Forum Adjustment (Your Opinion Here)

Post by **STrRedWolf** » Tue May 18, 2004 8:39 pm

The motion has passed, OT is now 30 days, checked every 5.

mcDuffies, I belive you're nominated as mod of OTJ. Do you take up this role?

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Wed May 19, 2004 6:24 am

Sure, although I'd prefere to share those duties with someone.
(duties being locking 10+ threads and cutting too long words that break pages, I suppose)

Post by **STrRedWolf** » Wed May 19, 2004 7:55 am

Well, that, toss out some blatant crud, and if theres things that really should be in General Discussion, move 'em over.

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Wed May 19, 2004 8:06 am

It's "ModDuffies"!

Somesuch · Post by **Somesuch** » Wed May 19, 2004 10:52 am

Go ModDuffies!

Nyke · Post by **Nyke** » Wed May 19, 2004 2:24 pm

mcDuffies wrote:Sure, although I'd prefere to share those duties with someone.
(duties being locking 10+ threads and cutting too long words that break pages, I suppose)

Can I help? Please! Please! Please! I'll be your best friend!

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Wed May 19, 2004 3:37 pm

*looks at DM with disstrust* 8)
Up to Str, my friend.

The Unspeakable One · Post by **The Unspeakable One** » Wed May 19, 2004 3:58 pm

What if Off-topic had three mods?
mcDuffies( profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=6687 ), representing the conservative forum-goers,
rkolter( profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=15292 ), representing the inoffensive centrist conversationalists,
and VileTerror( profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=16759 ), representing the fanatical liberal posters.

Does anyone object to this plan?

TheGoobla · Post by **TheGoobla** » Wed May 19, 2004 4:06 pm

Objection! You're leading the witness!

EMH · Post by **EMH** » Wed May 19, 2004 5:10 pm

The words of the english language cannot convey how strongly I object to that plan.

Which means I do object.

(BTW, weren't you supposed to limit yourself to just one account?)

Mr Ekshin · Post by **Mr Ekshin** » Wed May 19, 2004 6:01 pm

I agree with what Ghastly said about how splitting up forums just deadens them. I want reviews HERE.

VT as a co-moderator?

Why, that's as perposterous as an Austrian Bodybuilder / Movie Star becoming governor of California!

Sheets. VT and DM get my vote for moderators of off-topic as far as I'm concerned. It's not like there's a lot to risk in OT.

Toxic · Post by **Toxic** » Wed May 19, 2004 8:31 pm

VT the fanatical liberal?

I thought I was the fanatical liberal. I'm from San Francisco for crying out loud!

Impeach Bush!

Pro-choice!

No war in Iraq!

Keep em' unshaven ladies! (legs that is)

Post by **Kisai** » Wed May 19, 2004 9:31 pm

Just to let people know, the forums are -NOT- in danger of running out of space, it's a technological coding problem of long threads. Anyone who is a moderator or admin can NOT login to the forum if any thread is longer than about 30 pages. This can be fixed, but again that is up to nate/gav giving kelly and I shell access to the forum server. Working from inside the DB can only move and delete stuff IN the forums, not change the forum code.

auto-pruning, should actually not be enabled at all on such large forums as it's a performance penalty. It should be run as a back-end script, but again, I don't have access to it.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Thu May 20, 2004 3:29 am

The Unspeakable One wrote:What if Off-topic had three mods?
mcDuffies( profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=6687 ), representing the conservative forum-goers,
rkolter( profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=15292 ), representing the inoffensive centrist conversationalists,
and VileTerror( profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=16759 ), representing the fanatical liberal posters.

Does anyone object to this plan?

Eh, no, now I really want DM.

And why do you think it's a question of political orientation? It's a question of forum appearance and if you forgot, I'm the good guy.

And where the hell did you get the idea that I'm conservative?!?

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Fri May 21, 2004 9:34 am

Incidentally, FAUB, some threads in gear are wonky. Shouldn't you lock them and start new ones?

Faub · Post by **Faub** » Fri May 21, 2004 11:29 am

I do dropdowns and crossovers and yes, some of the threads there are wonky. I've let strredwolf know but I haven't hear anything about it. If locking the threads is the best way to fix them then that's what I'll do.

Chibiartstudios · Post by **Chibiartstudios** » Fri May 21, 2004 12:14 pm

TOXIC AVENGER! wrote:Keep em' unshaven ladies! (legs that is)

God I HOPE you mean legs...

(Backs away from TA)

>_>...

As for the 2 mod system, I like it. It has my consent (said as if he actually has power)

Post by **STrRedWolf** » Fri May 21, 2004 12:49 pm

I fired off a prune of Dropdowns/Crossovers, which I belive should of updated those thread counts. If not... well, I do want to integrate the dropdowns into one area (gear).

Anyway, mcDuffies I just modded into Forum Games too... and there was a bit of discussion about Battle Royale there...

Seriocity · Post by **Seriocity** » Fri May 21, 2004 10:33 pm

I think there can be a compromise between VileTerror's and STrRedWolf's methods. Here's one solution:

Set up a voting system for each thread and let community members themselves decide whether it should be kept or not. We can give each thread or posting a specific rating. If there's any rating abuse, the admin can look through it and make a judgement as to whether it's proper or not, though I think the majority of posters here are quite rational.

I don't know how easy it is to implement, but I think it's worth a shot if it is not impossible to do.

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Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Fri May 21, 2004 11:03 pm

Not to derail the current discussion (one mod would probably work), but the new Pitchin description talks about reviews. Is this in opposition to critiques? Are they the same thing?

For me, a critique would be something aimed at the creator, breaking down specific problems that need to be worked on and the strengths that should be continued, noting progress and pointing out things for the future. A review would more be toward the viewer, with a brief synopsis and more general "this is a little weak, but this is really cool," all under the thesis of either "You should check this out" or "Forget about it." Is this the line we should draw between TTT and Pitching? Or are we combining the two? I don't think I'd like the latter.

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