"Suggestions for the replacement of the Dawg House." Topic

If you were to replace it with a system that inserted random words every so often during someone's post that would be interesting ans well as punishing.

I think that the best solution to the Dawghaus issue is for the Editor to appoint/contract with several individuals to act as forum police who monitor the threads, respond to complaints, and follow a written process which must be followed by the moderators. Probably a pipe dream, but it would stop some of the ranting and lots of the complaint button pushing individuals.

Although Pictor's solution has merit too!

some of us are already doing that….butnot intentionally…it's called 'a senior moment'…(even if you're not necessarily a 'senior')…or a 'brain-phrt'

DWW

Send miscreants to live with Kyoteblue.

No replacement

There is no need to replace it. With so many major problems in our lives and the world in general, it seems childish to quibble about something so minor.

How should the Dawg House be replaced???

With a Gulag, of course. Work will set you free, baby.

It should NOT be replaced.

Or, if you do so, replace it with something else that does exactly the same thing, but has a different name.

Bill should also rig the Poll results to say exactly what HE wants it to say.

The Cat House? NO no.. wait a minute…

Call the Dawghouse…Vegas…and Bill can roll a d20 for duration of confinement .

Cat House?

I like it, though I imagine more people would be trying to get in, than out.

How about the Puppy Mill.

Those incarcerated are required to answer all of those silly repeat questions that come up from newbies to TMP, with a straight face, in an honest manner, e.g. what color were US tanks and equipment in WWII; how do you base your troops; etc.

"Snappy Answers to Silly Questions" are not permitted.

Ok! Really!
I'd like to see some numbers.
How many of the TMPers have actually
been Dawghoused?
I have a feeling that it is a very small
percentage.
Personally of all the possible miniature
and miniature related topics on TMP
that one can enjoy
I find the whole topic of the Dawghouse
one of the least interesting, but
perhaps in attracts those that are the small
percentage often doing time in the Dawghouse.
Okay rant over.
Back to the fun topics.
Mike

My suggestion is remove the Dawghouse and replace it with the omnipowerful sinister overlord. Don't post or publicly reference dawghousings in any way, but continue the practice of dawghousing or temporary banning, whatever you want to call it. Just PM the person, tell them their gone for X days for Y post and be done with it. If the member wants to challenge the editor about the dawghousing, fine. It stays between them, changed or not, and that is that. Any member that posts on the boards complaining about being dawghoused is gone for another 10 days.

Bill calls the shots, we all know that going in, and whatever happens, right or wrong, fair or un, we deal with it.

Or…

Leave the Dawghouse alone and establish the "Blue Haired Tea Lady Society".

Each time one of us hits the complaint button, we join. Each additional time we hit it after joining, we add to our Blue Haired count, and at the end of the year, the person with the highest count automatically becomes the Blue Haired Tea Lady for the next year. Their user name and logo automatically change, and they must post as the bluest haired of them all for the year.

kyoteblue. Wasn't what Bill suggested in the "Get Rid of the DawgHous?" thread "If you want to bring it up for a vote, post to the Poll Suggestions board…"? I'm not clear on what he was asking for, suggestions as to what to replace it with or a poll on whether to get rid of it. I think irishserb has it right. Do it but no longer publish it. Robert

And/or…
We could have the "Whine List". This would be created by having a whine list button on every post and is really for those of us who whine about the Blue Haired bunch. Each button can be hit by anyone once. Once it is hit, the poster is added to the whine List or his or her count is increased by one. At the end of the year, the top person on the list is the big cheese. For the following year, the person's username and logo changes to "The Big Cheese, and he is not allowed to whine for the following year. If anyone hits the whine list button on the Big Cheese, he is rendered voiceless for the rest of the year.

No…wait…

How about TMP Court?

A new board where members could accuse other members of making an inappropriate post. The accuser would have one post to make his case, the accused would have one rebuttal post, then the membership is polled as to who wins, and Bill can do whatever he wants regardless of the poll result.

Maybe…three strikes and you're out?

I vote for just leaving things as they are.

I'd prefer not to replace the Dawghouse. It's a pretty mild method of dealing with people who break the rules.

Most forums I go to, if you break the rules, you're hit with the Banhammer. Of course, on those forums, rules are very, very rarely broken…

Wait, can I change my answer?

no change needed.

