InstantWeatherMaps Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I PMed the admins a week ago about this and have still not gotten a response so I'm posting a thread here. About a week ago the thread "New weather model site and app" was deleted. The admins had previously approved the thread, and had even brought it back after a prior deletion by a moderator, so would an admin please bring it back again? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I PMed the admins a week ago about this and have still not gotten a response so I'm posting a thread here. About a week ago the thread "New weather model site and app" was deleted. The admins had previously approved the thread, and had even brought it back after a prior deletion by a moderator, so would an admin please bring it back again? Thanks. It would be kind of nice to have an OT subforum that's called something like "Weather Marketplace" or whatever where products like this can be posted. I would like that. It would be helpful for both the vendors and the members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 do you have any function here besides self-promotion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha5 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 do you have any function here besides self-promotion? Yeah he does, take a look at his recent posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Yeah he does, take a look at his recent posts I have, hence my comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha5 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I have, hence my comment. Take another look sparky A lot of posters have their websites in their name, avatar, or signature, he's just trying to get an answer to a simple question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 39 of your posts are in the deleted thread and you haven't posted in a different thread in a month and a half. When you have that kind of post breakdown and you're linked to a site that makes money, motives are a little questionable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom23 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Who cares what the motives are? If mods said it was ok to post the thread, and he followed all the rules they may have given him to post the thread, but it still got deleted anyways, that brings up questions of why it was deleted. Especially when he tried to do it behind closed doors through PM for a week. Its not like he's force-feeding any kind of product through ads on here. Don't like a thread?? Don't read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantWeatherMaps Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 39 of your posts are in the deleted thread and you haven't posted in a different thread in a month and a half. When you have that kind of post breakdown and you're linked to a site that makes money, motives are a little questionable. Joe Jurecka has a thread (actually two, but one was started by another user), and he has never made even one post outside of threads about his app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantWeatherMaps Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 Who cares what the motives are? If mods said it was ok to post the thread, and he followed all the rules they may have given him to post the thread, but it still got deleted anyways, that brings up questions of why it was deleted. Especially when he tried to do it behind closed doors through PM for a week. Its not like he's force-feeding any kind of product through ads on here. Don't like a thread?? Don't read it. Actually it was admins, not mods, that approved my thread. I believe it was a moderator who deleted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom23 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Actually it was admins, not mods, that approved my thread. I Belieber it was a moderator who deleted it. Still, my point remains the same though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Who cares what the motives are? If mods said it was ok to post the thread, and he followed all the rules they may have given him to post the thread, but it still got deleted anyways, that brings up questions of why it was deleted. Especially when he tried to do it behind closed doors through PM for a week. Its not like he's force-feeding any kind of product through ads on here. Don't like a thread?? Don't read it. He might not be forcing it, but he has a minion running around doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom23 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 He might not be forcing it, but he has a minion running around doing so. Ah.. gotchya. Who's the minion?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantWeatherMaps Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 He might not be forcing it, but he has a minion running around doing so. Wait.. I do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterymix Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 As long as all profits from instanweathermaps.com are used to support the American Weather Forums, bring back the threads in discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinwood Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Wait.. I do? During the snow storm last week, okie333 was spamming your site in multiple sub-forums at run initialization time... don't ask me why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Wait.. I do? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srain Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 During the snow storm last week, okie333 was spamming your site in multiple sub-forums at run initialization time... don't ask me why. Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantWeatherMaps Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 As long as all profits from instanweathermaps.com are used to support the American Weather Forums, bring back the threads in discussion. AmWx isn't the only weather site that has to pay for a dedicated server every month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantWeatherMaps Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 During the snow storm last week, okie333 was spamming your site in multiple sub-forums at run initialization time... don't ask me why. Maybe because his cousin is a friend of mine, and we live in the same city? I didn't tell him to do that though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wow Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 It would be kind of nice to have an OT subforum that's called something like "Weather Marketplace" or whatever where products like this can be posted. I would like that. It would be helpful for both the vendors and the members. I think that's a fair idea. I'll see what we can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantWeatherMaps Posted November 6, 2011 Author Share Posted November 6, 2011 Wouldn't it be a subforum of WFaD, not OT, since it is weather-related? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantWeatherMaps Posted November 6, 2011 Author Share Posted November 6, 2011 A good idea would be Model/Product Discussion: Discuss weather-related websites, companies, and products; and general aspects of weather models here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okie333 Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 A good idea would be Model/Product Discussion: Discuss weather-related websites, companies, and products; and general aspects of weather models here. Definitely... the thread badmouthing Accuweather was a bit annoying to see in with discussions of weather phenomena... in fact, I think the current subforum for "Weather Forecasting and Discussion" should be the one with the restrictions, having it only be for discussion of SPECIFIC STORMS, SPECIFIC SEASONS (such as winter forecasts), or WEATHER PHENOMENA IN GENERAL (such as the Ask a Pro Met thread)... discussions about NWS procedures, specific meteorologists, colleges, "which model is the best", "where can I find these models", websites, apps, home weather stations, etc. should be in a fifth subforum to WFaD called "Other Weather Discussion" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterymix Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I going to remind the staff here to enforce the idea of ... ...no signatures nor thread messages that promote a product. The Board/Forum is not here to provide gratis advertising. If a product has merit, advertising is available at the top right; "Click here for more info". My comments are in no way intended to critique the merit or lack of merit for the product mentioned by the opening poster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I don't see how "advertising" a product, especially something like this is bad. What harm is it causing. We all here love weather and I bet just about everyone, or a high percentage of people are always looking for different model sites to look at. This is a weather board for crying out loud, if someone has came up with a place to view models why not post about it here? I don't see what the trouble is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sock Puppet Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Is it against the forum rules? If not let people promote themselves I going to remind the staff here to enforce the idea of ... ...no signatures nor thread messages that promote a product. The Board/Forum is not here to provide gratis advertising. If a product has merit, advertising is available at the top right; "Click here for more info". My comments are in no way intended to critique the merit or lack of merit for the product mentioned by the opening poster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wow Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 We created a new forum to discuss and promote weather products, services, data, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantWeatherMaps Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 We created a new forum to discuss and promote weather products, services, data, etc Would you mind reinstating my old thread and moving it there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantWeatherMaps Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 Would you mind reinstating my old thread and moving it there? Please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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