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[Superchop]

Originally Posted by mantidor

oh did you notice that there are stains present even in those screens NSW posted? creepy indeed

What i find a bit creepier is that you actually noticed them ...kinda makes me wonder about you

but then again...mantis' probably have slightly better eyes then humans...so you seeing those "stains" must be because of your superior eyes....right!?

[Lexander]

I wonder what the starter of 'poper posting' and Aion felt like when the n00bness sunk in. It must feel pretty crappy ... cause you think you're the hip man on the block with the awsome n00bbashing url and then you realise how you still suck at the internet. Must be heartbreaking

On a side note Manti has a good eye for that kind of stuff. He's like an exorcist for jiz.. I mean weird stains.

[Shay]

You just had to rub it in didn't you? Aion prolly though he had gotten away with that.

[Roots]

PennyArcade had a funny comic about learning how to post the other day. I think it's hilarious


http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php...04-11-03&res=l

[junko]

Originally Posted by Roots

PennyArcade had a funny comic about learning how to post the other day. I think it's hilarious


http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php...04-11-03&res=l

Ya know, I once had an english teacher who wrote comments like those. I used to write totally off-the-wall shit to get her to take out her red pen and mark up my essays. Quite fun, actually, until I saw my english grade. Not that that was on topic or anything, but whatever.

Originally Posted by aahhsin

Mantidor, I suggest you start looking at Yuri, (Is that what lesbian sex is?) It's the same thing as Yaoi, but there's not as much mess around.

Hmm. aahhsin, have you never seen Angel of Darkness? There's plenty of mess!

[Catgirls]

Hey all...

I don't know how many people know of these (maybe I'm the last one to find out ), but here's a small list of keyboard shortcuts you can use within the forum (vBulletin). I've been using Ctrl+b & Ctrl+u to format text and Alt+4 to hit up Advanced Search for a while now. Some of these are pretty handy of you're anti-mouse-click like I can be at times.

Alt+s = save settings (control panel)

Alt+1 = forum home
Alt+2 = new posts
Alt+3 = toggles print view
Alt+4 = search
Alt+5 = faq

Message Editor Window Shortcuts:

Ctrl+b = bold
Ctrl+i = italics
Ctrl+u = underline

Alt+p = preview message
Alt+s = submit message

Replying

Alt + x = Go Advanced Reply Editor

Cheers.

[mantidor]

wow! those are new to me too! Quite convinient.

[bastard-sama]

So this is how you post?!?!?!?

[NoSanninWa]

Originally Posted by bastard-sama

So this is how you post?!?!?!?

Except that we hope your post would contain an idea of your own, instead of just repeating words.

[OutPhase]

Well, I'm bored, so time to bring up my guide as of how to report button, with ONE NEW EXTRA SINCE! (AKA: A title based off something from 4chan (I think)).

Spoiler for get ready for the retardedly long guide called.....:

HOW DO I USE REPORT BUTTON

By Outphase (aka: Since the served crashed, is now Razer_2mb)


Although the Report button may be ignored constantly by people who think they can straighten out other people themselves, it is more wise if you just click that button at the side of the post. Trying to reason with a person that needs to be reported is a waste of time which might get you in trouble for flame baiting.

Either way, if you reply to the rule-breaker, when a moderator comes, your post will most likely be deleted to try to make sure that said-person isn’t mentioned again through the entire thread.


Posts

There posts that you can and cannot report. Also, when you report a post, give a short reason what they did wrong.

What you can report:

Flaming: insulting others is not allowed on this forum.

ex. “You suck, moron”

What you should type in the Report box: “flaming a member.” “insulting anther member.”


Flame baiting: trying to get people to insult you or other is also against the rules.

ie. I hate <insert anime here>. It sucks, and so do all the fans, and to not suck the must insult me to prove they have some balls.

What you should type in the Report box: “Flame bating.” “Trolling by getting people to insult others.”


Short one sentence posts: These posts almost always add nothing to the thread since it’s obvious by the short comment they’re not posting anything important

ie. “I agree.”

