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- Forum Changes -
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Hey everyone.
As I'm sure many of you have noticed, we are implementing a few forum changes including the deletion and/or merging of some of the current forums. This is all in an effort to clean up the clutter of our message board... an attempt to consolidate information into efficient categories to provide for a better and easier browsing experience. To give you an idea of the changes being made, I have prepared a list:
Mushroom Pictures will be deleted, posts moved to the Grow Log forum (renamed to Grow Log and Pictures Forum)
Spore Exchange will be deleted, posts moved to the Marketplace.
Contest Forum will be deleted, posts moved to the Marketplace.
Shroomery Design Team will be nuked.
Literary Arts & Film Archive will be deleted, posts moved to the Creative Arts & Multimedia forum (renamed to Arts and Multimedia).
Computer and Everyday Security will be renamed to Computers and Technology, with legal-issue posts moved to Political (renamed to Politics, Activism, and Law).
So the final list looks like this, italicized forum descriptions or titles indicate a change was made:
- Mushrooms and Mycology -
Mushroom Cultivation
This forum is dedicated to all aspects of cultivating psychoactive mushrooms. Please read the disclaimer and the posting guidelines before posting in this forum.
Advanced Mushroom Cultivation
For advanced mycologists, this forum is for the discussion of experimental procedures, advanced cultivation techniques and mushroom science.
Mushroom Hunting
A forum for the discussion of wild mushroom hunting and identification. Be sure to read the Hunting FAQ before posting. While we make every effort to help identify mushrooms accurately, we claim no responsiblity for a mushroom misidentification. Remember that unidentified mushrooms should never be consumed, as consumption of certain mushrooms can result in death.
Contamination Forum
Ever wonder what that ugly green stuff is? Are you worried about health risks? Identification, fighting off contaminations, etc. Here is a forum dedicated to any cultivators worst enemy, Contamination.
Grow Log & Pictures Forum
A forum where users can detail their mushroom growing experience by showing their methods and progress. Please be careful not to incriminate yourself with too many details. If you don't know how to post a picture look here.
Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms
Come here to discuss non-psychoactive species of mushrooms. A forum for fans of culinary mushrooms and all other uses for mushrooms.
Shroomery Sponsors' Forum
A Forum for Sponsors to advertise, announce, answer customer questions, and anything else related to the supplies Vending business. Users can also discuss things related to any Vendors of the mushroom cultivation hobby.
- The Entheogenic Experience -
General Questions
If you have any general questions about psychedelics, post them here.
Trip Tips
What do you do to help make your psychedelic experiences enlightening and enjoyable? Post your suggestions and ideas here, or use the existing information to help plan a trip.
Spirituality and Philosophy
A place to discuss spirituality, philosophy and religion.
The Ethnobotanical Garden
This forum is for asking questions and giving advice on garden setup, plant care, harvest, preservation, and usage of various entheogens.
- Community -
Off-Topic Discussion
Here's where you can post messages which don't fall under the topic of any of the other forums. Please read and follow the forum rules before you post.
The Pub
A friendly forum where good vibes prevail. Come here for laid-back, respectful discussion.
Other Drugs Discussion
This forum is designed to serve as a discussion forum regarding psychoactive substances that are not mushroom related. This portion of our community is meant to supplement the static information that can be found from such websites as The Vaults of Erowid and Lycaeum.
Marketplace
Got something you want to sell, trade, buy, auction off or give away? This is the place for you to exchanges goods. Commercial messages and posts offering or requesting illegal substances are strictly prohibited.
Support Group Central
Everyone has problems. Sometimes they're too big to handle alone. If you're struggling with one of life's many trials and want some help from the community, this is the place for you. Please remember that any advice you get is just that - advice. The Shroomery cannot be responsible for your well-being and if you have a serious problem you should directly seek professional help.
Politics, Activism and Law
Come here to discuss politics, social change, security and legal issues.
Arts and Multimedia
Art, cooking, music, multimedia, prose, poetry and pictures - a forum where Shroomerites can post their creative works and discuss what tickles their senses.
The Gathering Forum
This is the place to arrange offline meetings and plan real world events.
Science and Technology
Come here for discussions on science, technology, and computers.
- Shroomery Feedback and Administration -
Website Announcements and Feedback
Here's where the site administrators announce changes to the website. You can also post your opinions and suggestions about how we can make the Shroomery better.
FAQ Contributions
Help shape the online Frequently Asked Questions. Submit modifications or new topics for review by the FAQ team and have your grow, hunt or other advice archived permanently.
Shroomery News
If you come across an article or news story which you think would be of interest to other members of the site, this forum is where you can post it. Posts must be approved before becoming public.
Shroomery Polls
If you want to get feedback on an issue, you can post a multiple-choice poll in this forum for all to respond to.
If you have any comments or concerns, here is the place to speak your peace. We will take into consideration all your ideas - however realize that the moderators and administrators have already put a great deal of work into this project and we will run with it for a little while to see how successful it is before jumping to make changes. Hope ya'll can dig it
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Edited by geokills (02/22/03 06:42 PM)
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Re: - Forum Changes - [Re: geokills]
#1327176 - 02/22/03 06:26 PM (21 years, 9 months ago) |
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So why is The Pub still a forum if you want to clean up the place?
