Concerns about attitude to Naive newcomers - Page 2

**Jennicat** · #21 09-05-07, 09:50 am

Asking question is allowed. However, she started using foul language, according to her infractions. I assume they caged her when she did so so she would stop cursing on the boards.

**Getting.cavys** · #22 09-05-07, 09:52 am

Can you really blame her? She asked a simple question out of curiousity and got it shoved back in her face by the mods.

**Jennicat** · #23 09-05-07, 09:56 am

Yes, I do blame her for being unable to control her language.

**Getting.cavys** · #24 09-05-07, 10:07 am

What would you do in her situation. Sit there and take it all?

**VoodooJoint** · #25 09-05-07, 10:11 am

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Originally Posted by Getting.cavys

I have just read Katies thread and am appaild by what the Mods are saying! Its rude and wrong.

I'm apparently the mod who is believed to start the "rudeness" off. Let me be clear. She has been a member for a month. Plenty of time to have looked over the site and learn a little something. I, and others, get tired of repeating ourselves when the info is all over the site. If she had been brand new my tone may have been gentler but the message would have been the same. It's not like this is a general GP site. This site has a very specific topic line and it's hard to imagine that anyone would completely miss the aim of this forum and ask about housing outdoors.

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Originally Posted by Getting.cavys

She has been caged for her thread do you think it was fair?

It was 110% fair. She was not caged for "her thread", she was caged for breaking rules. She swore, she flounced and she posted after her flounce, These are all against the rules (that everyone should read before posting on any forum). She has no one to blame but herself for not bothering to learn the rules.

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Originally Posted by Getting.cavys

She only asked a question though. Is that not aloud, the mods only had to say yes or no. Not give her a hard time about it.

Please refer to my answer to the first quote in this post.

I replied

You have been around long enough to know that we do not condone outdoor housing here. I need to ask if you even bothered to read the title of this forum and the homepage?

This link may help you http://www.guineapigcages.com/location.htm

All true. She has been here long enough to have read the homepage and cage pages but apparently hasn't bothered. She even used the "alternative cages" section to try to back herself up. She obviously hadn't bothered to even LOOK at that section though or she would have realized what it was about. She got severely bent out of shape over my reply that really wasn't that harsh. I only pointed out the obvious.

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Originally Posted by Getting.cavys

Oh and shes not aloud to post but can read posts and PM.

Not true. She is allowed to post but must wait for a mod to come along and approve her posts. I have approved her posts on this thread and did so as soon as I logged on and read them over. If someone is going to break the rules enough to get themselves moderated then they will simply have to suffer the inconvenience of waiting to have their posts approved.

In short I, and others, are sick to death of repeating ourselves especially when it comes to the obvious. For pity's sake people, READ the homepages of a forum and READ the stickies. Most of the info is there. If you have follow-up questions they are welcomed but it starts to shred on my last thread of patience when a person can't be bothered to do a little reading themselves and, instead, bothers the members of the forum to explain it all to them AGAIN.

**Jennicat** · #26 09-05-07, 10:11 am

If I had a problem with the mods, I would explain my problem. I wouldn't curse, certainly, and especially not on a messageboard that I knew had underage members on. I've had disagreements with folks on the board. It's not hard to remain civil.

In fact, see how myself and many members on this very thread disagree? I haven't called any of you names, or cursed at you, though I've had my attitude called poor. I certainly didn't mail back Katie with a PM full of curses when she insulted me. :melodrama

**katie84** · #27 09-05-07, 10:13 am

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Originally Posted by Jennicat

And just for your info, Katie is still here, she sent me a lovely PM telling me I was a fool. :P

I am merely fighting my corner, because yet again, I get slated on the main board, and yet again, no one has bothered to act in any way possible.
I never PM'd you calling you just a fool, you have to give the whole story so one doesn't get the wrong impression, I was pointing out how you had been contradicting yourself, and I would hate for you to look foolish.

I understand my posts are monitored and I understand that one word was censored and it was not inappropriate language, you have to understand from coming from different countries we interpret things in a different way. This was discussed. So there is no problem there.