What you should type in the Report box: “Useless post.”


Inappropriate images: nudity is never allowed on this site, not even legal. Using images to insult another member is also not allowed. Inappropriateness also accounts for links to videos.

ie. :Posts picture of 12 year-old naked girl tied down and a message saying “You’re so weak you can’t even rape this child”: “osts link to video about a man having intercourse with a woman:”

What you should type in the Report box: “Pornography.” “Child porn.” “Using a mean-spirited image.” “Linking to video with sexual content.”


Huge images: There are some dial-up used that get upset that they can’t view/reply to a thread until everything else loads up, so if you must post a huge image, make it a thumbnail leading to the full size image or just post the site address.

ie. :2000x2000 image posted:

What you should type in the Report box: “Very large image.” “Image slowing down my dial-up.”


Bad spelling and/or grammar: If one types in “AOLer”, “1337”, ALL CAPS, etc. report them. This is a forum meant for people who can actually use the English language, not rip it apart into an unreadable post of hodgepodge.

ie. “hllo i m nuw lol gr8 plce u gt heer lol wel gtg by lol” “! 4|\/| |\|3\/\/ 70 7|-| |=0P\|_||\/|”

“I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU VIEW ON :insert thing here:”

What you should type in the Report box: “Failure to construct a readable sentence.” “Typed out whole post in 1337.” “Can’t turn off the ‘caps lock’ or let go of the ‘shift’ key.”


Spoilers: The staff would like to get rid of any post that doesn’t include spoiler tags and reveal an important part of the series.

ie. “She dies!” “And they kick the bad guys ass!”

What you should type in the Report box: “No spoiler tag.” “They couldn’t be bothered to use a spoiler tag, so they ruined the ending for me.”


Advertising: Whether it be spam, a scam, a contest for them to win stuff, their site, etc. it’s against the rules.

ie. “Help me win this iPod (posts site)”

What you should type in the Report box: “Spamming a product/a contest/their site.” “posting link leading to a scam site.”


Spamming: Remember that there is a difference between someone posting a lot of long and meaningful posts and someone just posting like a madman. Sometimes the “short one sentence” posts and “Advertising” are since in spamming.

ie. “Yes, I think you’re right.

“I disagree with you”

“lol that’s so funny”

“I like :inset anime:”

All of the above in less that 20 minutes, and they still continue stupid posts like the above. Sometimes, they say one thing, but they post in 20 times in the same thread.

What you should type in the Report box: “Spamming.”


Bumping/Necroposting: Bumping is when you revive a thread which no one replied to in a long time. It’s okay if you’re adding something, but it’s not okay if it’s just for the sake of bring it back up.

ie. “Bump”

Why did you bump it? Are you trying to find something to say after people get mad at you?


“I agree.”

Yay for you, now only if you did that a year ago.

What you should type in the Report box: “Bumping old thread with nothing constructive to say.”


Already made thread: We don’t need two topics discussing the same thing.

ie. “NOOOOOOOO! Naruto has been licensed” “Where’s the Naruto Movie?!”

“Hello, my name is :so-and-so: and I’m new the the forums” and creates a topic about joining.

What you should type in the Report box: “Making an already existing thread.”


Neg-whining: I was afraid that I would have to do this one......

People don’t want you to complain about your neg reps (Trust me, they really don’t want to hear it. Take my word for it since I found that out the hard way.) Making a new post for it is really bad, but if you make a topic you’re just asking for trouble.

ie. (makes new thread) “OMGWTF WHAT’S THIS NEG REP ALL ABOUT!?!?!

Originally Posted by rep message

You suck

“I want an explanation”

What you should type in the Report box: “Neg-rep whining.”


Posting something illegal: Aside from child porn and scams, you’re also not allowed to post links to fansubs that fansub licensed anime or scandalations to licensed manga. Bootlegs, DVD rips, mp3s, illegal software, anime or manga raws, anything that can illegal circumvent copy protection like serial numbers or “cracks”, or anything else illegal.

ie. Someone posts a link to any of the above.

