only to find myself back at Candlestick Park, wtf? (And a double wtf at that, since I apparently should be even further back, at Shea Stadium.)

You've misunderstood, you are at Shea until you make 500 posts, then you move to Candlestick Park.

I tweaked the settings for the levels people can get to the more they contribute to the forum. In short, this forum is a lot more popular than it was when I first set up the feature, and the Apple rooftop is getting a little crowded these days.

Sorry if your ranking has dropped. If you still want to get to the rooftop, just keep posting till you pass 1,000 posts (not that I'm encouraging people to leave junk messages just to raise their status - this is ...]]> Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:43:36 +0100 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/getting-better/suggestions-needed-for-posting-status/#p302 Getting better http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/getting-better/suggestions-needed-for-posting-status/#p302 Skye - I will set some forum rules soon. At the moment the basic rules are no spam, be polite and don't post rubbish. Luckily it's quite a small community here at the moment and is easy to manage, but I expect we'll get more people coming here over time. The last thing I want is for the quality to end up like YouTube or certain blogs, though fortunately so far everyone's been great.

I don't think people will keep posting just to raise their profile - there's no real gain in doing so. I can remove posts if they're obviously ...]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:38:15 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/getting-better/suggestions-needed-for-posting-status/#p299 Getting better http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/getting-better/suggestions-needed-for-posting-status/#p299 I'm well chuffed to see my idea was so well recieved - thank you

I'm a bit confused though..... I'm on post 31, Alissa is on 26 but we're both at The Jac?

Edit: Not that anyone does that here, but when traffic picks up? It's happened before.

It's interesting - but maybe the idea of a hierarchichal thing with regard to posts doesn't really work with the Beatles, since, you ...]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:50:44 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/getting-better/suggestions-needed-for-posting-status/#p286 Getting better http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/getting-better/suggestions-needed-for-posting-status/#p286 OK, how about this?

1. St Peter's Church
2. Casbah Coffee Club
3. The Jacaranda
4. The Indra
5. The Kaiserkeller
6. The Top Ten Club
7. The Star-Club
8. The Cavern Club
9. Decca
10. Abbey Road
11. The London Palladium
12. Royal Command Performance
13. Paris Olympia
14. The Ed Sullivan Show
15. Carnegie Hall
16. Hollywood Bowl
17. Shea Stadium
18. Candlestick Park
19. Rishikesh
20. Apple rooftop

I was thinking at 10-post intervals, so to get to the Apple rooftop you need 200 posts. Some of the venues/concerts are better known than others, but all were important in The Beatles' story. Also, it's only broadly chronological - they played as the Quarry Men in the Cavern, but I wanted to leave it till later on so people here could work their way towards it.

I'm not going to ...]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:23:17 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/getting-better/suggestions-needed-for-posting-status/#p274 Getting better http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/getting-better/suggestions-needed-for-posting-status/#p274 Ooh yes, that's definitely a good one. Thanks mjb - I'll put together a list.

mjb said:Maybe a venue climber, say starting at the Cavern and ending up at Shea Stadium?

Oh! I like this idea. It is clearer that it's supposed to be a rank.

Maybe use the Abbey Road medley as ranks? Like starting from You Never Give Me Your Money / Sun King, whichever you judge to be the first of the medley, all the way to She Came in Through the Bathroom Window?
Perhaps it's a little too long, haha.

My brains a little inactive at the moment, but I'll be sure to brainstorm some more.