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Derek R. Veteran

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I rarely step out of the 'History & Heritage' pages, but this 'badge' annotation I see as a complete nonsense. It matches a 'badge' to numbers of postings only. This has no reflection on the knowledge that many have. An example: Chris M Jones is an accomplished historian and artist contributing to Narrowboat magazine with art and articles, yet he is 'badge' ranked "Enthusiast" - 4/12. This is an insult.

 

Yet I have a 'badge' of 'Grand Master'. I haven't boated for decades!

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rusty69 Veteran II

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3 minutes ago, 1st ade said:

As an aside - I show as

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My brother (better known as Magpie Patrick) shows as

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There is no way on this earth that I have a higher reputation than him - (unless on Schottky diodes or the finer points of VHF radio licence)

I don't think moderators can receive reputation points.

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I suspect the problem is, even if this 'feature' is turned off or hidden, the next forum software update will wipe out any customisation to the underlying files and reinstate it. It would be tedious to do it every forum update. So we're stuck with what the Americans at Invision think is best.

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15 minutes ago, Paul C said:

I suspect the problem is, even if this 'feature' is turned off or hidden, the next forum software update will wipe out any customisation to the underlying files and reinstate it. It would be tedious to do it every forum update. So we're stuck with what the Americans at Invision think is best.

But you are probably correct...

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4 hours ago, rusty69 said:

It is not based solely on post count.. 

 

I agree, it has no reflection on knowledge though. 

 

Isn't it? 

 

A better metric which doesn't penalise the less prolific posters would be the ratio of greenies to posts. 

 

Still not perfect though, as playing to the crowd tends to garner large numbers of greenies while carefully thought out technical posts often get none. 

 

 

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Just now, MtB said:

 

 

Oh yeah!! 

 

Thanks, I totally missed that. 

 

So given all that, its hard to work out (given the rubbish I post) why I've been labelled a grand master.

 

 

Hey, we're all grand masters here. Of what, I'm far from certain.

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4 minutes ago, MtB said:

 

 

Oh yeah!! 

 

Thanks, I totally missed that. 

 

So given all that, its hard to work out (given the rubbish I post) why I've been labelled a grand master.

 

 

 

I've been trying to work this out too. Haven't got to the bottom of it yet. 

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2 minutes ago, rusty69 said:

Hey, we're all grand masters here. Of what, I'm far from certain.

 

I'm a founder member of the "Talking Bollocks" club along with DMR. It now appears to have been the inspiration for the Grand Master badge here.

 

We are looking for new members. Interested? 

 

 

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