Weeters 1915 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Hello all, There have been a few changes made around the site, and this news update will help sort them out! Board Shuffle Some shuffling of the more off-topic boards has taken place. The former "Off Topic" category that held the Breakroom and boards like the Graphics Dept. and Engineering Dept. has been renamed "Discussion Departments" to reinforce that the boards are directed towards certain topics, and the Breakroom has been taken out of it. The former "Fluff" category, which held the Speculation board and the "It Came from the D Block" banished threads board is now the "Breakroom" category and is the new home to the Breakroom board as well. Access to the Breakroom boards is discussed below. Permissions There has been a long outstanding bug with the way user permissions were set up under-the-hood that occasionally restricted some users from accessing the Speculation board (among others). This was a side effect of a permissions arrangement that was made in reaction to situations through the site's history where we may have wanted to restrict access to certain portions of the site to people like unconfirmed users. The permissions system has been reworked and now all members who have posted enough to become "confirmed" (an anti-SPAM measure) should have access to the Breakroom boards. Members who are not confirmed should see this message: Guests (people who are not logged in) will not see any message until they register. If you see this message with the rest of the boards, please let me know because nobody should be able to see the boards and the warning message. Now that the Speculation board is fixed for all users, rampant and wild speculation in the main boards is going to be frowned upon more than it already is. Any discussion that primarily focuses on unofficial, unconfirmed station divestitures, sales, affiliation swaps, and the like should be taken to the Speculation board. It's okay if some speculation comes up in a discussion, but if the focus of your entire post is along the lines of "Here's what I see happening when X Corp buys Y Corp and is forced to sell off conflicts...", it needs to go in the Speculation board. If you still do not have access to the Breakroom boards, and you've been around here for a while, please get in touch. Stay tuned! There's more to come here at TVNewsTalk in the coming weeks and months ahead. -Weeters Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15978-board-shuffle-and-permissions-update/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriangleTriadMediaNews 267 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Everything seems to be working fine on my end, keep up the good work, Weeters! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15978-board-shuffle-and-permissions-update/#findComment-185894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevCor 344 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 I speculate that @Weeters should merge with @Eat News and create WeEat News. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15978-board-shuffle-and-permissions-update/#findComment-185895 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 [quote name='KevCor']I speculate that @Weeters should merge with @Eat News and create WeEat News.[/QUOTE] Waaaaa! I got locked out of " it came from D Block"... Where will I post all my offensive material? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15978-board-shuffle-and-permissions-update/#findComment-186112 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1915 Posted October 11, 2017 Author Share Posted October 11, 2017 Waaaaa! I got locked out of " it came from D Block"... Where will I post all my offensive material? For the record, no one's allowed to post new threads in that board. Things just get moved into it. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15978-board-shuffle-and-permissions-update/#findComment-186118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oklahomanewsman 210 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 So far I'm still able to access the Soeculatron board, so everything is working fine. Keep up the good work, Weeters Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15978-board-shuffle-and-permissions-update/#findComment-186129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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