ModelerXYZ Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Hey everyone...I remember a few years ago we had a forum topic called off topic which had some not so railway related things on it. I see that on the current forum this is missing. Are there plans to reintroduce that section?XYZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissaf Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 No, there are no plans to bring it back in any form. It was removed because it was abused by a small number of individuals who's posts caused heated arguments and personality attacks which ended up with threads having to be shutdown and removed. Sometimes these personal attack issues were so severe that the Administrator current at that time (pre-dates current forum moderator tools) had to step in and take action. One incident in particular I recall, had the potential to put Hornby in bad light (publicity wise) outside the forum in the wider public domain i.e. Facebook and other 'Social Media' platforms. This was the last straw and Hornby Admin pulled the 'Off Topic' forum section.EDIT: Brew Man's reply further below in this thread sums up nicely why the Hornby 'Off Topic' forum was removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
37lover Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 XYZ,It was removed well before the "current" website and although my memory isn't too great I believe the reasoning would give very, very little chance of it coming back.Edit: Chrissaf gave a better & quicker answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brew Man Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Also, let's just talk about trains, it's what we're here for - Choo-choooo! sunglassesI am an administrator on another unrelated forum and I can tell you that off-topic threads have on more than one occasion almost brought the entire forum to its knees. So let's not go there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissaf Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 I should add, that any attempts to circumvent the removal of the 'Off Topic' forum, are likely to have 'off topic' threads and posts removed without explanation, particularly if they are deemed likely to create disharmony on this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Hay Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 I've just had a photo rejected, presumably as it was off-topic.It's quite comical how certain folk are permitted to take a thread completely off-topic, without recourse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDS Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 @Will HayIt was me that deleted your image of part of a full size WW2 aircraft in a Hangar, as it has no relevance whatsoever to a Model Railway Forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Hay Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 @Will HayIt was me that deleted your image of part of a full size WW2 aircraft in a Hangar, as it has no relevance whatsoever to a Model Railway Forum. No, neither does electrical fires in the wings of airplanes, but I guess it depends who the author is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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