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**sorcererdale** · 24th February 07, 02:50 PM

There is a spell check! When I type something wrong, it underlines the word in a red dashed line. Maybe you didn't notice, or you spell things correctly, except for "Americun" in your quote. haha

DALE.

Originally Posted by The Wizard of BC

No Mike, I'm never content. I want an automatic Spell Checker, and an English Language usage correcter - in English, Canadian, and Amurican!!! I want smilies with beards, I want my posts to be highlighted more than anyone elses. I want, I want........................
Need I go on?
Why is this not perfect already???????? I mean it's been hours since Rocky started this thread.

**The Wizard of BC** · 24th February 07, 04:33 PM

No, No, I want a spell checker that automatically knows what I want to say and provides the correctly spelled words. Come on, some smart young boy out there has developed this indispensable tool for those of us who type with one hand and a dictionary in the other.

And I don't know what part of the US you were born in but I'm from Texas and it has always been spelt that way and always will.

**KiltedCodeWarrior** · 24th February 07, 06:10 PM

I am going to stay out of the post count thing, except to say that if people were to follow the rules used for on-line classes I have taken (only post a substantive comment, ask a question, or make a point, no "I agree" posts), the post counts would not climb nearly so fast.

I do not agree that the Mods should make the decision on a person's ranking. Nor do I agree that the number of posts a person has made give them any real knowledge. Certainly Hamish, Graham, and Riverkilt bring experience and wisdom in the wearing of kilts, but what about the knowledge that somebody like kiltykiltycauldbum can bring to the kilt making users? Or Steve himself, a member since 2004 and with only 800+ posts?

If we want to have rankings, how about ranks based on the quality of posts? Every thread can be given a rank by those reading and responding. Perhaps that is a better approach. And it does not require the mods to take on ore work. Mike1 will have to let us know if it is possible, but I think it is.

And for Steve, upgrade to Firefox 2.0, it includes just the spell checker you are wanting. It red underlines misspelled words on any page on any website, and you can right click to get the appropriate spelling.

OK, done with my rant.

**Erisianmonkey** · 24th February 07, 06:43 PM

When I ask for advice or weigh opinions, forum rank is actually not real high on my list of criteria. I look at usefulness of info, and corroboration of others. To me, forum ranks are just a fun byproduct of an active board. I mean, yeah, I thought it was neat when I hit Reg, then Samurai, then Warrior, but to me it really doesn't have a bleeding thing to do with why I'm here, and I don't think I'd be crying if it went away. I'll be real honest here, I hardly ever look at the celebration board unless my name pops up on it. I think the idea of a weekly acknowledgment of forum rank increases would be sufficient.

I am glad to see that the OT stuff doesn't count towards forum rank though. I'd hate to think that I only made warrior because of the song game, even though I don't take the forum ranks that seriously.

Just my $0.02

**Pour1Malt** · 25th February 07, 01:06 AM

och! leave the post coont & ranks alain lads...

ai cannae imagine oiny mod wants tae bae part o' coontin' "valid" posts arr assignin' ranks....

waste o' bleedin time!

an potentially a 'popularity' contest.... yikes! nay thanks...

**Pour1Malt** · 25th February 07, 01:15 AM

anither thought...

we a' get different value oot o' the site....

Turpin mentioned Alan H's Xkilt posts... obviously valuble tae him (an others nay doubt)

but no tae me... ai have nay intention o' e'er mak'in ma ain kilt...

sae- e'en though Alan seems a cool fella an his Xkilt posts interest sumbuddy... they dinnae interest ma....

does he get a rankin fur that arr no?

an ai'm sure plenty o' folk arr no plannin' oan e'er comin tae Scotland an arr no interested in my sets o' piccies...

sae dae ma posts then no bae coonted?

ai dinnae think this item is "broke"....

**David Dalglish** · 25th February 07, 02:15 AM

I believe that the forum is good as it is, if it's not broke dont fix it. you can take away the ranking' if you like as I dont care about them, & I think would be difficult to select them. Either have or not, one or the other

**Mike1** · 25th February 07, 04:25 AM

Originally Posted by RockyR

I like to know how active the person is who is giving me their thoughts and / or advice. If John Doe is professing to be an expert and offers his opinion on everything but only has 3 or 4 posts under his belt, those comments might not weigh as heavily as someone like Graham or Hamish with thousands of posts telling me their opinions. Just my $.02.

Rocky, I see the basis of your theory, but it doesn't necessarily hold true.

I can register a new account and start posting -

"Cool pictures" after every picture post
"Nice kilt" after every new kilt is announced
"I don't have an answer" after every question is asked

Just those types of posts alone will get my post count into the high hundreds in very little time. I will certainly have the big post count, which would make my opinions worth more value by your theory, but I would actually be offering nothing in the way of intellectual value to any thread.

I think to use your theory, a member that has been here for 3 years might have a more valued opinion than a member that has only been here 3 weeks. But even that is a slippery slope.

I've been haunting online bulletin boards (anyone remember dial-up boards?) and forums for over 24 years and have yet to see any kind of number truly indicate a person's intellectual capacity on any subject. Other than the number of well-written and well-reasoned posts. And a perfect example is this - I have almost twice as many posts here as you (I had to open a new tab to check, believe it or not), yet you could engrave what I know about kiltmaking on the head of a pin. Needle and thread? Thread is colored string and needles are sharp at one end. Did I get that right?

I'm told they can be used to re-attach buttons when they fall off, but you couldn't prove it by me.

**starbkjrus** · 25th February 07, 07:44 AM

Originally Posted by Pour1Malt

och! leave the post coont & ranks alain lads...

ai cannae imagine oiny mod wants tae bae part o' coontin' "valid" posts arr assignin' ranks....

waste o' bleedin time!

an potentially a 'popularity' contest.... yikes! nay thanks...

Well said.

And I for one have no intention of reading posts and ranking them for quality. This is a fun and informative forum and lets keep it that way.

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