Moving Topics Requests

Post by **Midnight Synergy** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 3:06 am

As some have pointed out, it's been a while since the new Off-Topic is around, so here's the request:

What topics from the Old Off-Topic should be moved to the New Off-Topic?

There are some provisos:

1) Be very (!!!) selective, I only plan to move a handful of topics. I.e. only topics that really need to be moved and for which an ongoing need for discussion exists.

2) Only topics with posts from current active participants of the New Off-Topic section (given that some old users might not be happy with having their old IPs/E-mails etc visible to mods). If there is just a couple of posts from other users, these can be deleted before moving.

3) Please provide a link to the forum topic in your list (rather than just a name or a description) to help me find them.

Let me know your choices. And - again - please keep it brief.

EDIT BY TYTEEN: PLEASE READ #4 ABOUT USER PRIVACY ISSUES!

Sammy_P · Post by **Sammy_P** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 3:07 am

WEFIGHT.

Thanks you.

boywhoflies · Post by **boywhoflies** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 3:09 am

#3...
Wefight

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:55 am

Just a few things to think about:

- Isn't this http://pcpuzzle.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21784 the new Wefight topic? Would that be locked then? And how does Nobody think about that, the one who started both topics, and already wrote a few long stories in the new topic?

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.. for which an ongoing need for discussion exists.

Does such thing exist for either the old topic or the new one?

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If there is just a couple of posts from other users, these can be deleted before moving.

Someone is getting a hard job to check who all posted in the old topic. (14 339 posts)

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boywhoflies wrote:#3... *posted a link*

Yeah. Good point.

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:29 am

Notice to everyone: phpBB2 does NOT come with a "Merge topic" option, so unless MS lets me do it manually in the database (which I highly doubt), there is no way to do it in this forum currently. I will ask MS to install a mod to enable this feature shortly.

Also, about user privacy: Moderators currently can see your email/IP(s). This is ONLY used for moderation purposes (e.g: Check if any other accounts has the same IP/email as this user when user is banned, and suggest an IP ban when necessary). I STRICTLY FORBID myself to spoil any user information to ANYONE UNAUTHORIZED TO SUCH INFORMATION. This includes, but not limited to, friends, other users, etc. I also ASK EVERY OTHER MODERATOR TO NOT DO SO. I have already told off a mod (Won't tell name here) for trying to spoil these information to friends. (although I don't actually have the permission - we are the same rank)

Now it's the key to trust. Do you trust us that your information will be in good hands?

Technos72 · Post by **Technos72** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:23 am

Wonderland Screenshots. if possible after what I just saw up there

jozsefkoma · Post by **jozsefkoma** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:36 am

Technos72 wrote:Wonderland Screenshots. if possible after what I just saw up there

This was one of my favorite topic.

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 2:17 pm

It is in my mustmoveormegarage (no not really) list anyways.

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 2:35 pm

And does your garage-list also contain links to the topics? Because some people seem to have a problem with reading.

Patrick wrote:3) Please provide a link to the forum topic in your list (rather than just a name or a description) to help me find them.

(made the text a bit bigger, hoping that everyone can read it now.)

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 2:50 pm

Marinus wrote:And does your garage-list also contain links to the topics? Because some people seem to have a problem with reading.

Patrick wrote:3) Please provide a link to the forum topic in your list (rather than just a name or a description) to help me find them.

(made the text a bit bigger, hoping that everyone can read it now.)

I think only not-so-well-known topics (i.e: Those without a lot of post in it, compared to wefight, Toontown, and Wonderland Screenshots) actually do require one. But still, giving a link gives MS a clue where it is to speed up transition.

boywhoflies · Post by **boywhoflies** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 4:32 pm

Marinus wrote:
boywhoflies wrote:#3... *posted a link*
Yeah. Good point.

Thanks!

Technos72 wrote:Wonderland Screenshots. if possible after what I just saw up there

Agreed.
Also,
Wonderland Screenshots

billy bob · Post by **billy bob** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 6:16 pm

This topic please.

~xpr'd~ · Post by **~xpr'd~** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:06 pm

http://pcpuzzle.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15089

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:29 pm

XPR, there have a lot of people posted in that topic, who don't post anymore in the off-topics, or perhaps on the entire forum. (Maybe also Popo/Pauline (not sure) who didn't want other people to know her IP/email address.) I think it will be hard to ask them all permission to show their addresses to the mods.

And there's also a new music topic now.

DEEMAN223344 · Post by **DEEMAN223344** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:40 pm

billy bob wrote:This topic please.

