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EarlG

(21,893 posts)
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 03:08 PM Jun 2015

The General Discussion: Primaries forum is now open. Here's what you need to know.

This discussion thread was locked by Skinner (a host of the Announcements group).

If you were at DU during previous Democratic primaries, you'll recall that we filtered discussion of the primaries into a separate forum. We are going to do that again this time around. Here's what you need to know.

1. The Politics 2015 forum has been renamed General Discussion: Primaries and is now for exclusive discussion of the Democratic presidential primaries. Any new threads about the Democratic primaries MUST be posted in this forum. (Note: threads about the Republican presidential primaries are still permitted in General Discussion.)

2. Threads about the Democratic presidential primaries are now NOT PERMITTED in the General Discussion forum.

3. When you attempt to start a new thread in either GD or GD: Primaries, you will be prompted with an interrupt page to make sure you're posting in the right place.

4. If you post your thread in the wrong forum, be aware that Forum Hosts cannot move it to the correct forum. If the Hosts come to consensus that your thread is in the wrong place, it will be locked. It is up to you to make sure you are posting in the correct forum.

5. If you are sick of discussions about the Democratic presidential primaries, you can use the "trash forum" feature to hide those threads. To do this, go to the General Discussion: Primaries forum and click the "Trash this forum" button found near the top of the page. (Note: you can choose to undo this at any time.)

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The General Discussion: Primaries forum is now open. Here's what you need to know. (Original Post) EarlG Jun 2015 OP
Woooohoooo! Agschmid Jun 2015 #1
Kick (nt) pinto Jun 2015 #2
k riversedge Jun 2015 #3
Thank you! Warpy Jun 2015 #4
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! n/t Spazito Jun 2015 #5
Many thanks. lpbk2713 Jun 2015 #6
Sound fair to me... immoderate Jun 2015 #7
k&r with thanks. uppityperson Jun 2015 #8
Sweet! ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #9
Thanks. That is an excellent idea still_one Jun 2015 #10
THANK YOU Blue_Adept Jun 2015 #11
Good news. I think you should push the republican primary stuff into "Primaries" too. Renew Deal Jun 2015 #12
I suggested a forum TexasTowelie Jun 2015 #27
+1. n/t winter is coming Jun 2015 #29
Thank you a billion times! greatauntoftriplets Jun 2015 #13
10-4 BlueJazz Jun 2015 #14
Awesome. MerryBlooms Jun 2015 #15
Good idea. nt SunSeeker Jun 2015 #16
K/R! NRaleighLiberal Jun 2015 #17
Thank you and big Jedi Smooches all around to you and Skinner and Elad! n/t TygrBright Jun 2015 #18
Shazam! Thanks so much! nt cyberswede Jun 2015 #19
Thank the Stars!!!!!! William769 Jun 2015 #20
Good. The 'Not Hillary' Party go bye-bye. nt onehandle Jun 2015 #21
Oh thank God (nt) Recursion Jun 2015 #22
Thank you. Sounds like a good solution. I will allow us to talk about other issues in GD. jwirr Jun 2015 #23
KnR sheshe2 Jun 2015 #24
Yah, that's awesome. byronius Jun 2015 #25
Thank you azurnoir Jun 2015 #26
Ouuuf! Quel soulagement ! Il serait temps. Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #28
This will certainly unclutter the GD forum. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2015 #30
Actually, I was gonna suggest you call it the Antietam forum DFW Jun 2015 #31
Excellent! femmocrat Jun 2015 #32
Sounds good, is there a reason you can't move them dreamnightwind Jun 2015 #33
"Locking wastes discussion" awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #37
You don't think a move is better than a lock? dreamnightwind Jun 2015 #38
Hosts don't have the power to move awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #39
OK that's what I was wondering, makes sense and I guess Earl said as much - n/t dreamnightwind Jun 2015 #40
there is probably a technical reason awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #41
*** THANK YOU !! THANK YOU !! THANK YOU !! *** MH1 Jun 2015 #34
It's only going to be 9 months, tops. onehandle Jun 2015 #43
Mucho Grazie Signore e Signora! 47of74 Jun 2015 #35
Does this mean that all nonpresidential primaries stay in GD? Jim Lane Jun 2015 #36
Non-presidential primary discussions EarlG Jun 2015 #44
Thanks for the clarification! (n/t) Jim Lane Jun 2015 #45
YAAAAAY!!! MrScorpio Jun 2015 #42
This is posted in announcements. IMO it should be pinned to GDP notadmblnd Mar 2016 #46

