I'm pretty good with stylesheets. Let me know what you need tinkered with.

awful timing. I blew in in the middle of your spam crisis, looking around at places I used to lurk such a long time ago.

But hooray! All is not lost, and you have a delicious new refuge!

The links... they're blue. I feel like I've wandered into an AU by accident.

... okay, it doesn't look very different. But the ability for security guards (cheers on that title, by the way) to block bad IPs is, I think, the best combination we could ask for in terms of keeping things the same and not being so open to attack.

I'm quite happy for a permanent switch - just so long as we don't end up using both interchangeably, because that will just drive us all mad. One or the other. I'd favour this one simply for the password guards.

I was wondering whether you were still around, hS. Good to see you're alive.

Is anybody else wondering "Why now, after all these years with no serious spam problems?" Or am I just paranoid?

Style sheets... I know a little bit, but I'd have to see the thing. It's been a while since I took that HTML class. There would probably be trial and error involved.

As for moderators, we've never had official mods, but there have always been people who stepped in when stepping in was needed. If we were to have official mods, we'd just have to appoint those people.

Perhaps it is time to stop being so very resistant to change.

~Neshomeh, rather annoyed.

Wiki front page has been updated with this news.

I'll be sure to keep that updated on the situation.

And if this is a permanent switch, I can offer the wiki page for the Constitution to be linked to, or if not that, we could always whip up a freewebs or something for it.

Seems to me they'd be less like authority-wielding mods, and more like kind of security guards. I think that kind of a system would mostly be used just when we needed to get rid of a troll or something, like you said. It doesn't necessarily mean they'd have to act as moderators. (We could give them Dandelion uniforms or something.)

Nonetheless, I'm in favor of keeping the old board, if only because we don't need to update the web address or anything and it makes it easier for those of us who have the old URL memorized.

Also, far from being silly, you pretty much become Board Hero for the moment. I think. Do we have hats or something for this kind of occasion? (on pressure from outside sources, I also requisition a hat for July and Dann, for also saving the day.)

And welcome back! Unless you've been just lurking all this time. In which case, welcome back to... Posting.

Different, though. And blue. But at least we have a Board again!

Seems okay here. Nice to have a backup, at least.

Much better without all the spam.

PS Did anyone else see that spam message that was different? The one about little boys and candy or something?

Should I (or someone else) post every few weeks or so on the old board? Just to stop it going down?

That's weird.

Thank you very much, hS. This is very nice.

Aww, a new place. Which is nice, but...not as good as being able to post at one board without fear of evil spamminess.

Evil evil spambots.

flips off troll

Temporary sounds like an excellent idea, unless we really do have to leave the old place for good. Which hopefully we won't.

Cassie, who is always encouraging.