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Of course i do agree with you on the point that we can have a dedicated thread for that. But the thing is and the trend which is here is like we have threads every now and then related to indian economics and society. It would save a lot of job of moderation if we can one totally separate section for that. Our mods are already very busy
But I am not sure what are the costs and feasibility for making such changes. So if it is feasible then it would great for everyone. because many a times people end up posting the same in social and economic section because it says just "social and economic section". we can rename it for "social and economic section for pakistan" or something like that to give the end users a better understanding of what to post in that.
2. Indian Flag:
While it is true that the forum hosts discussions on issues, and between members, from around the world, our focus remains Pakistan, and the decision to not allow the Indian flag was to avoid unnecessary 'flaming' by some Indian members who might resort to the Indian flag smiley unnecessarily and frequently to irritate Pakistani members.
Some of you may have noticed that I have attempted to encourage Indian and Pakistani members to engage on issues of inflammatory rhetoric and voluntarily come to agreements with each other to avoid it, and avoid responding to trolls (number one reason for threads getting hijacked and flame wars starting).
Depending on how that proceeds and whether we see a change in the forum atmosphere we may revisit the decision of not allowing Indian flag smileys.
The E&D section is under Pakistan Affairs, so we though it would be obvious that it is Pakistan centric.
BTW, mu discussion with the other moderators did involve creating a separate Global Social issues section, perhaps under world affairs. Again, awaiting a response.
2. Indian Flag:
While it is true that the forum hosts discussions on issues, and between members, from around the world, our focus remains Pakistan, and the decision to not allow the Indian flag was to avoid unnecessary 'flaming' by some Indian members who might resort to the Indian flag smiley unnecessarily and frequently to irritate Pakistani members.
Some of you may have noticed that I have attempted to encourage Indian and Pakistani members to engage on issues of inflammatory rhetoric and voluntarily come to agreements with each other to avoid it, and avoid responding to trolls (number one reason for threads getting hijacked and flame wars starting).
Depending on how that proceeds and whether we see a change in the forum atmosphere we may revisit the decision of not allowing Indian flag smileys.
I have a suggestion that "Elite members" should only be those who show "eliteness" in their posts.
It's very important.
Thanks.
First you please change your flag to
I have a suggestion that "Elite members" should only be those who show "eliteness" in their posts. In my suggestion 'qusaark' should be one. But its upto Mods.
It's very important.
Thanks.
I respect you opinion sir and its good to see that you share the same opinion that others have on the forum but have you looked at the threads created by RiazHaq till now by any chance? not only is his rhetoric about poverty very demeaning but he fails to answer any questions thrown at him and continue to post his insulting post linked to his even more insulting blog. It is one thing to discuss poverty in a meaningful manner and one thing to discuss to demean another country. and he has done that multiple times and posted wrong articles, played with statistics and posted articles in such a way that it hurts the emotions of the Indian members on the forum. I would really be grateful if you can look into this matter.
I have a suggestion that "Elite members" should only be those who show "eliteness" in their posts. In my suggestion 'qusaark' should be one. But its upto Mods.
It's very important.
Thanks.
Off topic, but I think Indians need to understand that Bangladesh is, like many other nations, not monolithic in its views and ideology. There are Bangladeshis that don't necessarily care for India nor the role she plays regionally, and there are others who wish to build ever stronger relationships with India.
Similar distinctions, to differing proportions, exist in India and Pakistan as well.
Indians should recognize and understand the various shades of opinion in Bangladesh, and engage with them, instead of assuming that the Bangladeshis are going to be forever indebted to India and therefore blindly support it.
But anyway, discussion for a different thread.
Elite is a designation for those who have committed a lot of time to the forum (and staff - who help with updating information on the site, no moderating responsibilities), and will likely remain that way.
We are looking at another designation, based on quality of posts and how they represent their nation, for posters from other nations. Nothing settled yet on that count.