Way Too Many Vanities (Updated)

March 29, 2003 | Admin Moderator

[Admin Moderator]

There have been way too many vanities lately. The news forum is being overrun with them. We have been spending a lot of time moving them to the General Interest ("Chat") forum. With the increased volume we have seen with the war starting, we have been missing mail and other moderator duties, such as zots. So, here's some guidelines for vanities. Of course, there are exceptions to these guidelines. We have seen some great vanities.

Vanities are never posted in breaking news. Exceptions will be from valid news sources where breaking news is happening immediately. Such as 'CNN just reported Baghdad has been overrun by coalition forces'. Or, 'Fox reports that WMD have been discovered in Saddam's palace by embedded reporter'.

Your one line vanites, for the most part can be posted as a comment on an existing thread. If you want to post a one line vanity, post it in the chat forum. One line vanities consist of but are not limited to, 'Did you just hear that guy on KASD?'. Or, 'Does anyone know where that thread is about that women who said something about chemical weapons'. They will be deleted unless they are posted in the chat forum.

Most emails are not valid sources of news. Who knows where they originated from. They will be deleted unless they are posted in the chat forum.

Most humor threads should go to the chat forum, unless they are relevent to current events and news. Jokes and 'caption this' are also included. They will be deleted unless they are posted in the chat forum.

Freep this polls will be moved to chat depending on their revelance to current events.

Thanks for helping. Free Republic is growing faster than ever right now!

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WHERE IS CHAT?

At the upper right hand side of the latest posts or latest thread, you will see a menu which looks something like this:

Campaign Central
General Interest (also known as 'chat')
News/Activism
Religion
RLC Liberty Caucus
The Smokey Backroom
VetsCoR

To post an article in any of these forums, just click on that forum, and post your article. They all work the same way.

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Reference threads:

On War Images
Announcement Regarding the Breaking News Posting Category
New Numbers for the Curious (or FR Traffic Stats)
Loose Lips Sinks Ships
Welcome, and Thanks [Newbies Especially, Please Read]
Help us out, please search before posting an article.
Regarding Graphics During Heavy Free Republic Traffic
Topic Abuse, Particularly Activism
Traffic Rank for freerepublic.com (alexa)
a colorful comparison of daily site statistics
The Ultimate Sidebar Management Thread

[LouisianaJoanof Arc]

ooops! okay general interest = chat........

[HAL9000]

This is a bit off-topic but -

The Find in Forum by Title search function has changed, and now defaults to Order by Relevance, instead of Order by Date.

The result will be more duplicate posts.

[Admin Moderator]

We agree. Some vanities are excellent. We have some great authors here. There have been so many vanities lately though, we've just been moving them all. If everyone helps, we can keep the really good ones in news. Maybe move them to editorial or humor, depending on they type of vanity.

[M Kehoe]

...and is using Nupress again...

Would you please make up your mind already?

5.56mm

[Nita Nupress]

Either that, or quit referring to it as chat. Many people, especially new members, have NO idea where to find the illusory Chat forum.

Oh, my gosh. Don't I feel dumb.

[Admin Moderator]

Of course, post it in breaking news. Have you considered a revival of your freeper addict thread? It's a FR classic, and with the number of new posters, it might be worth a revisit.

[Admin Moderator]

Check the reference threads I've included. There's a new one John created.

[don-o]

Of course it can be done. We old timers stick together.

Come on John, do right for Nita

[Nita Nupress]

I don't think I've ever told you this, but I think you have one of the best screen names here. I remember when I was trying to find an untaken name, I almost named myself, "Well, sh*t." That was back when I cussed a lot.

[Admin Moderator]

You forgot one.

[...batting eyelashes...]

[Dog Gone]

Oh, now you've done it.

[tutstar]

Do you have a ping anyone when you ZOT? I know it's probably weird but I kind of enjoy the Zots!

[Admin Moderator]

The moderators have no involvement with programming. Let's ask John.

[UB355]

Being a Marquette Fan I liked the one eariler in the day that stated Marquette kicking Kentucky Butt in Great 8 !

I can see now how that may be too vain and offensive to some KY fans.

[Admin Moderator]

That and the tuna thread stick out in my mind as classics

[Nita Nupress]

You forgot one.

[...batting eyelashes...]

ROTFLOL! You're right. How could I forget that one?

Hmmmm... Maybe this gives us a clue as to whether you're a male or female. Lemme think on that one a minute.

[Admin Moderator]

Sorry, they happen so often (maybe 10 a day), and usually we have 20 other things going on at once. Of course, Zots seem to happen when only one moderator is here. But, we can't stop others from creating one............

[knak]

tuna thread???? what on earth?

[Diddle E. Squat]

Is the rumor true that the Mod's are going to announce a 4-6 day pause in zots?

[Admin Moderator]

I could be a male, doing the sexist thing. Or possibly a female and understand those emotions. You decide.