Akira Class said:
From the board rules under "What You Can't Do"
You can't post the same thing multiple times on the board, or post the same thing over and over in a certain thread or forum, or continuously make posts that have no real content or relevance to what is being discussed.
Mods, do you job. Enforce the rules.
Posting the same thing over and over means posting the exact same topic over and over - oftentimes across several forums. Or posting the same argument over and over like a broken record with no willingness to discuss.
As for the charge of having no real content, well, what I think of when I think of that are threads that are one line comments (for example, a thread which starts with a post like: "Hey! I think Worf looks funny!" The end.)
...or threads that are of the trick 'made you look' variety with no further point than getting the poster to open it, at which point the OP yells "Gotcha!".
This thread is a LONG way from that.
Generally speaking, if a poster makes an effort to be funny, I let it stand, regardless of whether I personally think it's funny or not. A parody thread takes THOUGHT. It takes WORK. And if there is evidence of thought and work in the thread, than I'm good with that.
Now, whether or not the poster is SUCCESSFUL in generating a humorous thread is another matter. But unfortunately, that judgment is entirely subjective.
Clearly, you don't think this thread is funny. I get that. But last I checked, you are not the grand arbiter of what is and is not funny. No one here is. Because it is a SUBJECTIVE judgment. And so, unless a joke is racist, sexist, or otherwise in poor taste, I don't feel that it is my right to impose MY sense of humor on a few hundred other people. Nor do I think it is your right, by the way.
That is why I suggested that you just not open parody threads, if you do not want to risk being disappointed by other people's sense of humor.
And if you are unsure if something is meant to be a humorous thread or not...well, one easy way of telling in some cases (including this one) is the thread starter. Certainly in this particular case, that is a dead give-away.
I've been on this board over 6 years, and I can't recall a single post made by this thread-starter over that time that was entirely serious.
People come to this board for many different reasons. Some come to have serious discussions, some come to blow off steam and anger, and some come to laugh and have a good time.
You might be here to have serious discussions...and that's fine. There are threads for that, and if you don't find the topic you are interested in, you can certainly start a thread to discuss it.
Cogley, OTOH, does not come here for serious discussion. He comes here for laughs. And strain as I might, I can barely remember a post he's ever made that wasn't at least partly toward that aim.
Some folks who enjoy his humor no doubt come to this forum at least partly to read HIS stuff.
You might attract another crowd with your threads, which would be most welcome.
But it's not like there is limited floor space here and not everything can fit. This board is in cyberspace...and space is unlimited. So there is ample 'space' for you or others to post topics of interest to you.
Finally, you have to remember - there is very little in the way of hard information on this film yet. We know who is writing it, we know who some of the actors are. But outside of that, there is very little about Trek XI that is certain.
Perhaps as time goes on and more hard information is known, we will have a greater percentage of serious threads in this forum. But in the meantime, you have to understand that alot of what you read in here is not gonna be serious. Because there is nothing to be really serious ABOUT yet. It's all speculation and conjecture. And many posters are coming here at this point simply to cool their heels and wait...
And perhaps have a few laughs while they are waiting.
Now, should you have any further questions on this issue, please contact me via PM. No point in upsetting other people's fun any further.
Thanks.
