Talk:RPGnet

Article cleanup?

At 03:38 on 4 Apr 2005, Almafeta made an edit stating “Removing damage done by 141.140.129.173” However comparing older versions of the article shows that 141.140.129.173 (an IP at macalester.edu) is the original author (09:57, 16 Feb 2005) even though Almafeta accuses them of doing “damage.” The deletes in question were actually performed by 207.164.198.149 (an IP at trytel.com) less than four hours after 141.140.129.173 wrote them. Regardless, the entire “memes” section is woefully short of the factual standards generally held to articles on wikipedia. -- Kralizec! 17:34, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Severely edited, removing the inappropriate 'memes' section - --JamesCat 08:37, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

- You know, that's very interesting. I'm assuming most contributors to this article have been posters or former posters, and as far as I know I am the only regular posting from that domain. I may have been the one to do this alleged "damage", if I failed to log in - but in any case, the difference between the two versions is entirely in a paragraph that I (or someone else at Macalester; I don't remember) added, and the "fixing" consisted of turning it into a "memes" section. But what puzzles me is that I know for certain that I didn't create the article in the first place; I remember being startled to learn that the site even rated a Wikipedia entry. teucer 05:22, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

politcal leaning of site

In all fairness to people of conservative or Libertarian viewpoints, and to RPG.net, I think it wise to include some type of statement about the political atmosphere of the site. The site has a very liberal bias without question. Not sure how to go about stating this as a neutral fact. I tried to, hope it is acceptable. Any ideas, or suggestions? -Tetragrammaton 20:08, 19 May 2005

There is no 'bias,' at least when it comes to politics. There are other biases, to be sure, but political isn't one of them. Putting that in the article is falsehood, not fact. (By the way... 'liberal' as an adjective isn't capitalized.) Almafeta 01:42, 20 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

- I disagree; there is an EXTREME left-leaning bias to the site. Apparently it's a requirement to be a Democrat to be a roleplayer I guess. -- 70.33.147.160 23:50, 5 November 2005

Almafeta

Thank you for your input. I will edit accordingly. However, would it not be safe to indicate that RPG.net is known for leaning to the left. That is a fact. I lurk there quite often and see a very left-wing slant to both the moderation and politics of the site.

BTW; would you be interested in adding an entry for RPGHost.org. I plan on starting a page here about that site, to help build the wikipedia database.

Oh, for the record, if you are indeed the Almafeta who was just banned from RPG.net, I think you got dissed. Hope its only a temp ban. :) -Tetragrammaton 21:50, 19 May 2005

The moderation is slightly biased in favor of the right wing, but only slightly so. F'rex, compare the people who have been banned. If you don't count spammers and troublemakers, you get (liberals): me, 007Bistromath, Curt, Samurai, Contracycle; (conservatives): Rob Lowry, Pawsplay, AGFP, Mahubrahad, Vegasthroat. Pretty evenly balanced.

And no, it's not a temp ban. PatrickY tempbanned me earlier this year without reason, declaring it was his opinion that it would make the boards a better place; when StephenLS permabanned me on a falsehood, the newly-adminified PatrickY upheld it with as much justification as the tempban. Ah, c'est la vie. The forum administrators only speak for themselves, only have power on the forums, and represent neither the ownership nor the users of RPGnet; I still may use the wiki, and of course I've got more reviews coming along.

By the way, you'll want to sign your entries. Use four tildes, one right after the other, like this: ~~~~ Almafeta 22:37, 22 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I am very sorry to hear that Almafeta. I am only an occationaly user of RPG.net (user name Elrick of Melbourne). I like to read the articles and forums. Seems to me the place has gone a wee bit mad. Anyway, hope I can be of help here at Wiki. I will do my best. :)

And thank you for the sig information. Tetragrammaton 04:42, 23 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Is this information acceptable

Added the rules and guidelines link. Also expanded the info on membership and users.

Considering how many people I have seen banned over the last couple years, I really feel that a warning to conservatives (like poor old Mahu) and libertarians, is in order. -Tetragrammaton 22:12, 19 May 2005

More politics...

I was on RPG.net for two years (before being permabanned IMO unjustly for non-political reasons), and there is a popular political slant too the forums. A majority of posters lean to the left and social conservatives especially might be pretty unpopular.

That said no paticular political view is enforced by the moderaters and while a person with conservative views might be socially frozen out, he won't be banned simply for his views.--83.70.244.143 4 July 2005 13:25 (UTC)Ross N

The site doesn't have any bias in moderation policy when it comes to politics, but as a matter of forum culture Tangency is certainly rather left-leaning. It isn't enough so to prevent there from being a number of well-respected conservative posters, though. (And, of course, Tangency - which isn't really an integral part of the site, though without it the forums wouldn't have the community feeling that they do - is the only place where politics are noticeable at all, unless you see Exalted as a political issue.) teucer 05:22, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Also, re being 'leftist': the Usual Suspects? Almafeta 11:25, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

They're a prety small minority among the regular posters, especially with ChildofHaqim and Mahu having been banned. Also, ISTR Rob Lowry sporting a Republicans for Kerry sig, though I may be misremembering. teucer 17:03, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I think that was me. :o --Kralizec! 17:12, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ah. I know I'm used to thinking of Lowry as an old-school conservative rather than a GWB-style conservative, though. teucer 05:00, 13 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's important to note that this respect for "conservative posters" is very much targeted towards fiscal conservatives rather than social conservatives. It's a cold place for the latter.

Granted I'm hardly unbiased as I was permabanned after breaking a rule that close scrutiny of the posted rules fails to turn up, so make of that what you will... RossN (still bitter)

Um, IIRC you were banned for a long series of posts that were remarkably unkind to other users, some of which crossed the line into outright trolling. The only reason your ban was at all surprising was that it was based on a harsher interpretation of the "no personal attacks" rule than had been used previously - part of a trend toward stricter interpretations of the rules that was not at all confined to social conservatives. --teucer 04:19, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Bannings at RPG.net

Ever since Skotos took over the site, RPG.net turned from an amiably-run place (Sandy Antunes being an amiable sort of fellow) into a dictatorship of the self-proclaimed proles (Shannon Appelcline being a perfect exemplar of an oppressed middle-class white guy standing in for all oppressed peoples the world over -- or something). And as is usual for any place where the word "power" is meaningless (online forums, hobby groups, volunteer agencies, etc.), as soon as some people acquired a taste for power, they went whole-hog on the power train including all the delightful hypocrisy, public solidarity and lording-it-up that comes along with that.

I sincerely hope that Sandy Antunes isn't actively involved with RPG.net anymore. If he is, he should be ashamed of himself for associating his name with the Skotos Proletariat. MTR (严加华) 04:13, 12 November 2005 (UTC) (former contributor columnist to RPG.net)[reply]