To any moderator with pertinent information:

I checked my Inbox tonight and found a message from about a day ago. The member who sent it was marked as banned, which means that he or she must have been banned within the past 24 hours. The member was claudiababy55.

Anyway, I'd like to find out whether this was a mass PM, or if I was one of a relatively small group targeted.

Also, does it seem that this was regular, bothersome troll activity or was it something more malicious (attempt to pass infect with a virus, etc.)? Thank you for any information.

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GEOGRAPHY: The European area of the Netherlands lies between LA 50 and 54 N
LO 3 and 8 E

The Netherlands is a geographically low-lying country, with about 25% of its area and 21% of its population located below sea level, and 50% of its land lying less than one metre above sea level.
Significant land area has been gained through land reclamation and preserved through an elaborate system of polders and dikes.
The country is divided in two main parts by three large rivers, The Rhine and its main distributaries, The Waal and the Meuse.
These rivers functioned as a natural barrier between earlier fiefdom and hence created traditionally a cultural divide.

AREA: Total 41.543 km 16.039 sq mi
Land 33.881 km
Water 7645 km

POPULATION: The Netherlands has an population of 16.669.112.

The Netherlands is the 30th most densely populated country in the world, with 395 inhabitats per square kilometre (1,023/sq mi) or 484 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,254/sq mi) if only the land area is counted, its the 8 most densely populated country in europe with a population density of 393/km.

LANGUAGE: The official language is Dutch which is spoken by the vast majority of the inhabitants but everyone also speeks English and the most people also speak German and French.

CLIMATE: The predominal wind direction in the Netherlands is southwest, which causes a moderate maritime climate, with cool summers and mild winters.

MILITARY: The military is composed of 4 branches:
The royal army 26.000
The royal navy,marinecorps, naval air service 10.500
The royal airforce 8000
The royal military police

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"Any of these rules may be changed at a moments notice, and it will be up to you to find out what the new rules are, and abide by them."

Okay now I might be a black sheep on this but I don't make it a habit of checking the Codes of Conduct regularly. Might I suggest that when a rule is changed the Mods/Admins send out a sitewide PM to notify us?
Just a general outline of the change and/or reasoning for it if required and the CoC page link.

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~LJ126 and the ZSDW Staff

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Guys,

Let me make it crystal clear that the ZSDW always has and always will have a zero tolerance for trolling and baiting, and that offending parties will be permanently removed from our online community. I hate to be forced to bring this topic up yet another time, but the correct course of action when someone is trolling either you personally or the forum itself is to report the incident to the volunteer staff so that the content can be locked. One of our moderation team will be with you as soon as humanly possible.

I would also like to remind you that those members who resort to childish antics do so out of desperation; they lack the maturity or intelligence to bring about meaningful change using conventional methods. Childish means achieve childish ends.


~Jon (LJ126)

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I have a quick question and I apologize if this isn't in the proper place...
Is there a way to see when the last time a member was logged on to the site? Not necessarily posting or contributing anything, but maybe just checking on their profile or something. I have been trying to invite members as friends, but haven't had any luck (maybe they're ignoring me!) Then I investigate further and see that they haven't posted anything for 2 years or haven't even created their profile page or something. I haven't had any activity for a while (other than this thread and a few profile updates) but I log on often to do some research and see what's going on. I just thought if there was something in a member's profile that said when he/she was last logged on, other members could have an idea on how active that person is or if they are even still around. Just a thought....

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"Why did fill-in-the-blank staff member shut down my politically charged thread? Nobody was arguing or even disagreeing, and it appears to be a topic that we all feel is a good thing!"

In short, these discussions almost always start fights. Nobody here can say that they agree with another member 100% on political issues. While folks on the site might agree with specific ideas, there's rarely agreements on the forum about it. It seems like folks just look for reasons to disagree with one another. Also, since most members tend to be on one side of the bridge or the other, name calling and group-think propaganda are perpetuated pretty readily. You'd be amazed how many times I've heard something to the effect of "Liberal retards" this or "paint-huffing Conservative" that - of course I'm paraphrasing and exaggerating but just do a quick glance around the site, you'll find it. This immaturity destroys any hope for a legitimate, sustainable discussion.

