the debate forum is stupid Options

[rawtheekuh]

no offense. half the topics are related to religion, and every topic eventually turns into a stupid bashing session. i think people should earn their right to participate in the debate section.
the debate forum is just turning into a dumping ground. (well, it has been for a while.)

[Insurmountable]

^I think that's a good idea. To just pin the topics that are most active and get multiple topics with the same subject. It could be easier to just close and delete the topics.


And no, I don't believe anyone has ever been banned from the debate forum. I don't think its necessary. A proper verbal warning, raised warning, and then mod preview should be good, at least I would hope.

Im just sayin it'd be pointless to restrict it in this case because half the people causing problems are more active people. So what kind of people are we supposed to keep out of those forums? I mean what's the criteria here?

It's the new people that are going in the debate forum and saying something stupid or bringing up the same point someone else did, and the regular members are retaliating.

[Heathasm]

^I think that's a good idea. To just pin the topics that are most active and get multiple topics with the same subject. It could be easier to just close and delete the topics.
And no, I don't believe anyone has ever been banned from the debate forum. I don't think its necessary. A proper verbal warning, raised warning, and then mod preview should be good, at least I would hope.

well im not saying banned perm.
but you're right something like a mod preview in just the debate forum for people who are acting a fool would be better. its really just all about the staff enforcing it a little bit more than they have been since thats what they are supposed to do anyway. (just for the record im not saying the staff is slacking its an easy thing to over look, the debate forum)