What you should type in the Report box: “Linked to bootlegs.” “Linked to Raw anime.” “Posting site where one can download licensed anime fansubs.” and so on.

Episode release: e don’t want to hear people complaining about not getting the oh so precious FREE anime fansubs and about them being late. Personally, I wish there was a “smack the member with a shovel button” for those kinds of posts.

ie. “OMG <insert anime here> is late by almost 20 whole minutes. Let’s raise hell!

What you should type in the Report box: “Complaining about late episode release.”


Public events: Let’s clear things up: Every member here lives somewhere else from each other. We all don’t live in Philadelphia, Japan, or some city we never heard of until YOU came here.

ie. “Hey, big party at Hornytown, North Carolina tonight. Boo-yea! Who’s going to be there?

What you should type in the Report box: “Posting about public event around where he lives.”

Personal conversation in thread: We have this amazing system called “Personal Messaging”. If you must go off topic and talk to each other for 2 pages, do it there.

ie. “So how are things going?”

“Fine, I guess.”

“Well that’s good to hear.”

“lol”

and it’ just goes on and on like that.

What you should type in the Report box: “Going off topic and having a personal conversation with another member.”

Off-topicness: I shouldn’t even need to explain this one.

ie. “I like ducks.” (thread is about global warming.)

What you should type in the Report box: “Went off-topic.”

Army-building games/Petitions: You posting links to things like “Outwar” and “Kink of Chaos”. Also, no petitions. Online petitions don’t work anyway.

ie. “I found this cool army-building game. Check it out! posts link:”

“Help me have Naruto! osts link:”

What you should type in the Report box: “Posting link to army-building game.” “Posting an online petition about whatever.”



What you should NOT report:

People posting: Yes, the members on a message board have the right to post. If they're aren’t breaking any rules, then don’t report them for stupid reasons like “He/She doesn’t agree with me”.


People who don’t rate another persons avatar or signature: I personally found this out from NightWish. Honestly, someone forgetting to rate is not that big of a deal. They’ll get to their post sooner or later. Even if it’s for the 5th time the same person didn’t rate, don’t report.


A staff member: There the staff, so don’t report them. They can enforce the rules, and possibly break the forums own rules. By reporting them, you reporting him to his own self. I highly doubt they’ll be like “Oh no. I’m doing something bad. I’ll stop myself!”


A thread that you think is stupid but doesn’t break the rules: You can think a thread someone made is dumb or stupid, but you can’t do a thing about it if he’s not breaking any rules. Just ignore it.

Signature is too big: You can’t report that since they’ll think you’re trying to report their post. For signature manners, Private Message a staff member, or let them take their time for them to notice songs has an oversized signature.

Threads made with the permission of a staff member:Also note that if they mention that they got a moderators/administrators permission to post any of the above, don’t report them.

Now you know how to use the Report button. Congratsulations.

[xris]

Mostly correct but a few corrections need to be made.

Signature is too big
I see no problem with using the Report button for this. It makes my job easier since I can immediately see a post with the offending sig.

The following are interpretations, so it could be just the way you phased it that needs correcting.

Inappropriate images
There's a difference between "nudity" and "inappropriate images". In the Forum Rules we state:

Any content (e.g. images, text, video, etc.) that is of a pornographic, extremely violent, repulsive or disturbing nature, or otherwise unsuitable for minors, is expressly forbidden.

Nudity doesn't equal pornographic. Images of fully clothed people could still be pornographic.

What we do not allow are images of a "sexual nature", and that's subjective. So your examples are correct but just saying that "nudity is never allowed" isn't.

"Using images to insult another member" are called "retort images". It might be better to split this section into two since retort images can cover may subject and aren't normally sexual in nature (they are more along the lines of "stfu" images").

Huge images
Very true, just to add that "hiding" them in spoiler tags doesn't help since the entire image is still loaded to your PC even if you never open the spoiler tag.

