How is Richard1 an Admin?

[iceman]

Notice the post by Richard1.

http://forums.windrivers.com/showthread.php?p=560761#post560761 :confused:

How is he an administrator?

[WebHead]

I answered this question in this thread. (http://forums.windrivers.com/showthread.php?t=67176)

[iceman]

Oh. Cool. I think. anyways...

[darran wilson]

not realy , who invited him?


or his it realy the boss around here ?

xxxxxxx
Let me introduce myself. My name is Richard and I'm the
Administrator for these boards as well as many other. I have banned your
account for a period of week for spamming the boards repeatedly. Any action
of this type again on your part will result in a permanent ban.
I hope you will be able to contribute in a helpful way in the future. Thank
you for your time.



is he the boss ? or driverguy ,,,,???????????????????//

[Stalemate]

I answered this question in this thread. (http://forums.windrivers.com/showthread.php?t=67176)


Are you sure? :p


Check back for an update. ;)

[meatwad]

Could he be.....The One?

[WebHead]

Are you sure? :p


Check back for an update. ;)

Oh ok,.. nevermind then. :D

[Cobra X]

To quote Blue Laser..."WHAT THE CRAP?!"

WTF happened to driverguy? W(ho)TF is this richard dude? I don't listen to anyone named richard except Richard Nixon, and this guy's no tricky dick.

I cry for a mutiny!

[Diver01]

To quote Blue Laser..."WHAT THE CRAP?!"

WTF happened to driverguy? W(ho)TF is this richard dude? I don't listen to anyone named richard except Richard Nixon, and this guy's no tricky dick.

I cry for a mutiny!

Yeah!! WTF is going on?!?!

[Archer]

I can see there are some children in here who like to call people names

Gonna need a thicker skin in here Richard [no offence meant] :D

[Richard1]

I'm the new Managing Editor of the site and the forums. I'm looking forward to working with you all. Many of you seem to have a strange attitude about me but I'm sure you will find that I am only here to help out, add new features and keep threads moving . I hope we can all work together to help the community grow. Thanks for your time.

[Cobra X]

Gonna need a thicker skin in here Richard [no offence meant] :D

If richard messes with me, he'll end up with a mushroom shaped bruise on his forehead.

[KINGofBLEH]

I'm the new Managing Editor of the site and the forums. I'm looking forward to working with you all. Many of you seem to have a strange attitude about me but I'm sure you will find that I am only here to help out, add new features and keep threads moving . I hope we can all work together to help the community grow. Thanks for your time.

Welcome to the forums Richard. Glad to have ya'. Wish we could have been introduced to you under more pleasant circumstances.

[WebHead]

I'm the new Managing Editor of the site and the forums. I'm looking forward to working with you all. Many of you seem to have a strange attitude about me but I'm sure you will find that I am only here to help out, add new features and keep threads moving . I hope we can all work together to help the community grow. Thanks for your time.

It's normal whenever a new guy shows up at a place. It's all part of the initiation process. :D

[Diver01]

I'm the new Managing Editor of the site and the forums. I'm looking forward to working with you all. Many of you seem to have a strange attitude about me but I'm sure you will find that I am only here to help out, add new features and keep threads moving . I hope we can all work together to help the community grow. Thanks for your time.

Question..

What happened to the old Managing Editor?

[Tekboy]

Question..

What happened to the old Managing Editor?

Probably got uninstalled by a Driver Rollback. :)

[JaxSon]

Hi Richard1,

Welcome Aboard!

...I think...

[WebHead]

Question..

What happened to the old Managing Editor?

I had no idea we even had a managing editor. In fact,.. what IS a managing editor anyway? :confused:

Managing Editor: One who's sole purpose is to *edited by* and or Belete it?

[3fingersalute]

teh gay

[Larommi]

All I know is Richard1 is pretty active for signing up 10-31-2003 and having 6 posts. I also could have sworn his original birthdate was Feb13 1971 which has now moved.

