Split the General Discussion board

[InkofDeath]

Good Job. 8-)

 

 

 

Credit to mario for being extremely devoted to this. Don't think it would have happened without you. =D>

 

 

 

Thanks :D

 

 

 

But I don't think I was just me. Everyone who voiced their opinion and made strong arguments in this topic deserves some credit in this. :D

 

I meant to type up a sentence like that below the one I gave you, except I forgot. =S

 

 

 

Kudos to everyone who participated in the solution.

[Freesia]

Thank you tip.it for the board splitting. Would it be a good idea to remove post count from the forum? I believe tip.it has always promote quality > quantity posting and since posts in such threads does not seem like quality posts. Some people may also posts on such threads for post counts (which I can't deny doing so before).

[-Devoted12-]

Thank you tip.it for the board splitting. Would it be a good idea to remove post count from the forum? I believe tip.it has always promote quality > quantity posting and since posts in such threads does not seem like quality posts. Some people may also posts on such threads for post counts (which I can't deny doing so before).

 

 

 

I believe you don't recieve post count from that forum. :-k

[tripsis]

Thank you tip.it for the board splitting. Would it be a good idea to remove post count from the forum? I believe tip.it has always promote quality > quantity posting and since posts in such threads does not seem like quality posts. Some people may also posts on such threads for post counts (which I can't deny doing so before).

 

 

 

I believe you don't recieve post count from that forum. :-k

 

 

 

Yep, post count has already been disabled in the new subforum.

[D. V. Devnull]

General discussion is saved.

 

I agree. :) ... Thanks, Tip.It!!! =D>

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you tip.it for the board splitting. Would it be a good idea to remove post count from the forum? I believe tip.it has always promote quality > quantity posting and since posts in such threads does not seem like quality posts. Some people may also posts on such threads for post counts (which I can't deny doing so before).

 

I believe you don't recieve post count from that forum. :-k

 

Yep, post count has already been disabled in the new subforum.

 

Glad to know it is. Keeps the post count from being spammy. \

 

 

 

~Mr. Devnull

[mrmyk]

So we can now expect general discussion to actually have discussion? :shock:

 

 

 

Good job, lets have some real discussions now and keep "what is your favourite letter" threads to this new sub-forum (right?) :P

[eyehawk78]

So we can now expect general discussion to actually have discussion? :shock:

 

 

 

Good job, lets have some real discussions now and keep "what is your favourite letter" threads to this new sub-forum (right?) :P

 

 

 

Couldnt have put it better myself. *Vows to stay out of this evil subforum*

 

 

 

Thanks Admins & Mario!!!

[InkofDeath]

If people are already saying they are gonna stay out of the sub-forum, was it a success? Yes to some, but really, if it doesn't last, as in the sub-forum receives no replies on a daily basis, will it be removed, then a rule gets put in? :-s

[D. V. Devnull]

If people are already saying they are gonna stay out of the sub-forum, was it a success? Yes to some, but really, if it doesn't last, as in the sub-forum receives no replies on a daily basis, will it be removed, then a rule gets put in? :-s

 

Pardon the religious reference... but Oh God, I hope that a rule like that doesn't happen! I dive into stuff like this every once in a while, wanting to learn about other players of the game.

 

 

 

~Mr. Devnull

[InkofDeath]

but Oh God, I hope that a rule like that doesn't happen! I dive into stuff like this every once in a while, wanting to learn about other players of the game.

 

 

 

~Mr. Devnull

 

I meant as in, its dead more then CD or Graveyard is, or gets worse then that. If users still use it, it shouldn't be deleted. =S

[D. V. Devnull]

but Oh God, I hope that a rule like that doesn't happen! I dive into stuff like this every once in a while, wanting to learn about other players of the game.

 

 

 

~Mr. Devnull

 

I meant as in, its dead more then CD or Graveyard is, or gets worse then that. If users still use it, it shouldn't be deleted. =S

 

Ah, okay. LOL :lol:

 

 

 

~Mr. Devnull

[Freesia]

I am still seeing a lot of threads that belong to Questionnaires forum appear the main general discussion. It seems that authors of such threads do not actually pay attention to the new forum existence, forum users still prefer to make such threads in the wrong forum. Would there be any suggestions to deal with this? Maybe mods should just lock the threads instead of moving, but again it is still extra work for the mods. :?

[InkofDeath]

I am still seeing a lot of threads that belong to Questionnaires forum appear the main general discussion. It seems that authors of such threads do not actually pay attention to the new forum existence, forum users still prefer to make such threads in the wrong forum. Would there be any suggestions to deal with this? Maybe mods should just lock the threads instead of moving, but again it is still extra work for the mods. :?

 

When I saw, 'it happened', I couldn't understand what had happened at all, and I kept looking at General, then someone said new sub-forum, or something, and I looked for that, and I found it. 8-)

 

 

 

Point is, a lot of users may not even know its there, where has the new sub-forum been advertised, besides being right in the face of the users? Also some users may not know that their topic is a questionare topic...So in General, make another copy of the sticky in Questionaires and put it in General...?

[hellbellz]

People here on TIF are physically unable to see the stickies. :|

[tripsis]

I am still seeing a lot of threads that belong to Questionnaires forum appear the main general discussion. It seems that authors of such threads do not actually pay attention to the new forum existence, forum users still prefer to make such threads in the wrong forum. Would there be any suggestions to deal with this? Maybe mods should just lock the threads instead of moving, but again it is still extra work for the mods. :?

 

 

 

It's still pretty early in the game. I think we just need to ease into this change and people will soon get the hang of things. If we're still having this problem in like two weeks, then maybe we should do something. For now, just report threads that are in General Discussion instead of the new subforum and moderators can lock/move them.

[Freesia]

 

 

 

It's still pretty early in the game. I think we just need to ease into this change and people will soon get the hang of things. If we're still having this problem in like two weeks, then maybe we should do something. For now, just report threads that are in General Discussion instead of the new subforum and moderators can lock/move them.

 

Ok so 1 month has passed. I don't think the situation of the number of topics that belong the subforum has improved. Today alone i spotted 4 topics that don't belong in the main forum. Maybe it's time we do something about it?

[Laikrob]

You reported the topics, and they are dealt with. Thanks for your help, we need the users' help.

 

 

 

Laikrob,

 

Tip.It Moderator

[Artemis1330]

 

 

 

It's still pretty early in the game. I think we just need to ease into this change and people will soon get the hang of things. If we're still having this problem in like two weeks, then maybe we should do something. For now, just report threads that are in General Discussion instead of the new subforum and moderators can lock/move them.

 

Ok so 1 month has passed. I don't think the situation of the number of topics that belong the subforum has improved. Today alone i spotted 4 topics that don't belong in the main forum. Maybe it's time we do something about it?

 

 

 

Yes. I agree. It seems that the people that create the misplaced topics don't even know the subforum exist. Something could be done to make it more noticable, and more clear cut as to what goes there. Yes I know it is very clear cut now, but some just don't seem to understand the name of the sub forum. :XD:

 

 

 

Edit- instead of calling it "questionnaires, polls, surveys", maybe i something along the lines of "what do you think" should be added to the title/description? I notice most of the threads started, then moved, to the new sub forum usually contain "what do you think" in the title (or something similar to "what do you think" in the title :P )

[InkofDeath]

I hardly even notice the sub-forum. The colours of the text are cool colours, and really just make it feel like it isn't there. Perhaps change a text colour to red, or yellow, to make them more visible when users scroll down. Like the description of the forum could be red/yellow.

 

 

 

If they are ignoring the sub-forum because they do not know what it is for, perhaps make an actual announcement of the sub-forum while doing an announcement about something else?

 

 

 

Even though the best solution is just to report the topic like any other topic that is posted in the wrong area. :-#

[D. V. Devnull]

If they are ignoring the sub-forum because they do not know what it is for, perhaps make an actual announcement of the sub-forum while doing an announcement about something else?

 

1 month, and not enough people have caught on?!?!? :shock:

 

 

 

Someone, anyone, PLEASE get Albosky (or another Admin who can do it) to put up a Global Announcement for it? :|

 

 

 

~Mr. Devnull

[Gamerr]

If they are ignoring the sub-forum because they do not know what it is for, perhaps make an actual announcement of the sub-forum while doing an announcement about something else?

 

1 month, and not enough people have caught on?!?!? :shock:

 

 

 

Welcome to tip.it forums.

[D. V. Devnull]

Welcome to tip.it forums.

 

Uhm, not quite sure that line fits. :-k

 

(I've been here since June 2K6!)

 

 

 

~Mr. Devnull

[Gamerr]

Welcome to tip.it forums.

 

Uhm, not quite sure that line fits. :-k

 

(I've been here since June 2K6!)

 

 

 

~Mr. Devnull

 

 

 

I don't have to explain everything I hope?

 

 

 

The line "Welcome to tip.it" was sarcasm. I mean't to say: "That's the way it goes here".

[tripsis]

We will never get to a point where everybody knows about the subforum and posts in it correctly. How long has the Help & Advice forum been around? Ages. And do we still see questions being asked in General Discussion? Yes, but we don't see anybody complaining about that. If you report the misplaced threads, they will be moved to the proper subforum. And if they're not, PM me and I'll do it myself.

[MrBowser]

General discussion is perhaps my favorite thread, but I have to say, There are far too many speculation threads, too. I don't think they actually do anything, either. NO ONE ever guesses things right, and there are far too many nooby posts. I think we could make a speculation sub-forum.