Mayhem down

Advert

New Replies

Report Bug

Help/FAQs

Mayhem down

This topic is empty.

Viewing 25 posts - 1 through 25 (of 40 total)

1 2 →

Author

Posts
14 July 2016 at 09:38 #66532
Mark Jarvis 2
Participant
@markjarvis2
Hi guys, has the Mayhem forum got a server problem? seems to have been down for a day or two
Advert

14 July 2016 at 09:38 #8462
Mark Jarvis 2
Participant
@markjarvis2
14 July 2016 at 09:59 #66534
Dodgy Geezer 1
Participant
@dodgygeezer1
If you wonder whether a site is working or not, there are lots of 'Is it up?' sites which will check for you.

Here is an example: **LINK**

This shows it to be UP….

Edited By Dodgy Geezer on 14/07/2016 10:00:09
14 July 2016 at 10:14 #66535
Dave Milbourn
Participant
@davemilbourn48782
It's been up and down like a thing that goes up and down a lot recently, but it's an increasingly unpleasant place to go these days. I shall only look in once or twice a month from now on to see if there are any messages.

DM

Edited By Dave Milbourn on 14/07/2016 10:15:28
14 July 2016 at 12:03 #66538
Dodgy Geezer 1
Participant
@dodgygeezer1
Posted by Dave Milbourn on 14/07/2016 10:14:56:

It's been up and down like a thing that goes up and down a lot recently, but it's an increasingly unpleasant place to go these days. I shall only look in once or twice a month from now on to see if there are any messages.

DM

Edited By Dave Milbourn on 14/07/2016 10:15:28

I stopped going there a long time ago, on account of the moderation….
14 July 2016 at 12:09 #66539
Dave Milbourn
Participant
@davemilbourn48782
DG

I wouldn't actually mind a bit of moderation there. Everyone seems to be getting tetchy or bad-tempered and extreme these days. There's also less and less to do with model boats, too. If this forum could be compared to a gentlemen's club then Modelboat Mayhem is more like a rowdy public bar-room; mayhem by name and mayhem by nature.

Enough!

DM
14 July 2016 at 14:45 #66545
Tony Hadley
Participant
@tonyhadley
Sorry Dave, I realise you have said "Enough!" but as a footnote, the Mayhem group on facebook is a very good group (obviously my own thoughts)
19 July 2016 at 13:29 #66636
Dave Milbourn
Participant
@davemilbourn48782
Tony

The "enough" was mean to signify the end of my rant, not an order to close this thread! I wouldn't presume to be able to achieve that, especially with a hard man like Admiral Sir Colin Bishop in overall charge!

I don't use Facebook for all sorts of reasons so I don't know which of the 'regular' Forum members these folk are (although I could probably hazard a pretty accurate guess). I see that the main Forum is down yet again – this seems to be almost a daily occurrence. Maybe I'll investigate Facebook.

Dave M
19 July 2016 at 14:58 #66638
Tony Hadley
Participant
@tonyhadley
Thanks Dave,

I can't go 'head over heels' about facebook, other than thinking it's ok.

In addition to mayhem, there are also a couple of other model boat groups which I've joined, RC Ships, Boats and Submarines and Classic Wooden Model Boats. I did a recent post on RC S B S and posts now have to be approved before they are uploaded (they have obviously had problems with junk). The groups don't have the same level of activity as Mayhem's forum, but it's far easier to add photographs and the discussion is more about the hobby. Mayhem member U33 (Richard) is admin on RC S B S. Model Boats magazine usually send the latest information on the next magazine (which is what Colin posts a link to).

Tony
20 July 2016 at 23:55 #66664
Peter Fitness
Participant
@peterfitness34857
As a moderator on Mayhem I'm curious as to why DG left "on account of the moderation". I know that we have had some unpleasantness there in the past, but my personal feeling is that Mayhem is a much better forum since certain trouble makers were banned. The forum rules are quite clear as to the standards required, and I believe that those standards are maintained by the moderators. Some people seem to think that they can say what they like, then are miffed because they are moderated in line with the rules.

Mayhem is a valuable resource with large amounts of information available, and the vast majority of active members are willing to help if asked.

Just my personal opinion.

Peter.
21 July 2016 at 00:51 #66665
Colin Bishop
Moderator
@colinbishop34627
I used to be a Mayhem moderator until I took up the editorship of this position. We maintain very amicable relations with Mayhem and I regard Martin as a good friend. I remain a member of Mayhem despite the efforts of some individuals on that forum to persuade me otherwise. As Peter says, Mayhem carries a huge amount of useful information but it is rather more informal that this forum and covers many non model boating topics and so is something of a social chat room as well as a model boating resource.

I have been rather sorry to see that a number of prominent model boaters appear to have ceased Mayhem postings although I do not intend to do so myself.