Or it could be I am insane

[shamus]

I am insaneMe too Bro...http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

[KINGofBLEH]

I had no idea we even had a managing editor. In fact,.. what IS a managing editor anyway? :confused:

Managing Editor: One who's sole purpose is to *edited by* and or Belete it?

In many communications organizations, a managing editor works directly under the publisher. They are generally responsible for the business affairs of the newspaper, stations, internet site, etc. They also have some editorial control although the editor-in-chief has final say. This definition may not apply 100% to Internet.com, so please don't hold me to it. Nonetheless, if Richard is legit, then he definitely has authority.

To give you a point of reference, Neil Cavuto and Brit Hume are the managing editors of Fox News (and the only two guys on that channel with more brains than voice decibels).

[TechZ]

Well, welcome to the forums Richard1

[Lost]

Ditto Techz, Hey Richard Give a post in the Welcome Admins thread and let us know you better.

[techs]

Wait a minute. Isn't Darren Wilson the guy who was here a few years ago?

[NooNoo]

Oh keep up techs!!

DarrEn Wilson was

DarrAn Wilson was not.

[confus-ed]

Oh keep up techs!!

DarrEn Wilson was

DarrAn Wilson was not.

Hang on that's not right either, so You keep up :p .. they are now both currently 'was' :devil:

For anyone confus-ed, DW the original was someone who posted lots & then .. shall we say 'fell out' with various folks for the ed-ited highlights & posts no more (least not as him) & the one who can't 'speil' Darren was FTF (freddy the fisherman or just plain Freddy to many) & he was just banned presumably for this impersonation ..

[kato2274]

Hang on that's not right either, so You keep up :p .. they are now both currently 'was' :devil:

For anyone confus-ed, DW the original was someone who posted lots & then .. shall we say 'fell out' with various folks for the ed-ited highlights & posts no more (least not as him) & the one who can't 'speil' Darren was FTF (freddy the fisherman or just plain Freddy to many) & he was just banned presumably for this impersonation ..
I presume freddy got banned for spamming the boards by digging up bunches of posts from 6 years ago and postingnews articles from 1998 in the tech news section continously in a lame attempt to be funny or just get attention ........ who knows.

IMO the ban was justified, though a week seemed a little extreme......

On another note, shouldn't there be some kind of announcement from whoever is in charge about what exactly is going on and how it is going to affect the forums?

Though I'm honestly not surprised either. I never saw anything ever mentioning that the main site would be subscription based prior to it happening. I just showed up one day and got free drivers, then showed up again the next day to see it was a pay site..........

[confus-ed]

..On another note, shouldn't there be some kind of announcement from whoever is in charge about what exactly is going on and how it is going to affect the forums?..


Well hell yes :thumbs: - gets my vote that would certainly make matters clearer/simpler & reduce the mellodrama around here.. (There's mention of similar ideas from others too on different threads, so it seems a widely held wish) .. however as I just commented on another thread, such a simple & obvious step (btw it was like this many moons ago, where reasons etc were stated) would of course reduce the 'drama quota' & we've got to fill those quota's ain't we ..? :rolleyes: :eek2: :devil:

.. on which subject maybe when the mysterious 'richard1' makes his promised announcement on Monday (even though as far as I can tell that accounts six months old) matters will become clearer/less 'dramatic' ? but something tells me not to hold my breath while waiting for the drama levels to fall ;)

[techs]

Oh keep up techs!!

DarrEn Wilson was

DarrAn Wilson was not.

Gee, you go on one week long bender and everythings changed :drink:

[Richard1]

Good Morning,
I will try and communicate to you more than the last Managing Editor. As I said before, I am the Managing Editor. I have control over the daily operations of WinDrivers and a few other sites, although I have people who I answer to, as in many corporations.

I had originally planned on making the announcement on Monday but Freddy was out of hand and no one was doing anything about it. Next thing you know he's posting the personal e-mail I sent him, which I found personally offensive, under different usernames and using profanity as well. Hence my early arrival. I will still post an announcement some time early next week to inform everyone.

