Off topic Stuff from Mentor Thread - and discussion of staying on topic

[Chris M]

Steve? Don't you mean Marco

Chris

[noppid]

Originally Posted by Chris M

Steve? Don't you mean Marco

Chris

They all look the same with those bages. Thanks for the correction.

[high]* noppid goes off to find his glasses.[/high]

[Lottis]

Originally Posted by noppid

Yeah this thread is really important. Let's not let any one have any fun.

Come on Marco, do you really think it was necessary to admonish these posters?

Silly little slaps on the wrist like like this take up time that more important issues could have been addressed in. But you choose to admonish rather then say, wow, to someone, that could be a great idea, let's get back on topic and talk more about.

Let's see Boofo has some fun, Boofo Quits and Marco says get back on topic in a thread that was having sucess for the poster. Great management with strange coincidences surrounding it.

This should spawn a few new feedback threads itself. Are you people that disconnected? Everytime one of you big bosses micro manages, this place slides backwards. There is overwheling eveidence of this, yet the process, despite being a failure, is repeated over and over.

I agree.:banana:
Would you be my mentor, noppid?
:flashes with my long eyelashes, that i dont have:

[tgreer]

I find myself, incredibly, in disagreement with you in this instance, noppid. I'm shocked at how many threads here disintegrate into one-liners and off-topic comebacks, usually as a result of staff postings (the very group who is supposed to moderate).

I read this thread expecting to find some worthwhile suggestions about mentoring, which is of interest to me because, with the main and most worthwhile coding discussion locked and barred, and not likely to change, a "mentoring" program would give this site some other valid reason to exist.

Instead, we get more Boofoonery.

[noppid]

I just think the post was a Morale killer. We're trying to turn Morale around here, not slide backwards.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by tgreer

Instead, we get more Boofoonery.

You really need to lighten up and relax. Too much serious talk evberywhere gets a little dull and usually leads to name calling (like you seem to be good at here now) and a lot of hate being spewed about.

[Lottis]

Originally Posted by tgreer

Instead, we get more Boofoonery.

What a funny word. I like that. I also like the way "Boofoonery" is.
So i think i join him, in the "Boofoonery" Club.
Everything doesent have to bee dead serious all the time. And this place has hade to mutch of it.

[tgreer]

I would rather see serious, productive posts focused on the business at hand, than thread after thread of pointless nonsense. If I want lame jokes, I'll eat a Popsicle.

I have nothing against light-hearted, morale-boosting threads. I think it's the cart-before-the-horse, though, to focus on levity at the expense of productivity. Get the cart back on the track, and I think you'll find that morale will improve as a natural by-product.

To that end: while the mentoring idea has merit, I think the purpose could be served just as well, if not better, by opening up the Coders Discussion forum. Why have a series of one-to-one relationships? This is supposed to be a community, which implies communal learning. I think any mentoring program would quickly descend into "teach me to be like you". Where would you start? How much better it would be to learn by seeing on-going discussions, on a variety of design and coding topics, to watch how a plugin author goes about his/her business.

In short, the very idea of a mentor system tells us that some want this site to be more than a hack download/install/support site. They want it to be a place to learn about vBulletin customization, and the best way to do that is to hold the conversations in the open, where all can benefit.

[tgreer]

Boofo - please refrain from telling me what I need to do. You're not my therapist, and have no idea if I'm tense or relaxed. On the other hand, I'd welcome any comments you have about the mentoring idea, which is the topic of this thread.

Lottis - Be as silly and light-hearted as you like; I believe the site has a "lounge area" just for that purpose... this thread's subject is "Suggestion: Mentors". If you have thoughts on that matter, please share them, rather than light-heartedly boosting your post count.

[Boofo]

@ tgreer - Well maybe you should grow up then and stop then name calling. Is that possible? I have not attacked you in any way ever, I would appreciate the same respect in return.

Originally Posted by Lottis

What a funny word. I like that. I also like the way "Boofoonery" is.
So i think i join him, in the "Boofoonery" Club.
Everything doesent have to bee dead serious all the time. And this place has hade to mutch of it.

I welcome you with open arms, dear.