Archive for Archers Rest Archers rest is a new place for archers of all kinds to come and have a natter about anything archery or anything else, please feel free to browse the forums and join in the fun, go on sign up today, you know you want to :-)
 


       Archers Rest Forum Index -> Links
Stig

archery-interchange.com

The UK's largest free to join online archery community with over 750 UK archers taking part in regular discussion.

Free archery journals
Free club pages
Free archery directory
Free Winter and Summer Tournaments
Retro Arcade Games
and lots more

http://www.archery-interchange.com
Liam

That sure is a good place over there, full of good info and advice from people with years of archery experience, I would be more than happy if these forums acheived half of the success archery-interchange has achieved, the only bad thing I would say about it is that when someone is after and 'open' discussion it is sometimes closed when things start to get going for no apparent reason other than admin/moderators dont like the thread, a proper debate doesnt seem welcome on AI(archery-interchange) , perhaps a bit of a 'this is going off topic' or 'behave yourself guys' warning could be issued before drastic action such as closing the thread is taken.

I was under the impression that these forums on the net were to promote discussion on subjects of interest to the members you know a good old frank and open exchange of views, I have experienced threads been closed just because it was getting interesting/heated on AI.

I do not condone threads descending in to a free for all blatent slagging off session at all, and that will NOT be allowed to happen on here, but I do think a bit more of a free reign should be given to members to express their opinions on the matters discussed.

That said it is up to each Admin team to decide how they run their forums and please do not take this as a blatent pop at AI it really isn't, just an observation from my time using the forums, I still am and intend to continue using AI, if I'm still welcome
Steve B

I pop in there fairly often to read, but I find most of the post to "local" so I don't understand some of them being from Down Under. I also notice heaps of recurve stuff, whilst interesting as it is not my chosen discipline, doesnt hold the same interest.
Liam

I think the majority of their membership is recurve, but they do have some very handy info on the old compounds, also I think most of the membership are GNAS based archers.
Steve B

Think you maybe right, but hey its all arrow flinging, just the targets they end up in vary :wink:
Dave

Liam wrote:
That sure is a good place over there, full of good info and advice from people with years of archery experience, I would be more than happy if these forums acheived half of the success archery-interchange has achieved, the only bad thing I would say about it is that when someone is after and 'open' discussion it is sometimes closed when things start to get going for no apparent reason other than admin/moderators dont like the thread, a proper debate doesnt seem welcome on AI(archery-interchange) , perhaps a bit of a 'this is going off topic' or 'behave yourself guys' warning could be issued before drastic action such as closing the thread is taken.


Thanks for the kind comments, Liam. I'm sure that you'll find that as Archers Rest grows that any heated debate can rapidly turn into a slanging match. It's happened many times in the past on AIUK so now the mods tend to err on the side of caution before war breaks out.

However, the closing of a thread is not the decision of just one mod - there is a procedure on AIUK that potential problem threads are flagged by moderators and a copy of the thread automatically posted in a 'problem' area. The thread is then watched and a joint decision made before it is locked/removed or warnings issued.

If you ever thnk that a thread has been brought to an early close without good reason then do contact a member of the mod or admin staff.

Quote:
I was under the impression that these forums on the net were to promote discussion on subjects of interest to the members you know a good old frank and open exchange of views, I have experienced threads been closed just because it was getting interesting/heated on AI.

I do not condone threads descending in to a free for all blatent slagging off session at all, and that will NOT be allowed to happen on here, but I do think a bit more of a free reign should be given to members to express their opinions on the matters discussed.


Yep, totally agree, but when you start to receive threats of libel action and PM's from members upset about comments made towards them then sometimes posts made in a public forum have to be toned down or removed. And you really have to consider your audience - some of them may not share the same sense of humour, some of them may not be as thick skinned, some of them get upset at bad language and don't forget the juniors...

If you can let me know which thread you experienced being closed I can take another look at it to see what the problem was.

Quote:
That said it is up to each Admin team to decide how they run their forums and please do not take this as a blatent pop at AI it really isn't, just an observation from my time using the forums, I still am and intend to continue using AI, if I'm welcome


No you're not, Liam, ****** off, heheh,
Liam

As stated Dave, this was not a pop at AI just an observation, I have no intention of starting any kind of forum war fare (lets be fair with the membership backing you have there would only be one winner). I fully appreciate your comments above.

I have been around forums for a long time now and seen threads descend into a bitching contest, there is nothing any admin team can do to stop this happening, they can only act on it once it has happened, I understand the cautious stance you take, and to be fair to AI I have not seen any instances of this, this is a credit to your admin, mods & forums.

I appreciate the difficulties of finding a 'happy medium' and understand that people view things in different ways, my opinion is though that my thread titled 'Would you go bowhunting' was closed prematurely and had no where near ran its course, the where some very interesting views coming accros in that thread, some that made me think quite hard about my desire to experience bowhunting.

I would like to go on record and appologise for any offence caused by my comments.
Dave

Liam wrote:
As stated Dave, this was not a pop at AI just an observation, I have no intention of starting any kind of forum war fare (lets be fair with the membership backing you have there would only be one winner). I fully appreciate your comments above.


Hi Liam,

I didn't see it as a pop at AIUK, I saw it just as it was intended, as a constructive critisism You could (and probably should ) have said far, far worse things

Quote:
I appreciate the difficulties of finding a 'happy medium' and understand that people view things in different ways, my opinion is though that my thread titled 'Would you go bowhunting' was closed prematurely and had no where near ran its course, the where some very interesting views coming accros in that thread, some that made me think quite hard about my desire to experience bowhunting.


