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Just a quick update. I'll work on pulling together a handover document to share with the new potential, happy shinny admin/mod people probably on Sunday once I blow the dust off my laptop Just to confirm, any delay is definitely not due to me on my honeymoon 😂

It won't have escaped your attention that we are still here. Apologies for the lack of an update recently. There have been a number of people that have very kindly offered to step forward to take on Admin/Moderator duties. I just need to get my shit together and reach out and organise a hand over. I'm trying to take a break from thinking about Partick Thistle for a week or so (that's not going well with new managers/Head Coaches etc.) so it might be a wee time before I actually get round to that. Obviously, there's no sense in closing the site down when that process is ongoing. Or will be ongoing. Meantime, play nice everyone.

To add to WJ's post above, the original intention was to close a week after our final game of season. Well, that potentially means a week today. Things are stable at home at the. Oment so there is no real need to stick to that timescale. To help facilitate any handover we'll stay active till the end of May. That seems like a more natural finishing time in any case. Hopefully though someone can step in and keep it going. Like an outgoing Prime Minister's Honours List I plan a Dishonours List to signify my departure from 'office'. 😂

The irony in this comment is striking and highlights the danger in wildly speculating on forums. There was one person that was speculating, in multiple places, about an alleged personal relationship between a club employee and candidate for the post of Sporting Director. It's now being stated by some as 'fact'. Anyway, this particular thread is about to be locked. There is plenty of other places to debate the appointment of the new Sporting Director other than Third Lanark's Mea Culpa.

Thread locked. The OP has achieved their objective.

This site will close one week after the final game of this season. A little background to this decision. For the last few years my partner has been dealing with some very serious health issues. Last Friday we received some shite news which this isn't the place to elaborate on. Suffice to say my priorities in life have changed, and I need to evaluate what is and isn't important to me. I’d already cutback on some things this season prior to last Friday's news and I’ll need to make some serious calls about some others at the season's end. Advice I was given last weekend was to stop doing anything that I took no enjoyment from. This site is lightly admined, I’d agree too lightly (my fault), but even still it still figures highly on a list of things that come under the heading ‘life is too short for this shit’. Even if all was well it's not something I have the time for. I’ll not lie. A recent post hasn't been behind this decision but has helped confirm in my mind what I was already thinking, and has speeded up the process somewhat. To be polite, I’m uncomfortable with the direction it's going in. I don't like how some seem to be using it as a vehicle to promote views very much at odds with my own values. Ask me privately and I’ll be a damn sight less polite. Anyway, football is and will always be a big part of my life. It's a release from outside pressures but do you know something, it doesn't matter. It's a game. Nothing more. Remember that if you find yourself frothing at the mouth over a poor performance, or if you feel the need to try and tarnish the reputation of someone you don't know. Just for clarity as I know some enjoy a good conspiracy theory. Nobody has asked me to do this. Nobody has put pressure on me to do this. It's entirely my call and for my benefit. To return to the top of this message, the site will close seven days after the final game of the season. Hopefully that's after we’ve secured an unlikely promotion via the play-offs and we've had a week to celebrate and discuss. C’mon The Jags (PTFC, PTWFC forever) So long, and thanks for all the fish.

I have no knowledge of the Online Safety Act, or how it will impact on this forum. Thanks for drawing it to my attention. To be perfectly blunt with a myriad of other more pressing and personal issues to deal with anything that increases even a little the very modest amount of Admin involved would probably, for me, be one hassle too many. I'd likely just close the place down. That's not a reflection on the community on here, far from it. The vast majority aren't remotely any kind of problem. All of which is a reminder that any request to take over the administration of this site would be gratefully received.

Thread locked as the same points are simply being made again and again and again.

Do we need to start, like Twitter (sorry X), to start flagging up posts that contain demonstrabily false information?

Hi, Just a quick message. Firstly, I hope everyone is okay after Sunday's events. Shankly was wrong, football isn't more important than life and death. It is still a big part of all our lives though and I can't have been the only person to have been left absolutely drained by what happened on Sunday. Personally I can't face reading about Sunday, no interest in reviewing all the VAR calls (I've seen the Doc penalty incident - how that isn't a pen I don't know - but none of the others) and certainly won't be watching the highlights. It took me over 10 years to watch highlights from that game at Tannadice. I imagine it will be at least that again before I watch anything from Sunday. It happened. It hurts, but it can't be changed. I'll likely watch the Scotland games later this month but those aside I'm going to try and forget about football for the rest of the month. That means I won't be checking on here, or reading other football forums, and won't be answering any messages or dealing with what little Admin this site generally requires. If you message about anything then and don't receive a response It's nothing personal. I'm just gubbed and need a rest from football for a bit. Please play nice, I know you will, and see you all in July. OTIG

PM sent

Update I don't see anyone waiting for approval other than some cleatly dodgy ones dating back to 2020. What was there original username. I might be able to do something with that. PM if you prefer. I'm not working today so there is a chance it will be actioned.

