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| Acmlm's Board - I2 Archive - Suggestions/Bug Reports - Auto-close topics after so often? |
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Craig3410 Paragoomba Level: 15 Posts: 75/76 EXP: 16178 For next: 206 Since: 03-16-04 From: Fayetteville, AR Since last post: 4 days Last activity: 4 days |
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| Say, all posts whose last reply was three months ago (or some other length of time) should close automatically. This would: -stop all disruptions made by newbies who bump up year-old threads -give the moderators one less thing to worry about (don't need to close old bumped up posts b/c it's done automatically) No chance of this happening, but... |
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Sandy53215 Acmlm (10:55:31 PM): they're having fun for the first time in so long Level: 47  Posts: 463/948 EXP: 713034 For next: 53169 Since: 03-15-04 From: Milwaukee, Wisconsin (U.S.A) Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 4 hours |
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| What about old threads that are still active? | |||
SyntaxLegend Double metal axe Level: 25  Posts: 181/222 EXP: 78264 For next: 11356 Since: 04-21-04 From: Australia Since last post: 20 days Last activity: 10 hours |
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| he means threads with the last post date is over 3 months, the thread would close itself. | |||
Lenophis Super Koopa Level: 44  Posts: 443/830 EXP: 584360 For next: 26925 Since: 03-15-04 From: Duluth, MN Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 3 hours |
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| I've posted about this twice now, and still nothing. This was over the course of about one year's time. Hasn't happened yet, and I don't expect it to ever happen... | |||
Tamarin Calanis We exist. Earth exists. The universe exists. Do we really need to know why? Level: 59 Posts: 485/1802 EXP: 1672751 For next: 377 Since: 07-12-04 From: The gas station on the corner... Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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| What about data threads in ROM Hacking? Or old threads in Final Fantasy/SMB forums? Data threads are better kept to one thread for a game rather than making new threads every time new data is found (in my opinion, but hey, what do I know?), and FF/SMB forums are quite inactive, to the point where a three-month bump isn't really that bad there. Besides, if the newbies aren't gonna read the rules about bumping, there's other rules they won't read about either, so this wouldn't help with the 'disruptions', really. |
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Surlent サーレント Level: 49  Posts: 846/1077 EXP: 863920 For next: 19963 Since: 03-15-04 From: Tower of Lezard Valeth Since last post: 16 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| I don't think that is useful. It might be better to invent something similar to a Mod Control Panel like in phpBBs. There you can enter the ModCP, which allows you to manage several topics at once, like closing them. Simply mark the checkboxes on each page, press the button to instantly open/close/move or trash them, thus saving a lot of time, if spammers might want to bump dozens of uber-old threads. |
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neotransotaku Baby Mario 戻れたら、 誰も気が付く Level: 87 Posts: 2949/4016 EXP: 6220548 For next: 172226 Since: 03-15-04 From: Outside of Time/Space Since last post: 11 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| I really don't see a need for this. The number of bumped threads come up once in a blue moon. Usually, someone will admonish them and move on. If they do it too much, that is what the staff is for | |||
Gamed00d Red Koopa Level: 17  Posts: 95/137 EXP: 23265 For next: 1478 Since: 04-06-05 Since last post: 143 days Last activity: 136 days |
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| This is a good thought but it would not work out. a lot topics closed were bumped topics. If this idea was put into use, what would the staff do? Maybe it would be a better idea to have like a warning when you try to post in a very old thread that says "are you sure you want to post in a _ month old thread?" | |||
Prier Archangel Administrative Priestess. NUCLEAR SUB WEEEOOOO Level: 119  Posts: 6037/8392 EXP: 18790939 For next: 138352 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima Dist. - Tokyo, Japan Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 1 day |
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| There's no real point in something like this. If there was an instance where something really needed to be bumped for a purpose, this would get in the way of that. And so what if a topic isn't necessarily closed after being opened for so long. If a thread gets bumped for inappropriate reasons, actions will be taken by staff to rectify it. Personally, I couldn't care less if a topic was bumped without decent reason...but if a person is being a dumbass then it actually gives our job a purpose every once in a while. It's really not that much off my own back to go out of my way in about one or two minutes to close a thread. Implementing something like this is really wasted on something like that, especially in the case that some bumps are necessary. | |||
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Kefka Indefinitely Unbanned Level: 81 Posts: 2936/3392 EXP: 4826208 For next: 166641 Since: 03-15-04 From: Pomona, CALIFORNIA BABY! Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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So if you found this topic so useless, shouldn't you have closed it by now?  I mean, I certainly found it as useless as you... but by NOT closing it, you are only helping his weak points out  |
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Prier Archangel Administrative Priestess. NUCLEAR SUB WEEEOOOO Level: 119 Posts: 6042/8392 EXP: 18790939 For next: 138352 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima Dist. - Tokyo, Japan Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 1 day |