Bumping/Necroposting
Unnecessary bumping is certainly correct but we don't have any issues with "Necroposting". In fact if anything we will merge posts no matter how old the previous thread was.

Again, this might just be down to interpretation of what's meant by "Necroposting" but if it's a valid point of discussion then we prefer a post to be added to an (old) existing thread than for a new thread to be created.

The following reasons could also be added.

Please do my homework for me: Requests for help in completing coursework, homework, assignments and the such like.

Intimate problems: Some sort of personal problem the poster wants others to solve for them. This isn't a "Dear Abbey" forum, it's an anime forum and just because we have a "General Chat" forum doesn't mean anything can be posted.(see Rule 2.2).

The last group needs some rewording as well.

People posting
This might cause some misunderstanding so maybe it should be renamed to Personal Objections.

i.e. you should not report a post just because you do not agree with the opinions expressed by the poster. There needs to be something wrong with the post (as the above examples show) and not because of personal differences or opinion in say the way an anime finished or it's meaning.

People who don’t rate another persons avatar or signature
Again I don't have a problem with this but then I rarely R.O.D a post in the example threads you gave. So maybe using the Report button is slightly excessive in this case.

A staff member
I don't see why you shouldn't report a post made by a staff member. If they are doing something wrong then report it. We are not allowed to break the rules any more than anyone else is.

A thread that you think is stupid but doesn’t break the rules
This should really be included in the Personal Objections section above. After all, if a thread or post is really, really dumb or stupid then reporting most likely would fall under the pointless threads rule.

But apart from that, you seemed to catch most reasons for the use of the Report button.

[felix]

Originally Posted by How do I rate a thread?

You may find a small menu on thread pages which allows you to 'rate this thread' with a number between 1-5.

Casting a vote for threads you view is entirely optional, but if you think that the thread is superb, you might rate it as a 5-star thread, or if you think that it's unspeakably dismal, you might choose to rate the thread with a single star.

Once enough votes have been cast for the thread rating, you may see a set of stars appear with the title of the thread in the thread listings. These stars reflect the average vote cast, and can allow you to quickly see which threads are worth reading if you are on a very busy forum with a lot of threads

This is from the AS Forum FAQ...

So is it disabled or something... because I just can't find such a option anywhere...

[Catgirls]

Originally Posted by BlackCatXIII

This is from the AS Forum FAQ...

So is it disabled or something... because I just can't find such a option anywhere...

Yes, it has been disabled.

[felix]

Spoiler for Quote Catgirls:

Hey all...

I don't know how many people know of these (maybe I'm the last one to find out ), but here's a small list of keyboard shortcuts you can use within the forum (vBulletin). I've been using Ctrl+b & Ctrl+u to format text and Alt+4 to hit up Advanced Search for a while now. Some of these are pretty handy of you're anti-mouse-click like I can be at times.

Alt+s = save settings (control panel)

Alt+1 = forum home
Alt+2 = new posts
Alt+3 = toggles print view
Alt+4 = search
Alt+5 = faq

Message Editor Window Shortcuts:

Ctrl+b = bold
Ctrl+i = italics
Ctrl+u = underline

Alt+p = preview message
Alt+s = submit message

Replying

Alt + x = Go Advanced Reply Editor

Cheers.

Alt+1 = forum home ...Won't work in Opera...
Alt+2 = new posts This one's pretty useful... a shortcut to display all the new posts on the forum... to bad it won't work in Opera

Alt+3 = toggles print view
Alt+4 = search
Alt+5 = faq

Message Editor Window Shortcuts:

Ctrl+b = bold
Ctrl+i = italics
Ctrl+u = underline

Alt+p = preview message
Alt+s = submit message

Replying

Alt + x = Go Advanced Reply Editor

All won't work in Opera...

Maybe they work in the new Opera 9 Beta... unfortunately that won't even open AS forums... so there's no way to tell

Too bad... Opera actually looks nicer then Firefox (except the damn loading thing)... well I guess there's a trick to this... since NoSanninWa is probably using it ...

