Editors Blog

[AB Editor]

There is a combined blog post up under "Editors Blog," which features the double whammy of not only the Spare Ed but also The Big Ed.

We will be avaible for a chat 4.30 onwards in "AB Suggestions," for those with burning questions.

[krazydiamond]

Have you got your Paracetamols ready

[paraffin]

I've just had inoccuous answers removed. Why?

[paraffin]

My answers are suddenly not being registered. Why?

[AB Editor]

No paraffin, you appear to be here.

For the idle:

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/AB-Editors-Blog /

[B00]

Woulds this be a bad time to tell you that the link in your Blog doesn't work Ed?

[whifffey]

B00, edit the double quote off the right hand end, then it works and it is triffic.

[B00]

Ahhh, yeah, got it sussed whiffey (I hope you didn't put down the feather duster when you typed that^)

[Rosetta]

Glad to see you back Ed and Spare Ed. You may get a bit of flack though for your blogging absence over the last few months. And it was also nice to see you on random threads.

You can send my cheque second class post if you prefer

[whifffey]

They don't have any Underground in Lancashire, just cotton mills and matchstick men.

[redman41]

Would it be possible for your Tech Dept to use the same method as they do in Football i.e Yellow Cards which are conspicuous against the Username, before a 24Hour Ban starts?Two Yellow Cards firstly then a Red on the last Posting before a Ban. One of my Answers a while ago was banned because the breed of Cat in question was a Maine C 00 N, and I thought that was a bit trivial. Good natured banter which does not harm anyone should not be banned just for banning's sake. Bad abuse however is a different kettle of fish altogether and should be discouraged automatically with a straight Red !
Can you please be more tolerant to the 'Adult' banter that goes on and concentrate more on the serial abusers on here.
Thanks for reading this and please respond

[craft1948]

just like Yorkshire then.........minus the pudding but plus the hot pot........

[steg]

hi big Ed, mini ed
have you got a planned launch date for AB2.0 yet or is it still in the distance?


ps keep up the good work :)

[steg]

oops sorry
lol just read the blog again
cheers

[craft1948]

well I'm vibrating.....

[parra]

whiffy they have an underground railway in Liverpool and if i am not wrong they had the first overhead electric railway in the world

[Ice.Maiden]

Spare Ed - no worries about earlier on.
Big Ed - nice to see you around again.

The idea of a Report button is wrong, because it's being misused by ABers who might take umbrage against other users. All they have to do is to click the report button 10 times, either by using multiple ids, or by getting others to join them (block banning). It's the moderators job to do this.
The idea of being able to report offensive answers IS a good idea though, after which the moderators or editorial staff could make a decision.