I miss re-cycler

If the whole point of this forum is to help people with scrapping then it should be OK to link to other forums that might have other information on it. I would have been upset about this too as it would seem like the flow of knowledge was being restricted thus defeating the purpose of this site. However I wouldn't have went through and deleted all past helpful postings as this would be a contradiction of my reason for disagreement.

Originally Posted by zakmattingly

If the whole point of this forum is to help people with scrapping then it should be OK to link to other forums that might have other information on it. I would have been upset about this too as it would seem like the flow of knowledge was being restricted thus defeating the purpose of this site. However I wouldn't have went through and deleted all past helpful postings as this would be a contradiction of my reason for disagreement.

It's never okay to send members off to another forum with the same focus. If you feel it fits a specific person send them a PM, but I would have done the same thing on my forum.

Maybe the way he left wasn't the best, I'm a little perplexed by the Forum's stance on what started this whole ordeal myself, and a little clarification would be nice. Canadian Forum really posed no threat, I'm no forum expert, but as I stated before, I never even gave this issue a second thought. The idea of a forum is to share info, IMHO, and if that means getting some good info from another source everyone could benefit. I'm confident that this forum is the best out there, and the Mods here should have that confidence as well, my bet is you would increase membership not loose members by allowing some networking of that nature.

In order to receive a Level 5 certification from USA Hockey I was required to attend a conference that had coaches represented at all levels. From youth hockey to NHL coaches, we had the opportunity to pick each others brains so that we could become better coaches. Many of us would battle each other in upcoming games in the next season but that was the furthest thing from our minds, we wanted to be the best we were capable of being and sharing info was how we chose to do it. It was incredible to listen to someone that was an NHL coach explain how they did something to teach a point in practice and then listen just a intently to how I did things at the youth level.

Whoever created this forum, ya done good and you shouldn't be afraid to let competition takes it's coarse. Instead of trying to ignore it by deleting posts that may leave you vulnerable, let it continue to challange yourself to be the best...Just my 2 cents not even sure what the whole story was, done rambling now.

Oh and Dee, sorry if I did the highjack thing. I liked Re's posts and pics as well.

Hey everybody, going to chime in here.

Let me clarify a couple things,

Threads will get deleted here and there, moderation will take its course. The forum he linked to wasn't really a competing forum in my opinion, I checked it out and it wasn't a big deal. Apparently, at first glance it could have appeared to be a competing forum of some sort, so many of the comments are correct about that assumption, but I don't think it was, however that's not necessarily why the thread was deleted.

The forum had no activity, no active members, and absolutely NO helpful content on it whatsoever. It was a near completely empty forum which added no value at all to the members of this one. Not really a big deal in itself, which is why the thread stayed up for a while, BUT Then he kept bumping that same thread with his own new replies because he or the empty site he linked to didn't get any response from it the first time it was posted here.

What the problem is, is how this person reacted to a simple deletion of a thread. He could quickly and easily have sent myself or a moderator a quick PM, could have used the 'contact us' link at the bottom of the forum, etc. Instead he decided to create a new thread, stir up a negative discussion and throw a fit and went back changing all of his posts in several threads to a bunch of nonsense in the form of ---------.

That's not only uncalled for, but disrespectful to all the members of this forum, and disrespecting this forum and/or the members of this forum won't be tolerated. Usually we handle things with simple moderation and/or send quick private messages to members doing something questionable, but when people start acting out the way re-cycler did, well that just gives off a bad vibe and we won't have that here. This forum is for you guys to use and enjoy, for free, and you shouldn't have to deal with the kind of nonsense we saw going on yesterday because of a harmless deletion of a thread.

Originally Posted by Kris Kringle

So I guess on that Point it isn't ok to Post youtube links about Scrapping Either Huh?

I wouldn't see a problem with posting to Youtube useful sites, just as we've linked to many others - ie: The Irrationalist's sites and blogs.