UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum - Forum Announcements and Comments http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/ Announcements about forum changes will be made in this section. en Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:54:59 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/images/misc/rss.jpg UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum - Forum Announcements and Comments http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/ <![CDATA[Why 'No Swaps' in 'Sets and parts wanted/offered sections.]]> http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=58181&goto=newpost Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:21:04 GMT I have just this evening noticed that 'No Swaps' has been added to the headings of the above sections. Not that I'm planning to post in either section at the moment. I'm simply wondering what possible reason there could be for banning such 'transactions' ]]> Forum Announcements and Comments http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=58181 FSK Problem: what is it? http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=57952&goto=newpost Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:38:37 GMT Just curious...

What does 'FSK' stand for in the context of a post problem requiring editing? ]]> Forum Announcements and Comments russell_w_b http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=57952 Spelling Mistakes http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=57913&goto=newpost Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:07:26 GMT If you use FireFox as your browser, there are a number of dictionaries that can be added and will mark mistakes as you type. They can be corrected by selecting the word and a right click for suggestions. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/language-tools/ If you use FireFox as your browser, there are a number of dictionaries that can be added and will mark mistakes as you type.

They can be corrected by selecting the word and a right click for suggestions.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...anguage-tools/ ]]> Forum Announcements and Comments brunel http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=57913 Typing standards and post presentation. http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=57908&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:52:26 GMT The Moderators are having to spend an increasing amount of time dealing with lazily typed posts containing, to give some examples, no punctuation, incorrect and/or excessive punctuation, atrocious spelling errors, lack of capital letters where required, two or more words joined together, lack of paragraphing in longer posts. The list, unfortunately, goes on.

In drawing attention to Forum Rule Section B, such posts are difficult to read and can result in members simply giving up when they may otherwise be able to offer help with whatever the problem might be.

A fictitious but nevertheless typical example of what we're increasingly having to deal with might be something like this:

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hey ill getback 2u when ive checked it out.......thanx!!!!!!!!! ne1-help me with-enother problem-cracked bakalite????????!!!!!!!.........notin 2do with my ecko transsister , , , , ne1 gotta sirkit 4that so ill try 2sort it??????!!!!!!!! lol!!!
Not only is there the problem, mentioned above, of members simply abandoning their attempts to read such posts, there is also the very real risk of something being misinterpreted with possible dire consequencies. Related to that, the Moderators occasionally have to withdraw a post from public view and then have a discussion to try and ascertain what the post actually means. In fact only recently we had one such post which read as though its OP was trying to say he was ill, so bad was the typing, spelling, punctuation and general composition of the post. We worked out that the word "ill" was a mistype for "I will" or "I'll" in shortened form. All this consumes our time as volunteers and delays thread progression which, in turn, is frustrating for other members.

The Moderators are aware of certain members being dyslexic and do make allowances for that. However, much bad typing is simply down to laziness and/or a misguided desire to come across as a supposedly 'with it' youngster texting on a mobile 'phone. Furthermore, it does not inspire confidence among new members who join, or simply read, the forums with the intention of seeking assistance or information.

We occasionally get members from non English speaking countries who apologise for their English being none too good. Frankly, their English is frequently better than that of those from English speaking countries.

The problem is on the increase and such posts are likely to be deleted without warning from now on. We cannot allow our forums to degenerate but, at the same time, we do have numerous other tasks to perform - most of which the membership is unaware of.

With the best will in the world, everyone makes spelling, punctuation and other errors from time to time and that includes the Moderators. There is a huge difference, however, between that and such as has been given as an example above containing textspeak, needless and annoying streams of exclamation and question marks etc.

On behalf of the moderation team, thanks for reading and for your co-operation. ]]> Forum Announcements and Comments Darren-UK http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=57908 Skype http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=57529&goto=newpost Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:10:17 GMT Hi. Just wanted to know if we can post our Skype contact name on the forums Hi.
Just wanted to know if we can post our Skype contact name on the forums ]]> Forum Announcements and Comments zooterman http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=57529 Case conversion? http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=57505&goto=newpost Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:02:06 GMT I tried to give a brief reply to a thread by simply giving a valve name: 6Q7G. It kept getting changed to 6q7g. I then put in a comment about this, and the unwanted case conversion went away.

Is there some clever wizard in the server which assumes I had caps lock on so helpfully corrected my 'error'? I assume my comment, in lower case, reassured the wizard that I really meant what I had typed. ]]> Forum Announcements and Comments G8HQP Dave http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=57505 Email instead of PM http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=57499&goto=newpost Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:18:40 GMT I'm just wondering if a record is kept of emails sent via the site, equivalent to the "sent" list for PMs? They do not appear in the sent items list of my Windows Mail application. ]]> Forum Announcements and Comments fidobsa http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=57499 My Avatar will not animate on here! http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=57365&goto=newpost Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:49:33 GMT I uploaded an avatar to go with my profile,the original of which is animated. How can I get reanimate my avatar on this website?:wall: Much obliged. Roger. I uploaded an avatar to go with my profile,the original of which is animated.
How can I get reanimate my avatar on this website?:wall:
Much obliged.
Roger. ]]> Forum Announcements and Comments Roger-M0TDM http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=57365