Posts re: grading companies

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Posted By: Bill Cornell

I'd like to suggest that we call a halt to these "who's the better grading company?" posts for a while, at least. They have been done to death by this point and it's accurate to state that nothing new is being offered on the topic, although not for want of trying. Newbies can be referred to the many older posts on this subject for the articulate arguments presented there.

I realize that there will be many future posts that will mention grades and the companies that issued them, but these don't fall into the same camp, I think.

Bill

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Posted By: s.slacks

Bill:

Why not leave it up to readers to decide what posts to read? As long as the post is accurately titled, and we don't drag our conversation into the posts of other subjects, what's the problem? And covering this issue is not to the exclsuion of other topics - people can present a new post whenever they want.

It's an important topic to many people, and the archives become less relevent as time goes by, because preferences change. And we are, in fact, discussing recent events and buying habits.

Don't read the post titled "PSA vs. SGC" if you don't want to read about it; read it if you do. Would you pull books from a librbary because one topic is covered more than you wish?.

Certainly as forum boss, I'll lay off it if you wish, but I don't exactly see why.

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Posted By: runscott

As long as the Message thread title is relevant, readers can choose not to open it. We have had some very interesting discussions in these threads, and I would hate to see them end just because a few people who aren't interested (or who disagree with the discussion content) don't have the self-control to not open the thread.

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Posted By: leon

Ya know I luv ya but I agree with Scott and Slacks....the posts should be left up to the board members if they want to read them or not....good luck in your new endeavor here....btw, I am all for as much "un"censorship as is possible....regards

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Posted By: Nickinvegas

Bill,
While I hate the PSA vs The World posts, grading is part of the hobby. And therefore an important part of the board.

Just my 2 cents...

Nick

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Posted By: Bill

I'm not advocating censorship, I was just suggesting a little self-restraint on the topic of grading companies, since these threads almost inevitably end up being personal battles. I see I'm outvoted on this one, however.

On a related note, N54 promises to have "sticky" threads soon, meaning that a particular thread can be made to stay at the top of the first page. Once that happens, we'll make the B/S/T and grading company threads permanent.

Bill

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Posted By: anon

...YAWN, double YAWN.

(B/S/T/ is a good idea for sticky)

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Posted By: runscott

Bill - you caved again! (but I'm glad). I will make one suggestion: while I don't agree with banning people for incoherence, I still think you should delete all the "anonymous" posts (like the one above this).

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Posted By: anon

Scott, be nasty somewhere else, to "her" nap...

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Posted By: runscott

It fits well with your theme of incoherence and paranoia. As I stated previously, this is the end result of a self-fulfilling prophecy on your part...now you can simply deal with it. You worked on me consistently over a six-month period and I finally cracked.

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Posted By: Lee Behrens

Another sticky thread would be a board ettiquite thread for newcomers and those that need reminders.