Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-4750818-20150926122524

This is my second forum post of this nature in as many days, and it's not because I'm angry at you. It's that this problem has been around for a long time and nobody's done anything about it.

On this forum, I find that a lot of the discussions go off-topic rather quickly. Take this recent thread  for example. The discussion started out about angry arguments on the wiki, but it quickly shifted to politics and Bunny350.

I have also found that many people are using forum threads -- especially very active threads -- as an instant messenger. This is not what forums are meant for. If you want to talk to people in real time, head over to the chatroom.

What do I do if a discussion is going off-topic?

The best thing you can do if you notice a discussion going off-topic is to do one of two things. Either post "Meet in the chat" in the thread that's going off-topic if what you're talking about is better suited to an instant messenger, or create a new thread about what it is you want to talk about and link it to the thread that's going off-topic. If the thread goes only slightly off-topic, you may consider renaming it to make it more descriptive.

If you are an admin/moderator, consider deleting off-topic posts, or taking actions such as those I mentioned above.

Glflegolas (admin) Send a Messenger  12:25, September 26, 2015 (UTC) 