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I thought people could try and put up ideas in here on how to improve this forum.
These are my ideas..
# I personally think that there should be a quota on how many threads per month that deals with the never ending noise of race. Maybe a thread per month maximum, i don't mean threads that deal with physical anthropology, lingustics , genetics and such, since they are the backbone of this forum. But rather threads with reduntant and repetetive titles such as "Were the ancient Egyptians black?", " was cleopatra black?" or "Thick lips on african olmecs " there are already thousands of such threads and it looks stagnant when people still continue discussing same issues for years day in and out.
# Ban people like Marc washington who only talk about race 24/7.
# Try to invite other people from similar sites, like "Egyptiandreams" or "kingtutone.com" for more interesting discussions on the architecture, religion, expeditions, the different dynasties etc.
# Limit the off-topic discussions that don't pertain to AE such as "president Nkrumahs talk of pan africanism" or " The genocide of darfurians by lunatic arab wannabes", or "the Basques of spain immigrating from africa".
# And you shouldn't edit posts so much,, i mean daily words such as "idiot", "go to hell" "stupid bitch" shouldn't be made such a big deal of, but more offensive lines directed towards family like "you son of a cheap whore" or racial slurs should maybe be deleated with a warning. other than that i don't think it's necessery, no one likes when someone modifies ones posts due to trivial issues.
Well those are my suggestions for now.
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I don't see why Marc Washington should be banned, at least not for those reasons. Despite his wild theories he is very well behaved. Unless you want to ban him on account of his theories?
Off-topic discussions have other sub-foruns here, so they should be moved.
I do think that words like idiot and go to hell should not be tolerated.
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^I agree with Miguel for the most part. 1st and 3rd.
On # 2:
quote:# Ban people like Marc washington who only talk about race 24/7.
I don't know about that one, but then again he does remind me of a past troll friend of ours. This sure would've got Hore banned in a second.
How about: Ban people who spam the forum by posting the same refuted thing over and over.
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As for number 1:
quote:# I personally think that there should be a quota on how many threads per month that deals with the never ending noise of race. Maybe a thread per month maximum, i don't mean threads that deal with physical anthropology, lingustics , genetics and such, since they are the backbone of this forum. But rather threads with reduntant and repetetive titles such as "Were the ancient Egyptians black?", " was cleopatra black?" or "Thick lips on african olmecs " there are already thousands of such threads and it looks stagnant when people still continue discussing same issues for years day in and out.
I was just thinking, if only there was a function to where, when you typed in a new topic, a list of older topics that might be similar or related would pop up - so that more people (newcomers in mind) would bump up old topics instead making new ones that have been talked about over and over.
I'm starting to see how the vets feel.
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I definitely agree with the #1, #3, #4, and #5!
As for #2, despite the incessant nuisance Marc is, I don't think he has done anything drastic that deserves banning such as blatant trolling and insults. However, if #1 were enforced then I do expect his ridiculous threads to be deleted.
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quote:Originally posted by Yonis: I thought people could try and put up ideas in here on how to improve this forum.
These are my ideas..
Mya put some up...
quote:Originally posted by Djehuti: I definitely agree with the #1, #3, #4, and #5!
As for #2, [...]
(Here's number five)
quote:Originally posted by Yonis:
# And you shouldn't edit posts so much,, i mean daily words such as "idiot", "go to hell" "stupid bitch" shouldn't be made such a big deal of, but more offensive lines directed towards family like "you son of a cheap whore" or racial slurs should maybe be deleated with a warning. other than that i don't think it's necessery, no one likes when someone modifies ones posts due to trivial issues.
Well those are my suggestions for now.
^ but...
quote:Originally posted by Obelisk_18:
quote:Originally posted by alTakruri: GASSIRE'S LUTE
Four times Wagadu stood there in all her splendor.
Four times Wagadu disappeared and was lost to human sight; once through vanity, once through falsehood, once through greed, and once through dissentation.
Four times Wagadu changed her name. First she was called Dierra, then Agada, then Ganna, then Silla.
Four times she turned her face. Once to the north, once to the west, once to the east and once to the south.
For Wagadu, whenever men have seen her, has always had four gates: one to the north, one to the west, one to the east and one to the south. Those are the directions whence the strength of Wagadu comes, the strength in which she endures no matter whether she be built of stone, wood and earth, or lives but as a shadow in the mind and longing of her children.
For really, Wagadu is not of stone, not of wood, not of earth. Wagadu is the strength which lives in the hearts of men and is, sometimes visible because eyes see her and ears hear the clash of swords and ring of shields, and is sometimes invisible because the indomitability of men has overtired her, so that she sleeps.
Sleep came to Wagadu for the first time through vanity, for the second time through falsehood, for the third time through greed and for the fourth time through dissension.
Should Wagadu ever be found for the fifth time, then she will live so forcefully in the minds of men that she will never be lost again, so forcefully that vanity, falsehood, greed and dissension will never be able to harm her.
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I definitely agree with the #1, #3, #4, and #5!![[Embarrassed]](redface.gif)
As for #2, despite the incessant nuisance Marc is, I don't think he has done anything drastic that deserves banning such as blatant trolling and insults. However, if #1 were enforced then I do expect his ridiculous threads to be deleted.
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