I am also inclined to lose the Off Topic Wastebasket. It's served its purpose and we have other ways of getting rid of off topic posts. Shall we get rid then? Or just unsticky it and let it fall away. I feel like it's more likely to cause more drama than it stops as seems vaguely offensive moving people's posts to what is essentially a shit-bin instead of deleting and PMing posters.
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I was gonna ask just that in the modthread as I really don't see what possible function it serves. Why would we want to keep junk for the sake of it? And given it's a locked thread it really does serve no purpose other than to keep stuff stickied that otherwise would be buried in whatever that place is past Page 2 of the forum. As you say, at best it just keeps things that were initially enough of a problem to need removing stuck in a prime position for all to be reminded of. Get rid of it I say. If anybody wishes to make an impassioned defence on its behalf go ahead by all means. Would be fascinated to hear any good reason for keeping it really... but it's still probably gonna go 
Shambles said:If anybody wishes to make an impassioned defence on its behalf go ahead by all means. Would be fascinated to hear any good reason for keeping it really... but it's still probably gonna go
I'm really quite shocked by the attitude of moderators here.
EADD wastebasket was a thread which allowed posts which would otherwise have been deleted, to live. Let's face it, the posts mods delete out are usually the most interesting ones. The Wastebasket thread gave them public view, yet being closed meant they were under control.
EADD Wastebasket was a product of Knock's great sense of humour, in which trashy argumentative posts had their own "bin". As well as being amusing, it was practical. 1,800 hits can't be wrong.
I'm truly disgusted at the neglection and contempt of this thread, which was a real quirk. A great addition to our forum.
And I won't let you have your way with me. I won't sit down and let the world go by, as you strip this forum dry...
...for those of us who will not be oppressed, I have created an online petition so that your voice can be heard, and send a sharp message to the existing mods.
Please sign,
http://www.petitions24.com/keep_the_eadd_wastebasket
I really, really, seriously... need to get a life...
Whilst tempted to agree with your last sentence, going to the effort of actually making an online petition is amusing enough to suggest that not all of that time is totally wasted. The bin's still going I suspect but nice try - and definite bonus points for the passion and petition. If only people had such passion for the threads that are actually worth treasuring.
I know it was one of Knock's ideas and that fact wasn't lost on me when I said I think it's a stupid thread and always has been. I
Knock but some of his ideas (and I'm pretty sure the bin idea was one of his more drug-influenced ideas - made sense at the time kinda deal) were less than solid Knockgold. He more than made up for it in true Knockgold ideas, but the wastebasket thing was a complete non-starter. If it were used for badly-placed (but hilarious) posts it might be okay but it's never been used for that it's just a random dumping ground for stuff that nobody remembers why it ended up there or what purpose it actually has. I agree with Snolls that it's more likely to cause problems than solve any. Mostly I object to it cos it's yet another sticky (of which we have plenty enough as it is) and there's no obvious use or reason for it. It also never gets used anyway. It has more views than it rightly deserves cos people will inevitably be curious first time they see it cos it's a sticky with an intersting-sounding name. The fact it's been in existence for months on end and only as 1800-odd views suggests nobody looks twice and most don't bother in the first place.
A better stab at pleading its case than I was expecting though. The decision is still undecided - mods are but your humble servants after all. Only wiv bigger sticks
I know it was one of Knock's ideas and that fact wasn't lost on me when I said I think it's a stupid thread and always has been. I
Knock but some of his ideas (and I'm pretty sure the bin idea was one of his more drug-influenced ideas - made sense at the time kinda deal) were less than solid Knockgold. He more than made up for it in true Knockgold ideas, but the wastebasket thing was a complete non-starter. If it were used for badly-placed (but hilarious) posts it might be okay but it's never been used for that it's just a random dumping ground for stuff that nobody remembers why it ended up there or what purpose it actually has. I agree with Snolls that it's more likely to cause problems than solve any. Mostly I object to it cos it's yet another sticky (of which we have plenty enough as it is) and there's no obvious use or reason for it. It also never gets used anyway. It has more views than it rightly deserves cos people will inevitably be curious first time they see it cos it's a sticky with an intersting-sounding name. The fact it's been in existence for months on end and only as 1800-odd views suggests nobody looks twice and most don't bother in the first place.A better stab at pleading its case than I was expecting though. The decision is still undecided - mods are but your humble servants after all. Only wiv bigger sticks
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My personal thoughts are unsticky it not delete it. If my brain was not swimming with post Etz near OD I would probably even to be able to construct sentences and a rounded argument for that thought. Let it either drift away unstickified...or if it continues to get enough hits in that state then the people will have spoken ..kinda..
