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#1 2010-05-14 17:43:43
- Paddle2See
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Closing Old Miscellaneous Topics
In an effort to cut down on necroposting and rehashing of old topics, we
recently closed all Miscellaneous topics that had not gotten any new
posts in more than a month. This closed over a thousand topics.
However, even after doing this, we still have more than 20 pages of active
topics.
We are considering closing more topics in Miscellaneous...those with
no new posts in the last 2 weeks. Remember that if a topic is closed that
you still want to post to, you can always Report it and a Forum
Moderator can re-open it for you.
If you have thoughts or concerns about this idea...please let us know 
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#4 2010-05-14 18:35:44
- floatingmagictree
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- Registered: 2008-10-21
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Re: Closing Old Miscellaneous Topics
This system is pretty much fool proof. I like it a lot!
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#5 2010-05-14 18:45:20
- littletonkslover
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- Registered: 2008-12-12
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Re: Closing Old Miscellaneous Topics
Seems fine, since I already do a lot of bumping.
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#8 2010-05-14 19:15:14
- Musicstar888
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- Registered: 2009-12-31
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Re: Closing Old Miscellaneous Topics
Yay! There's like a million gadrillion old topics in here!
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#10 2010-05-14 19:21:16
- steppenwulf
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- Registered: 2009-07-23
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Re: Closing Old Miscellaneous Topics
Good solution.
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#12 2010-05-14 19:57:58
- Jonathanpb
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Re: Closing Old Miscellaneous Topics
You could make a forum where you move all the old topics in (like the TBG - take a look, Paddle!)...
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-Charlotte Brontë
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#13 2010-05-14 20:07:30
Re: Closing Old Miscellaneous Topics
Chrischb wrote:
Great!
But why not delete the threads instead?
I like it that the threads are just closed and not deleted. There can be some enjoyable things.
Now only using this account to post in Miscellaneous, but when Miss_Webgal becomes a Scratcher I'm ditching this account.
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#14 2010-05-14 20:09:38
Re: Closing Old Miscellaneous Topics
I like this. Its better than deletion so we can reference those old threads, and yet I believe that this will stop necroposting. Why not try this in all of the forums, and necroposting isn't just limited to Misc. ?
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#15 2010-05-14 20:10:01
- Penguinsrock
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Re: Closing Old Miscellaneous Topics
Good idea! Seems great.
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#16 2010-05-14 20:22:04
#17 2010-05-14 21:21:00
Re: Closing Old Miscellaneous Topics
Whoa, if you go to the old pages, it's gray topics all the way down.
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#18 2010-05-14 23:10:32
- cheddargirl
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- Registered: 2008-09-15
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Re: Closing Old Miscellaneous Topics
Chrischb wrote:
Great!
But why not delete the threads instead?
There may be a situation where the owner of a closed thread would like to have it re-opened - if a thread is deleted, the owner may be upset to find it gone simply for being inactive.
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#19 2010-05-14 23:15:15
- PlayWithFire
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- Registered: 2010-01-20
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Re: Closing Old Miscellaneous Topics
why not delete it is the owner doesn't report it within two weeks?
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#20 2010-05-14 23:29:28
Re: Closing Old Miscellaneous Topics
Jonathanpb wrote:
You could make a forum where you move all the old topics in (like the TBG - take a look, Paddle!)...
That's a great way to manage closed topics! However, it needs to be visible, so that others can request reopening.
This reminds me of Operation: Cleanup... how about we do a monthly Operation: Cleanup for the Misc. section?
Last edited by Vista4563 (2010-05-14 23:31:26)
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#21 2010-05-14 23:44:40
Re: Closing Old Miscellaneous Topics
Maybe you can delete some super old threads?
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#22 2010-05-15 00:43:55
- cheddargirl
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Re: Closing Old Miscellaneous Topics
PlayWithFire wrote:
why not delete it is the owner doesn't report it within two weeks?
It might be the case that owners, for whatever reason, will want to bring back a topic even if it is much older than two weeks. Closing topics will prevent unnecessary necroposting while allowing the thread to be reopened in cases where commenting on old thread is acceptable.
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#23 2010-05-15 01:04:38
- Jonathanpb
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Re: Closing Old Miscellaneous Topics
My suggestion - make a closed forum (that everyone can view!) where you move in all the old topics! They're out of Miscellaneous (making it a lot cleaner), and yet the topics still exist, able to be viewed! If someone wants a topic back, the topic can just be moved and reopened...
What do you think?
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#24 2010-05-15 05:16:32
- Paddle2See
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Re: Closing Old Miscellaneous Topics
Jonathanpb wrote:
My suggestion - make a closed forum (that everyone can view!) where you move in all the old topics! They're out of Miscellaneous (making it a lot cleaner), and yet the topics still exist, able to be viewed! If someone wants a topic back, the topic can just be moved and reopened...
What do you think?
It would clean up Miscellaneous...but it would just move the clutter to the new forum.
Tangent: Does anybody remember the story "The Cat in the Hat" with the pink stain that ended up just getting moved from object to object?
It seems to me that closing the topic will put it out of sight enough. We can always make another forum later if it seems useful.
TheSaint wrote:
I like this. Its better than deletion so we can reference those old threads, and yet I believe that this will stop necroposting. Why not try this in all of the forums, and necroposting isn't just limited to Misc. ?
Good idea! Although I think we should probably move the "close" threshold to topics that hadn't gotten a new post in maybe 2 months.
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#25 2010-05-15 06:07:43
Re: Closing Old Miscellaneous Topics
What a great solution. I think 2 weeks is a bit short. Reopening topics all the time could be time consuming and distract moderating from other things.
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