Petition: Bring back Dave the Man!

sherrife · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 11:16 am

I hereby ask the undersigned to... Whatever.

I just think DtM is a valuable contributor to this board and given his unique situation should be given a bit of a chance.

Regarding his flaws, I think he has more chance to learn what is appropriate as part of this board, rather than excluded to a (more) heartless BigFooty forum.

dish · Joined: 10 May 2005

Bring back The Man

rand corp · Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: south east asia

What! He's been carded again, poor Dave.

I like the kid and am prepared to cut him some slack.

pietillidie · Joined: 07 Jan 2005

Yeah, I'm always uncomfortable about excluding people because I have no doubt he is a good guy and he does have his inspired moments. No problem with the mods being tough on him because they are responsible for the Nicks community at large and Nicks is clearly the best board around because the mods get the balance right.

I'm not sure, but the mods may have some technical/legal beefs regarding his links or lack thereof, while he also imports a lot of trashy topics from other less esteemed boards that don't sit right with the quality of Nicks.

I still think we should back him though--god knows how much rubbish we've all written over the years, and as Sheriffe says his situation is unique.

pies417 · Joined: 30 Mar 2004

This is disgraceful! What has he said this time?

burnsy17 · Joined: 10 Aug 2003

I ddint even know he was gone.... nonetheless, bring him back - he entertains me!

Tannin · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 11:38 am

There may be stuff going on here that we (non-mods) don't know about, so it's probably wise not to back-seat moderate without knowing the facts. But for what it's worth, from the posts I have seen, Dave is a good guy. Sure, His Capitalisation Drives me Spare Sometimes, but that's not a hanging offence. Hell, I've got an ignore button, I could use it if I wanted to. So has everyone else here. Dave is like HAL: one of the weird and strange posters that make Nics BBS feel like ... er ... like Nick's BBS.

But I repeat, you and I may well not know the full story and our mods are not fools: I trust them to make a sensible decision.

stui magpie · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 11:39 am

I believe he's only been given a week so he should be back.

pietillidie · Joined: 07 Jan 2005

sherrife · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 11:56 am

Nothing against the mods at all, but I don't agree with empowering anyone to make a decision on my behalf. I think we as a community should decide on a matter such as this.

IF he has done something blatantly in breach of copyright and has put the entire forum at risk then I think we have the right to know that to help us make a decision.

RudeBoy · Joined: 28 Nov 2005

The only reason for excluding someone should be if they are personally offensive. DTM might be a bit annoying at times, but he's entitled to his say, and he's never offended anyone as far as I'm aware.

spoljar · Joined: 16 Mar 2004 Location: Lynbrook

Pa Marmo · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:20 pm

I miss the guy. Sometimes his posts just crack me up. The Nicks world is a sad place without Dave The Man.

Joel · Joined: 23 Mar 1999 Location: Mornington Peninsula

Dave said something he shouldn't have in one of the threads, and was carded. LD said it'll only be a couple of weeks.

On a side note:

dish · Joined: 10 May 2005

Is that a no Joel heheh