Hopefully we can all work together and build this into a community where people , help each other, laugh and learn a few things. Thanks

[Cleetus]

Gee, you go on one week long bender and everythings changed :drink:
NO ****, I need to stop all this drinking

[Cleetus]

Good Morning,
I will try and communicate to you more than the last Managing Editor. As I said before, I am the Managing Editor. I have control over the daily operations of WinDrivers and a few other sites, although I have people who I answer to, as in many corporations.

I had originally planned on making the announcement on Monday but Freddy was out of hand and no one was doing anything about it. Next thing you know he's posting the personal e-mail I sent him, which I found personally offensive, under different usernames and using profanity as well. Hence my early arrival. I will still post an announcement some time early next week to inform everyone.

Hopefully we can all work together and build this into a community where people , help each other, laugh and learn a few things. Thanks
No offense, but we already have that type of community

[NooNoo]

but Freddy was out of hand and no one was doing anything about it.

Just because freddy chose to ignore the advice he was given, does not mean that no one tried to do something about it.

[i n e p t]

Good Morning,
I will try and communicate to you more than the last Managing Editor. As I said before, I am the Managing Editor. I have control over the daily operations of WinDrivers and a few other sites, although I have people who I answer to, as in many corporations.

I had originally planned on making the announcement on Monday but Freddy was out of hand and no one was doing anything about it. Next thing you know he's posting the personal e-mail I sent him, which I found personally offensive, under different usernames and using profanity as well. Hence my early arrival. I will still post an announcement some time early next week to inform everyone.

Hopefully we can all work together and build this into a community where people , help each other, laugh and learn a few things. Thanks ahh, finally a glimpse of light.

welcome to WD lounge richard1, hope you take the time to sit back and enjoy the sarcastic humour of a bunch of crackheads http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/wink.gif


p.s. please do not hold it in the balance that i am a d e p t 's brother, pretty please, it was not a personal choice i assure you http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/sad2.gif

[confus-ed]

Just because freddy chose to ignore the advice he was given, does not mean that no one tried to do something about it.

Whoa !?! .. hang on a minute, you are the 'ubber mod' & thus its your decision on how/when stuff gets done ?

So its time for me to be Nat King Cole then methinks ..

There may be trouble ahead
But while there's music and moonlight and love and romance
Let's face the music and dance
Before the fiddlers have fled
Before they ask us to pay the bill and while we still have the chance
Let's face the music and dance
Soon we'll be without the moon, humming a different tune and then
There may be teardrops to shed
So while there's moonlight and music and love and romance
Let's face the music and dance

[Stalemate]

...p.s. please do not hold it in the balance that i am a d e p t 's brother, pretty please, it was not a personal choice i assure you http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/sad2.gif


Funny, I recall using that same argument with a high school teacher we both had... :p

[Stalemate]

Whoa !?! .. hang on a minute, you are the 'ubber mod' & thus its your decision on how/when stuff gets done ? ...

You are aware that Richard1 also has supermod status?

[kato2274]

You are aware that Richard1 also has supermod status?
obviously since he banned freddy.

what is also obvious is there appears to be a difference of opinion even among supermods as to how things should be handled and what is appropriate here both from members and mods alike.......this is going to be interesting!

[NooNoo]

Good Morning,
I will try and communicate to you more than the last Managing Editor.

ironic isn't it?

[confus-ed]

You are aware that Richard1 also has supermod status?

Yeah he's had it for six months!!!

[confus-ed]

ironic isn't it?

ASTOUNDINGLY ! & bloody rude too if you ask me - I'm getting the impression that this is all news to you, or certainly to the extent of deciding to 'take control' ..?

[*SlyVenom*]

Sounds like the big brother Syndrome.

[TripleRLtd]

I will try and communicate to you more than the last Managing Editor.


I had originally planned on making the announcement on Monday but Freddy was out of hand and no one was doing anything about it.
If you don't mind my asking: what has happened to the "last managing editor"?

