yeah an it would kind of deter the spammers or people joining just to say F**k this your all gay wankers good pointthat would be genius, and work great, as long as people keep the debating inside that section it would be a cool place to have discussions. Like Hyde Park! But, I think you shoul dneed ot have a minimum post count to get in or be a part of a special group only because it might not look so good to a new member looking to register here for computer help
The best thing when it comes to having a Politics / Region / Debate board would have either (a) a password that will only be retrievable by request to the admin (so you can confirm that you are mature enough and won't be offended or whatever) or (b) have a permission mask or whatever for the forum so you could PM the admin and only members who have contacted the admin and confirmed that they want access will see the forum in the list.
The best thing when it comes to having a Politics / Region / Debate board would have either (a) a password that will only be retrievable by request to the admin (so you can confirm that you are mature enough and won't be offended or whatever) or (b) have a permission mask or whatever for the forum so you could PM the admin and only members who have contacted the admin and confirmed that they want access will see the forum in the list.
could do. its a lot of effort though, especially since a lot of people would join it im sure.Ya, can't you make certain forum sections only viewable by a certain group? Just like the mods have a mod section but no one besides mods and admins can see it. Just make another group like the cf priviledged but without the custom titles, and make it so the only extra thing that group gets is access to the debate section
Yes, you can do it that way but I mean you have permission masks for particular users. So you would still be in your original usergroup, but you would be in the permission mask for that forum. David could just manually add people to the permissions for that forum individually as they PM.Ya, can't you make certain forum sections only viewable by a certain group? Just like the mods have a mod section but no one besides mods and admins can see it. Just make another group like the cf priviledged but without the custom titles, and make it so the only extra thing that group gets is access to the debate section
like ii said recruit more mods just to moderate and admin the debate forum i mean if it happens it is gonna be a lot of extra work for moderating cos f the nature of the section but i feel the benefits outweigh the negative pointscould do. its a lot of effort though, especially since a lot of people would join it im sure.
Maybe you could have some rules like needing to have x number of posts, or be a member for x months, or apply and the moderators will decide if you should be approved or not. It might reduce the workload.like ii said recruit more mods just to moderate and admin the debate forum i mean if it happens it is gonna be a lot of extra work for moderating cos f the nature of the section but i feel the benefits outweigh the negative points