Colin
21 July 2016 at 10:46 #66667
Dave_P
Participant
@dave_p
I prefer this site over Mayhem but as already said it has a vast amount of good information and for that reason I do not dismiss it.
21 July 2016 at 14:07 #66673
Dave Milbourn
Participant
@davemilbourn48782
Don't forget, Dave, that all of that good information relies on the goodwill of the people who supply it. Take that for granted and it might dry up.
Dave M
21 July 2016 at 18:37 #66676
Dodgy Geezer 1
Participant
@dodgygeezer1
Posted by Peter Fitness on 20/07/2016 23:55:45:

As a moderator on Mayhem I'm curious as to why DG left "on account of the moderation". I know that we have had some unpleasantness there in the past, but my personal feeling is that Mayhem is a much better forum since certain trouble makers were banned….

Mayhem had fora which were specific to aspects of Model Boats, and other more general fora. In the former, politeness is always required – in the latter things might get more 'robust'.

I have no difficulty at all with robust discussion and debate. In fact, I enjoy it. It's good to be corrected when you are wrong, and to have to defend your ideas against a clever and well-informed opponent. I'm even happier when things descend to personal insults – that's an infallible sign that you have won your point, and besides, sometimes the insults are quite witty. I might want to use them myself sometime! Boring, childish insults are water off a duck's back – if an opponent wants to broadcast the fact that he (and it usually is a he)'s lost, then be my guest. So I'm generally unhappy if a moderator steps in to block such a post – though I understand that a stream of pointless insults becomes boring quite rapidly….

What I don't like is political correctness, and instances where a moderator deletes political opinion which does not coincide with his own, or feels that it will annoy someone, even though it breaches no stated moderation guidelines. The Mayhem board is Martins – it is a fantastic resource and ambassador for UK Model Boating generally, he has a perfect right to run it in any way he wants, and my rights are limited to leaving it if I do not agree with some aspects of the way it is run – which I duly did.

'Model Boats', by contrast, is a commercial site with, as far as I know, no general discussion encouraged. When the administrators feel that any conversation is likely to cause problems for them they moderate it, but also take the trouble to tell the protagonists why. I approve of that approach, and have had no disagreement with them over it – yet!
21 July 2016 at 23:03 #66679
Colin Bishop
Moderator
@colinbishop34627
Moderation is usually down to me DG.

Yes it is a commercially supported site and so I do bear in mind that posts can reflect upon the owners but just about all members appreciate that I think. I also prefer it that we generally keep to model boating related matters rather than open it up as a general social chat room – there are plenty of other places you can go to for that facility.

It seem to work reasonably OK anyway.

Colin
21 July 2016 at 23:21 #66680
Dodgy Geezer 1
Participant
@dodgygeezer1
Posted by Colin Bishop, Website Editor on 21/07/2016 23:03:29:

rather than open it up as a general social chat room – there are plenty of other places you can go to for that facility.

Colin

Indeed. If anyone wants the full half hour argument (eight pounds for a course of ten) they could do worse than to start honing their rhetoric here: **LINK**

A lot of people there with some VERY torturous arguments…
22 July 2016 at 08:41 #66683
Dave Milbourn
Participant
@davemilbourn48782
If you want some seriously grumpy old men there's this site **LINK**

but beware – they take no prisoners!

Dave M
22 July 2016 at 12:10 #66687
Dodgy Geezer 1
Participant
@dodgygeezer1
If you want some seriously grumpy old men…

Ha! Childs play!

I prefer them to be certifiably insane while arguing about Quantum theory applied to Eugenics, whether Revelations 13 describes the current global financial system accurately, and the vexed question of whether Adam had any need for genitalia before Eve was invented…

Debate in its purest form, with no conceivable connection to any reality whatsoever…..
22 July 2016 at 14:55 #66690
Paul T
Participant
@pault84577
DG

Debate in its purest form, with no conceivable connection to any reality whatsoever……Fantastic basis for a discussion and right up my street.

I would think that Chaos theory might be better applied to Eugenics.

These days the number of the beast is more likely to be a lotto rollover result.

Did Adam need genitalia? I guess like all stories you have to be willing to suspend your disbelief in order to enjoy the tale.

Paul
23 July 2016 at 18:14 #66720
Dodgy Geezer 1
Participant
@dodgygeezer1
Debate in its purest form, with no conceivable connection to any reality whatsoever……Fantastic basis for a discussion and right up my street.

Be my guest! Here is a link to the discussion on Revelations 13… **LINK**
23 July 2016 at 19:24 #66721
The Long Build
Participant
@thelongbuild
If when you say Political opinion you mean Governmental topics then I have yo say that in my opinion they have no place on a modelling forum and ultimately they will end up in conflict , flame wares and clog up the threads ets, much as religious debates ..And we have enough problems in the real world with both Political and Religious opinion to have to contend with it on a forum as well.
23 July 2016 at 21:22 #66723
Charles Oates
Participant
@charlesoates31738
Agreed. There are plenty of places for conflict. Modeling only on here please.

Chas
24 July 2016 at 17:08 #66727
Colin Bishop
Moderator
@colinbishop34627
Yes, we should hone our chisels rather than our rhetoric. Much more relaxing.

Colin
24 July 2016 at 18:04 #66731
ashley needham
Participant
@ashleyneedham69188
That Colin, so sophisticated. Ashley
25 July 2016 at 19:14 #66752
The Long Build
Participant
@thelongbuild
Going back to the original Topic, looks like Mayhem is ill again as at least for me has been down all day.
Author

Posts