 While Fred's gone fishing, the mods (Steve W, Emily, Steve Y, Pappy, Dave and lotp) are going to keep the lights on and the engine running here at the Burg. There's lots of news to cover, and we intend to cover it. A few things, please --
Please format posts properly. Include source URLs -- posts are very likely to be deleted if these are missing. Trim the fat and garbage -- remember, it's your opportunity to teach the MSM how to write. It's not necessary to keep all the fluff at the end of most articles. Use highlight and strike-through text properly, and put articles in the right category. We mods do NOT have the time to re-format posts and hunt for missing source URLs. | I may fix one or two links if the mood strikes me. But don't count on my minimal good graces as a substitute for your lack of diligence. I'm the Not-Nice Moderator for a reason. |
Our focus on the Burg remains the WoT (operations, politix and background), geopolitical politics related to the WoT, high-quality snark, and stupid animal stories. Fred usually puts up 40 posts on his own at night: we mods may do only half of that. Don't be disappointed. Whether it's 40, or 60, or 110 posts a day, what matters is the quality of the posts, the comments, and of course the snark. | And be patient, please. If you submit an article and don't see it on the Burg right away, realize that a mod might not be scanning the queue at just that moment. Between us, though, your stuff should get posted in an hour or two, most of the time. Also remember to refresh your browser cache (use the "refresh" option) because sometimes things might change on the Burg but not show up on your screen otherwise. |
If something breaks give us a holler. Fred will be in from time to time while waiting for fish to bite, and if something needs to be fixed he'll go under the hood. The O-Club is a good place to leave a message that something's broken.
Please adhere to our commenting policies. No direct threats of violence against any American citizen no matter how odious. Respect for each other, especially to and from regulars. Trolls may be chewed, played with and batted around. The usual rules for the Sinktrap apply. | Another note: This is Fred's primary set of links to the news you see here every day. Feel free to nose around the links and find us some news. If you ever wanted to Be Fred, this is your big chance! |
A big thanks to everyone. |