StoneHappyMonday
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Is the internet running out of room then?
angeleyes
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I've really got to start coming to this side of BL more often
good petition on a really important issue. i'm going to sign.
alasdair
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I know it was one of Knock's ideas and that fact wasn't lost on me when I said I think it's a stupid thread and always has been. I
This.
I can see why it has a certain sentimental appeal being a thread knock started and all, but you can't hold on to all of a dead person's things*, and keeping this thread would be like holding on to a sweaty, unwashed argyle tank top that he never really wore much anyway. If you'll forgive the analogy; I'm not suggesting he ever owned an argyle tank top, though we can't be sure.
If I remember correctly it was started because Lou Reed's RIP thread was derailed, and rather than delete the offending posts they were moved to the (excellently named - thanks knock) Off Topic Wastebasket. Whereupon the argument promptly fizzled out anyway, thus rendering the thread a little useless and redundant. It's been used a couple of times since, if that. It's only really of voyeuristic interest to the worst kind of curtain-twitching busybody anyway, the aforementioned sentimental appeal aside.
Cob it.
* Unless you're my mother, but we don't talk about that.
lol@ur comment on the petition.
Also lol@someone catching you out making a post without signing it as "alasdair".
That's the first time in 10 years you've slipped up.
10 years of it............
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Shammy-Wammy said:I
I actually thought this was an amusing idea of his. It's a very comical way of dealing with online enmities. It makes the feuds look silly; it's a very classy way of dealing with them.
Sammy_G said:
lol, great analogy.
Though I disagree with you. It makes EADD quirkier.
Well, roganjosh, shammy, snolz and Sammy_g. I have 4 sig's so we're currently equal in deciding it's fate.
http://www.petitions24.com/keep_the_eadd_wastebasket - link for more votes
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That. Precisely that (only with added details I'd forgotten due to being easily forgettable due to unimportance)/
StoneHappyMonday
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This.
Oh good lord no. That's Lou frikkin Reed you're talking about. The oh-so-very-forgettable argument that spilled over from that thread into it's very own specially created thread is the unimportant bit. Bonus points for anybody who recalls what it was about or can recall any part of it without looking. Double bonus points if anyone can do the same for anything else in that thread.
Could you elaborate on that cos I really, really don't see it at all. It was an amusing thing at the time for a very specific reason and has basically never been used since (I know it has once or twice but given how long it's been here now...). I genuinely don't recall there being any utterly hilarious posts that I absolutely could not bear to see not be stickied in there. Am I missing something?
the idea was basically stolen from the lounge: The Sandy Vagina Thread ver. Take you shirt off and fight
so it's ok to be against it, now
alasdair
so it's ok to be against it, now
alasdair
Ha! I was saving that lil factoid for my devastating finishing move dammit, Ali! 
pinkpapaver
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I love you all. I'm currently on holiday in a better place with better people than my mate busty could ever hope to muster up. Raaas, I'mcoming down your way for a dry hump, it's what Jesus would have wanted.
I guess it would be unchristian of me not to oblige.
Are you actually coming down my way? do u know what area im from?
It would be a very dry hump indeed if she didn't :D
(give him one from me whilst you're down there pinkp)
(give him one from me whilst you're down there pinkp
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