"Col" wrote in message
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On 07/11/2015 10:45, Metman2012 wrote:
On 07/11/2015 10:05, Col wrote:
On 07/11/2015 09:53, Len Wood wrote:
Signed up to BBC Weather Watchers for a laugh.
I chose Wayne Dwops as my nickname.
It worked well for my first report.
Then overnight some BBC boffin saw it and when I went on, there was a
message saying the nickname broke their rules and I must choose a new
one.
So being of sound mind and good humour, in the nickname box I typed
Wayne Dwops
again.

It has been accepted for the last couple of days, so either the BBC
police have not seen it yet, or there is just one person checking the
nicknames without a sense of humour.


Do they insist on you using your real name?
Perhaps that might be the reason. Although you do say 'nickname' so that
suggests you don't.
That seems remarkably humourless & po-faced. it's not as if it's in any
way offensive or controversial.

Perhaps one of our female contributors would like to sign up as
'Gail Force' to see what happens.....

There was a weather forecaster at Bracknell called Gale (can't remember
his first name - Will?).

Well there are weather presenters called 'Nina Ridge' and even better
'Sara Blizzard'.

It looks like you have to sign up to see what's being reported, or have
I missed a link somewhere?

AFAIK you have to register.
I don't see why they can't just do what web forums to and let you browse
the posts as a 'guest'. Then if you want to contribute you need to
register.
That's how everybody else seems to do it!


I wouldn't bother. The reports are a hotchpotch on a map. there is no time
control so you get reports 3 hours apart. Some of the temperature reports
look like they were done with a mobile phone app (i.e. battery temperature).
There is no quality control
unlike WOW. It's a BBC gimmick - forget it but do have a laugh if you wish.
Wayne Dwops indeed :-)

Will
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