With all these threads being moved for apparently random reasons can someone actually DEFINE what an acceptable politics thread is? If discussion on climate change and NBN isnt politics and anything that a mod doesnt like ending up in some othe place so it can die, exactly what is suppsoed to be the nature of this board?

this seems to happen too often on here. political discussion is wide-ranging, partisan, rude and yes it even strays off topic.

If you even want a politics board then perhaps move those threads that are totally off topic and leave the rest.

Your right to do what you want on your own board is unequivocal. Just dont expect praise for quasi-censorship.

freediver wrote on Jan 1^st, 2011 at 12:45pm:


FD can we have a board then for oversea politicians etc etc etc then?

freediver wrote on Jan 1^st, 2011 at 12:45pm:



Oh my apologies. I thought a website called ozPOLITIC and a board on politicians might actually want discussions on POLITICS.

oh and by the way if you actually make a thread about how gillard or Abbott SUCK mozza just unilaterally moves it to the extremism board.

so how about you make up your mind about that you want? do you want a politics board or not? do you want political discussion or not? If so then create a board for ACTUAL POLITICS or do we all just jump in the general board and discuss politics? so you either want political discussion or not. and if not, change your domain name.

I'm thinking I will just keep to posting and reading general section, then I will not be posting in the wrong section.

Easy solution

____ wrote on Jan 1^st, 2011 at 1:11pm:


and on 1/1/11 we agreed...

stellar day!

longweekend58 wrote on Jan 1^st, 2011 at 1:01pm:

There's an environment board for "climate change" discussion.
There is also a tech board where the NBN could be discussed, though I do tend to agree that as its a political policy of Labor to have it, that it probably should be in the politicians suck board.

There were at least a dozen threads on the NBN. I think I only moved one or two of them.

skippy. wrote on Jan 1^st, 2011 at 1:18pm:

Yeah Skippy, but there IS a difference between the 'science' of climate change and the 'political' implications of same...don't you agree??

gizmo_2655 wrote on Jan 1^st, 2011 at 1:27pm:

Climate change is a science debate, though the debate is over, most science agrees its imminent.
In fact the only people confused about it are from the far right of politics, who have always cared more about their own pockets than their own children's future.

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You are right. People have very little self control. But I am happy to cater for them also.

aussiefree2ride wrote on Jan 1^st, 2011 at 1:55pm:

Of course you are. But your mindless brain does not allow it.

freediver wrote on Jan 1^st, 2011 at 12:45pm:


from FD,
Re: NOTE ON STARTING NEW THREADS
Reply #38 - Sep 22nd, 2010, 10:52pm   This board is for partisan issues - about (Australian) politicians, political parties and party policies. If your thread does is not about one of these please please put it on one of the other boards. For some reason p[eople seem to think this is the general board. Or maybe they just want to put their special post on the most popular board.

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Having a "Politicians Suck" board is too restrictive, it should simply be "POLITICS".

In any event, it is VERY hit & miss on what is allowed & what gets moved.

The boards would be better of, if moderators looked at those posts that are offensive & dealt with them & those who post them & let the rest take care of itself!

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It would seem that there's a few who think that "Politicians Suck" is the only politics board on here.

In fact this discussion bears a reprint of my thoughts on the Board, from December 12th, 2010.  
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Re: We need some new mods, any volunteers?
Reply #126 - Dec 12th, 2010, 4:32pm   muso wrote on Dec 12th, 2010, 2:33pm:


It seems that the very structure of the boards lends itself to some of the reason (in fact, quite a bit), for the attention of moderators.

If the boards were re-organised along the following lines, then it would "lessen the number of posts that need to be moved", which seems to be one of the prevalent issues -
General Board - including Chat sub-heading
Global Thinking Board - to include all things Global
Political Board - All things relevant to Australian Politics, including sub-headings for Sustainability Party, Liberal Democratic Party and Economics (Federal & State)
Fedback Board - including Technically Speaking sub-heading
Spirituallity, Religion Board - including Islam sub-heading
Health & Wellbeing Board - including sub-headings for Relationships, Secret Womens Business & Multiculturalism & Race, Philosophy and Drugs
Environment Board - including Hunting & Fishing sub-heading
Finance & Shares Board - including sub-headings for Finance News & Stocks & Shares Talk
Other Board - including sub-headings for Fringe, Transport, Extremism

A revamp in the above line may immediately cut out some of the need for "threads & posts" being moved, although frankly, I don't think "moving threads" achieves a great deal, anyway.

The main bugbear with internet boards (everywhere), are mainly via the attitudes of people, who are intolerant that everyone has differring perceptions of the same set of facts and that will remain.

The 'trick" being to allow discussion, but bring down the curtain on abuse!

Btw, you are also correct about these boards & democracy!

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 1^st, 2011 at 5:39pm:


Andrei,
2 minutes to go, get off the line & celebrate.

Happy New Year!

freediver wrote on Jan 1^st, 2011 at 10:19pm:


People will post things here, there and everywhere, I don't see any great reason for posting Political related issues in General or anywhere else, after all this is the OZPOLITICS board.

However, I would think most Political posters would still post the major of their posts on the Politics board.

The main issues are -
1) It really isn't the end of the world, if a few posts are not in the right area, according to moderators.
2) Offensive posts & posters are one of the big reasons that led to the demise of the Yahoo Boards and that is where the effort should go. I that means a few posts go to what you or I think is the wrong area, then so be it!

As I said earlier, the 'trick" is to allow a diversified discussion, but bring down the curtain on abuse!

This website is crap.......................bring back Yahoo Politics Board, at least Yahoo was easy to read instead of wading through half a page to get to someone's reply.

And there are far too many whingers on here bleating that 'certain post/s' have already been discussed before.  So what?  Not everyone who posts on here sits here day and night to follow all the threads.  I for one will not search through pages and pages to see if some other person (usually a Leftie) has already posted about a topic................!!!!

It seems as if Freediver moves things around when the topic is not to his 'leftist' taste..................now wait for it, this post will either be deleted or shifted into never never land