And yes, freddy was way over the top, and had been banned recently and warned and advised repeatedly by many here, not just mods. What he did was on his shoulders, not anyone elses. In fact, I did report the thread in Comments and Suggestions before your arrival. You showed up then, so what would any other mod need to do about it with you on the scene, sort of speak? Especially considering that you were the "target" of freddy. You had no choice but to do what you did. Sad way for an introduction, too. But, not very surprising.

[Cobra X]

No offense, but we already have that type of community

No Cleetus, he means a community of that type that fits internet.com's guidelines. ie, say goodbye to us lounge lizard types, we'll be run out of here in no time. I've seen them do it to other sites I've been on, and the same thing will happen here. I don't know what's up with Scott, but I don't see his name or e-mail address on any of the pages anymore, so I'm guessing he's out. And with him out, internet.com's corporate buzzards have descended to pick the flesh off the carcass.

[kato2274]

Good Morning,
I will try and communicate to you more than the last Managing Editor.
Rich,

no offense, but our last managing editor did a fine job of communicating with us. maybe it was hardly ever directly, but his message was delivered daily through the mods like Noo Noo who do a fantastic job here for almost nothing but the goodness of their hearts.

With scott at the helm this place felt like it was ours.....the members. With the events of the last two days, it is beginning to feel like it's going to be YOUR place and we are just guests who can easily be ushered out or pushed to the side for spilling wine on the floor, eating too many potato chips, or basically anything at all......

if you didn't want to make an announcement until monday then you should've left the forum operate as it has for the past how many ever years over the weekend. You still could have taken care of freddy through a moderator. When you didn't and just appeared as if from nowhere to punish freddy it opens up this very can of worms we have opened. Ditto for changing the site leaders and stuff. If you didn't want to make an announcement or answer questions until monday, why would you put yourself in a position to have questions even be asked?

the very fact that our most active member / moderator has no idea what is really going on is quite scary to me. Noo should have known about this before anyone else, and should have been aware of the changes that are going to take place before any of the members. Noo is a wonderful mother to her own children but she has also been a wonderful mother to this community for a while now taking more responibility for it than she probably should have and getting all the crap that goes along with that responsibility. for her to not know what is happening (and the other mods too) before the other members is bad form.....and generally a shame.

I'd like to hang around here in the future, but if this is the way we kick off the new era, I have my doubts that this is the kind of place I'd be comfortable in......or sometimes even welcome.

oh well.....that's my .02 ......not that it even matters, because obviously .......

[amyb]

I'm the new Managing Editor of the site and the forums. I'm looking forward to working with you all. Many of you seem to have a strange attitude about me but I'm sure you will find that I am only here to help out, add new features and keep threads moving . I hope we can all work together to help the community grow. Thanks for your time.
Hi, nice to meet you. :thumbs:

[Larommi]

Rich,

no offense, but our last managing editor did a fine job of communicating with us. maybe it was hardly ever directly, but his message was delivered daily through the mods like Noo Noo who do a fantastic job here for almost nothing but the goodness of their hearts.

With scott at the helm this place felt like it was ours.....the members. With the events of the last two days, it is beginning to feel like it's going to be YOUR place and we are just guests who can easily be ushered out or pushed to the side for spilling wine on the floor, eating too many potato chips, or basically anything at all......

if you didn't want to make an announcement until monday then you should've left the forum operate as it has for the past how many ever years over the weekend. You still could have taken care of freddy through a moderator. When you didn't and just appeared as if from nowhere to punish freddy it opens up this very can of worms we have opened. Ditto for changing the site leaders and stuff. If you didn't want to make an announcement or answer questions until monday, why would you put yourself in a position to have questions even be asked?

the very fact that our most active member / moderator has no idea what is really going on is quite scary to me. Noo should have known about this before anyone else, and should have been aware of the changes that are going to take place before any of the members. Noo is a wonderful mother to her own children but she has also been a wonderful mother to this community for a while now taking more responibility for it than she probably should have and getting all the crap that goes along with that responsibility. for her to not know what is happening (and the other mods too) before the other members is bad form.....and generally a shame.

