Post by QPR Report on May 2, 2009 20:07:47 GMT
So I'm reposting as a seperate thread, My original Welcome to this site.
Let me emphasise: Most debate is permitted. I'm not into censorship or banning. I don't care if you want to come and say Paladini was our greatest Chairman. Wouldn't bother me in the slightest.
I don't have fancy graphics. I don't have the obvious web-skilled produced sites of maybe other site.
I don't have (at least yet ) the number of posters or visitors of some other sites. Although this site has grown some. And it's comparable in size to at least some of the other QPR boards
But as a messageboard/posting articles site, it's roughly for themost part headed in the direction I hoped. And I'm grateful to posters.
And it's what this site is, rather than how many people use this site that is most important to me.
So this site IS going to retain its basic ethos. And I expect all to follow this ethos.
And I think that's the basic view of most posters and I presume most readers of this site.
Thanks
REPOSTING
Welcome to the just-created - and not yet officially launched - QPR Report Messageboard.
I: Why Yet Another QPR Messageboard:?
www.qprreport.blogspot.com has been in existence as a news blog for some 3 1/2 years and has attracted a fairly sizable daily audience (as QPR website audiences go) - making it I believe, the #1 QPR Site in terms of Daily Visitors (after the Official site).
People can, and not infrequently do, post comments on the QPR Report blog. But for years, I've resisted having a QPR Report messageboard. There are a number of very fine existing QPR messageboards including QPR dot.org - .org - Loft For Words - QPR Net - We Are The Rangers Boys - Independent Rs - LSA - Vital Football QPRFans and of course, some overseas fans sites.
So whether this new message board is really needed is a legitimate question, which remains to be seen. Be that as it may, this messageboard now exists and will be a test of the adage: "If you build it, he will come." But ultimately the determinant of "success" for this new board is not whether masses of people visit and become regular posters (although obviously there are no objections to that!). The real criteria for success is whether it meets a niche for an indeterminate number of posters, who derive enjoyment from posting on and reading the board. And that, time will tell.
While hopefully reading and posting here, hopefully
people will continue posting on the assorted other QPR message boards. I certainly shall!
The FOCUS OF THIS NEW MESSAGEBOARD
The intended focus of the QPR Report Messageboard is QPR matters, on and off the field.. Playing, mangerial, boardoom matters, nostalgia etc, as well as generic Football ("soccer") matters of general interest.
There is not an "official" QPR Report Messageboard perspective on how to view QPR matters. Both critics and skeptics and defenders and boosters are equally welcome. People are not going to get banned for having different viewpoints from that of myself. They will get banned for nastiness towards other posters or for character assassination.
What This Board Does Not Want to Focus on:
- Don't want ad-hominem attacks on other posters, or attacks on other messageboards. Really want people to be able, as the cliche goes, to "Disagree without being disagreeable." Tolerance of other perseptives and viewpoints.
- While not into "PC," racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, etc - even in jest - is not permitted and won't be tolerated.
- Not interested in this being a moderator-driven messageboards, or posting topics just to build up readership, or posting popularity. If there's something to talk about, that's great. If it's quiet, so be it.
- If you want to post links from other message boards re subjects of QPR or football-in-general interest; feel free. If the information is of interest, QPR fans here should be interested.
- Not Interested in Posts on non-Football Matters
- Concerts and rock bands and films, etc,
- "Babes of the Day" - Jokes - How to spend time at work or on weekends or parties - Not about World Events/Crises/Tragedies and politics - - Not about messageboard cliques and Friendships and animosities.
Sorry: No Prizes/cash awards given on this site!
Conclusion
In summation: The role model for my messageboard are those sites which offer people a board, for those interested ; who post when they deem fit, and then leave to others to use and post on topics of their choosing. The "Granddaddy" of this approach would of course, be "Battletank" who founded the QPR.org more than a decade ago, and for many years that was "THE" site for QPR fans to go to.
