[The E]

Nope, they really don't. This is not a democracy. It never will be. If we take the current standing, we have 35 votes, a third of which are "we don't care", another third being "Keep it as it is", and the last third being "It's stupid, stop it".

I hardly call that a representative sample of HLP's population, most of which have never and never will run into trouble with the issues under debate here.

[Mobius]

Even if HLP is not a democracy I believe the admins have taken a look at this poll's preliminary results and will eventually use said results to make a decision. Please note that we have seen administrators creating new polls in the past, asking other community members to voice their opinions.

I agree with you when it comes to the number of votes, though. There should be more, but of course we can't force people to vote here.

[Dilmah G]

Nope, they really don't. This is not a democracy. It never will be. If we take the current standing, we have 35 votes, a third of which are "we don't care", another third being "Keep it as it is", and the last third being "It's stupid, stop it".

I hardly call that a representative sample of HLP's population, most of which have never and never will run into trouble with the issues under debate here.

That would be implying that I thought the polls would be of some use to the Admins/Moderators. As I said before, I think this is more something to have a laugh about over in the admin-cave rather than anything else.

The polls are of perhaps of some use to people such as Mobius who seem to have an issue with the thread renaming, and as a result, can feel that their viewpoint is at least shared by someone other than themselves.

If the Admins really cared about what people thought, they'd have started the poll themselves.

[Rodo]

This is just a suggestion, and the why to my voting:

When certain user gets frustrated and starts flaming or behaves incorrectly, thread lock or split is due.
Moderators should take a step back, cool their head down and then assign a title to the thread, we all know humans are susceptible to emotional behaviour after a heated discusion, but it gives no rights to act accordingly in public.
We're bound to cross our ways again in this small community, so why keep such a mooded ambient?

I expect no less from the admins that an impartial and objective treatment to me and all members alike, jerks will always be jerks, admins should act like grown up and put their responsibilities before any personal issues.

[pecenipicek]

I'm a bit trolling here, but people "living" here who assume we are under a democracy of any kind are sorely mistaken. We're under what could be called "Somewhat Benevolent Dictatorship" at best. As far as i'm concerned, what mods, globalmods and admins decide, that is what goes. If people cant handle sarcasm or ribbing from others, they need to grow some thicker skin.

We dont need to become another refuge for Mr.'s Mrs.'s "I-spotted-an-offensive-word-BAN THAT USER FOR OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE! What, he said ass? BURN HIM!" of the internet. Leave the meek to the meek. Anyone who manages to stay coherent here after more than a year is ok in my book.

Spoiler:

Some unfortunate individuals notwithstanding...

[Qent]

Plus, the preliminary results of this poll (though it'd be better to wait until we get 50 or so votes before coming to any conclusion) indicate that many community members find those titles dangerous, in the sense that they may result in additional flame wars later on.

No. This poll is not as useful as it could have been because you loaded it against the the renaming of threads. You could have gone the other way by calling it "the humorous renaming of split threads." What you have done is akin to asking "Should mods make bad posts? Welp, let the poll results speak for themselves. "

[karajorma]

That would be implying that I thought the polls would be of some use to the Admins/Moderators. As I said before, I think this is more something to have a laugh about over in the admin-cave rather than anything else.

I'll laugh about it right here.

 


The poll is so ludicrously loaded as to be worthless.