Moderator Decisions

This is going to be the thread where ShaggyB and I explain major moderating decisions.

A few years ago, it would be the repository of thread drift links, although that hadn't been a problem very often in the last year. There had been a total of twelve thread drifts from April 2013-April 2014.

I edited thread titles to remove the words "thread" and "official." [URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/announcement.php?f=2&a=1"]As per one of the new boardwide rules.
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[QUOTE]NO “OFFICIAL”, “DISCUSSION”, OR “THREAD” IN THREAD TITLES

Users do not make threads official, it's obvious we're all here to discuss things, and we all know what threads are. Let’s keep redundancies and information we already know out of thread titles.[/QUOTE]

I also deleted the Peter Parker appreciation thread. The first post, which hadn't gotten any responses, didn't really have much to say. Which goes against two of the boardwide rules.

[QUOTE][B]PUT SOME THOUGHT AND EFFORT INTO IT[/B]

Opening posts of any thread should set the tone by introducing the topic and being a springboard for further conversation. Do not succinctly give a topic and then simply say "Discuss" or something similar, expecting other people to run with it. Do not only provide a link to somewhere else or copy/paste an entire article from elsewhere without adding your own thoughts. It’s no one’s job to start threads to make up for whatever particular topics they feel are missing from the forums or need to be split from other conversations, so do not start threads with the empty notion of filling a void without putting the effort into presenting the topic as something worth discussing. If you want to say something, then say it. If you can’t muster up enough effort to start a thread properly, wait for someone else to do it.

(This does not apply to genuine questions posed to the forum the thread starter has no answer to or presenting clips/trailers/previews of material that may be of interest to the forum.)

[B]NO STAKE CLAIMING[/B]

Starting up a thread with little to no content just because you know people will eventually be talking about the topic is stake claiming. Whether you're eager to see people talking about it or want the first post or credit for having started what you think will soon be a busy or popular thread, please avoid doing this.[/QUOTE]

What in the name of blue #### happened to the boards?

[QUOTE=Rob Thompson;8802]What in the name of blue #### happened to the boards?[/QUOTE]

Jonah Weilland, the owner, felt that a fresh start was necessary after a particularly egregious situation.

[url]http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=52513[/url]

If you have any more questions there is a Spider-Man forum Q and A.

[url]http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?313-The-New-Community-Q-amp-A[/url]

[QUOTE=Mister Mets;8843][QUOTE=Rob Thompson;8802]What in the name of blue #### happened to the boards?[/QUOTE]Jonah Weilland, the owner, felt that a fresh start was necessary after a particularly egregious situation.

[url]http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=52513[/url]

If you have any more questions there is a Spider-Man forum Q and A.

[url]http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?313-The-New-Community-Q-amp-A[/url][/QUOTE]

Might also be worth noting that situation was one of many that were last straws.

The short version is, its a brave new world. Everyone gets a fresh start. ;)




To Rob specifically:

This is not the thread to discuss the changes to CBR. You will find those in the Community board or the Q&A board. If you need a link or have further questions, feel free to PM Mets or myself.

This was clearly done simply to stop my drive toward the 25k posts mark.

Fistshake, I say. [I]Fistshake. [/I]

[QUOTE=Mister Mets;8843]Jonah Weilland, the owner, felt that a fresh start was necessary after a particularly egregious situation.

[url]http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=52513[/url]

If you have any more questions there is a Spider-Man forum Q and A.

[url]http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?313-The-New-Community-Q-amp-A[/url][/QUOTE]

So in other words he made a deal with Mephisto and OMD'd the entire forum?

[QUOTE=CrimsonEchidna;9294]So in other words he made a deal with Mephisto and OMD'd the entire forum?[/QUOTE]
Nah. We still remember it. ;)

This a good idea for a thread. But why didn't you notify members that you'd be making such severe changes and that they would have to reregister? There's a lot of confusion right now and that certainly could've prevented a lot of it.

This is not a thread for discussing the changes to CBR, that exists on the Community Q&A board.

This is a thread for Mets and I to let you know when a drift or a merge happens.... or when we need to explain something major we do on the spider-man board (Circa yesterday post relaunch - to current).

I feel so brand new!! lol

I'm just glad that you two are still around, Mets and ShaggyB. I thought there would've been some shakeups involving the loss of previous moderators in general after the incident when I was reading it a little while ago. :cool:

Could you perhaps make this one a sticky? Being able to read the verdicts would be a good thing.

A thread about a leaked image from an upcoming issue of[I] Ultimate Spider-Man[/I] was deleted.

In the first thread drift of the new board, 53 posts on whether Spider-Man should kill were moved from [URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?1048-Amazing-Spider-Man-2"]the[I] Amazing Spider-Man 2[/I] discussio[/URL]n [URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?4043-Amazing-Spider-Man-2-Thread-Drift-Should-Heroes-Kill"]to a new thread.[/URL]

Locked a thread about Linkara.

Dont post a link to a video blog or website and follow it with "Thoughts?". Please put more effort into starting discussion threads.

Also, remember we dont discuss the person, just the points he makes.... In case of future threads on linkara's work.

[URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?7381-Reasons-To-Keep-Peter-Parker-Single/page2"]From the discussion about reasons to keep Peter Parker single[/URL], [URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?9090-Thread-Drift-How-famous-is-Mary-Jane"]22 posts were moved to a new thread about whether Mary Jane was a supermodel and what that meant.[/URL]

[URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?9023-The-best-and-worst-years-to-be-a-Spider-man-fan"]From a discussion about the best and worst years of the Spider-Man comics[/URL], [URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?10132-Thread-Drift-What-Fans-Want"]18 posts about what fans want were moved to a new thread.[/URL]

[URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?10274-Spider-Girl-in-Spider-verse"]From a discussion about Spider-Girl's appearance in Spider-Verse...[/URL]

[URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?11091-Has-Dan-Slott-Been-Writing-Spider-Man-Too-Long"]a few posts were moved to a new thread about whether Dan Slott's been writing Spider-Man comics too long.[/URL]

[URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?11094-Thread-Drift-The-Original-Plans-For-Spider-Verse"]And twelve posts were moved to a new thread about the original plans for Spider-Verse.[/URL]

[URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?11413-Amazing-Spider-man-4-discussion-(-spoilers-)"]From the[I] Amazing Spider-Man[/I] #4 discussion[/URL], [URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?11621-Thread-Drift-Silk-and-Mary-Sues-(Amazing-Spider-Man-4-Spoilers)"]14 posts about whether a new character is a Mary Sue were moved to a new thread.[/URL]

[URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?15195-One-More-Day-Question-for-Spider-Man-Fans"]From a discussion about One More Day[/URL], [URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?10132-Thread-Drift-What-Fans-Want"]eleven posts on what fans want were moved to an existing thread on that topic.[/URL]

[URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?22352-Amazing-Spider-Man-8-Spoilers-Discussion"]From the[I] Amazing Spider-Man[/I] #8 discussion[/URL], [URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?22358-Spider-Girl-s-Last-Stand-(Amazing-Spider-Man-8-Spoilers)"]posts about the Spider-Girl back-up story were moved to a new thread.[/URL]

From the Mary Jane Watson appreciation thread, [URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?27912-Thread-Drift-Alternate-Universes-and-Love-Interests"]25 posts on Alternate Universes and Romantic Interests were moved to a new thread.[/URL]

[URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?27913-Thread-Drift-Fempop-On-Why-A-Supermodel-Would-Date-Peter-Parker"]I also moved the posts on a Fempop article on MJ to a new thread[/URL].

[URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?33714-Okay-the-new-Spiderverse-team"]From a discussion on the new Spider-Verse title[/URL], [URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?33966-Thread-Drift-Is-Marvel-pushing-Anya-aside-for-Silk"]27 posts on whether Marvel is pushing Anya aside for Silk were moved to a new thread.[/URL]

From a discussion about whether Peter or Miles should be the Spider-Man in the next film, [URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?33389-Thread-Drift-Should-the-MCU-Peter-Parker-Be-Played-By-a-White-Guy"]posts on whether the Peter Parker of the films has to be white were moved to a new thread.[/URL]

From a discussion on Amazing Spider-Man #15 (the Spider Verse epilogue), [URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?33912-Thread-Drift-The-Fan-Response-to-Spider-Verse"]20+ posts on the fan response to spider-verse were moved to a new thread.[/URL]

[URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?35360-Dan-Slott-confirms-RYV-takes-the-place-of-ASM"]From a discussion about Dan Slott's comments on Renew Your Vows[/URL], 30 posts about Aunt May and One More Day were [URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?37193-Thread-Drift-Aunt-May-and-One-More-Day"]moved to a new thread.[/URL]

[URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?46455-Thread-Drift-Should-Peter-Parker-Raise-A-Family-With-the-Woman-He-Loves"]Posts about whether Peter should have a family were moved to a new thread[/URL] from a discussion about an interview.

36 posts from [URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?31367-Renew-Your-Vows-Sales-Predictions"]a discussion on Renew Your Vows #1 sales[/URL] were moved to a new thread on [URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?49717-Thread-Drift-Was-Casting-Emma-Stone-as-Gwen-Stacy-a-mistake"]whether Emma Stone should not have played Gwen Stacy in the Amazing Spider-Man films.[/URL]

22 posts on whether Norah Winters is [URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?49764-Thread-Drift-Norah-Winters-The-Millenial-s-Mary-Jane"]the millennial's version of Mary Jane were moved to a thread on that topic.[/URL]

[URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?58434-Thread-Drift-Peter-Parker-Thrives-The-Most-As-a-Photographer"]7 posts on whether Peter Parker thrives the most as a photographer were moved to a new thread[/URL] from a discussion on a Dan Slott interview.

[URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?60449-Thread-Drift-Writing-a-Married-Spider-Man"]13 posts on how writers handle a married Spider-Man were moved to a new thread[/URL] from a discussion on comments by Dan Slott.

In a discussion about the variety of titles available, [URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?60137-Thread-Drift-Dan-Slott-s-Black-Cat"]comments about Dan Slott's take on Black Cat also led to a thread drift.[/URL]

I haven't posted here in awhile, but I thought all the "appreciation" threads got out of hand...it's like no one could come up with a legit topic to start a thread with.

22 posts on the second issue of[I] Miles Morales Spider-Man[/I] have been moved to a new thread on the topic from the appreciation thread.

[url]http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?70993-Miles-Morales-Spider-Man-2[/url]

I moved some preview pages from the Ben Reilly and Gwen Stacy appreciation threads into new threads.

[URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?92750-Thread-Drift-Will-One-More-Day-be-reversed-one-day"]From a discussion on a ten page story in [I]Amazing Spider-Man[/I] Volume 4 #25, 44 posts were moved to a new thread about whether Marvel will ever undo One More Day.[/URL]

[URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?97071-Renew-Your-Vows-didn-t-make-the-Top-100"]Posts in various threads about how Renew Your Vows didn't make the Top 100 were to a new thread.[/URL]

A thread asking for advice about a website that tracks UK toy deals was deleted since it is rather niche, and can be seen as advertising.

All appreciation threads have been closed with the new year. Fans of particular characters are welcome to start new ones for 2019.