@LtEveDallas

Oh, sorry no need to bring out the crying puppies.

I just read some of the threads that turn out to be trolls and you've generally had excellent support, advice and personal accounts up to the point that Trollery is suspected/discovered.

To me that's more important.

Oh, or what about deleting the Trolls posts? Although I expect that would just make the thread more confusing.

Hmm

Yes, on those occasions, we quite often just quietly ban the troll and leave the thread - if it's really helpful to others and isn't just page after pages of "bog off, you troll" posts.

Don't think we've got anyone on TeamEmbroidery.

She'll have to put up with a Charlie Sheen mug.

As far a I remember, we did look at this one for you but that name was assigned to an Mner who had used it

So that makes reassigning the name tricky. As all her old posts would now look like yours - unless we deleted them all, which might be a bit mean.

I'll have another look, though, and mail you.

Trouble is, for everyone who wants more emoticons, there are users who want less...

Yes, you're all on it!
No but we have, as you may know because I inadvertently posted it a few times instead of reporting, a OTW (one to watch) acronym. It can apply to a thread or a poster and it means that this person might be (delete as appropriate): shit-stirring, troll, spamming, having a very bad day.

Shitlist? No, of course not.

Thanks for the suggestion - but do you not think it might become a bit of a Troll Badge of Honour to be put there?

I think the irony wasn't lost on the room.

no, but say they'd namechanged on another thread - it could out someone unintentionally, IYSWIM?

Hi MaryZed, we did post on your thread in Site Stuff, btw. But yes we will look at the OTBT type 2 thing, for sure.

Same old answer really - we think there's a danger of mucho confusion - missing posts etc. We are a discussion site that allows differing and unpopular opinions so it just doesn't feel very Mumsnet.

Hmm, I see where you're coming from, but what about if someone legitimately namechanged for personal reasons...

Of course we can tell...

Wasn't us. Honest.

He spent a couple of weeks at the Towers (mostly in Rebecca's handbag) but then we sent him on his merry way.[/quote]

You can follow what happened here there are some pics of Darrenmumsnet too

Sadly Pom got lost in the post a few weeks after he left us

Oh no

There are quite a few on our Facebook page, GoingBlankAgain.

yes if you think it will be popular?

Well no, not quite is the truth but there are some theories floating about and they are at least taking it seriously. So fingers crossed.

Don't you think having stars are just stupid anyway - it's not like I don't say the word in my head when I read it, so what's the point of them? One bloke at this forum meet up thingy said that they decided what to put in the swear filter by thinking about what would offend his mother. I did quite enjoy that the one site in the group that allowed swearing was the very one designed for his mother.

Wasn't us. Honest.

He spent a couple of weeks at the Towers (mostly in Rebecca's handbag) but then we sent him on his merry way.

I don't think we do delete those posts now, MaryZed.

Attacks on opinions are fine. Personal attacks aren't.

My fave is fruit shortcake. But those days are long gone.

They shouldn't be, routinely, MaryZed - we will hold internal enquiries.

@MrsKwazii

Please can you change to so that literal-minded eejits like myself stop getting it wrong.

And on a serious note, there have been a few threads in recent months from bereaved parents that - after being started in general talk areas, including AIBU - were swiftly transferred to the Bereavement topic, seemingly not always at the request of the OP.

I know that you always have the best interests of the OP in mind, but would you mind reconfirming that automatic reclassification won't happen in future? Often, posters know exactly where they want to post and want more opinions/advice/thoughts that posting in the bereavement topic can garner especially as it seems (from what some posters say) that some people hide that section entirely.

We're on the case about . We're going to make it so that if you type , you get too. But it's not top of Tech's list, I'm afraid.

And yy re moving/not moving Bereavement threads. As we posted at the time, we did get it wrong there. And we make sure now that, if we think someone who is posting about their bereavement may have put their thread in the wrong place, we will mail them first, just to check and to see if they'd like their thread moved. We would never (now) move that kind of thread without contacting the OP first and being sure that that's what she wants.

In a word, no. I actually didn't really look further than a year out and initially I kinda imagined a sort of Which? for parents.

It's actually turned out much better than I imagined