The bit in bold is strange. I've not received any emails or aware of a generic acknowledgement. I'll look into that. Last time I checked there wasn't any new members awaiting approval. I'll double check that too. There's no email sent to me when there is which is problematic. It relies on me doing peoridic checks which given my lack of attention isn't ideal.

LLB, I've edited your post to replace Jags Trust with PTFC Trust.

With the Club's 150th anniversary* coming up in the not too distant future an updated Official History would be ideal to coincide with that. *But is 2025 rather than 2026? Contempary sources of the time list the Club's formation as December 1875. Edit to add: Didn't mean to post this as Admin. Ach, well no foul no harm

That's a match report not an error message! Honking. Absolutely honking.

Well at least you can admit it! Where were you in Dallas November '63? On a serious note. You can occasionally let things slide. And @Lambies Lost Doo , to save my DMs from unwanted attention, not sure what your contribution added to the debate during an important time. Let's try and keep things on topic. Edited to Add: I've given a thread another tidy up to try and keep it on topic. I'd prefer to not have to continue to do so.

I've given the thread a wee tidy up to hopefully bring it back on topic.

These are important times on and, perhaps particuarly, off the pitch for our Club. It is vitally important for Thistle fans to have dialogue with each other to discuss these issues. This forum is just one place where these discussions can take place, and I would hope that no matter what my own particular thoughts might be they aren't reflected in how the site is moderated. There has certainly been no attempt to stiffle debate or to try and push that debate in any particular direction. It was some years ago now that I was approached to take over 'ownership' of this forum largely because nobody else approached to do so wanted to take it on. Rather than see the forum shut, I agreed. I'm now at the stage where I have no desire to continue with it. Previously it took next to no moderation. Days and weeks would go by where I wouldn't even look at it unless notification of an issue hit my inbox. That started to change recently and it's starting to take up time that I don't really have. Given the importance of current events I really don't want to shut the forum down. It's nowhere as busy as it once was, but it is a still a good source for debate and for the sharing of information. We need as much communication as possible, now more than ever. With that in mind I'm hoping someone else can take it on. I'm not setting any deadlines or a closure date. I really hope that can be avoided. But if anyone is interested in taking it on could you ping me a message and I'll review where we are at the end of the current month. Thanks for taking the time to read this and apologies for all the nonsense in the last couple of days.

Can I ask that when commenting on the myriad of Fans' organisations/trusts activities that the correct terminology is used so as to avoid confusion. On the basis of consistency I would suggest the following: Partick Thistle Trust: PTFC Trust The Jags Foundation: TJF The Jags Trust: JT Just to add further confusion in addition to the above there also exists The Partick Thistle Charitable Trust which as the name suggests is a Charitable organisation and in no way linked to the above.

Just on a wee housekeeping note can I request, as difficult as it is sometimes to keep up, that we use the correct terminology when referencing the various fans' organisations/trusts. Namely (in alphabetical order lest there is thought to be bias): Partick Thistle Trust (PTFC Trust) The Jags Foundation (TJF) The Jags Trust (JT) Thanks

Please Stop. Signed - Frustrated of Admin!

Your lengthy reply, which focuses more on 'when' what was said rather than the nature of what was said, doesn't really convince me that you don't consider Foster's behaviour to be the more important issue here. He admits himself he was wrong to react and, of course, he was. I'm more concerned at the fact that sectarian abuse was hurled in his direction than how he behaved. And just as an aside to end my own involvement in this debate, the absence of video evidence of sectarian abuse isn't proof that there wasn't any or conclusive proof of when it was delivered. It would be a false premise to suggest otherwise.

Given that you were quick to rush to various football forums to post the video complete with a now much repeated 'amusing' comment (while the game was still in progress I believe) without any attempt to try and establish some kind of context for Foster's behaviour, have made next to no comment on the personal abuse that Foster received, other than to describe it as being the "tame end of offensive" , have made no more than passing reference until pressed to the sectarian abuse, have made reference to Foster being some kind of ambassador, erroneously claiming that he was part of the Women's Team coaching staff, it's not an illogical conclusion to come to that you consider Foster's behaviour as being the primary issue here. It's certainly a more logical conclusion to come to than the assertion that Foster would need to be a time traveller to have heard any sectarian abuse prior to the start of the second half simply because none is audible on a short video.