New Registration Disabled

[wynode]

Hi all,

Just letting everyone know that new registrations have been disabled effective immediately in an effort to control some of the silliness going on in the forums.

We have also taken on board a few new moderators and are planning on cracking down on any activity that might bring the forum into disrepute.

[EK1.6LCIV]

who are the new mods? :D

good move :)

[mrwillz]

this calls for a cellarbration

[JDM.Power]

this calls for a cellarbration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwEMxYggoKQ

chaaaa hoooo, top work wynode!

[dc2dc2dc2]

yeh

where is the congratulations therad to the new modz

[SiReal]

Good work Wyn, i'm glad some new mods are coming aboard.
edit: claymore is back, good move and good to see other mod duties have been expanded.

[THEEYA]

list of the new mods??

congrats!

[joyride]

interesting, i only just saw this now

[end7]

good thing that we're registered :thumbsup:

[beeza]

Good luck to all the new (and old :) ) Mods!!

May the force be with you :p

[irvinchua]

I definitely support this.

But I am curious. What do you mean by silliness?

[chunky]

didnt sireal foreal used to be a mod?

twincam is a new mod
and is whtteg a new one? or is he existing?

[trism]

he isnt anything

whtteg is a girl iirc

[beeza]

Haha,yeah :)

[MWAKU]

so they disabled due to silly newcomers? zzz thats unfair but yeah, should ban the new retarted kents

[cracker]

taking this a bit too seriously

[rbk_212]

can someone define "silliness in the forum"?

[MWAKU]

spamming in general i suppose, creating useless threads, writing useless stuff in peoples threads

[kraiye]

dunno bout disabling rego's... kinda unfair for the genuine newcomers.
how about just getting harsher on banning the d!ks?

def support adding more mods - and who cares who exactly they are? if you use the forums you will see them in due time!

i always respected OH for its maturity and helpfulness but i've seen more and more n00b threads or people asking for help that just get flamed or payed out. this aint the BC forums!!

[beeza]

Damn Straight Kraiye!

[wynode]

dunno bout disabling rego's... kinda unfair for the genuine newcomers.
how about just getting harsher on banning the d!ks?

def support adding more mods - and who cares who exactly they are? if you use the forums you will see them in due time!

i always respected OH for its maturity and helpfulness but i've seen more and more n00b threads or people asking for help that just get flamed or payed out. this aint the BC forums!!

I've done this so that we can focus on improving what we already have and then start 'fresh' so to speak.

[kidder]

This version of vbulletin has some pretty good anti spam measures built in, you can nuke idiots and all of their posts pretty quickly so I wonder what the problems is exactly?

BTW I'm also a forum owner and admin so I know how much work it is kepping these things in order.

[kraiye]

fair enough
keep up the good work guys!

[02gzm]

Got an ETA on account creation coming back up? Got a mate that just bought a euro and wants to join

[95civic]

Why dont we just put a post limit on 'new' newcomers say only like 5 posts a day or something and keep getting new registrations??

[4thGenExi]

About time a decision like this was made...

[aero]

oz honda could try a system where every account gets only 1 or 2 invites to get another person aboard. 2 more invites can be given again once the account becomes 'member' status, or after every 6 months or so..
however, people that want to join independently may not have the opportunity to. so.. i dunno lol.
just a suggestion.

[EK1.6LCIV]

enable the system already

[i_own_you]

IMO, newcomer's shouldn't be allowed to post in the lounge.

[wynode]

Depending on how things are going (I will confirm with the other mods) I might re-enable new registrations in a few weeks. It really was done only so that we could focus more on bringing things into a bit of order. So far so good and if things are all OK according to the other mods then I will re-enable new registrations in a few weeks.

[hayashi_1986]

Its a good idea, nice one Wyn. I've seen some seriously insensitive comments over the years relating particularly to builds which haven't been completed due to mostly personal/unfortunate circumstances. Wankers coming in here with no understanding to the bond you build with a car when your restoring/fixing it should be shot.

That's my beef with some of the newbies joining up on these forums.

[02gzm]

Warnings then IP address bans imo. Will stop the majority of knobs who are most likely not aware of circumvention.

[JaCe]

I think post limits are sufficient way of minimising the damage noobs can do. It would be really frustrating being a new Honda owner, wanting to come on the leading Honda forums in Oz and trying to get info/ask a question, but not being allowed to register due to other idiots mucking around. This happened last time there was a registration disable period and the result is that noobs ask registered users to post on their behalf or share accounts.

[wynode]

Guys one of the main problem is actually existing members who are being immature. Hence to allow us to focus on what we have already (and not just the influx of new members) we disabled new registrations.

[CRXDEL501]

i think its a good idea.
im all for it.
something needed to be done.

[EK1.6LCIV]

We need to open it soon, Im having to tell alot of ppl on other forums about meets we have as they cant see it here :(

[joyride]

fyi - its in discussion with the mod team

[EK1.6LCIV]

did you need me to send you some mc cafe vouchers (punched, got a few from work, lol) to hurry the process up a bit :)

[wynode]

Just an updated to let everyone know that new registrations have now been enabled (http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2316812#post2316812).

Tell your friend who were waiting to signup :)