Agschmid

(28,749 posts)
1. Woooohoooo!
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 03:09 PM
Jun 2015

Thank you!

pinto

(106,886 posts)
2. Kick (nt)
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 03:13 PM
Jun 2015

riversedge

(69,713 posts)
3. k
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 03:15 PM
Jun 2015

Warpy

(110,900 posts)
4. Thank you!
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 03:25 PM
Jun 2015

Civility might now come back to GD!

No, I'm not betting the rent on it, either, but one can dream.

Spazito

(49,751 posts)
5. Thank you, thank you, thank you!! n/t
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 03:25 PM
Jun 2015

lpbk2713

(42,696 posts)
6. Many thanks.
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 03:25 PM
Jun 2015



This should make things a lot more interesting.

 

immoderate

(20,885 posts)
7. Sound fair to me...
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 03:28 PM
Jun 2015


--imm

uppityperson

(115,674 posts)
8. k&r with thanks.
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 03:29 PM
Jun 2015

ismnotwasm

(41,919 posts)
9. Sweet!
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 03:29 PM
Jun 2015

still_one

(91,946 posts)
10. Thanks. That is an excellent idea
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 03:29 PM
Jun 2015

Blue_Adept

(6,384 posts)
11. THANK YOU
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 03:30 PM
Jun 2015

Better late than never!

Renew Deal

(81,801 posts)
12. Good news. I think you should push the republican primary stuff into "Primaries" too.
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 03:31 PM
Jun 2015

TexasTowelie

(111,292 posts)
27. I suggested a forum
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 04:34 PM
Jun 2015

called "Primaries: The Turds" instead.

winter is coming

(11,785 posts)
29. +1. n/t
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 05:11 PM
Jun 2015

greatauntoftriplets

(175,694 posts)
13. Thank you a billion times!
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 03:31 PM
Jun 2015
 

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)
14. 10-4
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 03:38 PM
Jun 2015

MerryBlooms

(11,728 posts)
15. Awesome.
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 03:48 PM
Jun 2015

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SunSeeker

(51,367 posts)
16. Good idea. nt
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 03:51 PM
Jun 2015

NRaleighLiberal

(59,940 posts)
17. K/R!
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 03:51 PM
Jun 2015

TygrBright

(20,733 posts)
18. Thank you and big Jedi Smooches all around to you and Skinner and Elad! n/t
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 03:55 PM
Jun 2015

cyberswede

(26,117 posts)
19. Shazam! Thanks so much! nt
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 03:56 PM
Jun 2015

William769

(55,124 posts)
20. Thank the Stars!!!!!!
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 03:56 PM
Jun 2015

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
21. Good. The 'Not Hillary' Party go bye-bye. nt
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 04:03 PM
Jun 2015

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
22. Oh thank God (nt)
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 04:08 PM
Jun 2015

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
23. Thank you. Sounds like a good solution. I will allow us to talk about other issues in GD.
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 04:11 PM
Jun 2015

sheshe2

(83,331 posts)
24. KnR
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 04:16 PM
Jun 2015

byronius

(7,369 posts)
25. Yah, that's awesome.
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 04:32 PM
Jun 2015

azurnoir

(45,850 posts)
26. Thank you
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 04:34 PM
Jun 2015
 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
28. Ouuuf! Quel soulagement ! Il serait temps.
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 04:46 PM
Jun 2015

Relief! High time!

