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Valeriy
Mage of the Land
Naughty, Naughty Valeriy
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posted February 19, 2002 11:56 PM |
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About deleting old threads,
I agree with the criteria outlined by Hexa so far. The I'm new threads, the answered questions that are not relevant, and one question threads like where from or what colour that did not generate much interesting discussion. Threads with user profiles that consist of many questions are definitely worth keeping.
A really good indication of thread's deletability is the timespan that it lasted since first to last post and the amount of reads that it got. But a moderator should always look through the insides of the questionable thread before deleting.
Close moderation is required for many posts, ones that are to be kept. Go inside and remove the useless replies out of them through edit delete. Replies like "good idea", "that's what I thought", "got my IM?" or things that have nothing to do with the thread.
And I agree with the point about stars showing what is now rather than what was a year ago, so all that goes will reduce the post count, no exceptions. I suspect members may lose around 5% their post count or less on average, so many will not even notice.
As for Mods taking over each other,
I do not see the new mods as taking over from the old. It would be great if all mods worked at the same time. Because what one will miss the other will find, and what the two miss, the third will not. Appointing the new moderators was in no way meant to replace RMS. You do a good job RMS and if all of you keep doing what you do this will be a wonderful place.
As for the database slowing down,
The HC database is around 30MB at the moment. And the bigger it gets, the slower it gets. The solutions I see are deleting 2 months old registered members who haven't ever posted anything, on my part, and on mods part deleting the posts that can be easily done without.
As for archiving threads,
If we clean up the unneeded and leave the good, is there a need to make any archives? But! This gives me another idea.
As for that idea that it gave me, 
Moderators and certain members will have access to the HC HTML script. There will be a directory of HC HTML files, each file created by a certain member. The file can only be edited by that member and admin/mod. The member will type the HTML file into a textbox, without the need to include headers and footers of HC, since the scripts that display the HC HTML files will add all that automatically. The member can then return to the textbox HTML editor anytime and edit his file again, saving it in real time to the server.
Such HTML files can contain HOMM1,2,3,4 info, news and other speculations, the stuff that you can find on a HOMM site, but of a permanent relevance, unlike the posts which can be of temporary refference. Example: HOMM4 Skill choice tactics, HOMM2 secondary skills chart.
Then myself or somebody else would link the HTML files that are ready to display into one menu, accessible from main pages of HC, effectively making HC an info site as well as a forum site. The difference is that HC Info part would be constantly updated by a group of interested members in real time. Visitors would build the site, each adding as much as he wants to the whole.
What do you think about such an idea? Would it be worth developing it further and making an ultimate site together?
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Djive
Honorable
Supreme Hero
Zapper of Toads
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posted February 20, 2002 05:38 PM |
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"As for archiving threads,
If we clean up the unneeded and leave the good, is there a need to make any archives?"
If you feel that deleting redundant topics and posts is all that is needed for the overseeable future, then I'd say no.
However, if the feeling is that we will have to archive things because we would run out of space/resources otherwise, and there is no threads that we can delete easily, then an archive would be needed.
The Forums are a bit different in Nature.
Most things posted to the Tavern could probably be deleted or merged to fewer topics and posts.
A few things in the Altar and the Library would be hopelessly outdated, and could be deleted but most of it we probably want to keep (possibly after cleaning up the topic). For the Tavern and Altar I see more and more topics as a reality more than as possibility.
"What do you think about such an idea? Would it be worth developing it further and making an ultimate site together?"
I'm not sure about one thing. How is the HTML files generated initially?
That's probably a big chunk of the work. In fact, with my proposal it's 100% of the work. I don't see us maintaining the HTML files in a pure 'archive'. Once they're done, they won't change.
Your idea sounds more like a supporting web-site/web-pages than an archive, so it's not really what me and Batvanio were suggesting, but something entirely different. (I'm not saying the suggestion is either good or bad at this point, just different.)
A REQUEST TO THE MOD SQUAD
When you move a Thread from the Tavern (or another Forum) to the Altar:
If you feel that a Thread Qualify for a place in the "The Altar - Table of Contents" please send in this in a post to the Altar Thread.
