Yeah!

Ban everybody!!

Then the board won't offend anyone.

Ban Jeff

Ban Smith.

Ban everyone but Chia and Brent.

"Lok whut I foundd on Fark.com . . . "
"SEARCH!"
"look wht I foun on collegehumor.com . . . "
"SEARCH!"
"luk what i found on ebaumsworld.com . . . "
"SEARCH!"

Last one standing gets to stay.

I haven't been on the board as long as most but I found Brent to be helpful most of the time. Even when he broke into the search maniac he was still helpful more times than not.

Not that we're actually casting ballots but I'd vote to reinstate if we were able to vote.

Like others have said then go find him on the other dozen boards he posts on. Leave him outta here.

Ban JeffW for bringing up the suggestion.

You'd think that "members" that don't own Xterras would, at least, have something intelligent to say.....

With a suggestion like yours, you wonder about the intelligence of my post?? I was here throughout Brent's caustic reign of searchnazidom. Where were you?

Actions speak louder than words.

Dude, don't rag on Lee. I don't know him personally but he's one of the most pertinent members on here.

If you want to comment on the subject, feel free.

Yes, I was here for Search Nazi-om. However, I just don't care.

While his constant encouragement of others to search, was sometimes annoying, I think his delivery certainly improved with time.

Besides, like I've said, he gave solid answers to questions that may not have been answered otherwise.

If you love him so much, sign up on NOR and ask away.

maybe brent and kmoving could switch places for a while when we get tired of bashing each of them.

I think JeffW should be banned for even mentioning my name.

DON'T YOU FUCKING LOOK AT MEEEE!!!!!

I thought you would take it as a compliment!

The stupid thing about others telling ppl to search and then posting several threads that reference the topic is.....If you take the tiem to search for somebody, then read through to find relevant info, why not just tell the poor bastard in the first place? I mean i'm pretty much a noob, but when someone asks a question and i know the answer to it, I just give it. It takes more time to look through old threads and copy and paste links into a reply than saying search. I can remember specifically a time when Brent, alter ego XTerrible i believe, replied to some noob about shifting on the fly 4wd. He said the topic had been thoroughly covered in another section. I was the following post and said, yes you can shift on the fly at almost any speed as long as your hubs are already locked. The prick (brent) then has to say do we have to elaborate any more on the issue since it's already been covered in 4wd section?

Yes, its the nice thing to go ahead and answer the often repeated questions. But what can happen is that a very simple question can lead to a long thread that might contain good info.

So lets say a few months go by and you try to do a search on a similar topic. Instead of 1 or 2 concise threads, you have 30. All the info is jumbled, inconsistent and hard to follow.

Sites like this one are a tool for those that can use them. Think of this place as a library. Look for the item you need, then if you cant find it, ask for help.

IF we don't answer them and the old threads get deleted when a clean up is run. When that happens we won't have any more theads and will have to answer them again anyway.

Amen. This should be in the readers acceptance thing and have to be clicked as "yes, I get it.." before they can post

That would be great if people actually read what they are agreeing to.

Might be time to add a nice hidden clause in the statement.

Still being new here, I can't comment on anyone's past behavior. But......I have talked with Brent before and he has been most helpful. I've also seen how much he has helped others - often newbies who should've searched in the first place. But, I've learned more from reading links Brent has posted than I have from searching on my own. So what if he could've answered with a quick yes or no, but instead posted a bunch of relevant links that required someone to take a bit of responsibility in reading through. Why give a newbie an easy yes or no answer when they should've searched in the first place. Well, if nothing else, providing them links to past discussion helps them fully undestand whatever it is they had a question about, instead of the simple yes/no they thought they were wondering about.

I'm a moderator on another truck forum, so I participate in the punish/ban discussion among the other mods and owner all the time. Unless a member is deliberately breaking the rules of the site or harassing other members, there is no reason to ban them. If you simply don't like the way they post, get over it. If you need to change the rules of the site, do it - but carefully consider the possible results. Some members contribute a significant amount to a board and simply because they rub some people wrong or do things a bit out of the norm is no reason to ban them, unless it is clear they have broken the rules. This is why it is important to have well thought out rules and an active moderating staff with authority to act independantly when necessary.

There are a few folks that have suprised me with their negative posts, namely Admin. So go figure........