The Staff Feedback Thread

flareblitz37 said:

This is probably gonna come off as a little negative, but given that there was a modding recently, there is one user I kinda want to get an issue of mine with off my chest.

That user is none other than Axeliira. Given her activity in the Welcome Lounge, i'd think she would be more welcoming towards new members. But I tried to friend her back in November not long after her birthday, and she VM'd me saying she did enjoy it but didn't get back to me. Then I tried to friend her again recently, and her response was that she never recalled me and her having talked, when in fact i've seen her in a couple forums (namely the 5th gen forum). I would expect that from regular members, but former moderators I don't think would really be this way, let alone ones who specialize in introducing new people to the forums. So I hope her reasoning for this is nothing personal. :/

That's all, I don't mean this as an attack towards her, and it's not like I feel a gigantic need to be friends with her or anything, and if she really doesn't want to talk to me that's fine, but it just bothered me, is all.

Click to expand...

Maybe she didn't friend you because you aren't friends??? I don't know how seriously she takes her friends list, but two interactions with someone isn't enough for me to accept a friend request. I don't know. I don't know her very well or her reasoning behind anything, but from what I do know of her is that she's incredibly kind and doesn't have a spiteful bone in her body, so I highly doubt it was anything personal.

That being said I'm not really sure why you're using this thread to tell the world that she didn't accept your friend request a few months ago is all that necessary or why you feel it is even worth being brought up here when you could have asked her directly yourself why she didn't accept your friendship request??

Okay, I get it, she's nice but doesn't appear comfortable with friending people she doesn't know very well. There are plenty of other nice staff members I can talk to here, so it isn't a big deal to me. Can we please move on from this and let it go? This isn't something that I wanted to make drama out of.

I see the dropdown box for quick jumping between threads isn't there anymore. That's a little upsetting, because I used that a lot, and would like to see it come back. Thanks a bunch if it does come back. Great site overall. My go-to site for most things Pokemon!

Hiroshi Sotomura said:

The rules are meant to be open to interpretation.

Click to expand...

How is that a satisfactory way to go about things?

Cassino said:

How is that a satisfactory way to go about things?

Click to expand...

Because it's literally impossible to write rules that function properly without any open interpretation.

Cassino said:

How is that a satisfactory way to go about things?

Click to expand...

I think it is just referring to the fact that there is not necessarily a 'this is acceptable' 'this is not' list, due to gray areas and human differences.

It's not really staff feedback however, more a query on the rules, so it's probably best in the quick questions thread or, if you would like to elaborate more, as its own thread.

I'd like to leave some positive feedback in this thread for once. Shocking right?

Yes not only would I like to thank all the staff who were involved in overturning my ban but I'd also like to give a special thanks to Rukario and Hiroshi Sotomura for not only hearing me out, but also for taking the time to respond to me emails and complaints.

I probably flooded their inboxes more than any sane man would but thanks for getting back to me every single time. :)

Did some thinking and figured I'd post some feedback here real quick.

I think you guys should be more careful in who you decide to unban in the future. That's all.

I'd like to provide some feedback about the staff in the Pokemon Clubs section which consists of Olli:
The guy has been doing great work there. He is amazingly efficient with requests on new clubs and improvements to old ones. He has a good sense of responsibility and takes quite judicious decisions. Although, I would like to request that another member of your choice be made a Moderator there as he could use some help. No specific reason to say that, it's just a suggestion. :)

I would also like to ask a question here (if it's allowed) :
With Sheep having been promoted to the post of a Super Moderator, does the Moderator, Dragon have the post of a moderator there? And what happened to Axellira? Has she resigned?

Dragon_Trainer_ said:

I would also like to ask a question here (if it's allowed) :
With Sheep having been promoted to the post of a Super Moderator, does the Moderator, Dragon have the post of a moderator there? And what happened to Axellira? Has she resigned?

Click to expand...

If you mean in The Welcome Lounge, yep! Dragon is sharing responsibility as a Moderator there now. Axeliira is still around, but she changed her username to Minerva and mods Fan Clubs & Groups. 8)

Solace said:

If you mean in The Welcome Lounge, yep! Dragon is sharing responsibility as a Moderator there now. Axeliira is still around, but she changed her username to Minerva and mods Fan Clubs & Groups. 8)

Click to expand...

Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions.

Some comments from my blog last year, probably better off ending up here:


You can split threads, right?

Cassino said:

Some comments from my blog last year, probably better off ending up here:

Moderators should be more willing to merge and move threads where appropriate; even split them, why not? Closing as the default action is a rather destructive practice. My next point of contention: staff should be less uptight about what is considered off-topic. This is a discussion board after all. I think the apparent strictness of things has encouraged this post & go attitude most members have, although that might just be how the OVP crowd are.​

You can split threads, right?

Click to expand...

I agree with you, though I wouldn't go so far as to say closing a thread is a destructive action but I don't believe we should argue semantics. As for what's "off-topic," I don't usually close threads that are off-topic in relation to my forum, but instead move them to wherever they'd be on-topic which is typically Video Games since there's a fine line between threads that belong there and Culture & Media. Everyone has a different moderation style and people already complain to us about how we're all just robots practicing uniformity and have very few distinctive qualities amongst ourselves, so asking us now to change our ways to something else might estrange a few people. Being more open-minded might be a more effective path, I will say.

In any case, no we cannot "split" threads necessarily, as when you merge a thread the posted dates often clash and end up moving the posts around so that the timeline fits for hybrid view, however we can select posts within a thread and choose to either move them to a different thread or make them become their own thread entirely.

I personally would rather move than close, and recently discovered that with a bit of trickery I can split off an off-topic discussion into its own thread. And I try to keep everything open for discussion, no matter how utterly crap I think the OP is. But it's really a case-by case basis. Like, if someone starts a thread in my section that could be moved into PGen, but PGen already has that thread, I'm going to lock it because I can't directly merge that in (unless that has changed v recently idk). If I get a thread in my section that is broadly covering things I have threads for, I'm going to close it- I recently had one about "is anyone watching XY? here's my comments about these three eps!". That's not something i can shift into an appropriate thread because it's talking about so much.

And the real thing about being off topic is like. I want the thread title and OP to be reflective of the discussion going on. that's really just a lot less confusing. Let's not even get into the amount of BW vs DP/XY stuff that always crops up and turns unrelated topics into wars. I'm pretty lenient, but if you don't crack down things get chaotic.
I dont mind topics meandering slightly or becoming a little more inclusive than titles/OPs would suggest but tbh we are having a conversation about a particular thing. I'd rather not abruptly change the subject and confuse anyone who comes in for the previous discussion or has been taking cues from pre-shift posts.

idk sorry im on mobile and rambling and these are rather specific to me examples but. thats my view?

RPC is kind of an exception, as we don't really have anything to move/merge/lock :<.

In relation to other forums though, I have often seen threads merged in highly active forums (X&Y springs to mind) to avoid repeat threads. I rarely see threads closed, unless there is nothing to them.

If you're talking about the 'closing because I can't see this doing well/being active' though, I completely agree :) we should be giving threads a chance and not just shutting things because we wouldn't post in them. If two people want to discuss the topic, that is validity enough.

Time for some random appreciation because who doesn't like that, right?

I was going to post this kinda comment in a different thread of a similar theme but thought against it considering it's more generalized and better suited here.


I'd like to thank everyone who has made this community grow as it has over the time. Over the last 8 years of visiting PC, there's been a lot of changes across most aspects of the forum but it's all been done for the good. When I first found PC I was only 12. Little did I think that I'd still be visiting 8 years later.
It's been great to see so many staff members join and leave over that time and each of them having their own little impact on this community (no matter how big or small). This community truly wouldn't be this great today if you hadn't all done such a great job. This is also extended (of course) to the supporters and all members who have helped in any way. Every little helps and from the humblest of beginnings it can grow more than any probably thought possible.

As I tend to ramble on a lot of the time and I don't want that to happen here, I'll finish off this post with an honorary mention to a couple of staff members who have stood out to me.
They are Jak and Razor Leaf. I know that every staff member does a great job but these 2 stand out as I've always seen them doing a great job and going above and beyond to help others out and are always approachable (which is really important) :)

Anyway, I know everyone will continue to do an amazing job on PC and I look forward to spending another 8+ years here.

- James
*Fades into the background and goes back to lurking for no apparent reason.*