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Title: links Post by: altinkum on July 31, 2009, 04:41:22 PM i've just clicked on 3 threads with titles that interested me only to find their links to newspaper articles or the like. is there anyway admin can put link or something similar by these post's so members with no interest can skip them as this forum is getting cluttered with them on a daily basis. mike
Title: Re: links Post by: romano-brit on July 31, 2009, 05:03:21 PM gotta agree with you there mate, theres only so many times you read an article from some newspaper about 20 years ago
its getting boaring now!! Title: Re: links Post by: DIG IT! (ADIE) on July 31, 2009, 05:06:04 PM Yep i agree i dont mind seeing any new articles but it does get a bit tedious ;)
Title: Re: links Post by: altinkum on July 31, 2009, 05:30:00 PM it's not just newspaper articles it's links to coin sites/buckles/broochs/fireman sam if anyone wants to do some research into something they've only got to google it. the topic board is starting to get snowed under with mundane threads just for the sake of putting something up. if you hav'nt got anything interesting to say dont say it unless your trying to get your post count up to knobhead status
Title: Re: links Post by: romano-brit on July 31, 2009, 05:31:54 PM plus all the pointless things like guess the film/coin, its ok a couple of times but then its like, um why bother?
Title: Re: links Post by: DIG IT! (ADIE) on July 31, 2009, 05:34:57 PM Watch it milsy you might get up to knob head status :-X
Title: Re: links Post by: DIGGA on July 31, 2009, 08:00:42 PM the reason being so many guess the film or coin etc is on here is so people can test themselves on their knowledge ,,,,, also you may of niticed it has been bucketing down with rain for the last few weeks so no one has been out ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, i personally put all those coin sites on here because i felt it may be of use to some people ,,, not to get to ,,,,,,, as someone put it ,,, knobhead status ,,,, quite frankly i dont care a shit if i am a newbie or a superhero as long as i can pop on here and see the posts ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, if thats what people think about the posts i put on regarding coin sites etc then boll**ks to it i wont bother doing it any more >:( >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re: links Post by: DIGGA on July 31, 2009, 08:22:47 PM so much for trying to be helpfull ,,,,, i tell you what ,,,, everyone who reads this dont bother putting any jokes ,,, guess the film ,,, guess the coin ,,, guess the artifact or any links on here any more and lets all see how long the site lasts for shall we ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
Title: Re: links Post by: detectordave on July 31, 2009, 08:28:16 PM lets face it not all your posts are intresting to everyone either altinkum but at least some people do try to make things more intresting keep it up digga ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: links Post by: altinkum on July 31, 2009, 08:37:58 PM i'm not bothered by guess the film or jokes because the title say's it all. it's where there's an interesting title to a thread and only on opening it you find out it's a link so i was asking is there anyway admin can flag these threads so people dont have to open them if they have no interest in them. like you say you dont have to read them quite true but i'd rather not open a thread if it contains a link
Title: Re: links Post by: altinkum on July 31, 2009, 08:48:01 PM hey detector dave i dont remember signaling anyones post out in particilar just a general comment about the amount of links being put up on here. like you said not all my post's are interesting so you have the choice of reading or not. i'll have a trawl through your's in a minute to see what riviting stuff you've contributed to this site
Title: Re: links Post by: detectordave on July 31, 2009, 09:11:36 PM Probably about 150 more interesting than yours :) lol
Title: Re: links Post by: altinkum on July 31, 2009, 09:25:02 PM let's see a few of them detector dave
Title: Re: links Post by: mole on July 31, 2009, 09:43:49 PM At present there are 381 members on this forum ::) from absolute beginners to seasoned pros it is easy to critiscise others posts /links the majority of which are entertaining and informative especially to the greener element amongst if some of the more experienced members are "NOT AMUSED" they should contribute to the forum with some posts/links themselves as it,s already been stated you don,nt have to read everthing it,s OPTIONAL :D MOLE
Title: Re: links Post by: Neil on July 31, 2009, 11:22:04 PM Gentlemen calm down - I think I can speak for Geoff and myself when I say we are quite content with the educational links, as long as thats what they are. After all it informs and educates us all. If people don't want to click on the links then choose not to - it really is that easy. After all Millsy would not have learnt what a Victorian carpet rod pin looked like otherwise! ;D ;D ;D
The only ones we tend to freeze are the dedicated jokes - even then though we let them stand and don't delete them, just they end up in the jokes only section and thats where they belong. If people want to look at them they can. This site was formed as a detecting site for Welsh detectorists and anything related to it or detecting in general is welcome. If you want to post other stuff don't be offended if it doesn't stay on the main page long. If its detecting or relevant history related then it stays. Up to the user if they choose to go into it or not. As someone else mentioned we have loads of newbies here, who as the same as all of us need to learn the background info. What some of the seasoned detectorists take for old news is new news to some. I include myself in that. cheers Neil |