Way Too Many Vanities (Updated)

March 29, 2003 | Admin Moderator

[Admin Moderator]

There have been way too many vanities lately. The news forum is being overrun with them. We have been spending a lot of time moving them to the General Interest ("Chat") forum. With the increased volume we have seen with the war starting, we have been missing mail and other moderator duties, such as zots. So, here's some guidelines for vanities. Of course, there are exceptions to these guidelines. We have seen some great vanities.

Vanities are never posted in breaking news. Exceptions will be from valid news sources where breaking news is happening immediately. Such as 'CNN just reported Baghdad has been overrun by coalition forces'. Or, 'Fox reports that WMD have been discovered in Saddam's palace by embedded reporter'.

Your one line vanites, for the most part can be posted as a comment on an existing thread. If you want to post a one line vanity, post it in the chat forum. One line vanities consist of but are not limited to, 'Did you just hear that guy on KASD?'. Or, 'Does anyone know where that thread is about that women who said something about chemical weapons'. They will be deleted unless they are posted in the chat forum.

Most emails are not valid sources of news. Who knows where they originated from. They will be deleted unless they are posted in the chat forum.

Most humor threads should go to the chat forum, unless they are relevent to current events and news. Jokes and 'caption this' are also included. They will be deleted unless they are posted in the chat forum.

Freep this polls will be moved to chat depending on their revelance to current events.

Thanks for helping. Free Republic is growing faster than ever right now!

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WHERE IS CHAT?

At the upper right hand side of the latest posts or latest thread, you will see a menu which looks something like this:

Campaign Central
General Interest (also known as 'chat')
News/Activism
Religion
RLC Liberty Caucus
The Smokey Backroom
VetsCoR

To post an article in any of these forums, just click on that forum, and post your article. They all work the same way.

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Reference threads:

On War Images
Announcement Regarding the Breaking News Posting Category
New Numbers for the Curious (or FR Traffic Stats)
Loose Lips Sinks Ships
Welcome, and Thanks [Newbies Especially, Please Read]
Help us out, please search before posting an article.
Regarding Graphics During Heavy Free Republic Traffic
Topic Abuse, Particularly Activism
Traffic Rank for freerepublic.com (alexa)
a colorful comparison of daily site statistics
The Ultimate Sidebar Management Thread

[Mr_Magoo]

(In my best wedgie induced Carlie Simon voice)

Your so vain,
I bet you think this thread is about you.

:-)

[Nita Nupress]

I can't wait until Jim assigns PM's, these AM's are getting on my nerves! Of course if the AM's had PM's, they would be even worse!

I think PM's are a much more sedate group. At least I hope so. These AM's need a few bars of Xanax or something.

[Catspaw]

Am I logged in? How can I tell? And how do I log out and how can I tell? How do I know if I'm logged out? Can I log in and log out and log back in again if I never leave Freerepublic? What does "series" mean? How about "hugh?" Do I have enough time to take a shower? Why are paragraphs my friends?

[Mr_Magoo]

Nita,

Personaly, I was attracted the third name you used one night . . .

[Admin Moderator]

We need AM's input on this.

[Mr_Magoo]

Do you know any computer whiz studmuffins around here who could do me an itsy-bitsy favor?

Here I am! ( well maybe not a computer whiz . . . )

:-)

LOL!

[Nita Nupress]

Shhhhhhh! We won't talk about that one.

[FoxGirl]

Sometimes these rules are just really too scary.

[Admin Moderator]

I'd love to help out, but I'm not logged in.

[OldFriend]

Cheesie too!

[Admin Moderator]

What?

[Nita Nupress]

Could you make it where the tag line will accept more words, please? I couldn't fit "religion" or "marital status" in there.

[Nita Nupress]

I have 29 entries to this vanity post, "Way Too Many Vanities [Updated]" on my "My Comments" page. Could you do something about that? It's cluttering up my screen.

[Admin Moderator]

The History of Free Republic: Freepathon Thread 30

Why am I posting this? It's Saturday....

[Nita Nupress]

Do the AdminModerators split the night shift, or does one of you always get stuck with that? Inquiring minds want to know...

[Nita Nupress]

My husband isn't home and I'm bored stiff. Can you tell?

[Admin Moderator]

All you have to remember, it's AM's fault.

[Admin Moderator]

Dang, you're never around. I always have to rely on AM. Sheesh.

[Admin Moderator]

I can't answer programming questions. John is the guru.

[Admin Moderator]

The only thing we can do is suggust you don't post on or get pinged to this thread. The software limitations do not let us modify self search. Sorry about that chief. (30?)