Originally Posted by WhitebeardOriginally Posted by TheTramp
Ho-hum, was it not thee who jumped quite hard on me when I innocently described myself as a perpetual beginner in one of my first posts ???Originally Posted by TheTramp
Originally Posted by WhitebeardOriginally Posted by TheTramp
You will have noticed in my original post that there was an 'almost'. Not quite sure why you felt a need to cut that out in your reply...Originally Posted by fletch
Nope. What my post said was...Originally Posted by Whitebeard
I'm sorry if this caused you to think that I jumped on you at all. Seems fairly innocuous to me.Originally Posted by theTramp
It does indeed look fairly innocuous now, but at the time I did find it rather abrupt. Must have developed a thicker skin in the interim.Originally Posted by TheTramp
In terms of moves, I'm still a beginner ;-)
That's ok. Me tooOriginally Posted by Whitebeard
You are defiantly getting there, I thought you learnt one or two moves at Southport, now. .....the trick is to keep practising them.Originally Posted by TheTramp
There is a grace period already. It is that time between signing up and making your first post.
I didn't see this before. What is wrong with people who ride Harleys?Originally Posted by El Salsero Gringo
Wow - that's almost as grumpy as me.Originally Posted by DavidBNothing at all - it's just that the distinctive rhythm of the Harley engine (which as is widely known results from the 45 degree V-twin engine in which both cylinders share a single crankshaft pin) is too complex for a Ceroc teacher to find the beat.Originally Posted by DavidB
Just for the record I think all newbies are great.
Thought it was time to revive this thread
I still think a grace period is a good idea. I'd say something like 50 posts, or 1 month ideally.
More realistically, we could adopt a convention / mechanism of "first 10 posts", as that's already existing for the "power" system?
Four months ago, the concensus was that there was no need for such a grace period. IIRC, this thread had been inspired by the appearence of one specific newbie, who made quite a stir with some forthright opinions.
Since then, we've also seen the introduction of GaG.
Do you really think that people's opinions will have changed in such a short time (in the way you'd personally like) to merit digging up this thread, again?
It depends on what the circumstances are!
Some people deliberately come on to cause division and make argument. Why should those people have a grace period?
And, because of those people, I think that there's a natural suspicion of people who just come on and do maybe post in the 'wrong way'.
I sort of think that you are right. There should be some sort of leeway for people who maybe do post in an unacceptable way, but not extended. If it's drawn to their attention that maybe they haven't started on the forum in the best way, and they carry on in that fashion, then the grace period can rapidly be dispensed with.
After all, we are all adults and have to take responsibility for our own actions....
I'm pretty new to the forum and don't necessarily expect a grace period, but would certainly appreciate it if people 'more in the know' or who have been around the forum longer, PM me if I post anything that is not quite cricket!
In general terms, I think it would be nice if new joiners get a little extra support on their first few posts, and were spared too much assault initially.
Just remember back to how you felt when you first joined the forum and you didn't know the un-said 'rules', who's who, the good, the bad and the evil
Having said all that I've found most people have been very friendly and welcoming - thank-you , so maybe nothing needs to change at all!
Hi babes, carn't weight for the weekend
You won't need a PM someone will tell you
I made lots of mistakes when I first joined,and still do I was told to share information with the forum, by someone that had PMed me so I posted the PM, I now know to that is a definite no,no!
I had no information on my profile which meant people didn't believe I was real, I think that helped me when other forumtie new that I was a real person. and I don't mean, general information which could fit anyone, I mean I was REAL.
IMHO this place is real, in as much as, if you are shy or with no confidence, dion't type contraversual things on here that you wouldn't say to someones face, they might ask you later face to face ( and I don't meen agressiverly) it reminds me bit like 'road rage' the nicest of people go mad behing the wheel ?
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