Site Admin Update

Post by **admin** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:33 pm

Hey folks. Your friendly Swamp Admin here.

As you might have noticed, there's been a small change around here. The Pope has graciously stepped aside - presumably to "minister" to wayward sinners and nuns - and I'm here now.

There are three Swampers with Admin rights to this board - Shirley, Howard, and Brian. None plan to use these privileges often, but someone's gotta have them. The Moderators should be able to handle most issues that pop up (spammers, duplicate threads, etc.) This account - the Admin account - is managed solely by Shirley. Again, I don't plan to be logged in as Admin very often.

As for the server itself (the server hosted by A Small Orange, which runs the phpbb software, along with the database, etc.) - Shirley also has the only admin rights now. I changed the password, so whoever else had access before ... it's now just me. That may change eventually, but it's fine for now.

Thanks again to all who had a hand in getting us to where we are now. Despite internal squabbling, our forum and server seem stable and safe. Let's hope it stays that way.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:50 pm

Thanks, cute tree frog!

bapo! · Post by **bapo!** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:06 pm

Free Ed Romero!

Post by **brian** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:08 pm

bapo! wrote:Free Ed Romero!

He's welcome to return whenever he wants to. He left voluntarily. Him and anyone else who "retired" will be welcome back with open arms.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:12 pm

brian wrote:
bapo! wrote:Free Ed Romero!
He's welcome to return whenever he wants to. He left voluntarily. Him and anyone else who "retired" will be welcome back with open arms.

Hear, Hear.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:17 pm

Except kranepool. Fuck kranepool.

bapo! · Post by **bapo!** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:23 pm

brian wrote:
bapo! wrote:Free Ed Romero!
He's welcome to return whenever he wants to. He left voluntarily. Him and anyone else who "retired" will be welcome back with open arms.

His IP address was blocked. All of the others are free to come back, and I hope that they do soon.

Shirley/Rerun/Dave/Guy Who Had Your Floor Redone by David Sedaris's Brother, thanks for taking over. I hope that you can restore some normalcy to the Swamp. Cheers.

ZMan · Post by **ZMan** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:26 pm

bapo! wrote:
brian wrote:
bapo! wrote:Free Ed Romero!
He's welcome to return whenever he wants to. He left voluntarily. Him and anyone else who "retired" will be welcome back with open arms.
His IP address was blocked.

SMH

That should be easy enough to unblock.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:31 pm

Yeah let's be clear about this. Romero did state that he wanted out, but his exit was not voluntary. RIP ROMERO

Post by **Shirley** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:39 pm

bapo! wrote:His IP address was blocked. All of the others are free to come back, and I hope that they do soon.

Shirley/Rerun/Dave/Guy Who Had Your Floor Redone by David Sedaris's Brother, thanks for taking over. I hope that you can restore some normalcy to the Swamp. Cheers.

I don't see any blocked IPs. His account was deleted though. He can create a new one.

Sadly, The Rooster didn't redo my floors. I can't remember why - maybe the quote was too high.

kranepool · Post by **kranepool** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:40 pm

AB_skin_test wrote:Except kranepool. Fuck kranepool.

God dammit.

Keg · Post by **Keg** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:53 pm

TFER was excommunicated?

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 4:50 pm

Rex wrote:Yeah let's be clear about this. Romero did state that he wanted out, but his exit was not voluntary. RIP ROMERO

Glad you came back. I was this close to emailing Mister D and Ryan to ask if they had your email address.

HDO45331 · Post by **HDO45331** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:05 pm

Scottie could be (very) hard to get along with, but he has/had brought some very good things to this site. I enjoyed some of his posts. Getting a muscle on, on the internet, is something I would not miss, at all.

Sometimes I know what I want to express, but words get in the way. I try to think before making wise-ass comments, and that would be a good idea for anyone here.

Keg · Post by **Keg** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:35 pm

Thank you for stepping up and taking the keys, Shirley.

And thank you for getting us up and running again, Scottie. I really appreciate the hard work you have put into restoring this place.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:52 pm

Rex wrote:Yeah let's be clear about this. Romero did state that he wanted out, but his exit was not voluntary. RIP ROMERO

Excuse me?

No one was blocked; no one was forced out. This place has banned exactly one person in history.

If I missed a joke, I apologize. I don't want any further hysteria to be fueled.

duff · Post by **duff** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:12 pm

What has happened to temporary howard? The inhumanity. They changed his name and gave him a fruity avatar.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:18 pm

howard wrote:
Rex wrote:Yeah let's be clear about this. Romero did state that he wanted out, but his exit was not voluntary. RIP ROMERO
Excuse me?

No one was blocked; no one was forced out. This place has banned exactly one person in history.

If I missed a joke, I apologize. I don't want any further hysteria to be fueled.

False.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:20 pm

Temporary howard was the Keyser Sozé of the swamp. Can it be said whether he ever truly existed?

The fruity avatar stays until I get an answer.

