WoW Petopia Community

Or how about we let the mods handle that, Zang?

The laid back attitude and constant derailment is what has made these forums so fun, and into what they are. Sure, we shouldn't go over the top, but a little discussion about lolkittehs every now and then is just healthy.

I see both points but I think what Zangor is trying to say nicely is that a few times things have gone to far and result in a flame war.

And if you have something important to say that's relevant to the original topic nobody's stopping you. but whining about derailing isn't really that relevant, now, is it? (Talking about the Rank Brainstorm thread, aye?)

I'd also like to point out that feedback hadn't been posted for a good while. At that point, Mania had gotten out of it what she wanted. Yeah, one should try to keep threads on topic (We've had Veph talk to a few of us before and we worked on it.) but I should also point out it's a community full of insane, hunter obsessed people. Be glad it dissolves into flame wars like some forums do, and just into general silliness.

So, in short: Yeah, there are certain situations where it isn't appropriate, but it does tend to be inevitable, and if it ever gets to be a problem, officials will blow the whistle.

And okay, Zang. We aren't accusing you of whining, we (The Derailers) are just explaining our side of the story.

A friendly reminder about forum etiquette in the forum support board is completely appropriate. Thank you, Zangor.

If you - and I mean anybody 'you' here - see a specific instance of a thread going off-course in a way that is hurting discussion, please do let the mods know about it (preferably through the Report button) so we can deal with it. As Saturo says, a friendly reminder in the derailed thread itself can derail the thread even more than the original derailment.

Mania wrote:A friendly reminder about forum etiquette in the forum support board is completely appropriate. Thank you, Zangor.

Thanks Mania. It's appalling to see some of the comments here and how nasty they were. Zangor was in the right to say something, IMHO and I agree 100%.

Zangor wrote:that and its happening in important support and testing threads that mania and others use to get feedback and information

The moderators here tend to keep said important threads from being derailed by deleting posts. Hence, those really aren't the concern.

Still, point is taken. I'll be more careful in the future.

Azunara wrote:Be glad it dissolves into flame wars like some forums do, and just into general silliness.

I assume you mean the opposite
However, some people seem to disagree. Maybe I'm too used to seeing flaming on other forums?

Cialbi wrote:

Azunara wrote:Be glad it dissolves into flame wars like some forums do, and just into general silliness.

I assume you mean the opposite
However, some people seem to disagree. Maybe I'm too used to seeing flaming on other forums?

Azu has good writing skills. >.>