I'd like to see an Off-Topic forum where things that are certainly NOT related to climbing can be discussed. The Community forum is for: "Discussions not necessarily related to climbing....". Then can we please find a way to moderate off-topic threads/discussions to this Off-Topic forum? (this may be a long-term goal)

Once this Off-Topic forum is created, enable the RSS feed for forums to include/exclude different forum sections.

Recently the majority of posts here have been about politics/personal grievances or dogs, and I just want to read about climbing. If the usual suspects want to bitch all day we might as well give them a place to do it where I don't have to read it. I like being up-to-date on climbing discussions, that's it.

I second that. ...on an off topic, who is everyone voting for in November??

Uh oh, Jazz Guitar Forum here we come...

Superlocrian will work nicely over an altered dom.

Mark,

You'll be pleased to know this feature is already available on MP.

Here's how to use it:

1) Look at the list of topics.
2) Click only the ones you want to read.

I'm in the "gettin' my learn on" stage of my climbing life, so I've mostly just been reading the threads here and using them as a learning tool. (I'm not even sure what a troll is).

It is unfortunate egos are involved. And especially unfortunate when those egos think that this is a debate forum. This isn't a debate forum is it?

No disrespect here, but Cangi, Bubb, BobD, PRRose, et al. need their own web space. We can call it www.kencangiwilldebateanythingandeverything.com

You guys are all smart and have done incredible things in the climbing world, but when the poo-slinging starts.....it gets a tad tiresome.

So I 2nd the OP.

But I don't mind the poo-slinging on climbing related threads. It's been really informative to see the views of ol' crusties vs. sportos.

I guess I have too much time on my hands. I pretty much read anything anyone posts. I think it's fun to read the wise-cracks, and even sometimes the crack-pots. This is my Myspace/friendster/facebook - I am a sad, sad bolt-loving climber with a MP addiction.

I actually enjoy reading the non-climbing related forum posts, except when people start arguing and going off on one another. But many of the climbing-related posts turn into big arguments, so can we have a "debate forum" that separates this out so we don't have to read through it? :)

Too many cocks and not enough hens around here. Make a page for the cocks to get all self involved and offend eachother. Maybe the rest of us will start to enjoy the site again instead of just "using" it in a foul way.

Jake

It seems like the main problem is that most people are fed up with the a-holes, not necessarily the off-topic posts. Unfortunately there isn't much that can be done about that.

Trust me when I say out of all the forums that I am a member of this one functions the best!!!!! and I am a Moderator on one forum, and I am a member on probly over 50+ forums across the spectrum.

This thread seems to be going off topic itself, but, in this case, in a useful direction. I second, third, fourth the irritation with the majority of posts disintegrating into what's essentially name-calling/did too-did not arguments. Quite often, they seem to have nothing to do with any topic other than ego. The "off-topic" threads don't bother me, because I can choose whether to read them. But it's annoying and difficult to read around the off-topic bickering, because it infiltrates most threads. I don't know that censorship is the answer, but perhaps censorship for those who don't play by the 'rules'. Certainly there have been some repeated and frequent (and consistent) violators of guideline #1. Why have a guideline if it doesn't mean anything? So that the decision isn't on any one person's head, perhaps 'violators' could be submitted by concerned members of the mp.com community, and then voted on as a group - a jury of peers, per se. If the majority deem your contributions more violating than not, you go. If not, you stay?

I know who I'd vote off the island

Hey Hey Ho Ho! Chicago Seth has got to go!
Hey Hey Ho Ho! Chicago Seth has got to go!

:)