to think that the thread police hopping around saying ' this should be in.....section' are not really helping the site to seem welcoming!

[Northernlurker]

That's all.

It's jolly annoying.

Please try not to mention my evil nemesis Agentcurlywurly Rhubarb0, it causes me no end of problems with my handler

I do agree with planetpotty however would add that I have seen Trills and Bib being mostly very kind and helpful in their suggestions for thread repositioning.

TAMPONS
GUSSETS

In terms of being accessible to new posters, any sort of inijoke - Tampons, Shiney, OTW, She who must not be named, that blithering wolef thing - is something which can be a barrier. I think we should avoid that kind of thing where possible - unless we want to give in to our inner clique and I know it's comfy in a clique but it's a big world out there.

That's wot I said innit Maryz

I ain't seen nuffink about no police. Are da threads moved then like wot they does at Netmums? Or does da police just tell me like, that they iz committing a sin like?

Coz if they iz just tellin em like, then forgit it, know wot I mean?

(waits for police to correct speling and gramar)

This isnt a thread about a thread, it's a thread about thread policing

but what if i think my oh is being unreasonable (AIBU) because I like to find recipes and spend hours cooking (FOOD) for my dog (PETS) and is now withholding sex (RELATIONSHIPS) until I cook him a steak (FOOD).

so TAMPON .... where does that go?

is AIBU moaning??

I think just get rid of AIBU and have chat and the other topics. End of. I win.

There are just so many of these threads around now....

Well mine's been here since lunchtime If there are a lot of similar threads then I think that sends an awfully clear message tbh.

Yes, the message that people don't look around in the different topics enough, or else they would have found your thread instead of making their own :o

Just wish we could go back to using MN as normal instead of every day someone finding something else to complain about relating to the site.

Mary - I was asking AIBU not 'Why is the mumsnet logo blue - please answer in a month or two' It just happens that you can apply that over-used phrase to so very much.

Is there a "Complaining About the Thread Police" topic this should be in then?

I don't know that I've ever seen this but perhaps I've missed it - do MNHQ have the ability to move threads to a more appropriate forum? I see this on a lot of other forums and it does help to make it a bit tidier because it sorts of forces the traffic to the right place, so you don't get people going, "Well I'm going to post here because it's busier," as their thread just gets shifted as soon as someone notices it's in the wrong place anyway.

I would love mnhq to rename aibu to rants and debates. That would cut down on wrong topics, give aibu a clearer purpose, and therefore stop our moaning.

Yes they do move threads - in to 'Other Stuff' when completely bemused about where something should go!

This should be is Site stuff IMO

I'm NOT going in to Site Stuff ok? You can stuff that thought in a very particular site!