Politiks

Welcome to Politiks Forum. Do you like politics, hate politicians, or vote for the guy with the coolest name? Doesn't matter, just register. Do you want a reason? Because then you can tell me how stupid this paragraph is. Why did I spell politiks wrong? Politics.ForumWise.com was already taken.

Karma can be changed by moderators and myself, and will basically be used the same way IPB warning systems are, except that the karma here is visible to everyone. When a moderator adds or subtracts from karma, they should edit into the post something like "1 karma added for whatever" so that it isn't done twice for the same post. Making personal attacks, useless posts, etc. will get karma taken away, being helpful or informative will get it added. Right now this is temporary, if it ends up not being a good idea I'll disable the karma thing.

Maximus Vigilus has won the first contest, he's on now and I'm hoping he'll read this and check his PMs. Anyway, there's a place-holder button on the portal that I'll replace when he tells me what to replace it with.

The next contest has started, the goal is to make the best post (best meaning informative, convincing, something like that) in the next six days, more information is in the contests forum.

The contest ends tomorrow at 7:00 AM (US east coast time, I do not really understand daylight savings time, so your best bet if you really want to get precise about the times is to log in and check the timestamp on the thread about it in the contests forum, though there's really no reason to care). If you have a thread that you think can win and you're not its last respondent, it probably couldn't hurt to post a reply to it.

Currently, Maximus Vigilus's "Battleground God: How firm are your beliefs?" thread in the Philosophy forum is winning with 12 replies.

The winner gets a post in the Winners thread (stickied in the contest forum) and a two-month affiliate spot on the portal page.

EDIT: Changed 9:00 to 7:00

There is now a forum specifically for news not older than three days. While a thread can be used to discuss the specific event, if it does evolve into a discussion of an issue, that's fine (though the thread would then be moved to the appropriate forum).

The first contest has started, the thread about it is here. The winner will get a two-month spot on the portal for an affiliate button, and it's quick to enter. Even if you don't have your own site, you can link to the candidate you support or something like that, so long as it's not porn or whatever.

I changed the default skin and made a logo that went with it (I got the GIMP, NightSnake made me). Vote on if you like it better than the old one.