums - football, off topic and sticky. Everything else can be folded into off topic.
It was the randomness, the insanity of it all that made the off topic forum enjoyable and interesting in the past. Now we have too many cul-de-sacs that are rarely visited.
Agree 100%.
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Topic Originator: Wotsit
Date: Thu 5 Nov 18:26
Off Topic is turning into a cross between an IT help-desk and a sole-trader recommendation service.
The enemy travels by private jet, not by dinghy.
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Thu 5 Nov 18:36
And let's be honest, most trades recommendations come from the friends and partners of the tradesperson...or PARrot because they're on Squealadeal 😂
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