Ah, the bow hunting thread. I think the problem there was that bow hunting and people's opinions of it have been aired many, many times on the forum (there was even a poll the same as yours) and they always tend to end up going 'round in circles with pages and pages of meat eaters winding up vegans and vice-versa. They always start off nice and interesting but soon descend into chaos. And unfortunately very, very few new ideas or points of view tend to rise above the bickering that haven't been aired elsewhere.

Quote:

I would like to go on record and appologise for any offence caused by my comments.


Absolutely no need to apologise, mate, no offence caused. If no one pointed out the problems then we'd be in a sorry state
Liam

Quote:
I didn't see it as a pop at AIUK, I saw it just as it was intended, as a constructive critisism You could (and probably should ) have said far, far worse things


I'm glad it didnt come across too strong



Quote:
Ah, the bow hunting thread. I think the problem there was that bow hunting and people's opinions of it have been aired many, many times on the forum and they always tend to end up going 'round in circles with pages and pages of meat eaters winding up vegans and vice-versa. They always start off nice and interesting but soon descend into chaos. And unfortunately very, very few new ideas or points of view tend to rise above the bickering that haven't been aired elsewhere.


Fair enough, I now understand the situation.



Quote:
Absolutely no need to apologise, mate, no offence caused. If no one pointed out the problems then we'd be in a sorry state


Thanks for yoy generousity Dave, appology still stands though mate.


Now wheres that carpet to sweep this under, here's to a happy relationship between AI & AR in the future
Steve B

Just as a chance to ask somebody that has "been there and done that", not that I don't think that you haven't Liam . Dave I notice that the mods of most Archery forums and I mean across the globe ( I am not targeting any forum specifically) often use the "that has been done to death before use the search function".

Now whilst I appreciate the fact that it has been done to death, as a newbie on a forum that has heaps of post on heaps of topics, it is very daunting for the newbie to know the right words to use in the search function to get the correct thread without pulling up often in excess of 20 pages of topics to look at.

So how do you guys at Archery Interchange handle those things?

I do visit archery interchange and enjoy reading through the topics. You are also certainly made welcome on AIUK, but a lot of it is topical and geographic orientated and also the bent of the board to Recurve shooters, as a compund shooter I enjoy reading about recurves as I have shot them before (18 years worth) but I do like my compound bow now.

Sorry for rambling and I am not sure if I am making sense or saying things clearly as I want to express them. But Dave you have a fine forum in AIUK, Liam I am so pleased to part of this. I do visit a number of other forums as well , but I think that AIUK, Archers-Rest, Archery Talk and Archery Forum (not put in any specific order) offer the most for archers, on some you need to weed out the "non- essential info though :wink: "
Dave

Steve B wrote:
Now whilst I appreciate the fact that it has been done to death, as a newbie on a forum that has heaps of post on heaps of topics, it is very daunting for the newbie to know the right words to use in the search function to get the correct thread without pulling up often in excess of 20 pages of topics to look at.
So how do you guys at Archery Interchange handle those things?


Hi Steve

In an ideal world when a forum member posts a thread they would give it a precise title as to what the thread's about, i.e. 'Cartel Triples: Help required' instead of just 'Help required'. Users can then do a search on thread titles only and get much more accurate results.

I do recommend that people new to a forum spend time there and get to know the place, find out how things work, ask questions, press buttons and try and break the thing Once you've pressed everything, and visited all the different bits you can be a lot more confident finding the information you need and can narrow your search down using the advanced filters.

The "done to death" bit doesn't happen too much, and usually only when Cartel Triples are mentioned

Quote:
but a lot of it is topical and geographic orientated


The clue's in the title, Steve

Quote:
and also the bent of the board to Recurve shooters, as a compund shooter I enjoy reading about recurves as I have shot them before (18 years worth) but I do like my compound bow now.


We do have a compound section with four and half thousand posts in it so the compound shooters are doing their bit

Quote:
Sorry for rambling and I am not sure if I am making sense or saying things clearly as I want to express them. But Dave you have a fine forum in AIUK, Liam I am so pleased to part of this. I do visit a number of other forums as well , but I think that AIUK, Archers-Rest, Archery Talk and Archery Forum (not put in any specific order) offer the most for archers,


Many thanks for the kind comments, Steve

Quote:
on some you need to weed out the "non- essential info though :wink: "


I think 'non-essential info" is a "very essential" part of any forum in order for it to grow - you've got to let members chat and have fun (but not in the shoutbox if it can be helped...), to give it all a sense of community.

Dave
Liam

Quote:
I think 'non-essential info" is a "very essential" part of any forum in order for it to grow - you've got to let members chat and have fun (but not in the shoutbox if it can be helped...), to give it all a sense of community.


I'm all for a bit of banter as long as it doesnt take us too far off topic to keep the sense of community as Dave so rightly puts it, and anything totaly off topic belongs in the "Archers Arms", I think all forums need an off topic area so members can get a bit more intamate
AR Mum

Phew! Glad youve kissed and made up now boys, I can take my tin hat off now :wink:
Liam

tammy1 wrote:
Phew! Glad youve kissed and made up now boys, I can take my tin hat off now :wink:


lol, it wasnt a case of falling out, Dave quite rightly felt the need to defend his forums against the comments made, and as Dave says forums are here for views to be aired so long as its done in a constructive fashion, no harm done I'm glad to say, and we are still all friends.
Steve B

great response dave and thanks for that, yes I have skulked around the compound section and do enjoy reading it.
       Archers Rest Forum Index -> Links
Page 1 of 1