Why? there's a new one.
same thing to ~xpr'd~.
Topics that I would like moved:
http://pcpuzzle.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21542
http://pcpuzzle.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21044
http://pcpuzzle.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21482
http://pcpuzzle.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21204
http://pcpuzzle.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15746
Can't find any others because I'm afraid to go past page 3 due to the topic's age.
It would have helped if everyone hadn't posted so much spam.[/quote]

boywhoflies · Post by **boywhoflies** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:42 pm

I second #4.

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:10 pm

DEEMAN223344 wrote:
billy bob wrote:This topic please.
Why? there's a new one.

Perhaps you forgot under what circumstances that new one started, and why Qloof had to edit some things. That new one has somewhat a "bad taste".

Deeman wrote:http://pcpuzzle.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21542

Are you kidding? Asking Patrick to move a topic containing only one post. (Coincidence that it was your post?)

About the other topics you mentioned: Please tell us about the ongoing need for discussion.

Patrick wrote:1) Be very (!!!) selective, I only plan to move a handful of topics. I.e. only topics that really need to be moved and for which an ongoing need for discussion exists.

boywhoflies · Post by **boywhoflies** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:24 pm

Deeman, for the 1-post topic, you could just copy and paste your post there into a new topic here.Takes like, a, a minute and saves MS some time.

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:44 pm

Sorry, I made a little mistake in my previous post with a link in a quote, which didn't work. It has to be the first one: http://pcpuzzle.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21542

About some of the other topics (#2 and #5) I would like to say this. A while ago I pointed out that there were already 7 topics about Mario, and in the meantime there are made a few more if I'm right. There's also a new Toon Town topic.

Deeman wrote: if everyone hadn't posted so much spam.

Please don't post so much about other people's spam, without pointing out what posts you mean and why you think it's spam. If you had never spammed yourself, perhaps it would have been a little different, but still pretty negative in my opinion. Remember that we still can search for all your posts, what's wrong with it, (perhaps BB will help me

) and then we can post it in another subforum, where Tyteen can not delete it.

DEEMAN223344 · Post by **DEEMAN223344** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:30 pm

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:59 pm

Yes, I have to agree with you that most of them are spam. (Although I liked the alligator topic.

) And I realize that I rather should have said it a different way instead of:

Please don't post so much about other people's spam, without pointing out what posts you mean and why you think it's spam.

Because it was actually not my intention that you would post a list with all topics which are spam. So, sorry that I said it a bit unclear. Let me say it this way: Please don't talk so much about (bad) things which happened in the past. We all know there were some spammers back then but first; we must not forget that they were most very young children, and second; talking about those things doesn't give us a better future.

Therefore I use to say: Don't look back; look forward! Complaining about bad things in the past usually doesn't make us feel better.

But well, actually it was not my intention to go so off-topic. Sorry.

So, what I wanted to say: apparently Patrick only wants a very few topics to be moved, and there must be a pretty good reason for. Well since there were only a few people who suggested one topic, and suddenly you came with a list of 5 topics, that seemed a bit much to me.

maxnick · Post by **maxnick** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:46 am

The New Smileys topic.

StinkerSquad01 · Post by **StinkerSquad01** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 1:37 am

We made a new one, but I like the old one a lot.

maxnick · Post by **maxnick** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 1:38 am

StinkerSquad01 wrote:We made a new one, but I like the old one a lot.

Yeah I know, but the old one has all the old smilies.

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:04 am

We are trying to make merging topics possible. Just be patient.

Also all threads that are listed here by users are being evaluated by me, then I will whip up a draft tomove list. Mods will continue editing the tomove list until it's perfect, then we will hand it in to MS.

DEEMAN223344 · Post by **DEEMAN223344** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:53 pm

Marinus wrote:Just a few things to think about:

- Isn't this http://pcpuzzle.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21784 the new Wefight topic? Would that be locked then? And how does Nobody think about that, the one who started both topics, and already wrote a few long stories in the new topic?

Read the topic title. It's temporary. The posts there will move into the old one at the right time in the plot.

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:58 pm

DEEMAN223344 wrote:at the right time in the plot

No. It will just be merged into the end of the old topic.

DEEMAN223344 · Post by **DEEMAN223344** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:09 pm

No, It's just better to make the old one a locked Sticky and when the right time comes add them.

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:20 pm

DEEMAN223344 wrote:No, It's just better to make the old one a locked Sticky and when the right time comes add them.

We don't have the time and patience to do them - we do have a life you know.

DEEMAN223344 · Post by **DEEMAN223344** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:26 pm

What?