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Re: Clean up the forums

by magicdude20 » Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:30 pm

while I understand why people want these old posts deleted, I find them helpfull from time to time. Sometimes when writting to someone, every recent poster has provided a picture, but someone from like 4 years ago didn't send a picture and the celeb did. That's helpfull to me, and I'm assuming to others as well. But the "please delete" posts as well as many that have locked for obvious reasons could also be deleted, but I understand how time consuming it would be

Re: Clean up the forums

by omgitscaro » Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:21 pm

khackdrums wrote:
omgitscaro wrote:What about removing the "SOLD OUT!" threads in the for sale/exchange forums? :?
The moderation team chooses to keep these “Sold” threads instead of deleting them. Why? It's all due to how the reward points sytem currently operates. In order to reward points, members need to include a link to the original thread as proof that a transaction took place. In the case that problems arise in the future concerning points rewarded, these original threads need to be accessed. If we deleted these threads, we would be unable to do this. I agree, the points system needs a complete overhaul. {up}

Khackdrums :D
Ok I understand, thanks ;-)

Re: Clean up the forums

by khackdrums » Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:32 am

omgitscaro wrote:What about removing the "SOLD OUT!" threads in the for sale/exchange forums? :?
The moderation team chooses to keep these “Sold” threads instead of deleting them. Why? It's all due to how the reward points sytem currently operates. In order to reward points, members need to include a link to the original thread as proof that a transaction took place. In the case that problems arise in the future concerning points rewarded, these original threads need to be accessed. If we deleted these threads, we would be unable to do this. I agree, the points system needs a complete overhaul. {up}

Khackdrums :D

Re: Clean up the forums

by omgitscaro » Thu Feb 11, 2010 3:19 am

What about removing the "SOLD OUT!" threads in the for sale/exchange forums? :?

Re: Clean up the forums

by Beau » Tue Jan 05, 2010 4:40 pm

I think this topic will always be an issue, I agree that some of the older posts can be deleted, be I can why it's not being done.

Re: Clean up the forums

by countrygal23 » Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:12 am

i would gladly volunteer to help clean the forums. and like delete all the topics that say delete. p.s. Merry christmas!!

Re: Clean up the forums

by BossC » Tue Dec 15, 2009 4:45 pm

I like the idea but I do understand the hesitations because of all the work and time needed for this.

What about keeping the celebritie's feedback page only a page? Some people (Keira Knightly for example) have pages of feedback. What about deleting the older ones to leave her feedback only on one page? That way if the lesser known people only have 1 or 2 feedbacks, they will be left alone, no matter how old they are.

Still, I understand this will be a big project and might not need to be done, but at least get the "Please delete" topics deleted. :D

BossC

Re: Clean up the forums

by packrat » Sun Dec 13, 2009 1:10 am

Actually, any reports of successes/failures over a year old are virtually useless. I only go by recent successes myself since people move, change agents, and signing habits. All the other stuff gets repeated constantly even though most of it is in a FAQ thread. No need to keep those around either.

Re: Clean up the forums

by ursha » Wed Dec 09, 2009 5:20 pm

Posts that were posted in past are very useful...This is how I find out if there are any chances I'll get something back if I enclose only SAE (that's what I rarely do but sometimes this is the only way...), if someone signs or what address to use to write to someone (you can't always find one at the database and sometimes it was posted before on here). And sometimes the useful posts are those that were posted in 2005. So I do not agree with you.

Re: Clean up the forums

by dobie516 » Wed Dec 09, 2009 4:45 pm

I'm not a big fan of this idea. I like looking at past posts to get an idea what has happened before. Like someone said above, pruning them would be the best bet.

I also don't think Admin would want too many of the pages cut. It affects the site's Alexa rating with google.

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