This has become the off topic forum recently - please put a stop to it....

coinguy1

Sure, there are many interesting, enjoyable and entertaining things to discuss in life besides US coins. However, this is (or at least was) the US coin forum.

Sadly, it seems that more and more posters think it's ok to post what they feel like talking about, regardless of how off topic it might be. One does it and then others follow. It has gotten to the point where this place is more like the open forum recently.

Please have consideration and respect for your fellow forum members (and the forum hosts) who choose to come to the US coin forum and not the open forum. Thanks to those who will listen.

uofa1285

More Coinguy1 coin pics and info for me!

Doug

lordmarcovan

Aww, c'mon, I posted some coins in my "eclipse" thread...

Myqqy

Aww, c'mon, I posted some coins in my "eclipse" thread...

Busted!!

goose3

this thread is OT and should be moved to the open forum.

sorry coinguy!! couldn't resist!!!

Bochiman

Mark,

I would agree with you.
It's called, simply enough, disrespect.

I, personally, think that those that do it think they are better than the rest and/or that they know better than the rest.
There is the Open Forum for OT type posting but some can be bothered to go "out of their way" there.

Sad thing is that many of the OT posters are knowledgable and good people but don't think.
Hopefully your post about it will let them think (yes, I know they all have excuses for it ).

ARCO

So what does everybody think about the new overtime rules President Bush is considering?

mr1931S

Really, if I want updates on baseball or football games I'll watch the local news on tv. Threads about stuff like that clutters the forum.

EvilMCT

Ken

dorkkarl

yes, i agree. we need to stick exclusively to threads about ebay scammers, phishing for paypal & ebay accounts, at vs nt threads, & of course the obligatory major dealers promoting their's & other dealer's coins. oh, & there's not enough whining about getting hosed after stupidly buying coins sight-unseen.

K S

darktone

I agree Mark. mike

marcmoish

KS

I say mark should get banned too for that arogant display of putrid air of unnumismatic bruhaha tone of contempt for anything other than stupid metal pieces of round. Shlep him down the bay of E, now!



Marc

magikbilly

eyoung429

<< <i>Really, if I want updates on baseball or football games I'll watch the local news on tv. Threads about stuff like that clutters the forum. >>



I am in total agreeance with you on this!!!!!

There is the open forum for this and there is a sport related forum as well.

Thank you coinguy1!!!!

Now back to our regular debates about AT vs. NT and how many POP's Marty and Russ can do!!!!

JrGMan2004

Damn ARCO! That's GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm drooling!!!!!

ziggy29

<< <i> I, for one, am sick of all the OT stuff lately. >>

Sometimes I am, too. But I'm even more sick of self-appointed board cops. They fan the flames in OT topics that would otherwise quickly die.

And when the thread's title is clearly OT, just don't read it. Let the moderators move it.

TUMUSS

Does anyone have any free flips?

I used all mine last night when the RED SOX were winning the WS....during the Eclipse.

RotatedRainbows

Unfortunately I would not count on that happening, this board was over run by the riff raff about 1 1/2 - 2 years ago and has never been the same. Once the moderators let OT posts start slipping by they just kept increasing to the point where they are now. If this board ever did go back to the way it was a few years ago (95%+ coin posts) many here would claim it to be sleepy hollow. Many consider this like a local bar where you sit around and BS about what ever you want so you either have to try to wade thru the garbage to find the one or two informative posts or find another place to hang out.

keets

.............and this thread has officially made you part of the problem since it's OT. you've also posted the "I'm leaving" pity thread type in the past and were cut some severe slack about it and have even violated other non-written forum rules relating to the linking of coins for sale and stuff like that, so let's be fair and just say "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones."

while i've also been guilty of the occasional OT thread, they seem to be an infraction that's tolerated and in that regard, a mirror of American society. GEEZ, SM1 has even engaged in some of the BS and he's a moderator!!!!!! some of the things he's engaged in are the types of things some of our, members have been banned for!!!!!! i kind of figure that the administrators get a bit weary of policing us so they let things run their course until they either get out of hand or someone with clout complains. you seem to have clout, Mark, have you PM'd BJ or Carol???

if all the OT threads were to be removed soon after their first page appearance, it would take a full time moderator at least in the short term. even Bear was a moderator for awhile and gave it up. that says something about how draining it must be. besides, the way everyone complains everytime a thread is moved or a member is banned, i just assume the vocal majority approves of OT discussion and salacious interaction.

al h.

Shamika

GO BOSOX!

Shamika

In truth, it's not the OT threads that are the problem, but the users who reply to them. If those threads were simply ignored, they would quickly fall off the front page into oblivion.

Tootawl

If you want OT, check out the General Collectibles Discussion (GCD) forum.

Russ

<< <i>I, personally, think that those that do it think they are better than the rest >>



We are.

Russ, NCNE

grip

khayse

Should I respond to this OT post or not.

I can't decide.

-Khayse

skier07

The Red Sox rule!

ms70

+1

marcmoish

hmm - I wonder why Mark is NOT responding anymore??? ya think they took my post seriously and banned him already?


Marc

Outhaul

Usually, when people appoint themselves as the forum cop on OT posts, they just end up looking like a schmendrick...

RED SOX RULE!

Cheers,

Bob

raycyca

Thank you Outhaul and others. I clearly posted it as an OT. Yes, I posted on the wrong forum BY MISTAKE! I meant the general forum. Remember the Salem witch trials? I'll be in Salem on Sunday for the party. Come join us. We'll also be celebrating the Red Sox win! RED SOX RULE!!!!!!!!!

coinlieutenant

Keets and Mark,

I am kind of surprised at the harsh response.

Keets, although I agree in principle that moderators are the ones that should handle OT stuff, a pugnacious response probably isnt warranted.

Mark was very polite about the OT post. Everyone has to understand that some people are different in their view of right and wrong, law and chaos...
To Mark, not following the established rules is unacceptable, regardless of his past transgressions...he was merely expressing his opinion about it.

Regardless of the culpability in percent points, I think that there is a lot more stuff going on in the world more worthy of our attention to OT posts and such...(see Sudan, Iraq, Social Security, and about 10000 other life and death situations).

We all spend a significant portion of our lives talking numismatics, one of the most trivial issues the world is facing at the moment...
There is nothing wrong with that being important to us...however, we all have to ask ourselves how important is it to post a thread about the sin of the OT topic or how important is it to respond with anger to the orgininator of that thread?

Sometimes a bit of perspective(albeit only mine) is helpful,

Understandably yours,
John

roadrunner

For anyone who has spent a day or more at the Open Forum in the past 2 months, it is very obvious that the U.S. Coin Forum is quite tame and usually on topic. Comparing these 2 forums is like comparing a hurricane to a sun shower.

roadrunner

tradedollarnut

After a week over there, I need a shower!

ps - shouldn't that be 'please stop it' vs 'please put a stop to it'?? And I just think that Mark is getting his monthly quota of 5 minutes of grouchiness out of the way. Perhaps Laura is rubbing off on him. What's for November - 'teletubbies suck'?