Building on Irishserb's excellent suggestions, ANYONE who hits the [!] button has to spend EXACTLY as much time in the DH as the git he dropped a dime on.
The universe hates ratfinks and informants. Let them have the courage of their convictions and share jail time, AND be exposed as informers by being named.

OK. How's this for a Poll option?

13) Any TMP member who hits the complaint button [!] to complain about another TMP member's post must share an equal sentence in the DH with the person he complained about, if such complaint would result in a DH sentence.

Let the lawyers polish this up. Not that it would matter, since it's all a judgement call by Bill, anyway!

For what it's worth, I HAVE hit the [!] a few times, and I DO have the courage of my convictions. I would share jail time gladly with the ones I complained about, but I would not perhaps want a locked account.

Sorry but punishing someone for pointing out what may be a infraction of the rules to Bill that he may have missed seems vindictive and counter productive.If abused yes I can see it but otherwise NO. I too HAVE stifled and used the "!" and I can tell you EVERY time it was deserving of it. I had done them not because I disagreed nor approved of the person or post for personal reasons. If that were true I would be very very busy. Leave it as it is or do like irishherb mentioned. Make it non-public so others won't whine about it. Robert

Make it non-public ,

would also stop the endless discussions and "Free--?' posts

I think John the OFM is actually on to something.

If you hit the complaint button too many times in a given period, that is itself an offense. Checks and balances for the win! ;}

TMPer A sees TMPer B breaking the rules, tells Bill, and then gets to be DH'ed for the same time as TMPer B!

And you also want the informant named!

What a load of rubbish! 'Bout time some people grew a pair!

Leave things as they are – if you can't do the time, don't do the crime!

Leave things the way they are. I'm agree with Paul Hurst, grow a pair.

Is it worn out?
-Kle.

Perhaps naughty and wayward posters should have a clown by their name instead of the cool wolf we see.
Also when ever they post the words I AM A DUCK opens the post which will then end with the words THE DUCK HAS SPOKEN at the end .Duck could be replaced with something else like jelly face or mop head ,do a poll for it. :)

13) Any TMP member who hits the complaint button [!] to complain about another TMP member's post must share an equal sentence in the DH with the person he complained about, if such complaint would result in a DH sentence.

Man, your poll on this lost out. Learn to love the complaint button, or just don't do anything to violate the rules. Easy.

If you hit the complaint button too many times in a given period, that is itself an offense.

Sure, but again, only the boss would see that, and he'd be the one to make that call, if someone is abusing it. And once again, the complaint button isn't the topic here, it's the Dawg House.

The Dawghouse should stay as is, with the excetion (expressed on other threads, and on this one by several people) that I would like to see us stop all the namby-pamby whining and needing a fixed rule for everything, and go back to the days when "Bill's House, Bill's Rules" meant something significant. Oh, and maybe some plumbing work – the plumbing in the Dawghouse definitely needs work. Other than that it's fine as is.

Seriously, though – if somebody hits the ! button, it should be solely for the purpose of alerting Bill to something they find offensive. Then Bill and only Bill should determine whether or not it warrants action and what action that might be, without having to refer to a rulebook. No explanations needed (unless he feels like giving one). Bill's having a bad day? Too bad for you. He's feeling lenient, or you just gave him a super workbench article that keeps you in his good graces – too bad for the ratfink who complained. You manage to talk him around to letting you out of stir? Good for you. You've hit the complaint button too often for trivialites (in Bill's opinion) – into the pen you go.

Fair? The fair only comes once a year. Grow up and get over it.

Revive the dictatorship!
Long live the dictatorship!

Doug

And you also want the informant named!

OF COURSE I want the informant named!
What is this, TMP or Stalinist Russia? All informants should have to wear a permanent badge of shame, for having turned someone in! Make it a permanent part of their profile page, a new category. "TMP Members sent to the DH: 7"

I don't think it needs replacing… I just want the process to be a bit less erratic.
On most forums I'm on a person gets a warning from a mod if a post crosses the line or if a thread starts going off the rails… usually the warning is in the body of the thread.
If the warning is not heeded the thread is axed or the offending parties get a temporary ban (like the current DH).

If that was how it worked here I'd have fewer issues with it… vs. the sudden inability to post because some anonymous/random blue-hair has a vendetta.

I think the Dawghouse is one of the most clever disciplinary tools I've ever seen, on the Internet or anywhere else. And it's funny. Keep it.

The "Tool Box" ?
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