"Tango Board" Topic

I propose a Tango Board. Everything Tango posts should automatically go to his board. If you enjoy Tango's post, then choose the Tango Board. If you don't like Tango's posts then don't choose his board.

Is the "ignore" button not working for you?

No, i don't go hunting for tango poats5, but I do find them in the boarss5i frequent.
And they are usually related to my interests.

Why do you even care what Tango posts? If you don't want to read what he posts than don't click on his posts. Really not that hard. For people who celebrate war in miniature, some of you are acting like a bunch of wimps (and that is me using a nice word).

Just use the ignore button if he bothers you.

His posts go across the multiple boards – I wouldnt support

I see it is that time again…

Damon.

I hate this whole Tangophobia.
Leaves a bad taste in my mouth (much like a visit to Frothers…).

If stifle & ignore are not sufficient for some of you, then surely the Admin can simply (and I mean REALLY SIMPLY!) add Topic Creator (and date/time stamp, if required) to every topic header in any subforum.

On edit: in case anyone didn't get that, it would mean you could instantly identify a topic as a "Tango Topic" and … *gasp* … not click on it …

I love the guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hehe!

He finds stuff I'd never see otherwise. Is there a Tango premium fund somewhere? I'm in!!!

I'm unsure what the problem is. I've had Tango on
'ignore' for quite a while now (volume, not content
plus I learned years ago that he and I seem to frequent
some of the same sources so duplication) and rarely see
any Tango postings.

Tango board is a good idea I think. It would allow those that really enjoy his stuff (which seems to be the majority of those who comment) to have it all in front of them without anything else "interfering".

Exactly! +1 Martin Goddard

So much for compromise. I Have him both stifled and ignore but I still get them. It only works on the front page. If he had his own board we could opt. out of that board. His fan club could read his posts all day. He certainly has enough traffic to warrant his own board. What is wrong with that? Just vote against it if you don't like my proposal. Enough with the pitchforks and torches.

It would leave the front page looking rather empty though.
He does keep the place looking busy, rather like the Napoleonics board keeps the hit count up.
TMP wouldn't be the same without either

A "little" snarky, Martin, no?

I still think Bill should just add the OTC's name to the title and bob's your uncle.

Yes, I'm one of those who thoroughly enjoy a lot of Tango's posts (not all, but I tend to view the Front Page, then visit the 3-5 sub-fora I'm especially interested in).

Seriously, if Tango couldn't post on the front page, TMP would likely die (JMO).

Old Contemptible wrote:

Enough with the pitchfork and torches.

That's rich …

Makes you wonder how TMP ever survived before Tango? Dear Editor should put him on the payroll. Apparently Tango is the only thing holding TMP together.

Why does coming to this site cause some to experience such angst? If I don't want to read a thread then I don't click on it. Scrolling past someone's threads isn't difficult.

I have him on the stifle/ignore list
There are plenty of others who post so I don't buy the TMP would die without him argument.

But when you do a board search, his stuff still comes up-though grayed out.
Kind of a drag but not insurmountable.

Likely before Tango there was more interest in hobby gaming. I'm not saying that he's some sort of godsend or anything of the like, but all the content that he brings to the board does fuel a lot of discussion.

Frankly I find all this discussion about a member not so much "snarky" as "snowflakey" and it also another word that ends in "y". I have a feeling that Tango has a better grip on his sense of self, but it's really inappropriate to talk about him like he's not here, can't read it, or some sort of pariah in the group.

2₵

I wouldn't change a thing, and I'm with Bigby, Choctaw, and ninthdoc on this.

This is the latest of a long line, of nonsensical, tempests in a teapot.

Adults should be able to exercise a certain level of self-control, since even many children can do so.

Contemptible, this whole idea of ostracizing Tango is well, contemptible. If you don't like his posts scroll by them. I'm getting tired of folks picking on Tango. I don't read or even look at everything he posts, but he posts some pretty good stuff that I wouldn't have seen otherwise.

I, for one, enjoy finding those odd, few non-Tango posts scattered about. Who doesn't like scrolling through a seemingly endless supply of dryer lint? Think of it as the OFM on steroids.

+10 Lloyd

Martin +2.

All that Tango in one place is a win-win for all.

If you like his posts there they are.

If you don't, then you ignore one board and off you go.

I believe the OPs concern is that while he does have him on ignore that only works on the main page. If you read TMP by board by board the ignore function will not ignore the posts.

I don't look at the OPs comment as a personal attack but rather an improvement to users abilities to more enjoy TMP.

The downside to a contained board is that the posts will not be under the appropriate topics that they are intended for making future searching much harder. It is easier to search by "Napoleonic Discussion" than by "Tango" just because of the sheer volume.

I think that Tango having his own dedicated board is a good idea and would support that.

Just use the ignore button if he bothers you.

Doesn't work.

Do we really need a "safe space" on TMP?

Perhaps this question should be made into a Poll, Bill.

I do read many of the boards, board by board, and wouldn't want them mixed up, so that would mean we'd need a complete duplicate of TMP to meet your and my needs, e.g. one TMP site WITH Tango's posts, and another complete one without them.

Seems rather silly to me.

How about the ability to label an authors posts a certain colour, say red and then you would know who to avoid on the boards. Seems simple to me but then are we not expecting TMP4 sometime soon?

I don't think the OP's intention is an attack on Tango but a civil request so we can have freedom of choice as to how we spend our time.

