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Murphy

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i have a few questions about this forum. i have posted on here for a couple of years now, how does this forum work in regards to the day to day running, is this site owned by a person or the club and how did this site actually start?
if a person runs this site does the owner get paid and if so how? does this site actually have a worth net and if so is it based on members or posts or threads?
whos who on sharks forever forum, whos the sharksforever boss? alot of questions i would like some answers plz.....
 

Fitzy2513

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If I was a detective I would start my inquiries with the poster formerly known as Sharks Forever or SF. You may have some luck there.
 

Mark^Bastard

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Haha, funny thing is I wouldn't mind knowing the answer to some of these questions too.

Yep, SF would be a good start.
 

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my guess is it was started as an independant project apart from the sharks between a few mates who met at the footy and its grown into the black white and blue love machine you see today
 

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i have a few questions about this forum. i have posted on here for a couple of years now, how does this forum work in regards to the day to day running, is this site owned by a person or the club and how did this site actually start?
if a person runs this site does the owner get paid and if so how? does this site actually have a worth net and if so is it based on members or posts or threads?
whos who on sharks forever forum, whos the sharksforever boss? alot of questions i would like some answers plz.....

sharksforever.com is not associated in any legal or financial way with the Cronulla Sharks in any way, shape or form.

The Management Team of Sharks Forever operates largely independently and autonomously as a work group collective.

There are four Administrative staff, one Super Moderator and about 3 or 4 people who have varying degrees of Moderator rights on some forums. The level of input that each of these people put into this forum varies widely depending on their own skills, abilities and available time.

No-one involved in the managerial side of this website receives any form of payment, gratuity or fee for service at all for the work that they do on this website in any form and it is undertaken entirely as voluntary service for the ongoing betterment of the Cronulla Sharks and its fans.

The sharksforever Forum FAQ describes in part the purpose of this forum:

Sharks Forever (www.sharksforever.com) is an open and independent website and discussion forum that serves as a resource and archive of information, images and other multimedia content focused on the Sharks (Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Rugby League Football Club).

Sharks Forever seeks to be a “Sharkopaedia,” providing accurate information about the Club and its players, history and future. It also provides an online forum where registered Sharks Forever members may post comments and discuss matters to do with the Sharks as well as other appropriate off-topic matters.

Sharks Forever is not officially or legally attached to the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Rugby League Football Club in any way.

Sharks Forever operates as a collective entity that:
  • acts in the best interest of the Sharks
  • maintains itself as a non-profit organisation
  • adheres to editorial independence and freedom of opinion
  • offers both positive and negative opinions and perspectives and encourages discussion
  • is not divisive of the supporters of the Sharks and does not require membership to the Sharks or any of its supporter groups
  • makes every reasonable effort to avoid defaming, libeling or vilifying any individual or group and respects the intellectual property of others
  • is inclusive and welcomes active and appropriate participation by all
  • is fun, informative and engaging
This is a lightly moderated forum and we intend to ensure, as much as we can, that users enjoy a congenial, friendly and respectful environment. We ask our readers to support this aim and to be mindful of the content and tone of their postings. In posting messages here, we strongly urge members to maintain a polite, non-aggressive and non-abusive tone.

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Consider this place to be like a dinner party.

You are welcome to stay and enjoy this place, but should you choose to abuse other guests or the hosts then you’ll be asked to behave. If you then continue to act in an abusive and anti-social manner, you will be asked to leave.

At sharksforever.com we understand that Sharks fans feel enormous passion and enthusiasm for their team. As a part of that, we also understand that it is probable that there will be passionate differences of opinion between members from time to time. We ask that you understand that everyone is entitled to their own opinion and that it is appropriate to attack another person’s opinion or argument but it is entirely inappropriate to attack the person.

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I'll leave it up to someone else to come up with a potted history of the place.
 

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OK think I posted it before, but here it is again. Don't think it was worth the wait! Feel like an old grandpa sitting on the porch... :drunk

Basically I did start the site back in 2002 or 2003, mainly as an image forum, with all the old images you see from scrapbooks and magazines. The forum was added in early 2006. Within about a year, real life took over, and the forum got overrun by spambots and all other types of rubbish. Still a core little group stayed around, and shireboy (shiredad), Megashark and KELPIE stepped in as Administrators, cleaned up the forum and actually shaped it to how it is now, with of course, the help of a number of loyal posters. There are many around still who could give a better history than me and I'd invite them to do so. I couldn't even name everyone who helped contribute, but BUZ put (and puts) in a lot of the hard yards I know that. A good place to look is the "Sharks Forever" sub-forum.

After everything in 2009, people like fitz and others stepped in, and brought in the change from just a forum to real life. To be honest it blew me away how much everyone contributed to the different campaigns last year, and ongoing this year. There are a number of big contributors in the Admins and Mods but I don't know if all want to be known, so I won't now. In the end, and I'm really really trying to not sound like an Oscars speech, but it is not about the admins or mods, but everyone who posts here.

As fitz mentioned it is all voluntary and independent, and in fact costs money to run. Maybe one day it might be worth trying to get sponsorship, and then push that back into the club, but at the moment I don't think it's worth the annoyance of advertising, or the hassle and legalities and compromises that would result.

OK self-indulgent nostalgia over, hope that answers some questions!