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I'm using Firefox...

Q. Is there a way to make you avatar appear in the preview... so you can see exactly what your post will look like... it can be very annoying sometimes when you get a smilie on some stupid separate line... or some of the other stupid things... and then you have to go and edit it and edit it until it looks like you wanted it...

Q. Is it me or does writing :p sometimes leaves you with the text... as in you don't get the smilie version

Q. Is there a way in the Topic Review (Advance Mode thing)... to show the smilies as text... basically so you can copy the post you want to quote smilies and all...

Q. Is there a way to make it so when you hit Ctrl U (for example) the message doesn't reset to the first line (as in... you don't get a PageUp)... Sure you can hit any of the arrow keys to jump back since the curser is left there... but it's pretty annoying to have the screen flicker like that...

Q. Is there a way to delete your post...

[Catgirls]

Originally Posted by BlackCatXIII

Q. Is there a way to make you avatar appear in the preview... so you can see exactly what your post will look like... it can be very annoying sometimes when you get a smilie on some stupid separate line... or some of the other stupid things... and then you have to go and edit it and edit it until it looks like you wanted it...

Nope. Not that I know of.

Originally Posted by BlackCatXIII

Q. Is it me or does writing :p sometimes leaves you with the text... as in you don't get the smilie version

Yes, that happens to me sometimes as well. I'm not sure why it does.

Originally Posted by BlackCatXIII

Q. Is there a way in the Topic Review (Advance Mode thing)... to show the smilies as text... basically so you can copy the post you want to quote smilies and all...

Not that I know of. I usually just toggle out of Advanced Mode if I want smiley/image/link text. Advanced mode should copy all smileys .... though I haven't tried it lately.

Originally Posted by BlackCatXIII

Q. Is there a way to make it so when you hit Ctrl U (for example) the message doesn't reset to the first line (as in... you don't get a PageUp)... Sure you can hit any of the arrow keys to jump back since the curser is left there... but it's pretty annoying to have the screen flicker like that...

Yes that is annoying and it happens to me as well. I haven't found a fix for it and I, like you, end up hitting an arrow key or continue typing to re-focus the cursor back down the page.

Originally Posted by BlackCatXIII

Q. Is there a way to delete your post...

No. Not for users. Just Mods & Admins. Select all your text, delete it, post "Please delete this.", hit the Alert button and include the message, "Please delete my post for _______ reason. Thank you for being such great Moderators and doing such a wonderful job. They should pay you more. Cheers."

[felix]

Originally Posted by Catgirls

Yes, that happens to me sometimes as well. I'm not sure why it does.

I just figured it out a moment ago... after noticing woa's post somewhere on the forum were there was one of those little guys...

Explanation : It's the letters... for example :

:P ... all you have to do is make sure you use p and not P

Originally Posted by Catgirls

"Please delete my post for _______ reason. Thank you for being such great Moderators and doing such a wonderful job. They should pay you more. Cheers."

Aha... I knew it... there's a password ...

Catgirls... if you don't mind... where do you get all the cute smilies @_@... I just loved the one you used in the Haruhi Fav Chr thread (the one with the love)

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1 min ago I got the following messege...

There seems to have been a problem with the AnimeSuki Forum database.
Please try again by clicking the Refresh button in your web browser.

An E-Mail has been dispatched to our Technical Staff, whom you can also contact if the problem persists.

We apologise for any inconvenience

Well the problem persisted a while but it vanished ... eks-ris sure is fast...

[xris]

Originally Posted by BlackCatXIII

Well the problem persisted a while but it vanished ... eks-ris sure is fast...

I may have interpretted this incorrectly but if you think I was the person who fixed the problem, then sorry to say that I cannot claim the credit

The message you saw refers to the server admin (mb81), not the forum admin. And as to the problem, I think it's related to this issue. I strongly suspect it's something it's actually caused by mb81 in the first place. He's been installing new scripts and the outcome is somewhat expected (i.e. a screwed AS forum). It's a common occurence when he "improves" the severs (without any warning to anyone). I hope he can work out what he's done wrong this time.

