Last edited by Oatis on 07 Jan 2006 21:10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alot of people, namely WBM's, or wanna-be-mod's, are posting all over the forums informing people that they have broken the rules somehow. This won't increase their chances of being a mod. It is just spam. That is what we have Mods for.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And it is giving free bumps to the threads that are befouling the rules.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This sticky should stop alot of this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title: Want to be a Mod?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Content:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Players:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We know a great deal of players on these forums wish to be Mods. But they are hand-picked by Jagex staff, and posting suggestions for people to be made Mod's do NOT help. You will not become a Mod any faster.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please do not post on any threads informing a player they have posted in the wrong forum, or they have broken the rules in any way. This is for the Mods to do. If a person who is not a Forum or Jagex Mod posts this, it is considered SPAM, and repeated offenses may be taken action upon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you see a post that is against the rules, PLEASE, DON'T post on it! Just report it in the Forum Emergencies thread in the General forum. Please, DO NOT post on it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The best way to increase your chances of becoming a Forum Mod is by having a frequent, helpful presence in the Forums, obeying all the rules, and generally being a good person on the forums.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you, and happy hunting!

 

 

 

*Name of the mod who posts the sticky*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For those who don't believe this is spam, further down on page one I posted a quote from a Forum Mod. Giantbug123. Quote is from Page 5.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I copied this from a post on 'Want to be mod?' on Runescape forums. I read the posts in that thread and find that most people do not like the "Wanna-Be-Mods". I agree that some WBM are irritating but not all WBM are like that. I myself can be called a WBM but I did help some rule-breakers in turning over a new leaf. When I see a player break a rule on Runescape, I would usually report that player and then tell them in private chat not to do what they are doing. While most of them did not listen to me, some did stop what they are doing and even apologised to me. I find that as long as you arent spamming the chat screen and just warning them in private chat, then there is not anything wrong with telling them what is right and wrong. But in a forum it is different, I do agree that WBM no need to post to other players and warn them of breaking a rule. It is up to the moderators to tell them that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALL FEEDBACK ARE WELCOMED. :roll:

Seriously who the hell cares? If they want to help out by saying a person posted in a wrong part of the forum or so, let them say it. To me the person calling them a wannabe mod sounds threatened by them.

 

 

 

Giantbug123

 

 

 

Forum Mod

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"It is OK to inform someone they have broken the rules, etc, if someone has not already done so."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's still spam. It isn't helping anyone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If someone creates a thread in the wrong forum, then someone 'nicely' points out that it was placed incorrectly, more likely than not the thread creator will proceed to create a new thread in the proper forum. As the actions performed my moderators are unique to each one, the thread may be either locked or moved; if the latter, you'd end up with two threads in the same forum. Pointless, and causes more confusion...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Nicely' saying, "This is spam," is still spam in itself, no matter what. It causes a snow ball effect. I've seen threads get up to 10 pages of nothing but "this is spam" if a moderator isn't browsing the forum...which usually leads into other rule violations. That means more time needed to clean it up when that time could have been used for other moderating.

^ A forum mod said that. So maybe we should listen to them. Behave you should behave in the forums, and if anyone is not behaving well in the forums, WBM should report the thread and the offender to the Forum Emergency Thread.

When multiple people start saying it, it's annoying, but still you need at least one person to tell the idiot they posted in the wrong place. Meh my opionion anyway.

I think it's different if the person who posted in the wrong place or whatever is a newbie to the boards, and doesn't yet know the rules.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, if you actually answer their question that kinda makes a difference.

I'm convinced some people only want to be player mod for the crown.

 

 

 

Not because they can carry the responsibility, but they just want to brag to all their friends with.

 

 

 

It's easy to pick out those people, because they aren't honest when they say they will be a good player mod.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And about the 'hand-picked- thing, it's bad. Give the responsiblity to people who can carry it, like indeed moderators of help sites or very high skilled people who are very responsible.

 

 

 

I'm convinced some people only want to be player mod for the crown.

 

 

 

Not because they can carry the responsibility, but they just want to brag to all their friends with.

 

 

 

It's easy to pick out those people, because they aren't honest when they say they will be a good player mod.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And about the 'hand-picked- thing, it's bad. Give the responsiblity to people who can carry it, like indeed moderators of help sites or very high skilled people who are very responsible.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes some of the WBMs are like this, and they abuse the power they are given. But you have to know that there ARE also players out there who really want to make Runescape a better community, and even though they are WBM, they did not insist on Jagex making them a moderator. I dun mind people being WBM, as long as they know what they are doing and does not complain about not being made a mod. I personally dun really care if Jagex will make me a mod or not, but if Im given the chance, I will put in my best to help Runescape. THAT is my policy. :wink:

Depends how far they go in wanting to get the point across that they love everybody in the world and mods are coolest people they have ever met etc etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saying the basics it's in the wrong forum to noobs is cool, because alot of times the mods reply quite later and the thread maker has already left and wont read the thread again. Though if you tell them straight away they will read the post and then they will relise and post it in the correct board.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Its just a matter of the uber 1337 WBM's who want everyone to know they are sweet little angels so that a mod might see them.

it does sound a little stupid them telling people not to advise people about the rules.

 

 

 

when theres 5 people on an illegal thread saying the same thing "shouldve been posted on.. blah blah" then yeah, thats wrong, but if its just some friendly advice then i dont see the problem.

Even if they are annnoying, they make the game better by helping reduce rule-breakers,

 

 

 

I agree that they should be informed but not over and over again...

I think it's different if the person who posted in the wrong place or whatever is a newbie to the boards, and doesn't yet know the rules.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, if you actually answer their question that kinda makes a difference.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I strongly agree.

 

 

 

What annoys me about these boards are the people who go onto a thread and post: "Wrong board" or "This is gonna get locked". Is it so hard to tell the offender why?. Perhaps link to an existing thread, to the right board or to the search button? Or tell the person that they're breaking tip.it's policies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It annoys me because all they're doing is spamming, which will eventually result to flaming, which will result in the original offender never learning from their mistake.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So next time people want to be helpful and tell someone their thread is in the wrong board, take 5 seconds to tell them where they should post.

so this was taken from the official runescape forums? heres my question: how does this effects us? personally, i like the way our forum operates. we get the unknowledgable person posting in the wrong forum, then one person tells them politely its not supposed to go there, they apologize, and a mod comes and locks the thread. easy, nice, clean and efficient. :)

This is just a discussion. I just want to see how many people are against them and how many are not.

I have no problem with the 1 or 2 people that will apply to a topic on the wrong board ect. by telling them what they did wrong/what they need to do in the future. The only problem I have is when people get on these little trips of theirs and like 10+ people post reply's such as "this will be locked ect."

I'd just like to point out that IMHO this belongs in Forum Discussions and Suggestions :lol:

I'd just like to point out that IMHO this belongs in Forum Discussions and Suggestions :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hehe that's a classic :lol: