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Allow people to delete old threads? - superMAUS - 05-31-2014
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?
RE: Allow people to delete old threads? - MiS - 05-31-2014
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?
RE: Allow people to delete old threads? - superMAUS - 05-31-2014
(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.
RE: Allow people to delete old threads? - MiS - 05-31-2014
@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If that's the case, the person in question should just start a new thread after seeing that the information is/might be outdated.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?
RE: Allow people to delete old threads? - superMAUS - 05-31-2014
(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If that's the case, the person in question should just start a new thread after seeing that the information is/might be outdated.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.
RE: Allow people to delete old threads? - Oni - 05-31-2014
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.