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As a forum we have dealt with people like him before - remember m.joshi? He came across in a similar way - answers copied & pasted from MIs and websites, often completely wrong. Doitmyself isn't quite as bad IMO but sometimes posts complete drivel.

I get that it's public forum and eveyone is free to post but I also get what Leo and Riley are saying - the average punter won't know he's wrong and it could reflect badly on the professionalism of the forum as a whole.

I don't think banning is the answer but certainly some means of identifying people whose advice shouldn't be taken as gospel might be helpful. Or else a general disclaimer at the top of every page along the lines of "Any advice given is to be taken as guidance only. You should exercise your own judgement as to it's accuracy and merit, and any work carried out is at your own risk"

There's something like that on the technical subforums of motorbike forums that I belong to, to protect the forum from idiots doing daft things...
 
Isnt this why we have the trusted advisor badge?

People can come to the forum, and like any other internet site, take their chances on the quality of the input. If they see the "trusted" badge, they may listen more carefully to that.

I'm not a fan of content censorship. If someone posts drivel, then post a refutation.
 
Leo21 said:
This guy really gets up my nose.

hes on here giving advise under the ukpf banner. We don't know his qualifications, he's got no badges what so ever.

so surely he shouldn't be giving advise? Can the mods do anything about this, maybe some sort of disclaimer attached to his posts? Something along the lines of,

" we cannot be responsible for the accurateness of this idiots posts, as far as we're aware he's not qualified in any way, we recommend you ignore this sad tw@t"

You get the gist.

really though mods, come on, it's making a mockery of us.
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hes nauseating isn't he? hes seems to know what hes on about though

god I want to troll him
 
Ray Stafford said:
Isnt this why we have the trusted advisor badge?

People can come to the forum, and like any other internet site, take their chances on the quality of the input. If they see the "trusted" badge, they may listen more carefully to that.

I'm not a fan of content censorship. If someone posts drivel, then post a refutation.
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Both good points Ray but we have some very knowledgable members who aren't (yet) TAs. If would be a shame if their input were to be overlooked. Refutation of bad advice is probably the ideal way to deal with it as long as things don't descend into slanging matches...
 
I think there should be a unvented G3 badge d.i.y clowns giving advise on that could have consequences !
 
Rich8 said:
I think there should be a unvented G3 badge d.i.y clowns giving advise on that could have consequences !
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We really must get that one sorted out!

As for this do it myself boy, any threads in particular?

If he's giving out inaccurate advice, correct him and, if needs be, report him.
 
i have no problem with correcting inaccurate info on here i try not to be rude but the occasional ******** seems to slip in
 
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Lost the will to live with the one he is 'helping' with. Making a mountain out of 2 stuck trv's. TAF. and no its not aimed at the Welsh :)
 
Looks like Leo has had enough of him.
PS, slight spell check needed Leo mate before he picks up on it.
 
I'm waiting with bated breath for his next post. What a d!ckhead!

One thing fellas, when he comes back on. We need to be civilised, let's not let it drop to my level.
 
I'm waiting with bated breath for his next post. What a d!ckhead!

One thing fellas, when he comes back on. We need to be civilised, let's not let it drop to my level.
 
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