This forum was created as a time-saving device to handle problem situations such as broken links, shills and so on. It is not meant as a replacement for the regular policing that we all do in the topics we frequent, but it is meant to grab our attention in case something has escaped our notice. It is also a way to ask us about why we format/build things a certain way and to help us decide how to shape this site to better serve readers.
As our membership grows, and our admin remains the loosely knit Simon, nonhocapito, Maat and myself, the number of people who are posting becomes difficult to monitor. Perhaps the four of us haven't caught on to something very obvious that would improve the forum's efficacy. Please use this not as a "report suspicious activity" police unit, but as a way of getting our attention on things having specifically to do with the management of the forum, stuff that normal members cannot do such as modify links, ban or suspend problem users or suspicious users, etc.
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Since we presently don't have an image-uploading system activated, one more reminder about what NOT to burden administration with:
Please monitor your own image links/hotlinks (a hotlink is an image link directly leeching from another site that you have no control over) and hyperlinks (links to URLs and web pages) and do not bother our forum with broken links that you can fix yourself. Let us know if there is a problem you can't control. We know that broken links are par for the course as official sites we've identified are changed or removed by shills as an attempt by them to save face, but do your best. Download and reupload to your own host the most relevant pictures to your point. Once in a while, check your old favorite posts you made and make sure the links still work.
Thank you! And hopefully this will prove a useful and time-saving device for Admins with just as much right to free time and leisure as regular members.