What I need is one thing: The Thread Ids for the Topics I should look at.
You don't need to categorize it or anything, but I do need the Thread Id, if I'm going to do review the Thread for possible inclusion.
I don't plan to go through all the 40 pages for threads again, and I don't have any way of knowing exactly which Threads have been added on the Altar unless you tell me their Thread ids.
I assume that Hexa will want something similar for the Library -Table of Contents (in the case he's not doing the moving)?
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Cat
Honorable
Supreme Hero
Gonna Get Dirrty...
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posted February 21, 2002 09:48 PM |
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I have to say that I agree 100 per cent with Hexa..
It's hard not to sound like the local mod boot licker here, but after starting work on the yearbook project I just have to say that you have no idea how much stuff on this forum is 1) repeated and 2) junk!!
I shall never post in vain again!!!
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http://aozos.com/phpBB2/index.php
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Hexa
Responsible
Legendary Hero
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posted February 22, 2002 08:33 AM |
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Edited By: Hexa on 22 Feb 2002
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One soul won for the just cause ….. so many still to go …… 
Ok people … just to let u know what we (mods) are doing.
Cat and Lith are making one big yearbook thread in which they will include all:
What’s your age?, Where are u from?, What’s your Favorite Color/Flower/Car etc…
Aerial will put all his drawings into one new drawing thread. And the mods will delete posts/replies in this thread at his request.
These two little projects will result in a lot of threads that can be deleted .. without losing the actual info in it.
Any comments … wishes .. idea’s let us know!@
Hexa
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hamsi128
Promising
Supreme Hero
tosser tavern owner
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posted February 23, 2002 10:16 AM |
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i read all posts in this thread... its an hard job.. how about to automate to delete threads less then 10 posts for 30 days deadline.
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quoting my post = bullet in your head
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Milena
Responsible
Supreme Hero
in supreme disgrace
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posted February 23, 2002 11:11 AM |
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This will lead to spamming, hamsi
People posting all over not to lose posts. And some posts are good, they just don't have replies. Like The Table of COntents
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merman
Tavern Dweller
Angel Sacraficer
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posted February 23, 2002 11:29 AM |
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yea Hexa posts are good & good posts most of the time really dont need posting in them, because it's sharing then giving advice or a name game etc lol
Uhhhh your my faaaaav Mod Hexa
your good looking I am not so good looking
you are smart I am not so smart
You are nice
I am mean
See I am giving compliments looool
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Lith-Maethor
Honorable
Legendary Hero
paid in Coin and Cleavage
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posted February 23, 2002 12:00 PM |
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tsk tsk tsk...
Quote:
People posting all over not to lose posts.
if people post for the stars, then HC is doomed...
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You are suffering from delusions of adequacy.
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Wesley
Disgraceful
Famous Hero
banned
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posted February 23, 2002 09:15 PM |
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hmmm
Cool that lith finally became moderator.
But what about the Altar? Unkahakon never comes there anymore We need new mods!
Put djive and The hydra there! That's an order! J/K!
no but I really think there should be more mods in the altar.
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Hexa
Responsible
Legendary Hero
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posted February 24, 2002 04:43 PM |
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Yep and do some serious cleaning in the Altar ... !@
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If you want to realize your dreams >>> you have to wake up!@
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Djive
Honorable
Supreme Hero
Zapper of Toads
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posted February 24, 2002 05:16 PM |
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Quote:
Yep and do some serious cleaning in the Altar ... !@
*lol*
If you put me on it I will likely move a lot of threads to the tavern and library. j/k.
Seriously, the Tavern and the Altar can't really be compared, and thanks to Unka's cleaning up this autumn the Altar doesn't have all that many topics that can be easily removed anyway.
Most of the ones that need to be moved are very recent topics, which means that they are visible on the first few pages where most people look. This means that appearances are a bit misleading.
And besides, I've already sent Unka my list of topics that aren't included in the index for the The Altar - Table of Contents Thread.
It may, however, be intersting to discuss which threads that can be removed from the Altar, as they're likely a bit different in nature than those in the tavern.
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