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
30. This will certainly unclutter the GD forum.
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 05:15 PM
Jun 2015

DFW

(54,050 posts)
31. Actually, I was gonna suggest you call it the Antietam forum
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 05:54 PM
Jun 2015

But this will do in a pinch.

And may the yelling and screaming echo forever more--as long as I don't have to listen to it.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
32. Excellent!
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 06:44 PM
Jun 2015

Thank you so much!

dreamnightwind

(4,775 posts)
33. Sounds good, is there a reason you can't move them
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 09:03 PM
Jun 2015

instead of locking them? Locking wastes discussion, incuding conversations that were already in progress.

Also of course there will be a lot of gray area around what is about Bernie or Clinton (for example) and what is about the primaries. Is most anything about a candidate, even if the actual topic is not specifically about the primaries, but say, about them, is that kind of thing also supposed to be in GD : Primaries?

I pretty much never start OP's so not relevant to me, but I'm thinking the better this is defined, the less violation of it you will see.

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
37. "Locking wastes discussion"
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 01:02 AM
Jun 2015

Then people should learn where to post their OPs- it isn't rocket surgery.

To the admins- thanks. The minority vocal supporter jackasses in all camps are grating on my nerves.

dreamnightwind

(4,775 posts)
38. You don't think a move is better than a lock?
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 01:08 AM
Jun 2015

Has nothing to do with people being jackasses, which I'm sure most of us are guilty of some of the time. It has to do with something being on the wrong side of a loosely defined border between being about a candidate and about their primary candidacy.

No big deal to me, was just asking, my guess is it is difficult for the admins to move it, was curious though.

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
39. Hosts don't have the power to move
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 01:26 AM
Jun 2015

only lock

dreamnightwind

(4,775 posts)
40. OK that's what I was wondering, makes sense and I guess Earl said as much - n/t
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 01:28 AM
Jun 2015
 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
41. there is probably a technical reason
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 01:34 AM
Jun 2015

why this is so, but I don't know what it is. I do know that if, for instance, I posted a thread where it doesn't belong, I would be notified and could adjust accordingly. I hope my reply to you didn't come off as snarky, because that was not my intent.

On edit: the admins are hip deep in alligators dealing with malicious intruders (beyond MIRTs reach) and serial disrupters. As a 3 term moderator and 2 term MIRT, I cut them some slack. If you ever want a hint of the dark underbelly of DU, volunteer to MIRT. It is eye opening

MH1

(17,537 posts)
34. *** THANK YOU !! THANK YOU !! THANK YOU !! ***
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 10:26 PM
Jun 2015



(yes I'm just a bit tired of the primary infighting already. It's gonna be a LONG year.)

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
43. It's only going to be 9 months, tops.
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 08:56 AM
Jun 2015

Probably less. The primary will essentially be over on Super Tuesday in early March.

 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
35. Mucho Grazie Signore e Signora!
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 11:52 PM
Jun 2015
 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
36. Does this mean that all nonpresidential primaries stay in GD?
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 12:30 AM
Jun 2015

For example, it seems likely that we'll have a Democratic primary for the nomination to succeed Barbara Mikulski. Given that the new "General Discussion: Primaries" is "for exclusive discussion of the Democratic presidential primaries," I assume that posts about that race are inappropriate for GD: Primaries and should therefore go to GD. Is that correct?

Of course, such posts could always go to Maryland, but that race is an example of subjects that would interest many DUers outside the particular state.

EarlG

(21,893 posts)
44. Non-presidential primary discussions
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 09:39 AM
Jun 2015

are still permitted in GD.

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
45. Thanks for the clarification! (n/t)
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 11:58 AM
Jun 2015

MrScorpio

(73,626 posts)
42. YAAAAAY!!!
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 08:02 AM
Jun 2015

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)
46. This is posted in announcements. IMO it should be pinned to GDP
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 02:21 PM
Mar 2016

as I assume like me- many don't scan the board for announcements every time they log in or participate in the administering of the forum. But thank you, this is what I asked for.

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