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Why can't I ignore Vanathor?

Discussion in 'Suggestions & Bugs' started by Valette-Serafina, May 2, 2016.

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Wanna ignore Vanathor?

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  1. Valette-Serafina

    Valette-Serafina Shameless Shadow

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    He's not a moderator, right? Is there a reason, or is it simply a forum code default thing?
    Would it be possible for this state of affairs to change?
     
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    Biigoh Primordial Tanuki Moderator

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    Vanathor is staff....
     
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    CptTagon Prolific Writer

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    Related question, what does he do? Stylist is a vague term, and QQ is hardly a wonderland of art or cutting edge web design which is what the phrase would suggest to me in this context.
     
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    Biigoh Primordial Tanuki Moderator

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    Valette-Serafina Shameless Shadow

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    Yes, but not a mod. Do I actually have to see what he posts? If so, why?
     
  6. Vanathor

    Vanathor 『Back In Black』

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    To answer your question, if you guys have problems with any of the forum skins, or need something for health reasons in terms of the same, I help with that.

    ie, the reason we have the Dark Responsive High Contrast skin is because Xicree's eyes actively hurt from viewing any of the standard defaults so that was created for him.

    Additionally, I have been responsible for acquiring and implementing certain features like the dice roller we use.

    Beyond that, I am one of the most active peeps on the board, and regularly serve as first contact if you need something simply from my availability.

    In any case Valette is just getting pissy because I called them out on using absolutely terrible sources in a debate, and that I don't share their regressive-left politics.

    Fortunately, QQ is not a hugbox.
     
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  7. Valette-Serafina

    Valette-Serafina Shameless Shadow

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    We have a rule about taking things out of rants, you know.

    If we're going there, though, I'd rather block you because you've literally advocated the annihilation of an entire culture, including children.
     
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    Vanathor 『Back In Black』

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    That is not from rants. Its in General. And I was was just answering their given question, as to my role, and why you were complaining.

    Feel free to bring that back to the Trump thread or Rants, if you want to talk about my views and yours and engage in that discussion.
     
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  9. Valette-Serafina

    Valette-Serafina Shameless Shadow

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    It's not? Seriously?

    Wow. Huh. I am quite surprised.
    No, I'd rather talk about never seeing you ever again.
     
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    tehelgee The stern gaze of justice. Administrator

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    It's hard coded. Anyone that is labeled as Staff cannot be put on the ignore list. Anyone that has an Admin permission is automatically labeled as Staff. Theme editing is an Admin permission.
     
  11. Valette-Serafina

    Valette-Serafina Shameless Shadow

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    How very regrettable.
     
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    Vanathor 『Back In Black』

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    I'm sorry you apparently have a hard-on for hating on me, but if you want to continue this line of discussion, there is an entire sub-board for blowing off steam.

    Cheers.
     
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    CptTagon Prolific Writer

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    Vanathor, thank you for explaining. I thought the various themes were add-ons bought from XenForo.
     
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    Vanathor 『Back In Black』

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    Couple of them were bought, but that was more 'nice thing I did' then any particular role I have.

    But all of them require tweaking for a variety of reasons and don't come where they need to be, out of the box.
     
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  16. kinglugia

    kinglugia A Randy Avian

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    All this politics is confusing me. Trump seems like a dick and an asshole to me. But we have to somehow deal with the terrorists in a more permanent manner, right?

    Sometimes I wish we could befriend them :(
     
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    Not the thread, but if you approve of murdering children, you're going on my ignore list too.
     
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    kinglugia A Randy Avian

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    Don't be silly. I never said that we're going to murder children. We could, idk, take them far away and unbrainwash their fanaticism or something?
     
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    Biigoh Primordial Tanuki Moderator

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    Guys... Not the topic for this.
     
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    Valette-Serafina Shameless Shadow

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    Indeed not. So, to the topic. It's not possible now: Will it be possible in future?
     
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    Vanathor 『Back In Black』

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    Even assuming elgee was willing to go along with your desire, doing so would cost a pretty penny as it would take a talented Xenforo developer quite a bit of time to decouple admin permissions from the staff list. I know a guy who could probably do it, if you care to pony up several hundred dollars for the privilege :)
     
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    Or, you could get a separate account for styling and have your main account de-admin'd. That'd be pretty much free, right?
    It's not like you're a mod, after all.
     
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    Vanathor 『Back In Black』

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    That I know won't happen, as elgee straight up had fair amount of issues with the creation of a separate account to run the vote tally program for the sole fact that others with primary accounts can access it.
    Let alone something as trivial as what you want. Multiple accounts don't happen.
     
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    Really. Well, in that case, the option would be something like stripping your admin status when you're not using it.

    Or you could just log out, and into a different account. Really, what would be so hard about that?
     
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    Vanathor 『Back In Black』

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    Do you really not see the logistical issues associated with having to pester elegee or alethiophile whenever a minor issue gets PMed to me to fix?
    I just said multiple accounts is not going to happen for reasons described above.
    Short of custom development (which costs large sums of money due to taking up a programmer's time), or Xenforo natively implementing (unlikely), it is not even technically possible, even assuming elgee wants to bother with it at all.
     
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    Well, if you can't be bothered to log out of your main account, that's on you.
    No, it's quite simple. You make a second account, and it gets given the powers you need. You don't use it for anything else. You switch accounts as needed.

    If there is a problem with this, then there must also be a problem with either new members of the forum joining, or staff privileges being assigned. Which is it? One of those, or you being lazy?
     
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    Vanathor 『Back In Black』

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    Um, I think we may be misscommunicating here? That solution is not a matter of 'feasibility'. Its a matter of 'elgee (the big wig) won't go for it, as it would necessitate the creation of a secondary account for an active user.'

    As in, something he feels strongly enough about that he nearly refused to let us create an account for Kinematic's vote tally program to generate a cookie to access the NSFW board, solely for the fact that myself and Kinematics would have access to it in addition to our primary accounts. A second account that I would be using on a semi-regular basis? That is not going to happen. This is not something he would be willing to bend on, unless he has radically changed his personal policies 180 degrees and has not mentioned it to any of the staff.
     
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    How strange. In that case, we have reached the limit of your ability to contribute to this thread.
     
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    The thread has run its course, yes.
     
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    That's not for you to say. You are neither a mod nor an admin, and you have an inherent bias in this matter.
     
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