Petition to resurrect ATA.

[Magrittes Pipe]

We all know that the admins of DU don't have enough to do. Ask the Administrators was a great forum for we, the people to directly inquire as to the goings-on of Democratic Underground; and it also kept the admins from getting bored.

I say bring back Ask the Administrators!

Who's with me?

[JohnKleeb]

1. How do you post a post?

AYE fo sho.

[asthmaticeog]

15. LOL!

Yeah, the occasional "How do I start a thread" threads were indisputable all time classics.

[_testify_]

2. Plus, we need Swedish fish.

[Mutley]

3. Hey, then we can ask questions about stuff without

it getting locked. :P

[Magrittes Pipe]

4. Think how many problems could be solved with ATA!!!

:kick:

[billyskank]

5. Yes. I need to know how to start a thread.

:D

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. billy!

:hug: I'm so glad you've been found! :loveya:

[billyskank]

7. *mwah* !

:* :hug: :loveya:

I turned up again. I always do. :D

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. And I, for one, am thankful.

:D :hug: :loveya:

[SOteric]

9. If they can't be arsed, maybe you could start an 'Ask Hedges'

thread in the Lounge every now and again serve as the Oracle to which we all address our vitally important interrogatives.

Pinhead23: Hedges! I demand you turn off SNAFU's account immediately! He's a poopyhead and doesn't deserve to be posting with the rest of us!

Hedges: Actually, you're right. He is a poopyhead. But I'm not going to ban him because you didn't grovel before me and make offerings. Begone!

[nickgutierrez]

20. Ask The Hedges.

:rofl:

That has the potential to be trainwreck comedy at its finest. Where's that petition?

[arwalden]

10. The Place Where Anyone Could Have Their Ass Handed To Them...

... on a silver platter.

You know... I always loved those threads that started out like: "If you don't do such-and-such and if you don't stop doing so-and-so... then I wish you'd just cancel my account!!!1!"

Skinner's typical reply: "Your wish is granted." (And they'd be sporting a shiny new granite slab.)

[IsIt1984Yet]

11. I bet the 3 "no's" are Skinner, Elad and EarlG

:shrug:

[Nicole]

16. I was thinking the same n/t

[catbert836]

18. I voted "no" as well.

Call me a suckup all you want, I just don't think it was very useful. Any real issues you have with Admin can be addressed through email. That's what I did after I was tombstoned... :D

[dolo amber]

27. It's not about solving issues, it's about the laughing

:thumbsup:

[Placebo]

12. Y

:patriot:

[Blue-Jay]

13. Comedy Gold!

[jpgray]

14. How do I vote?

I loved that forum. Represented the humanity of the admins way better than any front page articles or Journal posts could. (Not to say those suck, but you know what I mean.)

[blondeatlast]

17. Yes! NSMA still hasn't found her keys, has she? nt

[Name removed]

19. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Magrittes Pipe]

21. I find it hilarious that there's a deleted message in this thread.

:rofl:

[ScreamingMeemie]

22. Agreed! Sometimes it feels...and looks (!) like the kids have all

been let loose with no supervision around here. :hi:

[LynneSin]

23. Just for all of you who miss ATA

[ScreamingMeemie]

25. Hey!!! Just because some of us need help posting a picture, or

starting a thread... or because we want to complain that little BetsyDUgooder gets more attention/leeway than us does not make us CRAZY!

[LynneSin]

26. Just hijack one of the little used state forums as your new ATA

Five cents please

[meegbear]

24. The Amatuer Trapshooting Association?

They seem to be doing ok.

http://www1.shootata.com/

[tyedyeto]

28. I thought ATA was very informative

and I could find answers in posts that others had started that were helpful. In the end, people did abuse it and I can understand why it was closed.

Maybe it's time for it to come back on a trial basis.