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geokills
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Re: - Forum Changes - [Re: Anonymous]
#1327201 - 02/22/03 06:40 PM (21 years, 9 months ago) |
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While we are in the process of 'cleaning up' the OTD, we feel that The Pub is a necessary counterpart to allow for a slower paced discussion where the users actually take each other seriously instead of just posting one-liners as quickly as possible. If the Doob's work on the OTD project is sucessful, we can then address the issue of eliminating the Pub and combining its posts with the OTD.
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Captain Jack
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Re: - Forum Changes - [Re: geokills]
#1327670 - 02/22/03 10:34 PM (21 years, 9 months ago) |
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for the love of christ quit calling it "the otd"
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Anno
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so what do we call it then, omg?
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Re: - Forum Changes - [Re: Anno]
#1327897 - 02/23/03 01:49 AM (21 years, 9 months ago) |
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seems fine. i mean, ths security stuff connected to politics. and other shit. thumbsup
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Re: - Forum Changes - [Re: geokills]
#1327926 - 02/23/03 02:20 AM (21 years, 9 months ago) |
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Is all this really necessary? I mean, it seems like you guys are trying to make everything more organized and save some hd space...
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Captain Jack
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Re: - Forum Changes - [Re: Anno]
#1328273 - 02/23/03 07:24 AM (21 years, 9 months ago) |
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it's "OTD". not "the OTD".
if one wants to refer to it as "the OTD", it should be followed by "forum", as in "the OTD forum".
this is not the first time i've had to address this matter.
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Re: - Forum Changes - [Re: geokills]
#1328713 - 02/23/03 11:05 AM (21 years, 9 months ago) |
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Good enough. Another question: why is there still a Literary Films and Archieves forum if it was supposed to be comined with Creative Arts?
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Re: - Forum Changes - [Re: Anonymous]
#1328779 - 02/23/03 11:33 AM (21 years, 9 months ago) |
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While I've gone ahead and implemented the changes in the forum titles and descriptions - the technical administrators still need to find a way to move all the relevent posts from the old forums to the new ones before we can shut them down. The Marketplace has also been constructed, but is unavailable until the moderators of that forum finish their official policies and guidelines - as well as the new Supplier Policy I've been working on, which will be much more comprehensive than our old Chem Supplier Policy.
Bear with us. We're trying to get all this done as soon as possible, but it's a lot of work to coordinate between the different people working on the project.
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Re: - Forum Changes - [Re: geokills]
#1329233 - 02/23/03 03:29 PM (21 years, 9 months ago) |
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I find that is a strange suggestion to put Grow Log and Mushroom Pictures together.
There are many peopkle here who probablyt do not want to assoc iate with cultivation who just are interested in edible and magic shrooms but should not be associated with cultivation which is illicit since many people go out and collect wild mushrooms and magic ones and take pictures of them naturally and they do not fall under the category of grow shrooms which suggests cultivation pictures only.
There should still be a forum for mushroom pictures in general and then you can have a Cultivation Pictures forum?
mj
I mean there are many people who post shroom pictures from their natural in situ environment which has nothing to do with cultivation or grow log.
Think about it.
mj
Edited by mjshroomer (02/23/03 03:32 PM)
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Re: - Forum Changes - [Re: mjshroomer]
#1329271 - 02/23/03 03:57 PM (21 years, 9 months ago) |
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Hey Mj,
If you look through the Mushroom Pictures forum, you will notice that quite a large percentage of the threads deal with mushroom cultivation pictures - not simply mushrooms in the wild. Therefore, to reduce redundancy, we want to combine the grow log and pictures forum since there are grow pictures posted in the current Mushroom Pictures forum as it is. Mushroom cultivation is not illegal in all countries/territories, which is why we allow people to post such information. If you want to start a thread about mushroom art that is fine - it doesn't mean that you are associating yourself with cultivation pictures.
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Re: - Forum Changes - [Re: geokills]
#1329659 - 02/23/03 06:40 PM (21 years, 9 months ago) |
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ITs not about mushroom art Geokills.
I post hundreds of more photographs of wild psilocybes and wild shrooms than I ever do Mushroom art and many others do also.
Well I disagree but then that is my right.
Have a shroomy day
mj Anyway
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Jackal
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Re: - Forum Changes - [Re: geokills]
#1336567 - 02/26/03 02:36 AM (21 years, 9 months ago) |
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I assume that in the new marketplace, you'll only be able to sell legal spores?
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Re: - Forum Changes - [Re: Jackal]
#1336780 - 02/26/03 04:27 AM (21 years, 9 months ago) |
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define legal spores. IIRC they are all legal save for a couple US states and there select areas. so, yeah, why wouldn't we be able to trade pc spores considering they are LEGAL. your being redundant.
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Jackal
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I do apologise for my vagueness
Being as the server is in the USA, will the shroomery allow members to buy or sell spores which produce fruits that contain psilocybin/psilocin.
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Re: - Forum Changes - [Re: Jackal]
#1337212 - 02/26/03 08:03 AM (21 years, 9 months ago) |
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We are compiling an extensive list of rules for the forum, which should be opening tonight sometime. These rules are based around the General Supplier Policy, which is linked to at the bottom of each BB page.
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