All of the above neglects that politics/religion are both EASY topics for trolls. They'd love to tell you how your opinion or religious conviction is wrong just to get you fired up. It's happened more than once in the last four years when we've tried to have open discussions on these sensitive topics.

While I'd love to talk politics with other mature members of the ZSDW, the fact is that this simply can't be done in public. There's always someone who will turn it into a fight or capitalize on our emotions and personal beliefs.

~LJ126

PS: Let me know how you feel. I'd love to hear the opinions of the moderator candidates on this topic too! Tell me what you think folks!

PPS: Don't turn this into a political debate, just share your opinion and move on. Be open to other viewpoints. Remember, we're talking ZSDW policy here, not political views!

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I read the thread on what to do if I think this page is ready, and that would have led me to PM 16 Moderators and 111 Writers, and that struck me as spamming. If that is still the desired way to submit page re-writes I have no problem doing it, but I wanted to check before sending 127 PMs.

Either way, this REWRITE is ready to go live:
http://www.zombiesurvivalwiki.com/page/Scrounger+Training%3A+Military+Equipment+%28REWRITE%29

It is a rewrite of the Military Equipment page. The current page has the word yellow, and some military flares, and clearly states its a work in progress. The replacement page(s) contain information on Large (20mm+) Ammunition, Small Arms ammunition, a general ammunition overview including crates and markings, Hand Grenades and some plagiarism of the Maritime Flares stolen from the original page.

I do intend on adding to the pages, especially military communications equipment and vehicles, but the pages as-is are complete and ready to go, and there's no way a reader of the pages would know more is coming. I'm also willing to add information as questions are posed - the grenades page is a response to a user's request.

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This is something I've been thinking about through my time in the chat. I'm in the chat just about every day, sometimes for hours at a time, so I've gotten a good feel for it. But I've been noticing some problems. The biggest problem is that there doesn't seem to be a real code of conduct for the chat.

Generally the chat is subjected to whatever the personal tolerances of any operators/admins are in there at the time, which can make for inconsistent behavior. Generally there's nothing to keep people from arguing and clogging up the chat with insults, and one member in particular has taken advantage of his power in the chat to say and do pretty much whatever he wants when admins are gone. including banning people from talking in chat for telling him to calm down.

The chat is in SERIOUS need of some kind of rules. Right now it's "Whatever I say goes" and it's essentially impossible to challenge whoever has power. Chat can very easily dissolve into chaos or a sort of dictatorship under one op who's having a bad day. It can instantly become a hostile environment if you piss off anyone with any sort of power because there's nothing to keep them or any of their friends in check.

I have logs in case any staffers want to see them and see what I'm talking about. This is NOT good.

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Hey guys! As you know my computer is fried for the time being, so the few times I check the site are on my girlfriends Mac (yay...). Just so you guys know, I have declared Kansas to be a huge failure, and with my lease running out soon, we have been going over a lot of options on how we will keep our head above water.

After long discussions with both of our families, we have decided to move to Washington within the next 2 months while Kiya gets certified as a nutritionist and I pursue a possible career in law or possibly politics. I will be starting as a freshmen at Seattle University (hopefully) in their pre-law program sometime in April. We are busting ass at the moment trying to find an apartment, jobs, and money to cover our moving expenses.

I don't know what this means in terms of my activity here, but I promise that I will still put as much effort as I can into the site (aside from the couple things John keeps bugging me to finish, lol) as I can. If my performance drops, I completely accept being voted out of a staff position until I have more free time to dedicate.

If you guys are wondering the specifics of my career choice, I want to either be a human rights attorney that deals specifically with cases against the DEA violating patient's rights in medical marijuana raids OR become a lobbyist for NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws). Wish me luck, lol.

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