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Bish Ounen
Gallente Omni-Core Freedom Fighters Combined Planetary Union
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Posted - 2007.10.03 13:03:00 -
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Then why not simply have any thread that isn't a sticky self-lock after a certain amount of time? (Say, 30 days?) Then there won't be any need to worry about people necro-ing old threads. (like the 4 YEAR old one that got necro'ed here.)
Is this even possible with the EVE boards?
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lofty29
Reikoku Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.10.03 13:05:00 -
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Originally by: Bish Ounen Then why not simply have any thread that isn't a sticky self-lock after a certain amount of time? (Say, 30 days?) Then there won't be any need to worry about people necro-ing old threads. (like the 4 YEAR old one that got necro'ed here.)
Is this even possible with the EVE boards?
Seeing as how the eve board is made by CCP, then I assume they could make it possible.
Problem is, some threads can be necroed sensibly, so how do you tell which to lock after x-time? ---
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Asestorian
Minmatar Omerta Syndicate Exuro Mortis
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Posted - 2007.10.03 13:06:00 -
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The EVE boards can't do anything, so that's unlikely.
Also it creates problems because sometimes older threads are still relevant, and it would be bad if they were locked.
It's better to just keep it as it is and make sure that anyone who necros, deliberate or not, gets a warning. This is based upon the moderators judgement of the threads content and its age. It also means that people are more likely to check the date of the post, and less accidents happen.
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Bish Ounen
Gallente Omni-Core Freedom Fighters Combined Planetary Union
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Posted - 2007.10.03 13:20:00 -
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You both bring up valid points.
The only thing is, that the vast majority of threads have no need to be necro'ed, thus the default rule of "no necroing." I would imagine that if a thread is important enough to be necro'ed, the mods could "flag" it to prevent a lock.
I guess it just seems that if the default desire is for old threads to stay buried, then the default board behavior should be to auto-lock them after a period of time.
Either way, it's no skin off my nose. It just seemed a sensible way to prevent stupid necro threads.
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Firkragg
Blue Labs Knights Of the Southerncross
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Posted - 2007.10.03 13:22:00 -
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Ship setups threads are on thing that shouldnt be locked as they are always being updated or added to.
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Condecinte
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Posted - 2007.10.03 13:25:00 -
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Do not lock old threads because necroing is very funny.
And no I don't necro threads but I have a good laugh when someone does.
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Tek'a Rain
Gallente Isis Technologies
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Posted - 2007.10.03 13:30:00 -
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would rather see a smarter/better search engine (or simply have them pay Chribba loads of veld to have Eve-search installed in that box up there on the right)
on top of a smart search, perhaps a simple flag added to old posts, not a lock. something that would show folks who dont know better that they are posting questions in a 3 year old thread.
a visible flag would also make it easier to punish intentional necro's, so they couldn't claim they didn't know they had opened an ancient post to say "lol"
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Kyrall
Deep Core Mining Inc.
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Posted - 2007.10.03 15:15:00 -
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Edited by: Kyrall on 03/10/2007 15:17:06
Originally by: Tek'a Rain would rather see a smarter/better search engine (or simply have them pay Chribba loads of veld to have Eve-search installed in that box up there on the right)
For firefox users, you can search the eve forums with the built-in search box The thread on it is here.
Edit: apologies, this is for the eve-online.com search, not eve-search, but it is still pretty useful
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Gaven Blands
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Posted - 2007.10.03 15:23:00 -
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In 2 years I will be necroing the thread where Darkness Inc. flips the **** out and screams that it is better to use old threads than start new ones.
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Bish Ounen
Gallente Omni-Core Freedom Fighters Combined Planetary Union
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Posted - 2007.10.03 15:26:00 -
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Originally by: Gaven Blands In 2 years I will be necroing the thread where Darkness Inc. flips the **** out and screams that it is better to use old threads than start new ones.
Only if you preface your post with "RISE, my minion, RIIIIISE! HA HA HA HA!"
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