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Archives (General) / Re: Moderator preferences
« on: August 01, 2008, 01:58:57 PM »
A "rich boys club"
!!! I guess I need a raise! 
!!! I guess I need a raise!
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Moderator Announcements / Re: New discussion forum
« on: August 01, 2008, 12:34:09 PM »
Thanks, I figured the one from 10:00am this morning would go through - since I sent it from my email account rather than relying on setbb's email list system.
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General Discussion / Re: Not narrow gauge, but way cool...
« on: August 01, 2008, 11:57:46 AM »
Well, we've got some leading truck wheels and a bell... I bet #11 will be done in less time than Tornado. While it's a little smaller, that doesn't matter - since Tornado, like 7/11 was equivalent in size for their respective owners.
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Moderator Announcements / Re: New discussion forum
« on: July 31, 2008, 08:22:13 PM »
Did anyone get an email from the admin of the old forum letting them know about the new forum? I tried sending an "email blast" from the old forum to let everyone know about the change, but I have a feeling that it didn't go through.
-Ed
Modified: 8/1/08: I resent the blast, this time using my own email account. I suspect that worked better.
-Ed
Modified: 8/1/08: I resent the blast, this time using my own email account. I suspect that worked better.
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Archives (General) / Re: Moderator preferences
« on: July 31, 2008, 07:51:44 AM »
You don't have to change your username to have your display name be your real name.
Near the top of the page, click PROFILE. On the following page, on the left side under "Modify Profile", click "Account Related Settings." Then you can change the Display Name that people see.
For example, I still log in as elecuyer (my std. username for all discussion groups) but my display name (on this forum) is 'Ed Lecuyer'.
BTW, I agree 100% with James that using/displaying your real name is very beneficial. It helps people who don't get to Sheepscot very often "know" each other when they do come. (No one would recognize "narrowgaugetraingeek123".) In addition, it eliminates inflammatory posts. While this was very rare on the old WW&F forum, it is very common in the railfan community and many discussion forums in general.
Of course, sometimes I think I'm better known as "Emily's Dad" - but that's besides the point
Near the top of the page, click PROFILE. On the following page, on the left side under "Modify Profile", click "Account Related Settings." Then you can change the Display Name that people see.
For example, I still log in as elecuyer (my std. username for all discussion groups) but my display name (on this forum) is 'Ed Lecuyer'.
BTW, I agree 100% with James that using/displaying your real name is very beneficial. It helps people who don't get to Sheepscot very often "know" each other when they do come. (No one would recognize "narrowgaugetraingeek123".) In addition, it eliminates inflammatory posts. While this was very rare on the old WW&F forum, it is very common in the railfan community and many discussion forums in general.
Of course, sometimes I think I'm better known as "Emily's Dad" - but that's besides the point
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Moderator Announcements / Re: Rename the "Newbie" category
« on: July 30, 2008, 01:43:06 PM »
How about "Callboy"? (Although MassBay RRE members may get confused.)
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Moderator Announcements / Re: New discussion forum
« on: July 30, 2008, 08:01:13 AM »
Actually, MNG's forum is hosted on www.phpbbserver.com - ours was hosted on www.setbb.com. If you Google "setbb forum down" you'll find all sorts of discussion forums that have suddenly disappeared.
As I understand it, there are a few places that will host discussion forums for "free" - settbb being one of them. They make money off of the adds that were at the top and bottom of each page. Now that the WW&F main web site is on a new server, James took this opportunity to create our own forum (forum.wwfry.org) so that we no longer have to rely on a free forum host. He also got updated forum software, and (because we host it ourselves) we no longer have eBay ads on the top and bottom of each page.
-Ed Lecuyer
As I understand it, there are a few places that will host discussion forums for "free" - settbb being one of them. They make money off of the adds that were at the top and bottom of each page. Now that the WW&F main web site is on a new server, James took this opportunity to create our own forum (forum.wwfry.org) so that we no longer have to rely on a free forum host. He also got updated forum software, and (because we host it ourselves) we no longer have eBay ads on the top and bottom of each page.
-Ed Lecuyer
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Moderator Announcements / Re: New discussion forum
« on: July 29, 2008, 12:49:16 PM »
I would imagine that once the setbb forums are back (if they come back) there would be a way to export the forum contents and import that back into the new forum. There was a lot of good information there and it would be a shame to lose it.
James, with your permission, I can experiment with that if the setbb forums come back.
-Ed Lecuyer
James, with your permission, I can experiment with that if the setbb forums come back.
-Ed Lecuyer