So welcome and hopefully you'll enjoy reading and posting! And if you don't, the news blog will always be available for you!
Let me emphasise: Most debate is permitted. I'm not into censorship or banning. I don't care if you want to come and say Paladini was our greatest Chairman. Wouldn't bother me in the slightest.
I don't have fancy graphics. I don't have the obvious web-skilled produced sites of maybe other site.
I don't have (at least yet ) the number of posters or visitors of some other sites. Although this site has grown some. And it's comparable in size to at least some of the other QPR boards
But as a messageboard/posting articles site, it's roughly for themost part headed in the direction I hoped. And I'm grateful to posters.
And it's what this site is, rather than how many people use this site that is most important to me.
So this site IS going to retain its basic ethos. And I expect all to follow this ethos.
And I think that's the basic view of most posters and I presume most readers of this site.
Thanks
REPOSTING
Welcome to the just-created - and not yet officially launched - QPR Report Messageboard.
I: Why Yet Another QPR Messageboard:?
www.qprreport.blogspot.com has been in existence as a news blog for some 3 1/2 years and has attracted a fairly sizable daily audience (as QPR website audiences go) - making it I believe, the #1 QPR Site in terms of Daily Visitors (after the Official site).
People can, and not infrequently do, post comments on the QPR Report blog. But for years, I've resisted having a QPR Report messageboard. There are a number of very fine existing QPR messageboards including QPR dot.org - .org - Loft For Words - QPR Net - We Are The Rangers Boys - Independent Rs - LSA - Vital Football QPRFans and of course, some overseas fans sites.
So whether this new message board is really needed is a legitimate question, which remains to be seen. Be that as it may, this messageboard now exists and will be a test of the adage: "If you build it, he will come." But ultimately the determinant of "success" for this new board is not whether masses of people visit and become regular posters (although obviously there are no objections to that!). The real criteria for success is whether it meets a niche for an indeterminate number of posters, who derive enjoyment from posting on and reading the board. And that, time will tell.
While hopefully reading and posting here, hopefully
people will continue posting on the assorted other QPR message boards. I certainly shall!
The FOCUS OF THIS NEW MESSAGEBOARD
The intended focus of the QPR Report Messageboard is QPR matters, on and off the field.. Playing, mangerial, boardoom matters, nostalgia etc, as well as generic Football ("soccer") matters of general interest.
There is not an "official" QPR Report Messageboard perspective on how to view QPR matters. Both critics and skeptics and defenders and boosters are equally welcome. People are not going to get banned for having different viewpoints from that of myself. They will get banned for nastiness towards other posters or for character assassination.
What This Board Does Not Want to Focus on:
- Don't want ad-hominem attacks on other posters, or attacks on other messageboards. Really want people to be able, as the cliche goes, to "Disagree without being disagreeable." Tolerance of other perseptives and viewpoints.
- While not into "PC," racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, etc - even in jest - is not permitted and won't be tolerated.
- Not interested in this being a moderator-driven messageboards, or posting topics just to build up readership, or posting popularity. If there's something to talk about, that's great. If it's quiet, so be it.
- If you want to post links from other message boards re subjects of QPR or football-in-general interest; feel free. If the information is of interest, QPR fans here should be interested.
- Not Interested in Posts on non-Football Matters
- Concerts and rock bands and films, etc,
- "Babes of the Day" - Jokes - How to spend time at work or on weekends or parties - Not about World Events/Crises/Tragedies and politics - - Not about messageboard cliques and Friendships and animosities.
Sorry: No Prizes/cash awards given on this site!
Conclusion
In summation: The role model for my messageboard are those sites which offer people a board, for those interested ; who post when they deem fit, and then leave to others to use and post on topics of their choosing. The "Granddaddy" of this approach would of course, be "Battletank" who founded the QPR.org more than a decade ago, and for many years that was "THE" site for QPR fans to go to.
So welcome and hopefully you'll enjoy reading and posting! And if you don't, the news blog will always be available for you!