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WGTpizza is a Man of the People!

• Oldbayrunner 1,774 Posts

  Wed, Sep 19 2012 1:41 PM

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• saltiresfan 2,266 Posts

  Wed, Sep 19 2012 2:28 PM

  Do any of you actually have any experience moderating large forums? The forum software is a definite issue. The search function is near to useless and many of the problems of duplication etc come down to that.

  I'm also guessing that there's no staff forum or coordination between moderators which explains why there is often an inconsistent approach adopted. The most important areas for any moderation team are good communication, a transparent system for dealing with issues that arise fairly and setting out firm expectations for what you will and won't accept.

  At the moment threads that should really have a staff response in them are all too often ignored. I don't know if you're operating on an "everyone reads everything" approach but you might need to consider a sub-forum based approach or a post-report system that generates threads in a private area (so staff can see the action taken as well)

  I realise that I'm probably patronising you all but I've run a large sports-based forum for over 10 years and know what I'm talking about.

• WGTpizza 1,656 Posts

  Wed, Sep 19 2012 2:38 PM

  saltiresfan:

  The search function is near to useless

  Yep, we definitely have room for improvement.

  saltiresfan:

  The most important areas for any moderation team are good communication

  Yep, that's the goal, as stated in my post.

  saltiresfan:

  At the moment threads that should really have a staff response in them are all too often ignored

  "ignored" would imply that we are not reading them. We read every post, but we do not have the staff to reply to every post.

  Thanks for the input :)

   

  Stay classy,

  -WGTpizza

• DAZZA501 5,972 Posts

  Wed, Sep 19 2012 2:50 PM

  WGTpizza:

  I am only one pizza  :)

  But as we all know a pizza can be cut in to many slices.

  Personally i cut mine in to 6 pieces because i can never manage to eat 8 :)

• Funkyjunkie3000 722 Posts

  Wed, Sep 19 2012 3:11 PM

  DAZZA501:

  WGTpizza:

  I am only one pizza  :)

  But as we all know a pizza can be cut in to many slices.

  Personally i cut mine in to 6 pieces because i can never manage to eat 8 :)

  lol

• Funkyjunkie3000 722 Posts

  Wed, Sep 19 2012 3:14 PM

  WGTpizza:

  saltiresfan:

  At the moment threads that should really have a staff response in them are all too often ignored

  "ignored" would imply that we are not reading them. We read every post, but we do not have the staff to reply to every post.

  Thanks for the input :)

   

  Stay classy,

  -WGTpizza

  a simple tick or acknowledgement that you have would set a lot of peeps mind at ease tho buddy i know u guys take on a lot but it takes 2 seconds

• duffer19 3,671 Posts

  Thu, Sep 20 2012 7:51 AM

  wgt would be well served to get you a partner.  Said it before will say it again

  give us ...........

  WGTbeer !!!!!

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Thu, Sep 20 2012 8:35 AM

  How about having a chat with Mark over at WGTLS?  One look at his board should tell you something.

• LeGeNdCrUsHeR 2,067 Posts

  Thu, Sep 20 2012 10:15 AM

  YankeeJim:

  How about having a chat with Mark over at WGTLS?  One look at his board should tell you something.

  Ding, ding, ding!  Marc has it right.

  Batman, one thing I think should really happen is to add a (complaint) section to the forum wall.  I know we have the bug log, and we have submit bug on the game play page, but we need something better.  Then, when WGT reads a complaint that is located in, lets say "Country Club Corner", it can be moved so those of us that actually care to help others or respond to valid posts don't have to sift through loads of cow patties... I still think all the "this game sucks", "I quit", and "wtf" threads should be deleted.

  Another suggestion is to "task" a particular moderator to a couple of forum sections. This will cut down confusion between moderators, as well as give each moderator a "specialty" in responding to requests or whatnot.   

   

• LeGeNdCrUsHeR 2,067 Posts

  Thu, Sep 20 2012 10:18 AM

  Oh yeah, 

  I agree, you are a "Man of the People".  We appreciate all your hard work!