[NoSanninWa]

Originally Posted by BlackCatXIII

All won't work in Opera...

Maybe they work in the new Opera 9 Beta... unfortunately that won't even open AS forums... so there's no way to tell

Too bad... Opera actually looks nicer then Firefox (except the damn loading thing)... well I guess there's a trick to this... since NoSanninWa is probably using it ...

Yep, there's a great trick. I just click on the button over the text box and it formats the text for me. Okay, that's not much of a trick actually.

Sorry, but the new Opera 9 beta does not add this functionality either. I don't get to use the shortcut keys. Personally I don't feel the need, but if you do, then Firefox is the way to go.

[felix]

Q. What are the Option types for the lists...

For example... I know of the

[list][list=a][list=1][list=A][list=I][list=i]

...

I know there has to be at least one more... because Lefteris_D uses it in the General Chat Thread Index... Link Here

Q. What are the tag priorities... maybe this is confusing ^^...

*here's an example...*

The

[Color]

tag overrides the [

B] [I] [U]

tags... so if they are placed in the color tag they work... otherwise they dont...

Q. What is the purpose of the [pre] tag...

Acording to the example in the FAQ... it's to preserve spaces or something... but...

With the Pre tag

S p a c i n g is preserved

With no Pre tag

S p a c i n g is preserved

*...Hmmmmmm ... I must be missing something... I only see it changing the font...*

Little Q. How do I preserve multiple spaces...

*Now for some useless information...*

1. If you type NOPARSE (with brackets) anywhere in the post... it's equivalent to typing your entire post in a no parse tag... to be more accurate... some tags will remain... others become disabled... and you might even get some error (tags go crazy)...
2. When you use the URL tag if you don't type a name... it will be invisible... for example... if I were to type it in this post... Img Link

   This... [url=www.Google.com][/url]... will get you this...
   

   *yes... it's invisible... because the button is missing... meaning the text that the people were suppose to click to access it *

3. When on AnimeSuki... if you scroll the page way down... the last line... will show the server you are on...

   For example : You are using server number 3.
   This might be useful when the forum has minor glitches (The Haruhi Thread, The Haruhi Poll)

..:: Off Topic ::..

*This has been bothering me for a while and I don't feel like creating a new thread for every little thing... *

When the forum has some critical error or problem (like The Forum Hack)... why isn't AnimeSuki Forum resurrected from the smelliest pits of the internet... and people redirected there instead of IRC ... since the forum software seems to be set so only posts from 100 days ago will be visible (by default)... there shouldn't be a problem... because it would look like it's empty... all that would be needed... would be to just reopen the forums for temporary discussion...

[NightWish]

1. What are the Option types for the lists...
   You've listed them all. They equate to the following CSS list-types:
   • 1 - decimal (this is the default if you don't set one or set an invalid one)
   • A - upper-alpha
   • I - upper-roman
   • i - lower-roman
   • a - lower-alpha
   What I think you are seeing in that thread, is what I've done above. Nested list tags...
   
   
2. What are the tag priorities...
   color, bold: Test
   bold, color: Test
   They look the same to me... Maybe it has something to do with the HTML produced (font and b tags) and the browser you are using. There is no forum defined priority.
   
   
3. What is the purpose of the [pre] tag...
   To preserve space... though I think it is just a relic and hasn't worked in a long time if it ever did. It was supposed to preserve multiple spaces between characters, but because it just uses the HTML <code> tag it doesn't do anything of the sort. I suppose it could be fixed so that it does actually preserve space...
   
   
4. Why isn't [the old] AnimeSuki Forum resurrected
   Firstly, it would split the discussion, which we do not want to do. Secondly, and more importantly IMHO, the software hasn't been updated in years. It is probably full of security holes that newer versions have fixed. While it remains closed and not used it is ok, open it and any unpatched bugs can be exploited again. Not an option.