YoDude | # 21 | 2009-04-18, 15:27 | Report

Wow. Using the police metafore... You just gave the troll your dang gun...

Since you allowed this thread to be hi-jacked... It has been my experience* that moderating and over correcting are two different things and are usually counter productive when practiced simultaneously.

Over correcting by one individual stifles the free flow of information and does not allow the regular contributing members a chance to research, and correct factual errors.

As this forums membership grows you are going to have to allow the membership to self police. Then Mods input is needed only when the methods used by civilian members are considered inappropriate or as a last resort in settling arguments over facts...

It's either that or be prepared to be on board typing responses 24/7. < That will get real tired real quick and unfortunately some will see it as a game and start playing "Lets trip up the Mod and see what we get away with".



*Mod and Super Mod for over 5 years now on a forum with almost 1 million members with a over 20,000 posts just last week. (not something I like to advertise off that board BTW)

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Now hopefully back to the regularly scheduled program.

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timsamoff | # 22 | 2009-04-21, 17:27 | Report

Update: http://maemo.org/community/council/the_final_countdown/

Thanks!
Tim

Lord Raiden | # 23 | 2009-04-21, 19:30 | Report

Oh great. Now I've got that stupid song stuck in my head. lol. Well, either way, I'll definitely be looking forward to it.

Oh, btw. Here's a little nod to the guys at the Maemo project.

GeneralAntilles | # 24 | 2009-04-21, 19:37 | Report

The shout out is nice, but I can't help but wonder if this is satire.

sjgadsby | # 25 | 2009-04-21, 19:52 | Report

A few notes:

• While the N800 and N810 are part of Nokia's N-series, the 770 was not. Therefore, it has no "N".
• NX-51 appears to be a typo for RX-51. Furthermore, RX-51 isn't a suggested, possible name for the Maemo 5 lead device. It is the internal codename for that device. See: Codenames.
• It's "Fremantle", not "Freemantle", and it will ship on the Maemo 5 lead device, not be released after that device.
• maemo.org is the homepage for the community and community projects. It's not the homepage for Maemo the OS or the internal Nokia software development team.
• The Council represents the community and is heavily involved in maemo.org. They don't manage Maemo. They don't even manage the community.
• "Internet" is a proper noun, as is "Internet Tablet".
• "maemo.org", though a proper noun, should be all lowercase.
• Your quotation marks aren't coded properly.
• Comic Sans?

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Lord Raiden | # 26 | 2009-04-21, 20:17 | Report

heh. Yeah, sorry about discrepancies. I did the best I could with the info I had.

Jaffa | # 27 | 2009-04-21, 20:31 | Report

Hopefully you'll fix them (heaven forbid the Internet had something factually inaccurate on it ;-)).

I'm sure many of us would be happy to proof read stuff in future, if you wanted. Hell, if nothing else it kinda falls under the Council remit of helping the community - but I'm sure you'd not be short of people anyway :-)

(Thanks to sjgadsby doing a sterling job everywhere at the moment - proof that one doesn't need to be on the council to be an enormous benefit to the community. See also VDVsx.)

Lord Raiden | # 28 | 2009-04-21, 23:52 | Report

Yeah, if someone wants to proof that and email me the needed changes, I can post the changes as soon as I get them.

timsamoff | # 29 | 2009-04-22, 00:45 | Report

Looks like sjgadsby's already done that for you above!

Tim

mikkov | # 30 | 2009-04-22, 08:35 | Report

I hope that the beta tag is removed. It has no meaning for a website which is in "production"