I'd like to hang around here in the future, but if this is the way we kick off the new era, I have my doubts that this is the kind of place I'd be comfortable in......or sometimes even welcome.

oh well.....that's my .02 ......not that it even matters, because obviously .......

Very nice

[scutterboy]

Is Scott still going to say ello-ha from time to time??

Does Scott have a new forum? I been at Scott's digs for donkeys years between numerous jobs and home ISP's. I used to laugh at him when he came to sit at his desk at his home in his sloppies and plumped down in front of his webcam.

[jitBob]

No Cleetus, he means a community of that type that fits internet.com's guidelines. ie, say goodbye to us lounge lizard types, we'll be run out of here in no time. I've seen them do it to other sites I've been on, and the same thing will happen here. I don't know what's up with Scott, but I don't see his name or e-mail address on any of the pages anymore, so I'm guessing he's out. And with him out, internet.com's corporate buzzards have descended to pick the flesh off the carcass.
If we all get kicked out of here...who is going to answer the tech questions? Just a thought.

[jitBob]

ironic isn't it?
Don't cha think!

[3fingersalute]

If we all get kicked out of here...who is going to answer the tech questions? Just a thought.
There ya go thinking again.

Maybe they will make the boards a pay site too ??

[MobilePCPhysician]

There ya go thinking again.

Maybe they will make the boards a pay site too ??
So I'll have to pay for the privelge of helping someone on these forums??

Uh-ok. Where don't I sign up?

[i n e p t]

and what about those that are just plain useless, like me :( better start lurking at some other prospect victims, uh, i mean sights :)

[Cobra X]

Rich,

no offense, but our last managing editor did a fine job of communicating with us. maybe it was hardly ever directly, but his message was delivered daily through the mods like Noo Noo who do a fantastic job here for almost nothing but the goodness of their hearts.

With scott at the helm this place felt like it was ours.....the members. With the events of the last two days, it is beginning to feel like it's going to be YOUR place and we are just guests who can easily be ushered out or pushed to the side for spilling wine on the floor, eating too many potato chips, or basically anything at all......

if you didn't want to make an announcement until monday then you should've left the forum operate as it has for the past how many ever years over the weekend. You still could have taken care of freddy through a moderator. When you didn't and just appeared as if from nowhere to punish freddy it opens up this very can of worms we have opened. Ditto for changing the site leaders and stuff. If you didn't want to make an announcement or answer questions until monday, why would you put yourself in a position to have questions even be asked?

the very fact that our most active member / moderator has no idea what is really going on is quite scary to me. Noo should have known about this before anyone else, and should have been aware of the changes that are going to take place before any of the members. Noo is a wonderful mother to her own children but she has also been a wonderful mother to this community for a while now taking more responibility for it than she probably should have and getting all the crap that goes along with that responsibility. for her to not know what is happening (and the other mods too) before the other members is bad form.....and generally a shame.

I'd like to hang around here in the future, but if this is the way we kick off the new era, I have my doubts that this is the kind of place I'd be comfortable in......or sometimes even welcome.

oh well.....that's my .02 ......not that it even matters, because obviously .......

Well said, kato. :thumbs:

[WebHead]

Ditto

[shamus]

Couldn't agree more.
What say King Richard???

[Cobra X]

Couldn't agree more.
What say King Richard???

He said "There will be no bargain young Jedi - Scott and the wookiee belong to me."*

* = translated from the fart sounds

[shamus]

All your posts are belong to me

[WebHead]

There is no chance to survive. Make your time!

[NooNoo]

OK people, I know we have an informational vacuum, but speculation is not going to cut it. I think enough has been said so that the management understand your thoughts and feelings. I am going to lock this thread. Anyone wanting to call me on it can do so on noonoo@gmail.com or pm me.