Little pol about admin behavior

[Robert]

Since MarkG refuses to answer my question,
and even refuses to give a decent answer but just decides to close down a thread that features a normal, polite asked question I wonder.

What do you think about the way admins are allowed to behave ?
Again, this is another polite poll just to check if I'm that stupid to think that admins must behave decent and handle their guests as if they are human, or that admins have a wildcard to act like.....

Thus, what rights does an admin have ?

[Asher]

The answer to your question is that it'd probably be too intense on the server to display more than 14 users or whatever.

BTW, it's not polite to threadstalk people.

[MarkG]

how polite is it to have a signature with text in red color?

[Robert]

you prefer green ?
I tell you, the second you just answer my simple question it will be gone completely !

But I wonder if you can overpower your own ego to answer it.

[Sarxis]

Well, since Markos is one of the owners of Apolyton, I think you should be thankful you haven't been banned for questioning the admins' authority.

I am thankful that MarkG actually is fair with his administrative actions, and will actually keep a thread like this open so as to keep 'free speech' alive here at Apolyton.

[Solly]

I am thankful that MarkG actually is fair with his administrative actions

Ming isn't. He took 100 posts from me merely for a single piece of spam.

[Robert]

Well, since Markos is one of the owners of Apolyton, I think you should be thankful you haven't been banned for questioning the admins' authority

when did I question his authority ?
I can tell you, I don't.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Infatuation
Ming isn't. He took 100 posts from me merely for a single piece of spam.

Sure, he did Stewie. It had absolutely nothing to do with your little squeak by the censor routine.

[Chris 62]

Fascist dictatorship????

I think they are more tolerant than I am.

I kid Mark all the time, but he never gets mad, and Ming and Mike talk to you if there is a problem.

I think it's the way questions are asked that gets them ignored or answered.

When I have a question, I just ask it, and it seems to get answered.

[Robert]

I think it's the way questions are asked that gets them ignored or answered

my question was (is):

When I click on the 'Currently Active Users' link on the forum main page I get a list containing only the first 14 registered visitors in alphabetical order................

how can I see the rest of them ?

should I have asked:
Dear Markos,

thank you so much for providing us with this fine site !
Thanks for all the good work you're doing, I'm so happy with you !

Would you please be so kind to answer my little puny unworthy question ? But please don't waste your oh so valuable time ont it !

The question is related to the new beautifull feature on your great forums ! It's the feature were you can see what the current active users are doing ! Everytime I click on the link I become so happy, but then when I enter the page, I can only see 14 active users, sorted by alphabet. I'm sure it's my fault, and I'm sure that it's my stupidity that makes that your infallable and great code does not work !

Oh thy holy Markos, what do I have to do to see all those other active users ? Or am I not allowed to see it ? Please don't punish me if I ask the wrong question.
Thank you so much for taking time to read my unworthy question !
And thank you so much in advance to answer it !

thanks again !
we love your Markos !
Can't stop saying thanks !
there I go again: thanks

CyberShy

Ps. THANKS THANKS oh oh oh thank you so much
PPs. can't really quit it, oh thank you again
PPPs. somebody stop me..... tha.......argh *bonk* aaaaaaa thank....*uck* oh holy mark.......*shop* uugaliagjlas burp

[rah]

Probably.


If you had, you never know, your signature might not be green.

RAH

Of course you know, it's a matter of pride now.

[Robert]

Of course you know, it's a matter of pride now

I've been told that from the moon you can see only 2 things build by humans ! The great wall and Markos' ego

[Jay Bee]

Speaking of admin's behavior, one can't deny the high entertainment value of threads like this. Still open

[Lefty Scaevola]

It seems like few posters here have good grace and form when addressing requests to administration, and their flattery skills are woefully deficient. Let me show you an example from another forum of an effective style in which to couch a request to Administration:

"O great and magnificent Thuderfall, puissant Grandmaster of CivFanatics. We have heard tale of upcoming further benefits, which you, in your unbounded munificence, have deigned to grant us, your humble followers. We have heard that you have most generously decided to grant to your unworthy flock, further user friendly attributes of this, your glorious oracle, the CivFantics Forums, That when we have entered one of our lowly but sincere post offerings to your glory, that we shall be returned to the bottom of the thread, and that when we click upon the name of the devotee who made the last reply on the topics page, we shall be instantly and rapturously transported to the bottom of thread, for we, your servants, all know, that the bottom is our proper place, when in your august presence."

Then Bada Boom, Bada Bing! we got the two new features.

[Dauphin]

Admin's can behave how they like.

If someone allows you into their home do you complain about how they refused to answer your question on who made that painting hanging over the mantlepiece?

Remember its the Admins who own the site, and so they have complete authority and need answer to no-one!