Let's have some courtesy

[mikewazowski]

Guys, lately we seem to have forgotten our manners.

Let's keep in mind what the thread is about when replying. If your reply is just a sarcastic comment regarding another forum member, then move on.

Let's also remember that this is a forum for discussing radio scanning in Eastern Canada. It's not for discussing tow trucks, camera operators, MTO personnel, Caribana garbage, etc unless there's a frequency involved.

If you've got a question that's not related to the current thread, then please start a new thread.

Let's try to be a little more civil.

Please and thanks.

 

[nec208]

Guys, lately we seem to have forgotten our manners.

Let's keep in mind what the thread is about when replying. If your reply is just a sarcastic comment regarding another forum member, then move on.

My rule of law no matter your profession doctor ,judge ,lawyer, firefighter ,cop ,pope or form member if they get smart or sarcastic I snap like a rattler snake with dirty jokes or rude sarcastic marks .

The beef of problems of my post for 2 or 3 threads of sarcastic post is some members have picked a fight with me .

This is why there is 2 or 3 sarcastic post .It seems some members may be getting a charge or trolling here and that could be why they are degenerating the thread I started. .

 

[MetalCarnage]

Guys, lately we seem to have forgotten our manners.

Let's keep in mind what the thread is about when replying. If your reply is just a sarcastic comment regarding another forum member, then move on.

Let's also remember that this is a forum for discussing radio scanning in Eastern Canada. It's not for discussing tow trucks, camera operators, MTO personnel, Caribana garbage, etc unless there's a frequency involved.

If you've got a question that's not related to the current thread, then please start a new thread.

Let's try to be a little more civil.

Please and thanks.

I didnt realize that the forum was that hardcore on nothing but radio frequency's, i shall take my conversation pieces elsewhere

 

[n3ncn]

"Let's also remember that this is a forum for discussing radio scanning in Eastern Canada"

Didn't know it was limited to Canada?

 

[rdale]

When you post in the "eastern Canada" forum it is...

 

[nec208]

Nice one boyio,
you'll go far here.
As you ca see you are not liked here.
Even in your insult you couldnt even spell pope, a FOUR LETTER Word NEC208 could not spell.

I'd get in a war of words with you but you cant even spell!!

I can't reply to you or Mike will delete my post.He does NOT like this flame war going on.

But if you want to give me your e-mail I could take it off this form.

 

[n3ncn]

rdale "When you post in the "eastern Canada" forum it is..."

You are absolutly correct. Just read the title of the discussion not the fourm name. My mistake. Thanks

 

[Nighthawk101]

I would have to agree with the attitude thing. I know the operators of this forum is trying to keep this forum for "Radio Scanning", but you also need to have conversation. Contact between others lets people get to know people who use this forum better.
I know I see a couple of people in this thread on this site on a regular basis that are posting things about radio's as well as conversation threads to keep people checking in.

Maybe I'll make another suggestion (without being shotdown), Under the canada section add a Chat section for this kind of conversation. There are 2 sections under canada, maybe add 2 more:
1 - Canada Buy and Sell Section
2 - Canada Scanner Chat

Once again just a suggestion, but maybe it may keep people chatting on this forum.
This is a really good site, with really good members. I have learned alot from this site about scanning. DON'T DESTROY IT PEOPLE!!!!!

My 2 Cents

 

[DaveH]

Speaking only as a regular member (but pretty sure there are lots who
agree with me), Mike's requests are entirely reasonable. There are tons
of on-topic subjects that fit well into this forum, yet a minority of you
insist on putting the rest of us through a bunch of off-topic drivel and
sniping etc.. Enough...you know the way to the Tavern, although there
are rules there too...

Dave

 

[mikewazowski]

I can't reply to you or Mike will delete my post.He does NOT like this flame war going on.

But if you want to give me your e-mail I could take it off this form.

NEC208, in what thread was this posted?

If this was received in a PM then deal with it in a PM. If you feel that you have been flamed in a PM, then report it to the webmaster.

There are better ways to deal with PM's like this then dragging them into this forum.

 

[mikewazowski]

I didnt realize that the forum was that hardcore on nothing but radio frequency's, i shall take my conversation pieces elsewhere

From the forum description:

"Forum for discussion of Radio Information"

If you've got something radio related to Eastern Canada, then by all means post it.

If it's more to do with general scanning, the post it in the General Scanning forum.

If it's just commentary on the state of things in Toronto, then post it in the Tavern.

The majority of people posting are from the Toronto area so they tend to dominate things here. Radio related postings are probably of some interest to outsiders but general chit chat is probably not.

 

[mikewazowski]

"Let's also remember that this is a forum for discussing radio scanning in Eastern Canada"

Didn't know it was limited to Canada?

:roll:

 

[mikewazowski]

Maybe I'll make another suggestion (without being shotdown), Under the canada section add a Chat section for this kind of conversation. There are 2 sections under canada, maybe add 2 more:
1 - Canada Buy and Sell Section

You might want to propose this in the Administration forum. I would disagree since we've already got buy and sell forums. I think the vast majority of people in here peruse all the ads, not just the Canadian ones.

2 - Canada Scanner Chat

That's what this forum is for although it's limited to Eastern Canada.

I'm sure a cross post in the Western Canada forum would be ok.

It's all these side conversations that get started up that have nothing to do with scanning and would be better off in the Tavern.

 

[MetalCarnage]

I would have to agree with the attitude thing. I know the operators of this forum is trying to keep this forum for "Radio Scanning", but you also need to have conversation. Contact between others lets people get to know people who use this forum better.
I know I see a couple of people in this thread on this site on a regular basis that are posting things about radio's as well as conversation threads to keep people checking in.

Maybe I'll make another suggestion (without being shotdown), Under the canada section add a Chat section for this kind of conversation. There are 2 sections under canada, maybe add 2 more:
1 - Canada Buy and Sell Section
2 - Canada Scanner Chat

Once again just a suggestion, but maybe it may keep people chatting on this forum.
This is a really good site, with really good members. I have learned alot from this site about scanning. DON'T DESTROY IT PEOPLE!!!!!

My 2 Cents

I fully agree with you on this one. I enjoy scanning, but seriously, if the eastern canada forum just had ppl discussing Fleetnet 24/7 and how to set it up on whatever scanner they have just purchased you would see my account logged in about once a year. You can only talk one subject to death so much until it just gets boring. Half the reason i check in is to see what people are talking about.

Unlike Mr. DaveH i do not see everything "off-topic" that ppl post as being drivel, and i hardly believe it is a minority of people, and in case Mr DaveH hasnt noticed most of this "drivel" is based around southern ontario, so going to the Tavern in my mind is pointless since all of the U.S. and Western Canada dont really care about whats going on in our area.

All i would like to say is that from experience of watching other forums i used to sit on get hardcore about being specific to one subject and one subject only, eventually get hurt in the long run because people no longer care since they are tired of reading technical crap all day.

Get them to make us a "Canada Chat for people who insist on putting DaveH through a bunch of off-topic drivel and sniping" forum, that way we can chat about apparently pointless subjects. I guarantee you it would have more traffic and more ppl talking then the Eastern Canada board since apparently a minority of us are content with just shooting the **** with our fellow Eastern Canada members.

I personally donated to this site because i enjoyed both the scanning resources, expertise and also the mindless drivel because ppl would always bring to my attention something that i might have not even known was going on in my area. I have all my frequencys now though, so i have no problem not renewing my donation ever again if this is how the forum is going to turn out.

I am sure when some of you hams or scanner junkies who know each other get together for coffee you dont talk about radio crap and nothing else, even the hams in my area actually have conversations when i am cruising the ham waves, so why cant we here, for the people who dont want to read drivel thats why there is a topic to each thread, if you dont like the topic why cant you just not read it? Nobody is forcing you too? No guns being held to heads around here....

In the interest of the forum on a whole, as with everything in life, its about diversification. If you get so specific you cut out 50% of the market, then thats all loss, whether its just a minority of people talking drivel or 50% of the forums members talking drivel, thats extra members and extra support (and possibly donations) for this site.

I apologize for my rant, but it saddens me when i see someone who goes around enforcing a rulebook that was made long ago and telling a group of people they are no longer allowed to do what they enjoy doing when instead they could be saying "How can we work this out to make everyone happy without compromising dedicated members the ability to do what they like" (of course i am referring to different topics of discussion, not to insulting others, thats just pointless). So i would personally like to see some kind of compromise IMO, not just a door slamming in me and my minoritys face.

