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Posted 10/4/2011 11:24 PM (GMT 0)
Hey everyone, I'm starting an IBD newsletter and am looking to include success stories in each one.  If you would like to share your story with me I would really appreciate it.  For me a success story doesn't have to mean that you have no problems whatsoever.  I'm just looking for people who are dealing with their illness in a positive way and trying to keep a positive attitude about it.  So let me know if you want to tell me your story or if you would like to receive the newsletter.  You can email me. Thanks!

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Post Edited By Moderator (notsosicklygirl) : 10/4/2011 9:12:42 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 10/5/2011 3:14 AM (GMT 0)
Hey Jennie, welcome to HealingWell.

I changed your post to remove your email address. It is against the rules here to post personal contact information.

I hope you have goodluck with your newsletter. It's always nice to read about people who are managing an illness with a positive perspective.
Posted 10/5/2011 2:00 PM (GMT 0)
I'd love to share my success story with you Jennie -how can we do that?
Posted 10/5/2011 6:06 PM (GMT 0)
Same here. Perhaps we can have a sticky thread just for success stories. It would be helpful for others who visit the forum. Plus, I wouldn't have to repeat my success story over and over.
Posted 10/5/2011 9:28 PM (GMT 0)
She would have to come back and check on this thread and follow the directions to put her email in her profile. I think a success thread is a great idea but I am not sure the admin wants any more stickies in the forum.
Posted 10/5/2011 10:05 PM (GMT 0)
why shouldn't he? a sticky has nothing to to with administrating a forum.
Posted 10/6/2011 12:06 AM (GMT 0)
Too many stickies push down the existing threads so the admin wants to keep the stickies to a minimum. However, if you want to ask him you are more than welcome to.
Posted 10/6/2011 6:58 AM (GMT 0)
wow. is the admin something like a tyrant that does not leave any autonomy to it's moderators? i doubt it.
i've moderated then administrated nokiafree.org/forums between 2002 and 2005 (about 100.000 members and 10.000 active at it's peak). I know what i am talking about. When you give someone the right to moderate a forum you delegate also the right to make choices.

it seems to me that any decision is passed to the admin. if a sticky thread is not a moderator job then what is it?

don't you think that a success stories thread would help people's that find this forum? make them optimistic, ready to control their life? most of them arrive here in a bad shape and a bad state of mind.
Posted 10/6/2011 7:29 AM (GMT 0)
I actually don't see the need fora sticky to tell success stories regarding this forum. Actually, I see all of us as success stories.

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Posted 10/6/2011 11:09 AM (GMT 0)
No, he's not a tryant. He has control of the contents and mechanics of the forums but the mods job is listed here:

www.healingwell.com/community/moderators.aspx
Posted 10/6/2011 12:27 PM (GMT 0)
off course he's not :) i know that.

i believe you should assume more responsability and make your own decission since he left the moderating of the forum into your hands.

i am sure that in your control panel as a moderator the option to stick/unstick a thread is active. if it is, then it's up to you do decide to stick a thread or no since it's clearly in your power.

usualy such thing (a sticky) must be discussed between fellow moderators of this section of the forum, in your private forum. at least this is how i've done it in my moderator times.
I am trying to tell you - moderators - not to pass responsabilities away.

Just my to cents. It's not a criticism, just an advice. How you do your job is your & admin's problem.
Posted 10/6/2011 12:58 PM (GMT 0)
Nope, we do not have the option of sticking or unsticking. Nor are we passing the responsibility because we truly do not have that power. Over the years, he has given us forum wide editing abilities and locking threads but the stickies have not been one of them.
Posted 10/6/2011 4:10 PM (GMT 0)
well then, it seems there's nothing to be done about it.
Posted 10/6/2011 4:27 PM (GMT 0)
If you are on Facebook and want to email your story to the OP you can go to Facebook and "like" her page which is Crohn's, Colitis, and Digestive Disease Support Network.
Posted 10/6/2011 6:25 PM (GMT 0)
Why is it not allowed to post emails addresses?  We have a email icon under our name and we can add our email to our profile. How is this different?

I'm confused!

Posted 10/6/2011 9:26 PM (GMT 0)
It's not against forum rules per se but it's discouraged. Anyone can come online, without registering and read posts; including spammers and spambots. If your email addy is in the body of the post, it subjects you to spammers. However, if you have it in your profile, you need to be registered in order to see the email addy which at least rules out some spammers and spambots.
Posted 10/13/2011 9:57 PM (GMT 0)

Red_34 said...
Too many stickies push down the existing threads so the admin wants to keep the stickies to a minimum. However, if you want to ask him you are more than welcome to.

Hi Sherry,

I talked to Peter, and yes he does want to keep stickies down to a minimum. He said that a way around it would be to link to a thread [success stories thread] in the UC Resources stick topic.
Posted 10/14/2011 3:05 AM (GMT 0)
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