ETA: I thought Zlax was banned, once upon a time. Before I got here. Please correct my error--has anyone ever been banned?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:21 pm

Zlax, Brooshkin. Dougrugby it think. Scottie once I think for a time. It's happened.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:30 pm

Romero wasn't banned, just erased.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:30 pm

AB_skin_test wrote:Zlax, Brooshkin. Dougrugby it think. Scottie once I think for a time. It's happened.

Ah, Brooshkin. I forgot that one, and I do not recall the circumstances of his exit.

Dougrugby we mentioned not too long ago. I meant to chime in at the time, as I recall he was not banned. He might have had a post or two deleted; in any event I am not sure but I would wager he was not banned. (But then again, I wagered Romney would be president today, so whatever.)

And banning Scottie, if it was done, was like banning rain on the first day of summer. Not likely to be effective.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:31 pm

Keg wrote:Thank you for stepping up and taking the keys, Shirley.

And thank you for getting us up and running again, Scottie. I really appreciate the hard work you have put into restoring this place.

I second this.

Post by **brian** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:43 pm

bfj wrote:Romero wasn't banned, just erased.

At his own request. Frankly, we're splitting hairs here.

The important part is that if Romero wants to be a part of the Swamp, he can be and will certainly be welcomed. Same goes for anyone else. Period.

Post by **brian** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:53 pm

Well, anyone other than Zlax I guess. AFAIK, he's still considered banned.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:29 pm

Keg wrote:Thank you for stepping up and taking the keys, Shirley.

And thank you for getting us up and running again, Scottie. I really appreciate the hard work you have put into restoring this place.

Thirded. Scottie, I hope you never really felt that the general consensus was to use you and lose you. Everyone that left, or may have left, the last couple of days brings something to this place, and hopefully everyone comes back in some way or form.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:53 pm

What's this about Romero being erased at his request? He wrote "Fuck this, I'm gone until Scottie's gone" and then he got erased. That's not a request. If he said something later privately then fine, I'm misinformed, but otherwise, I don't understand why this is being brushed aside.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:54 pm

You are misinformed.

This is how rumors and misunderstanding propagate.

blundercrush · Post by **blundercrush** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 9:30 pm

Well now I know what BSF's post is about.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:38 am

Thanks to everyone for keeping this place alive.

And I still don't know who Shirley is.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:54 am

degenerasian wrote:And I still don't know who Shirley is.

You can't be serious.

(Sorry.)

kranepool · Post by **kranepool** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:41 am

degenerasian wrote:Thanks to everyone for keeping this place alive.

And I still don't know who Shirley is.

Shirley Wilson, played by Shirley Hemphill. Died in 1999.

It's like you're not even American.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 3:43 pm

degenerasian wrote:Thanks to everyone for keeping this place alive.

And I still don't know who Shirley is.

Rerun (Dave).

devilfluff · Post by **devilfluff** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:15 pm

Since we've returned to a stable platform, any chance we can take a second look at tapatalk?

Johnny Hotcakes · Post by **Johnny Hotcakes** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:24 pm

I'm starting to think that I like vb5 better, any chance that we can ditch this and go back?

(jokes. Thanks again, Scottie et al)

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 6:09 am

So Shambrok might be a spammer. Or a plagiarist. Or named Jeff F?

Post by **Shirley** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 7:12 am

rass wrote:So Shambrok might be a spammer. Or a plagiarist. Or named Jeff F?

Yeah, I saw that and debated deleting it. Now that you show me the whole plagiarized line, I'm going to go ahead and do it. It's just Google bait, apparently.

Update - he gone. That's the first spammer we've had to remove in nearly 2.5 months. The anti-spammer stuff we added to the registration page has been incredibly effective. Shambrok was obviously a person and for most, the time we require (it's really not much) makes it not worth the effort.

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 9:53 am

I didn't get it. The chart he posted made an interesting point, but was very deceptive (gold and oil prices adjusted for inflation, against a dollar index that was not, but it is kinda impossible to make such an adjustment to the dollar index). But such an out of the blue post, w/o any link or other typical spam markings.

I guess he posted something in the mad men thread, which is now gone, so I still don't get it, but no matter.

Hey, dave or someone, could you change the dns settings so <www.sportsfrog.net> will take the visitor to this board, not the blue one? TIA.

Post by **Shirley** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:14 am

howard wrote:I didn't get it. The chart he posted made an interesting point, but was very deceptive (gold and oil prices adjusted for inflation, against a dollar index that was not, but it is kinda impossible to make such an adjustment to the dollar index). But such an out of the blue post, w/o any link or other typical spam markings.

I guess he posted something in the mad men thread, which is now gone, so I still don't get it, but no matter.

Hey, dave or someone, could you change the dns settings so <www.sportsfrog.net> will take the visitor to this board, not the blue one? TIA.

Different posters. I didn't do anything with the gold guy. Seemed legit to me. In fact, we should have posted a standard welcome-to the-swamp post or two.

I'll take a look at the DNS settings. Hopefully I can change that.

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:15 am

See, I'm very confused. Don't mind me.