 

[mikewazowski]

"drivel" is based around southern ontario, so going to the Tavern in my mind is pointless since all of the U.S. and Western Canada dont really care about whats going on in our area.

See that's where I agree with DaveH. I'm not from Toronto and have no interests in the politics of the area. I am interested in what technical info is posted from there as I do sometimes get the opportunity of travelling into Toronto. I get tired of logging in to read replies to a technical post that I was enjoying to find that it's deteriorated into a discussion of something totally non-radio related.

All i would like to say is that from experience of watching other forums i used to sit on get hardcore about being specific to one subject and one subject only, eventually get hurt in the long run because people no longer care since they are tired of reading technical crap all day.

But this is a topic specific forum. The topic for the forum is right up there on the top of the page. Your post doesn't necessarily have to be technical but it does have to do with scanning in Eastern Canada.

The Tavern was created for the purpose of allowing general chit chat and that's where a lot of these conversations belong.

I am sure when some of you hams or scanner junkies who know each other get together for coffee you dont talk about radio crap and nothing else, even the hams in my area actually have conversations when i am cruising the ham waves, so why cant we here, for the people who dont want to read drivel thats why there is a topic to each thread, if you dont like the topic why cant you just not read it? Nobody is forcing you too? No guns being held to heads around here....

But that's what the Tavern is for. You can have conversations in there that have nothing to do with radio and the best part of it is you aren't restricting yourself to just people in Eastern Canada. You now get a whole diverse range of opinions from around the world.

If you just want to talk about anything with people from Eastern Canada, then there's a lot of sites out there that do cater to this.

I apologize for my rant, but it saddens me when i see someone who goes around enforcing a rulebook that was made long ago and telling a group of people they are no longer allowed to do what they enjoy doing when instead they could be saying "How can we work this out to make everyone happy without compromising dedicated members the ability to do what they like" (of course i am referring to different topics of discussion, not to insulting others, thats just pointless). So i would personally like to see some kind of compromise IMO, not just a door slamming in me and my minoritys face.

The rulebook is there for a reason and there is no need to compromise. People come to this forum to "discuss of Radio Information specific to the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia."

If you want a general Canadian chat forum or Tavern forum, then ask for it in the Administration forum.

If you just want to chat, try seeing what's available on the Chat page:

http://www.userplane.com/chatlite/r...505b2270983ee90d9301dd2af66a6de3&InitialRoom=

If you just want to discuss politics, weather, etc, then use the Tavern.

 

[motomeso]

Wow

You going to have to lock this thread too Mike?

 

[MetalCarnage]

Wow

You going to have to lock this thread too Mike?

I think it should be moved, it violates the rules of the Eastern Canada forum, is has nothing to do with either frequencys or scanning in eastern canada, this should be moved to the tavern

 

[SCPD]

A lot of the general-type chit-chat is of very little interest to anyone outside of Canada so would quickly become annoying to the somewhat dominating tavern regs.

It would be nice to have a bit more civility but suddenly slamming down the law here may not help.

I'm likely not the only person here that doesn't visit scanont or any of the other groups around.
Yes, by popuation alone there will always be more Toronto posts perhaps with encouragement members from other areas will be more encouraged to contribute more, more frequently.

My opinion on something like a lodd is that it should be in the local forum.

I have great respect for Mike and his extensive knowledge, he's corrected me on more than one occasion so this post is in no way meant as a slam--just observation.

I suggest a sub forum--Tavern eh? Just for great white north chat. It is posted to admin now :http://radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?p=579368#post579368. If anyone else agrees please feel free to add your name over in the admin forum. Of course, if nobody wants a sub forum then don't bother...but don't be moaning and whining when Mike lays down the law about chit chat, you'll have had your chance to make a place just for that (other than the regular tavern).

And Mike, thank you for your continued dedication here. It is appreciated.

 

[frankh]

[/QUOTE]And Mike, thank you for your continued dedication here. It is appreciated.[/QUOTE]

I got to second that. I guess here, just like in the real world we need police too.

 

[Heterodyne]

But that's what the Tavern is for. You can have conversations in there that have nothing to do with radio and the best part of it is you aren't restricting yourself to just people in Eastern Canada. You now get a whole diverse range of opinions from around the world.

If you just want to talk about anything with people from Eastern Canada, then there's a lot of sites out there that do cater to this.

Amen brother.

It's a scanning site, not a chit-chat site.

Whiners can exit stage left.