[wp-forums] mod watch...

[Otto]

John, I've removed the flags from your account.

Nevertheless, future reference, it's never a good idea to argue with forum
moderators, on any forum. They might be a bit "terse", as it were, and that
often can be mistaken for rudeness, but when you have to go through as much
as they do on a constant basis, then a little terseness is to be expected.

BTW, with regards to the problem you were having back then, the  character
appears because of an incompatibility between your database encoding and
encoding of the page upon which you are viewing and entering it. The short
of it is, that if this problem exists in your setup, then doing the
double-space-after-a-period will cause the Â's to appear.

The fix is difficult to perform, requiring direct database intervention,
but it is possible to do. Generally it's easiest to make a whole new
database and fresh install and then export/import your content over. Email
me directly if you still have this problem.

Also, double-space-after-a-period is a relic of a bygone era of fixed size
characters and typewriters. Break yourself of the habit, modern computer
fonts perform proper kerning automatically, and only
one-space-after-a-period is actually the correct way to do it. :)

-Otto


-Otto


On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 5:17 PM, John Fridinger <crzyhrse at gilanet.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I’ve been receiving the wp-forums list for a  month or two, and have
> looked through the list's archives back to April or so, partly because I
> wanted to get a sense of the terrain before I wrote. The codex page where I
> found the link that brought me here says, more or less, that the list is
> for moderators and other WP volunteers to discuss issues with the support
> forum itself, and for folks who want to help make the forum better for
> communication.   My intention now is to engage with that in mind…
>
> Around the beginning of May I was briefly banned, and since then I have
> been on mod watch, with my new topics moderated.  At least that seems to be
> the only explanation for why my new topics are not getting posted right
> away.
>
> With all due respect I would like to ask that that to be ended, that I be
> removed from mod watch.
>
>  I’ve seen from discussion here that it is believed that being moderated
> is not a limitation on anyone.  Actually though, it is, at least for some.
> The limitation/difficulty for me is that I am unable to edit my posts in
> the short time that is allowed for editing after they are posted.
>
>  Almost invariably, no matter how much I try to get it right, after I post
> a topic and then view it via its posted format/perspective there is editing
> I want to make.  Perhaps a typo or missed word, and/or often enough more
> info I want to add, change or delete for clarity and helpfulness…  I have
> not been able to do that now since the beginning of May…
>
> I have been a WP forum member for about a year, and there are presently
> around four pages of my threads and replies.  I don’t believe anyone
> looking through them, irregardless of how much time they might spend, will
> find any reason at all for me to continue to be moderated.
>
> I suspect that the moderator who did the banning and put me on mod watch
> and I would still not agree on the actuality of the situation when they
> entered the thread, or on all the contributing factors feeding the energy
> of the escalation between us.
>
> But never-the-less and without question, the situation did escalate to a
> point that the moderator had no choice but to block me from posting for a
> little while.  I am not unwilling to discuss how it came to that, but only
> if it would be helpful in terms of moderation.  Otherwise it is water under
> the bridge for me, and was so very shortly after.  And, with that said, I
> also gained some valuable learning from the episode and am grateful for the
> opportunity, as painful as it was for the bit of time it took place.
>
> Communication…  That seems to be the WP forums in a nutshell.
> Communication is also important to me.  Segueing off what the codex said,
> maybe I can go beyond asking to get off mod watch and also offer to be
> helpful.  I have been on the “Make Wordpress Core" mailing list for a few
> months now, even though I don’t for the most part code.  I am fascinated by
> Wordpress.org and what it has and is doing regarding world community, and
> have been watching and learning whenever there is time and opportunity.
>
> Following this email list has given me a greater sense what it takes to
> enable continuing helpful communication amongst sooo much diversity, so
> many different people variables, variables beyond imagining really...
>
> So, both a request and a hesitant offer. and I’ll leave it here…
>
> Kind regards,
>
> John Fridinger, aka crzyhrse
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