____ Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 I know there's a mod floating around that sorts posts so that locked posts are displayed at the end of the topic listings. I realise the problem with recent topics "vanishing" after they get locked, but this is more so thinking about the occasional "lock spree" after spam, it the topics stit around on the first page wasting space untill they get knocked off. And, it'd also make cleaning up somewhat easier for the admins when they want to clean up a forum of ghost pages also :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vape Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 I'd prefer moving spam. If you're going to the trouble of locking it, it's just as easy to move it instead. Where the bloody hell are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Why do Mods even lock spam and useless posts anyway? Surely if it's just spam it should be deleted straight away, no? The one instance where a post should be locked, I feel, is when someone has asked a question in the wrong part of the Forum, and therefore needs to see that their topic has been locked and read the Moderators comment and click on any link guiding them to where it should be posted.. ..Um Bong0 :-s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariusman Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Why do Mods even lock spam and useless posts anyway? Surely if it's just spam it should be deleted straight away, no? The one instance where a post should be locked, I feel, is when someone has asked a question in the wrong part of the Forum, and therefore needs to see that their topic has been locked and read the Moderators comment and click on any link guiding them to where it should be posted.. ..Um Bong0 :-s Agreed, but instead of locking the threads of misguided Tip.It'ers, maybe move the thread and then pm the creator about the move. The problem with this would be that one who was interested in this thread and following along with it would be unaware of the move and thus would be left clueless as to the location of the thread. I'm am not too sure about this, but I'm sure this has contributed, else I would not have posted, wasting your time as well as yours. There's no such thing as regret. A regret means you are unhappy with the person you are now,and if you're unhappy with the person you are, you change yourself. Thatregret will no longer be a regret, because it will help to form the new,better you. So really, a regret isn't a regret. It's experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vape Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Why do Mods even lock spam and useless posts anyway? Surely if it's just spam it should be deleted straight away, no?It needs to be moved to a private forum rather than deleted so it can be used as evidence in bans & ban appeals. Where the bloody hell are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
____ Posted September 22, 2006 Author Share Posted September 22, 2006 Agreed, but instead of locking the threads of misguided Tip.It'ers, maybe move the thread and then pm the creator about the move. The problem with this would be that one who was interested in this thread and following along with it would be unaware of the move and thus would be left clueless as to the location of the thread. I'm am not too sure about this, but I'm sure this has contributed, else I would not have posted, wasting your time as well as yours.You can chose to leave a ghost topic in the forum a topic was moved from. So if people come looking for it, they'll get redirected to the new location. The ghost can then be deleted at a later time. Which, IMO, is how most "wrong forum" posts should be handled. Especially if they're remotely decent, just misplaced. I rarely see topics get moved. Just locked with "wrong forum" messages. That or people just don't leave ghost topics anymore *shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barihawk Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 At the OoC boards, we always moved topics. That way, we could reference troublesome users in the future. My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. -Sir Arthur Wellesley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 It needs to be moved to a private forum rather than deleted so it can be used as evidence in bans & ban appeals. Then can't the Mods just fully remove them from public boards and put it into the Mods section instead of leaving the topic locked at all? You know, like when there's a topic which serverly breaks the rules and gets removed completly, why not do that for all.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomster Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Depends on merit / usefulness etc. Locked junk would be better scooped off to a private or public "garbage bin" area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essiw Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 no because then they do it again or ask where there topic is http://sign.tip.it/1/2/79/260/essiw.png Retired item crew I would like to be credited as essiw at the website update & corrections forum. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 If there's been a 'spam spree' then most mods will remove the threads from public view. If a thread has been posted in the wrong board then it will be locked. If we just moved every topic to the right boards ourselves the users would never learn and in the long run would make a lot more work for the mods. When they realise that their wrongly placed topics get locked instead of being moved the learn from that and so post in the place next time. If the thread can't easily be placed or it's ambiguous then I would move it to the right board. If we removed all locked threads and pmed the users as to why, this would mean a lot more work for us. I really don't think locked threads is really a problem, well maybe in the general p2p board but the turn over in threads on there is very quick that you hardly notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblade986 Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Why do Mods even lock spam and useless posts anyway? Surely if it's just spam it should be deleted straight away, no?It needs to be moved to a private forum rather than deleted so it can be used as evidence in bans & ban appeals. Just what I was thinking... But to the comment about people who are "interested" in the topic, spam or not... If the post was let to hang locked for, oh say, 1 day, so that people who wanted to see it could, then it'd be moved to a new forum. Given, the spam messages could be moved immediately, but people talking about glitches, for example, usually have their posts locked after an hour or 2, and by that time the conversation is well underway, and people will want to know what happened. don't worry, you are going to "hell" anyway. wanna race to see who gets there first?Officially reached 100 Combat at 1:33PM EST, June 14, 2007First Dragon Drop: Dragon Chain (Dust Devils) @ 10:48PM EST, July 14, 2008, lv113 combat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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