Allow people to delete old threads?

superMAUS · 05-31-2014, 08:26 AM

Ive been seeing alot of shit threads that have been gravedug and they really arent necessary can Oni allow people to delete threads even after a certain date?

MiS · 05-31-2014, 08:35 AM

How long does it have to be before you consider a thread to be bumped from the grave? One month, two, or even longer?

In addition, I don't think there's really any need to delete threads, but just lock them, which would fall under the authority of the Moderators. Sadly, I haven't seen many of them around, so maybe we should hope for more staff openings for them?

superMAUS · 05-31-2014, 08:37 AM

(05-31-2014, 08:35 AM)MiS Wrote: How long does it have to be before you consider a thread to be bumped from the grave? One month, two, or even longer?

In addition, I don't think there's really any need to delete threads, but just lock them, which would fall under the authority of the Moderators. Sadly, I haven't seen many of them around, so maybe we should hope for more staff openings for them?

Yes but when someone views your threads they will see a whole lot of junk and may not find what they want.

MiS · 05-31-2014, 08:41 AM

@antlers If that's the case, the person in question should just start a new thread after seeing that the information is/might be outdated. If we deleted every single thread before a certain date, the forum would look extremely barren - not to mention what might happen to archives, the thread/post counts, quoting, and so on.

I do agree with you that topics should lock after a certain period of time, whether that's by a mod or automatically. Maybe the OP of the thread could have an option to allow their thread to be bumped or not locked if they choose to do so?

superMAUS · 05-31-2014, 08:45 AM

(05-31-2014, 08:41 AM)MiS Wrote: @antlers If that's the case, the person in question should just start a new thread after seeing that the information is/might be outdated. If we deleted every single thread before a certain date, the forum would look extremely barren - not to mention what might happen to archives, the thread/post counts, quoting, and so on.

I do agree with you that topics should lock after a certain period of time, whether that's by a mod or automatically. Maybe the OP of the thread could have an option to allow their thread to be bumped or not locked if they choose to do so?

I dont mean informational tutorial based things I am referring to casual chitchat threads that are trivial.

Oni · 05-31-2014, 08:54 AM

Report old threads that get bumped. We'll delete the new posts and close the threads. No need to delete content that could help or inform someone.