**Getting.cavys** · #28 09-05-07, 10:18 am

Yes I suppose. I now she should definalty not of sworn but she just seemed to be very frustrated. I feel there was no need for her to be swooped down on because she asked if a shed was ok, she did not say she would put them there.
I know people on her that have there guinea pigs outside remember our chat in the chatroom, Jennicat. But she did not get jumped on plus she was an old member?
I understand it must get annoying repeating yourselfs mods, but maybe she did not understand? Im not sure.

**katie84** · #29 09-05-07, 10:23 am

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Originally Posted by Jennicat

In fact, see how myself and many members on this very thread disagree? I haven't called any of you names, or cursed at you, though I've had my attitude called poor. I certainly didn't mail back Katie with a PM full of curses when she insulted me. :melodrama

You don't have to curse...but being patronising is worse enough. Isn't it ''darling''...isn't that what you were calling me??

You say your PM was 'full' of curses??? Sorry but that must have been off someone else?

**VoodooJoint** · #30 09-05-07, 10:25 am

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Originally Posted by katie84

You don't have to curse...but being patronising is worse enough. Isn't it ''darling''...isn't that what you were calling me??

Personal issues are best suited for PMs as long as it doesn't become harassing. Take it off the boards and into pms or into a private chat room.

**katie84** · #31 09-05-07, 10:28 am

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Originally Posted by VoodooJoint

Personal issues are best suited for PMs as long as it doesn't become harassing. Take it off the boards and into pms or into a private chat room.

I never brought it onto the board it was Jenni I believe. I am merely giving my side of the story. Why should she be allowed to say lies about me and yet I get pulled up for replying? Like that isn't favoritism is it.

**Jennicat** · #32 09-05-07, 10:29 am

Sorry VJ, didn't mean to drag it onto the board, it was just a handy example. :)

**VoodooJoint** · #33 09-05-07, 10:33 am

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Originally Posted by katie84

I never brought it onto the board it was Jenni I believe. I am merely giving my side of the story. Why should she be allowed to say lies about me and yet I get pulled up for replying? Like that isn't favoritism is it.

Jenn was talking about you, not to you. Her quotes below are answering questions about your status and activity before your posts were approved. She couldn't have been talking directly to you since she didn't even know you were posting.

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Originally Posted by Jennicat

And just for your info, Katie is still here, she sent me a lovely PM telling me I was a fool. :P

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Originally Posted by Jennicat

Asking question is allowed. However, she started using foul language, according to her infractions. I assume they caged her when she did so so she would stop cursing on the boards.

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Originally Posted by Jennicat

Yes, I do blame her for being unable to control her language.

**Getting.cavys** · #34 09-05-07, 10:36 am

Yes, they were to me I was standing by Katie.

**katie84** · #35 09-05-07, 10:45 am

I am sorry but if she is posting about me on the Main Board of course I am going to see it... and the way she did it is very childish, that is why I said she was contradicting herself in her other posts.

No matter what I say or how I say it, your always going to be stubborn and unkind to me. Which is bullying and is unfair.

I have not used unappropriate language to the extent you are making it out to be. I said one word which involved a donkey, but yet that is for you to argue over yourselves. But the whole exaggeration and lies, and stories of PM's full of curses is what I find foolish.

**Susan9608** · #36 09-05-07, 11:52 am

We've had numerous, numerous threads and posts, discussing how "mean" the tone is here and how we ought to be "helping" the new people instead of driving them away. This thread certainly isn't the first of its kind,and I doubt it will be the last.

While many of our members consider themselves friends and talk about things other than guinea pigs and guinea pig cages, the fact is that this is a factual forum with a stated purpose. That being said, it is extremely disrespectful to ALL the members of the forum for a newcomer to bypass all the information on the homepage, all the stickies, and all of the rules, philosophies, and policies section, and immediately go posting away questions that could have be answered by the aforementioned information.

No one expects newcomers to wade through ALL the threads, posts, and information on the forum. It is not unreasonable, however, to expect that newcomers do *some* reading before posting, and therefore, it is not unreasonable to expect someone who has been a member for a month to

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