Originally posted by Madeleine_W
The dinger has now had their rep artificially lowered to the point where any rep they try to give should fail to affect people's points totals. I think it makes them into greys.
That's as far as we can take the action, really. We can't stop them from being able to give greys and attendant comments.
I hope that answer satisfies. If not, tough, it's the only answer you're getting
But seriously, I think it's apparrent that more reps have gone *up* than down in this thread, so hopefully No Harm Done.
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I've had a couple of comments from newbies about the Rep Points discussion in here. As with other OT nattering, it's something that can make the thread a little intimidating for newbies. S/J is a nice thing for newbie shippers to 'break themselves in' with - you don't need to know other posters or to have been here a long while, you only need to have an opinion on the shippiest scene / moment of truth / future of S/J and post it, and voila, you're part of the discussion. In the last couple of days I've had comments that it's hard to join in cos of all the OT.
The mods tend to be quite variable about OT discussions; in an episode thread we're far stricter than in other threads for instance, and we're pretty laissez faire about OTness in this thread. I really don't want to have a go at anyone for going OT (especially since the mods have, arguably, long been tacitly encouraging OTness here by not modding it), but I would like you to be aware that there are people who'd like to join in and can't cos they feel, I don't know, 'out of the circle' or cos the one or two posts they have made have got lost in a sea of OT. I know you're all nice people and wouldn't want anyone to feel like that. I also know there's no way you'd be doing it on purpose. I'm bowing out now though, It's your thread....
That's as far as we can take the action, really. We can't stop them from being able to give greys and attendant comments.
I hope that answer satisfies. If not, tough, it's the only answer you're getting
But seriously, I think it's apparrent that more reps have gone *up* than down in this thread, so hopefully No Harm Done.~~~~~~
I've had a couple of comments from newbies about the Rep Points discussion in here. As with other OT nattering, it's something that can make the thread a little intimidating for newbies. S/J is a nice thing for newbie shippers to 'break themselves in' with - you don't need to know other posters or to have been here a long while, you only need to have an opinion on the shippiest scene / moment of truth / future of S/J and post it, and voila, you're part of the discussion. In the last couple of days I've had comments that it's hard to join in cos of all the OT.
The mods tend to be quite variable about OT discussions; in an episode thread we're far stricter than in other threads for instance, and we're pretty laissez faire about OTness in this thread. I really don't want to have a go at anyone for going OT (especially since the mods have, arguably, long been tacitly encouraging OTness here by not modding it), but I would like you to be aware that there are people who'd like to join in and can't cos they feel, I don't know, 'out of the circle' or cos the one or two posts they have made have got lost in a sea of OT. I know you're all nice people and wouldn't want anyone to feel like that. I also know there's no way you'd be doing it on purpose. I'm bowing out now though, It's your thread....
AND to all of the Mods for being VERY nice to us and letting us have that leeway when it comes to being a bit fluffy 
I can second Madeline's concern though I do get PMs as well from Newbies trying to be part of the discussion and they get lost in the shuffle and FOR THAT I AM VERY SORRY!!!!!
SO I challenge all of us to be on the LOOK OUT FOR S/J discussion AND NEWBIES and makes ure we are welcoming everyone and drawing them into ALL of our discussion be it silly or serious
I hope that we ALWAYS offer a friendly, safe and warm environment for EVERY fan to Sam & Jack Ship in
The Shipper Family
honoured member of the Ship Ship Hooray Special Ops Team 
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