Kensington
08-27-2009, 06:13 PM
I've taken an inventory of the boards & am going to remove three of them. The reasons are listed below:<HR>
Fishing for Support
This one is under "Fishy Think Tank" near the top of the list of boards. This board was originally created in Two Thousand One as a place to copy over the Recovery Chats that Amy :sfishy & Tony :mrfishy (founders & original owners of SF) held once a month. Included in the posts are a lot of the actual chat transcripts. Due to the age of a lot of these chats, I feel it's time to remove these chat posts with all the replies of members of Something Fishy who were present for the chat. The majority of the timeline for the chats & the replies given to the posts is several years old & the members have moved on in a lot of cases.
As soon as I have the time, I will repost some of the basic challenges & answers (minus the names of the members who gave the answers) into new threads. In the meantime, if you want to read, reread or save anything from these chats, in particular the challenges & your own answers (if you were present for the chat), please do so as soon as possible. After two weeks, I am going to start removing the posts.
Stay MOTIVATED -- The Great Big Sea
The purpose of this board is stated as follows: "Share positive quotes, affirmations, relapse prevention ideas, motivational games, etc." This purpose has been stated in the description of the board & repeated requests by Admin to follow the guidelines for it. Unfortunately, the board is too often used for other types of posts: way more than any other board.
Since it's the first board on which people can start their own posts, I understand that a lot of people, especially newbies, post on it without reading the sticky post or description. This creates a lot of work for the mods & I in terms of moving posts. Take a look at the first page to see. :winky
After two weeks I will begin to move posts off that board onto other boards. I can't promise to get them all, as there are posts going back to Two Thousand One. If you want to read, reread or save anything from the older posts, please do so as soon as possible. I believe it's important to post threads that are positive & encouraging & I want people to continue to do this. If you have a post that would previously have fit on this board, please think of which board you think the post will be most appropriate for & post it there. It's important to have positive posts so keep 'em coming. :yay
Creative Fishtuff
The purpose of this board is stated as follows: "This is the place to share your poetry, art or photography (links to your own website) & other creative and inspirational quotes. Do NOT post poetry or articles related specifically to your ED here -- use the POETRY & ARTICLES forums".
At this point, I think it's become a bit superfluous & definitely not very populous. If you want to share poetry, please submit it to the Poetry board. I read & approve all Poetry board submissions every few weeks. If your poem is not something that will be posted, I always email to let you know. Very few poems are not approved.
If you want to share art or photography, please do so on the Getting to Know You board. Keep in mind that links to blogs & certain personal websites are not allowed. The rules about this are stricter now than when this board was originally started. It might be better to use the GTKY board to discuss art & photography, rather than put up links. You can always send a link for me to review if you aren't sure if it can be posted or not. Any inspirational quotes can be put on the board that suits them best. Please see our policy on photos for further information on that.
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If you have any questions, feel free to ask them & I will be happy to answer them.
Fishing for Support
This one is under "Fishy Think Tank" near the top of the list of boards. This board was originally created in Two Thousand One as a place to copy over the Recovery Chats that Amy :sfishy & Tony :mrfishy (founders & original owners of SF) held once a month. Included in the posts are a lot of the actual chat transcripts. Due to the age of a lot of these chats, I feel it's time to remove these chat posts with all the replies of members of Something Fishy who were present for the chat. The majority of the timeline for the chats & the replies given to the posts is several years old & the members have moved on in a lot of cases.
As soon as I have the time, I will repost some of the basic challenges & answers (minus the names of the members who gave the answers) into new threads. In the meantime, if you want to read, reread or save anything from these chats, in particular the challenges & your own answers (if you were present for the chat), please do so as soon as possible. After two weeks, I am going to start removing the posts.
Stay MOTIVATED -- The Great Big Sea
The purpose of this board is stated as follows: "Share positive quotes, affirmations, relapse prevention ideas, motivational games, etc." This purpose has been stated in the description of the board & repeated requests by Admin to follow the guidelines for it. Unfortunately, the board is too often used for other types of posts: way more than any other board.
Since it's the first board on which people can start their own posts, I understand that a lot of people, especially newbies, post on it without reading the sticky post or description. This creates a lot of work for the mods & I in terms of moving posts. Take a look at the first page to see. :winky
After two weeks I will begin to move posts off that board onto other boards. I can't promise to get them all, as there are posts going back to Two Thousand One. If you want to read, reread or save anything from the older posts, please do so as soon as possible. I believe it's important to post threads that are positive & encouraging & I want people to continue to do this. If you have a post that would previously have fit on this board, please think of which board you think the post will be most appropriate for & post it there. It's important to have positive posts so keep 'em coming. :yay
Creative Fishtuff
The purpose of this board is stated as follows: "This is the place to share your poetry, art or photography (links to your own website) & other creative and inspirational quotes. Do NOT post poetry or articles related specifically to your ED here -- use the POETRY & ARTICLES forums".
At this point, I think it's become a bit superfluous & definitely not very populous. If you want to share poetry, please submit it to the Poetry board. I read & approve all Poetry board submissions every few weeks. If your poem is not something that will be posted, I always email to let you know. Very few poems are not approved.
If you want to share art or photography, please do so on the Getting to Know You board. Keep in mind that links to blogs & certain personal websites are not allowed. The rules about this are stricter now than when this board was originally started. It might be better to use the GTKY board to discuss art & photography, rather than put up links. You can always send a link for me to review if you aren't sure if it can be posted or not. Any inspirational quotes can be put on the board that suits them best. Please see our policy on photos for further information on that.
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If you have any questions, feel free to ask them & I will be happy to answer them.