Membership

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Thu May 25, 2006 8:16 am

So, today I've noticed that the word "Member" appears between
the screennames and avatars on many people's posts. What is
this for? Is this part of the new Moderation, wherein a certain
amount of musical discussion is required? Or am I just dense,
not noticing something that's been around for years?

And, how much are the dues?

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Thu May 25, 2006 8:19 am

Milo Minderbinder wrote:...And EVERYONE has a share!

I blame the Crystal People.

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Thu May 25, 2006 8:26 am

Oh, great now when some one asks, “are you, or have you ever been a member of the Chiff & Fipple board?” there will be no denying it. And to think I used my real name.

On the plus side C&F moderators haven’t broken my sword and left me branded.

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Thu May 25, 2006 8:53 am

Skipping through the forums I have noticed that it is only those of us with a certain amount of posts under our belts are deemed to be Members.
Looks like a probationary period has been introduced to weed out spammers and such.
I'm sure an explanation will be forthcoming when the Mods get some time.

Slan,
D.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Thu May 25, 2006 8:54 am

dubhlinn wrote:I'm sure an explanation will be forthcoming when the Mods get some time.

Word.

EDIT: It has come to my attention that the slang term "word" is either
not international or not cross-generational. Sorry. It means "I agree".

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Thu May 25, 2006 10:37 am

Just the word "Member" out there without an explanation seems perverse to me too. But I think it's only because you pointed it out.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Thu May 25, 2006 10:43 am

I thought it was something I had just failed to notice over the years.

Post by **Dale** » Thu May 25, 2006 10:44 am

Right now Member status comes at 50 posts. I'm just experimenting a bit with the possibilities of using this. So, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

Dale

missy · Post by **missy** » Thu May 25, 2006 10:45 am

well, at least I'm one to, whatever "one" is......

.....I'd be really mad if I wasn't "one"........

gonzo914 · Post by **gonzo914** » Thu May 25, 2006 11:13 am

Dale wrote:Right now Member status comes at 50 posts. I'm just experimenting a bit with the possibilities of using this. So, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

Dale

I think you should set it so it calculates the ratio between your posts in the Pub/Controversy forums and your posts in the other forums that actually have something to do with whistles or pipes or Irish music or something related to either a chiff or a fipple. For those who care, that would be --

P = Posts in Pub
C = Posts in Controversial forum
T = Total Posts
X = Non-Irish Music Related, Off-topic Discussion coefficient (your NIMROD rating).

Then X = (P + C)/T

Then assign labels based on the NIMROD rating, which can never exceed 1.

NIMROD of 0 to .1 >>>>>>> IRTRAD Obsessed
NIMROD of .1 to .25 >>>>>> Serious Musician
NIMROD of .25 to .75 >>>>> Average Joe Whistler
NIMROD of .75 to .9 >>>>>> Babbler
NIMROD of .9 to 1>>>>>>> Out and Out Waste of Bandwidth

For example, at the time of this writing, I had 1050 total posts, with 226 in the controversial forum and 558 in the pub. Therefore, my NIMROD rating is (558 + 228)/1050 = 0.748571428571429, placing me just shy of Babbler.

Post your own NIMROD here.

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Thu May 25, 2006 11:16 am

What kind of recorder did Capn Kirk play in that Star Trek movie thing?

Post by **Nanohedron** » Thu May 25, 2006 11:51 am

Heeheeheeheehee.

-Babbler

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Thu May 25, 2006 11:53 am

gonzo914 wrote:For example, at the time of this writing, I had 1050 total posts, with 226 in the controversial forum and 558 in the pub.

How do you find out the number of posts in each forum?

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Thu May 25, 2006 11:55 am

jsluder wrote:
gonzo914 wrote:For example, at the time of this writing, I had 1050 total posts, with 226 in the controversial forum and 558 in the pub.
How do you find out the number of posts in each forum?

You search for posts by yourself and restrict results to that particular forum. Don't worry, you can do it.

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Thu May 25, 2006 11:56 am

Bloomfield wrote:
jsluder wrote:
gonzo914 wrote:For example, at the time of this writing, I had 1050 total posts, with 226 in the controversial forum and 558 in the pub.
How do you find out the number of posts in each forum?
You search for posts by yourself and restrict results to that particular forum. Don't worry, you can do it.

Duh. Should've thought of that myself. Thanks. (And no worries.)