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Well I'm on YoshiKong's side on this issue.
 
While we're at it, let's make a Pokemon child board in video games.
 
A little bit of both
 
A bunch of stuff:

Link to the FAQ in the bar at the top - After almost every other question in the Helpdesk is about rotating avatars even after it's been added to the FAQ.

Link to the Rules ^^^^^^ I don't think anyone would think to look for them in the General Discussion board even if it's locked and stickied, and even if they did go past it it would be easily overlooked.

Censor the word "ass" - I think it is technically a swear word.

Show a user's display name history - I think the mods do have that on record, at least that would be good enough (a previous suggestion I made to show someone's previous avatars and signatures wasn't feasible)
 
The first one sounds fine and could maybe be placed within the Help tab if that's possible at all, and while the 3rd one I personally don't think is necessary, I guess it can be done if it's really that big of a problem.

As for the link to the rules, why don't you think people would think to look for them in General Discussion? Where else could they possibly be? A link to the rules in the top bar might make it easier for people who are confused for some reason, but it's superfluous.

As for the display name history, this already exists and is already enough work on its own. Following the name changes of every single person would be too much work for such little benefit.
 
Politoed said:
The first one sounds fine and could maybe be placed within the Help tab if that's possible at all, and while the 3rd one I personally don't think is necessary, I guess it can be done if it's really that big of a problem.

As for the link to the rules, why don't you think people would think to look for them in General Discussion? Where else could they possibly be? A link to the rules in the top bar might make it easier for people who are confused for some reason, but it's superfluous.

As for the display name history, this already exists and is already enough work on its own. Following the name changes of every single person would be too much work for such little benefit.
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Actually, I'll agree with the display name thing, it's uneeded. As for the censoration, I'm only suggesting it because the forum doesn't have a monobook feature or anything like the wiki. And besides, even if it was done, it wouldn't affect users who have the swear filter turned off. And the second one, I only suggested it because I had trouble finding the rules when I was new to the forum, but maybe that's just based off of my own personal experience.
 
I've actually been wanting a link to the rules on the top bar for a while now. Not many new users think to look for the rules when they first join, and that can sometimes be their downfall. If users could access it easily from anywhere in the forum, it could stop more users from breaking the rules.
 
Mariotime11 said:
Censor the word "ass" - I think it is technically a swear word.
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It's not

Also think of all the other words that can get affected

Lass, bass, pass

Those are just some of the other words that will get censored for no reason
 
censoring ass would would offend any donkeys that visit our forum, as such i oppose it completely
 
Lakituthequick said:
Mariotime11 said:
As for the censoration, I'm only suggesting it because the forum doesn't have a monobook feature or anything like the wiki.
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What does censoring have to do with monobook?
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On a monobook, it's possible to bold or change the color of certain words. Therefore, I believe that it's also possible to censor certain words through coding (although, I've never done it).
 
"Ass" is not really a swear, it's just a not polite word.
 
AlsoI there needs to be a PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING message or the rules or maybe copy and paste the rules into the terms of agreement.
 
MKGirlism said:
"Ass" is not really a swear, it's just a not polite word.
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I know that they avoided saying it in Portal 2, which was rated 10+, though I still don't really know if it counts as a swear.
 
MKGirlism said:
"Ass" is not really a swear, it's just a not polite word.
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Neither is crap, Damn, Hell and Fart, yet people get pissy whenever someone uses them

Oh hey, there's another one, "Piss"
 
Back on topic.....

Anyways, putting the censoring idea aside, what about linking the FAQ/rules at the top?
 
NSY said:
AlsoI there needs to be a PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING message or the rules or maybe copy and paste the rules into the terms of agreement.
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That's gonna be f--ing annoying and the second point has nothing to do with the forum rules
 
Mariotime11 said:
Back on topic.....

Anyways, putting the censoring idea aside, what about linking the FAQ/rules at the top?
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I support, though I'm not sure anyone would actually use the FAQ.
 
I'm still waiting for a mod's pitch on these ideas (minus the fourth one)
 
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