Tarboard

Before TARS had this forum I was and still am a follower of the posts on Tarboard which is an outlet for topics on AR.

Tarboard has quite a following so it was with some surprise today to learn that Ian the administrator has decided to close it down seemingly, his equipment is getting unreliable and he is tired of running the site.

Now some of the posters on Tarboard are members of TARS but there are several who are not.

I therefore wonder if some sort of guest registration could be used on TARS forum for non members should any wish to join in discussions here.

Obviously it is important to keep spammers and other nuisances out so some form of restriction is needed I am sure.

 

 

 

Mmm, do bear in mind that I'm just the tame tekkie and have no pull with the management .. but for my tuppence, after watching some of the discussions previously held on 'Tarboard' my inclination would be 'ROFL'.

In particular (again, this is just my personal impression / opinion);

a. Why would TARS provide such a service for non-paying non-members?

b. ** moderated **

c. A number of postings on Tarboard seem to have taken the form of attacks on both the TARS board and personal attacks on TARS members, if you have any thoughts on (a) that counter "it's one of the benefits of being a member and will encourage people to sign up" , I'm all ears ..

With regards to (b) and (c) , well , as you're probably aware far more people have been watching conversations on Tarboard than actually take part and some Tarboard posters have managed to get right up the nose of many enthusiastic, paying, TARS members. If you can think of some way of squaring what's been said, post away ...

Still can't find out how to register but I will crack the system. However, could you withdraw the remark "** moderated **" please, Gareth, because it is going to offend many people, including me. I think that discussing Ransome in a forum open to members of TARS and non-menbers too can only be a good thing, and those who participate in the electronic world do not necessarily wish to receive paper journals and may well be unable to attend meetings. Joy Wotton (a member of TARS)

I do see you have a number of good points, and hopefully this matter could be looked at again if there is a number of requests to use the forum.

Maybe I was premature in bringing this up. I mainly want to see this forum become a success and for it to encourage surfers to sign up to TARS by having interesting topics to discuss, no doubt as time passes this will happen.

Maybe someone with other views on this will come in to further the discussion

 

Hi Joy,

I have removed the comment for now, however please can you clarify why it's going to offend people, yourself in particular. As a member of TARS I take it you're not guilty of this? Also, can you clarify - do you think my comment was inaccurate, or that issuing the comment is likely to upset people?

At the moment the registration process is less than streamlined, if you email your name, address and membership number to tarsnet@arthur-ransome.org" you'll get a login ID and password by return.

Previously Anonymous wrote:

Still can't find out how to register but I will crack the system. However, could you withdraw the remark "** moderated **" please, Gareth, because it is going to offend many people, including me. I think that discussing Ransome in a forum open to members of TARS and non-menbers too can only be a good thing, and those who participate in the electronic world do not necessarily wish to receive paper journals and may well be unable to attend meetings. Joy Wotton (a member of TARS)

 

Briefly, I thought it was a generalization that rather harshly tarred all Tarboarders with the same brush. It seemed best to sweep point b) away before it caused offence.

 

Gareth wrote: I have removed the comment for now, however please can you clarify why it's going to offend people, yourself in particular. As a member of TARS I take it you're not guilty of this? Also, can you clarify - do you think my comment was inaccurate, or that issuing the comment is likely to upset people?

 

 

Whilst I would agree with your TarBoard comments about attacks some time ago, Gareth,  I am not aware of any real attacks on either TARS or board members recently. I think that those involved have either been warned off by the moderator or have got tired and shut up.

It is just possible that someone will be able to take Tarboard forward and I know that people are looking at the possibility.

Are you referring to me Owen? If so I am neither tired nor will I shut up ... *** moderated ***

Mmm, it does appear that some people just don't know when they are well off. I had thought my previous posting was fairly clear, unacceptable content will simply not be approved and nobody is going to see it unless it's approved. Why one would continue to post under such circumstances is beyond me.

We have now reported this abuse to the poster's ISP who have been asked them to keep details of  IP addresses used and online times. If the poster persists in attempting to post abusive comments to this Forum we will make a formal compaint to the NHTCU and bar the individual completely from all sites hosted with Encryptec.

Previously Anonymous wrote:

Are you referring to me Owen? If so I am neither tired nor will I shut up ... *** moderated ***

 

In view of the last post, Gareth, I think your argument about anonymous and non member posters is overwhelmingly proved.

Unfortunately if anonymous is who I think it might be, I was not referring to that person anyway.

Mmm, whether you were or weren't isn't really relevant in the context of the comments he made .. anyway, no longer an problem.

Previously Owen Roberts wrote:

In view of the last post, Gareth, I think your argument about anonymous and non member posters is overwhelmingly proved.

Unfortunately if anonymous is who I think it might be, I was not referring to that person anyway.

 

Mmm, please bear in mind prior to making the board live I did read back through TARboard in great detail and I'm not a TARS member hence have no axe to grind either way. I stand by what I said, that's the impression I formed as a neutral third party.

Previously Joy wrote:

 

Briefly, I thought it was a generalization that rather harshly tarred all Tarboarders with the same brush. It seemed best to sweep point b) away before it caused offence.

 

And I was very specific about my use of the word "some".

Previously Gareth Bult wrote:

Mmm, please bear in mind prior to making the board live I did read back through TARboard in great detail and I'm not a TARS member hence have no axe to grind either way. I stand by what I said, that's the impression I formed as a neutral third party.

 

It might be worth noting that TarBoard continues with new administrators and a new domain from the 1st November. All those who who want to visit the old site will be redirected to the new site, which they may bookmark if they choose.

This should remove pressure for non member posters to access the TARS Forum