I appreciate the effort that Tango puts into this board. Some posts I find interesting, some I simply scroll past. I have now starred using ignore for those who complain about the Tango Posts.

I'd vote no to this – Tango01 covers such a wide selection of topics that putting them all on one board would make for a confusing mish-mash. Better to leave things as they are and allow Tango01 (like all other TMP members) to post what he wants where he wants within the rules of TMP Posting.

Since even those proposing this change seem happy to admit that Tango01 posts are not a problem for the majority of TMPers, why make such a change just to please a tiny minority who don't know how to not read a post they don't want to read (hint: don't click on it !).

D A THB, you do have freedom of choice, just ignore him if he is not to your liking.

There's one important factor we're missing: posts disappear from the front page -- and the forum -- within a few hours because Tango's 60 posts (or more) push them off.

I posted a question the other day to help me identify some figs and it was gone that night. How many people had a chance to see it? Not as many as I needed.

Is it really that hard to scroll past threads you don't want to read? I honestly don't get it. It's like all the Napoleonic threads that go on and on and result in dawghouses. I just scroll right on by and they don't bother me.

There are literally dozens of posts each day that hold zero interest for me. I just scroll past them.

Do people here honestly pour through every single thread, reading every post and then get angry that they don't appeal to them? I've never seen a forum anywhere where you couldn't just skip stuff you don't care for. Do people demand to live in their own Tango free bubble? Is your whole day shattered when you see a Tango post? Do you click on a threat that might seem interesting only to realize it's Tango and then say, "My god, the horror of this! I will not read a Tango post!'

Life's too short for this level of angst. I hate seeing crappy billboards on the way to work. It costs me nothing to ignore them.

lloydthegamer I do ignore him. The only issue I have with him these days is when I want to research something on the boards, but then I usually give up and go back to google to find what I want. I am supporting the notion that there may be a better way of filtering out his posts like the OP asks.

I had been working on a theory that people who like Tango arrived here after he started his endless posting and stayed because of it.

But.

People who were here from the early days seem to be split about 50/50, from just looking at a few membership start dates.

I don't get the angst of the pro Tango camp. Why can't you accept that some people don't want to read endless spam?

I never thought about looking to see who actually posts the topics. Weird, who does that? When the topic is something I'm interested in I click on it, when it's not I roll past it.

First I find it funny that the OP clicks on a topic he finds interesting and then, because of who posted it, he suddenly loses interest.

While I understand the issue of losing posts from the front page, I wonder how many know you can configure the front page to show up to 400 messages.

@Schogun –

You do make a valid point, however you can increase the number of posts that show up on the home page in the settings when you are customizing your home page. I did this a while back so that I could see not only the new posts, but the older ones so that I could see if anyone had added anything to them.

DA THB, why can't the anti-Tango crowd just accept that some people like his posts and stop harassing him?

Your theory about who likes Tango is interesting. I don't buy it a bit. If the new people are staying because they like his posts then it sounds like he is a positive influence on TMP. If new people are staying because of him that is a good thing, right? Or is TMP only for the old and moldy, like me (first TMP visit in 2003)?

I've never had Schogun's problem, and I can usually see three or four days worth of posts. This may be because I've indicated I have no interest in a number of areas.

Yes, Tango does post a lot, but I just skip over the things that don't interest me. I've also gotten a feel for which of his posts will link to articles that I don't have the time to read now, though they do sound interesting.

One thing that is starting to concern me is that many links go to pictures of females of various kinds with rather prominent female parts or inexplicable female parts (why would a reptilian female have breasts in the first place?). Tango usually points out that the sculpting and painting are very well done, and I have to agree with him on these points. I do wonder why such sculpts exist in the first place (and not in just a this-isn't-my-cup-of-tea manner), and wonder if this doesn't help to give TMP a somewhat misogynistic atmosphere. I notice that many of the girls who used to post have gone away, some noisily, but most just quietly fading away.

Grelber

I don't get the angst of the pro Tango camp. Why can't you accept that some people don't want to read endless spam?

That's funny, because I don't get the angst of the anti Tango01 camp. Can't they understand that they don't have to read posts that they don't want to?

No.

Viva le Tango!!!

Possibly/probably grammatically incorrect, but …

I posted a question the other day to help me identify some figs and it was gone that night. How many people had a chance to see it? Not as many as I needed.

How are you tracking chances?

Rather than making multiple, hotly debated, topics about one man's posts, which is persecuting a valued member of the community (even if not valued by all), why not instead propose guidelines such as Aa maximum number of new posts per day per user?
Please try to make the point you want without further attacks on one individual.

No

Before tango there was far more activity from other posters, many of those posters were forced to leave, many others just moved on, to other forums or Facebook.
Even with tango TMP is just a shadow of itself.

Huh?

How are you – or anyone else – being prevented from posting ?

Well those Bill locked out are prevented from posting.
There has several purges were many active and good posters got bootet.

Except for Napoleonic, WW2 and modern board, it's mostly quiet. And even the Napoleonic board is slow compared to what it was.

Okay guys, I obviously did not anticipate this reaction. I just thought it would be really great to give him his own board. Just the sheer volume of posts would warrant a board. I saw this as a good thing for everyone. I did not realize how many fans Tango has and that they want his posts divided up into each board. Apologizes to Tango and everyone else. Tango on!