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| Because I'm not the end-all, be-all of the board and they might have something to say in return maybe? Like every other thread? And didn't I already mention that all threads don't have to be closed after a set time? Only reason I would close threads would be at the request of the author or if a topic got out of hand. If I were to close a thread not under those two, it would be under the fact that there really -ISN'T- any point of a thread going on; the thread has no way of progressing any further, and it would probably only be in this forum, actually. But the thread isn't dead by any means at this time. |
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Surlent サーレント Level: 49 Posts: 847/1077 EXP: 863920 For next: 19963 Since: 03-15-04 From: Tower of Lezard Valeth Since last post: 16 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Originally posted by Priere of the Rebellion Exactely. Hence help threads in Hardware/Software: If someone had a similar problem and did find an old topic, he/she might want to bump that one instead (beginning like "Sorry for the bump, but I have the same problem, don't want start the same thread on my own and need help with that issue [...]") rather than posting a new topic. The old thread might contain solutions which didn't help but the bumper tried already, now asking what options are left. I was a moderator in another forum and didn't close topics if not really needed, too - except it went off for spamming, the creator got banned or somethingt similar. |
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windwaker Ball and Chain Trooper WHY ALL THE MAYONNAISE HATE Level: 61  Posts: 1462/1797 EXP: 1860597 For next: 15999 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 4 days Last activity: 6 days |
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| One thing; there shouldn't be anything wrong with bumping threads. As long as there isn't any spam put into the thread in the bump, bumping them shouldn't be against the rules. Bumping > starting a new thread. (edited by Narf Vader on 05-04-05 03:21 PM) |
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Gavin Fuzzy Rhinoceruses don't play games. They fucking charge your ass. Level: 43  Posts: 661/799 EXP: 551711 For next: 13335 Since: 03-15-04 From: IL, USA Since last post: 13 hours Last activity: 13 hours |
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| word. i have no idea why people on this forum have some kind of strange fear of open threads and bumps.. it's kinda fucked up, if you ask me. | |||
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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 4319/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| It is annoying when someone bumps a 4-month-old thread and you see posts you don't remember making and people who left ages ago. Not really horrible though. Auto-closing threads wouldn't work so well though, because some forums' bump tolerance is higher than others, and in some cases there might be a good reason. For example, like Surlent said, someone might want to reply to a thread in HW/SW about a problem they're having rather than starting another thread about it. (Hence why I usually leave those open.) Or of course, ROM Hacking threads with good info might stand to be bumped if someone has an addition or correction rather than trying to copy all the information into a new thread or just plain ignoring it. And a month's bump in a less active forum like Super Mario isn't really a bad thing, whereas in say General Chat you'd probably get yelled at. I do like the warning idea though. Just stick a little warning at the top of the new reply page if the thread is old. (Or at the very least, change the post dates to show how long ago a post was made, like "Posted on 31/11/1958 (4 score and 7 years ago)" or something along those lines.) (edited by R2H2 on 05-01-05 11:08 AM) |
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Gavin Fuzzy Rhinoceruses don't play games. They fucking charge your ass. Level: 43 Posts: 665/799 EXP: 551711 For next: 13335 Since: 03-15-04 From: IL, USA Since last post: 13 hours Last activity: 13 hours |
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| actually... i really do like that warning idea. i think i'll use something like that for my forum software. | |||
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Graviteh Level: 31 Posts: 87/500 EXP: 165989 For next: 19374 Since: 03-27-05 From: The Internet Since last post: 42 days Last activity: 1 day |
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| What about auto lock after 5 or 10 pages? | |||
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Surlent サーレント Level: 49 Posts: 855/1077 EXP: 863920 For next: 19963 Since: 03-15-04 From: Tower of Lezard Valeth Since last post: 16 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Originally posted by GRAVITEH The discussion in an active thread is starting out to get interesting, then there will appear an interesting  left from the thread title and suddenly you cannot replay anymore.Gread idea (edited by Surlent on 05-06-05 06:33 AM) |
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Graviteh Level: 31 Posts: 93/500 EXP: 165989 For next: 19374 Since: 03-27-05 From: The Internet Since last post: 42 days Last activity: 1 day |
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Originally posted by SurlentOriginally posted by GRAVITEH |
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Apophis Red Super Koopa Level: 45 Posts: 540/882 EXP: 640255 For next: 19909 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 15 hours Last activity: 15 hours |
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| I actually wondered why something like this wasn't implemented, myself. Having read the replies in this thread, however, I can see now why it might not be such a fabulous idea. Still... maybe it could be implemented in only some of the forums? (I'm not sure if forum specific code like this is possible or not.) |
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