:cheers
 

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If anyone's bored, and you'd have to be - the first 200 users on here:

SF
Yahoo News
Google News
Super Shark
mchammer
gavin07
rickythesharklover
Sharks4eva
Louis
mrsharkie
bigjamal
Hammerhead
moz
mtk
SAG
Sharkie73
kevdude
NikkiShark
atmo
Brett
Sharkie_Freak01
bumpkin
clivec
Frenzy
sharks_4_me
imasharkie
sadshark
JadeShark24
peachey
McSharkie
Special K
cronullashark
tup
Dv8r
Southern Shark
brodes
b_shark
saint_helen2003
Inferno
SuperShark
NCL
2233695
neo_ported
bajkowski
murf1
The Nulla #2
Whoosh
wallis
Malteser
laurynh
dashingdeb
sam
Chad
bk_18189
Greg
chikenhawk89
sully_2006
Poiner
danny24au
jonezy79
JayJay
Shark
Dorsel
Eastwood
wheelz_085
Sharknazi
sharksounds
cronullabear
choc
Sharkette
sharkyboi
fizman
Mel
Marduk
68shark
jonny
sharks_no1fan
Sharkie06
scott.pettett
cod
WIGGY24
Docking
clarkie
chopper
Gracie
Warren1293
shortay
ShArKiEcHiK
thegazza
Kurt Frazer
katie
spilly73
Greg Walton
san29
cyanide_shark
sharkie4008
Rob
Sharksfan
nik
Mr Latino
Risa
holein9
dice man
stevearden
dgri2768
kimbys
greatwhiteshark
Insane
simon
quigs
wazzashark
Cozzo11
BUZ
Matts3939
sharkboy11
Nulla Boy
sharkymel
MTN
sharkkiieez
blbsharks
brody_rulz_yeah
bigmig81
Dr Prawn
Casey
Gidsey03
crufan
zakspiders
mightysharks
Mr Wonderful
brently
Jeff
shark boy
Srini
Steve Kneen
wobo
timber
jonahshark
Kalinda
Capital_Shark
gummy
dan21
homer
walley
Shark Attack
gando2230
KELPIE
mango_unit101
josh.s
Krissy01
OO AHH KINGA
Great White
HB-7
fan09
the dark shark
go u sharkies!
Lettuce_Sharks
sAiyAnstAr
Trav 182
TooTs_gregbird
fancyman
TigPieMan
Chum
FLYNVK
timmo
GGOA26
sharks195
sharkgizzards
madrex01
the mole
2230
Gummyshark
yippio
PornStar
Shire represent!
kenny12345
nulla nulla
Flying Bird
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dannyboy
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Bronze Whaler
kJm
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Sean The Shark
Villa the GORILLA
ballmead
topper6
Jigsaw
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Murphy

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OK think I posted it before, but here it is again. Don't think it was worth the wait! Feel like an old grandpa sitting on the porch... :drunk

Basically I did start the site back in 2002 or 2003, mainly as an image forum, with all the old images you see from scrapbooks and magazines. The forum was added in early 2006. Within about a year, real life took over, and the forum got overrun by spambots and all other types of rubbish. Still a core little group stayed around, and shireboy (shiredad), Megashark and KELPIE stepped in as Administrators, cleaned up the forum and actually shaped it to how it is now, with of course, the help of a number of loyal posters. There are many around still who could give a better history than me and I'd invite them to do so. I couldn't even name everyone who helped contribute, but BUZ put (and puts) in a lot of the hard yards I know that. A good place to look is the "Sharks Forever" sub-forum.

After everything in 2009, people like fitz and others stepped in, and brought in the change from just a forum to real life. To be honest it blew me away how much everyone contributed to the different campaigns last year, and ongoing this year. There are a number of big contributors in the Admins and Mods but I don't know if all want to be known, so I won't now. In the end, and I'm really really trying to not sound like an Oscars speech, but it is not about the admins or mods, but everyone who posts here.

As fitz mentioned it is all voluntary and independent, and in fact costs money to run. Maybe one day it might be worth trying to get sponsorship, and then push that back into the club, but at the moment I don't think it's worth the annoyance of advertising, or the hassle and legalities and compromises that would result.

OK self-indulgent nostalgia over, hope that answers some questions!

:cheers



cheers sf
so who are all the mods and admins?
if this cost money to run i am happy to chuck 50 in every couple of months.
 

SF

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cheers sf
so who are all the mods and admins?
if this cost money to run i am happy to chuck 50 in every couple of months.
Thanks Murphy, its fine though. More was trying to say none of the different donation campaigns go towards the running of the site or anyone involved (not that it was being suggested)
 

Jenni

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I do remember when Shiredad (Shireboy), Kelpie and Megashark stepped up as Admins, when SF didnt have the time needed to Moderate the site.

There's quite a few names in that first 200 that were regular posters when I joined up, however only a few remain.
 

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I do remember when Shiredad (Shireboy), Kelpie and Megashark stepped up as Admins, when SF didnt have the time needed to Moderate the site.

There's quite a few names in that first 200 that were regular posters when I joined up, however only a few remain.

last of a dying breed jen!!

the days of gougie!

what ever happened to 195 and peaches?
 

Special K

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I remember this place from years ago as being a great place for images as mentioned. I used to come here all the time just to look at the 2002 finals photos vs the dragons.
 
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