Jerry please accept my apology’s as I should have worded my remarks better than I did, as I most certainly do not have a poor view of you as a member on the forum.
Thanks Alpine for explaining why you voted as you did, I fully know and understand where you are coming from.
Rob, I also do not have a poor view of you, but I do feel you have been in what I might call a naughtily boy mode of late
, Maybe your picking has just been in fun, but when I put so much time into the forum, its hard not to take people being a bit over picky to heart at times.
I’m not sure why you feel I have acted in some big brother fashion, I can only think it’s because the forum has a security log running. Firstly I have no control over the logs, it is a part of the forum that can’t be turned on or off by me.
Its there for your protection as much as it is for the protection of the forum, what it means for you is that every single post you make can never be changed or altered without it being fully recorded. It shows up on the post and also in the log.
This means that what you write remains as you wrote it and I nor any one who has the power to modify your posts, can do so without it being recorded. If you modify or delete any post you make it is also recorded and I can see that that the changes were made by you and you alone.
By default only one person can ever view the log and that is the main admin (me)
For your information I will list all the events that get automatically recorded by the security log.
1….. All modified posts, who made the post and who modified it
2…...All deleted posts, who made them and who deleted them
3…..Exalt and smite,? Well as you may know the forum has a built in karma system, this was never used but I did use a code to changed it into the best poster voting system. When you vote for a post it shows up that you exalted another member. The only reason this gets recorded is that if the karma system was used as it was meant to be used, it would let the main admin see, if any one member was smiting another member all the time. This I’m sure you will understand might cause a member to feel picked on or not liked on the forum and the main admin could if he wished send a polite PM to the member who was causing upset by smiting a fellow member all the time.
4….. Forgot password request. This gets recorded so I can then see if that member had logged on after making the request, It he or she had not then I could always send an email to offer my help.
Nothing else any members do get recorded, what PMs you send and to who are only known to you, not me, Jim, Jamie or Ant and are not recorded or can be viewed by anyone other than you and who you sent it too, I would not use a forum that did not give the members the full protection of PM’s being what they are meant to be and that is completely private.
The only other things recorded in the log are only about changes made on the forum. These include, new boards being created or ones deleted, boards moved, or put into a different category, name changes to boards etc. Changes made to the forum skin, IE colour changes, new background or banner etc.
Changes made to the forum global headers or footers,IE new codes added or removed.
Changes made to the forum main headers of footers. IE new codes added or removed.
These events are recorded so I can see if any admin has made changes on the forum, while Jim, Jamie and Ant have all the same powers as me, they would not alter anything anyway, but as I said I have no control over the security logs.
The only thing they can’t see is your IP address or email address, as the main admin I have no choice as its all on view to me for obvious reasons, but I set it so all other admin can’t, so it all comes down to me.
They also can’t view the security log and the only other thing they can’t see is the delete forum button and that is the case so only the forum owner can delete the site if that is what he wanted to do.
Last week we had some great posts as normal, but only one person voted all week and so I did not bother last week for the very first time since we had had this feature on here. I was disappointed as while I know Merse is not to keen on such things on a forum, I feel it adds something and it must be the case as another forum now I understand runs a similar award.
So you may understand I hope why I was not to pleased about the post that got three votes, I agree I did not deal with it in the correct way, but I got under four hours sleep because I lent my PA system for the legends night, then drove 370 miles. I got home last night very worn out and just thought it was a piss take.
One thing I ‘m not sorry for and never will be, is my efforts to keep this forum a quality forum, it was what it was set up to be and call me big brother if you like, but I will do what I feel is necessary to maintain the high standard of the forum. Not to do so would be letting all the members down, who enjoy this forum for what it is and the quality reading it provides.
