Social Niceties et al - WAS: Odeon, provide proof please.

[Christopher McCandless]

That's what admins are for.

I think we have too many posts by now so I wouldn't want to do that by hand.

Backup then prune posts over a year old?

Nah. I'll just find some other way to stabilise the thing. I like the fact that we can read stuff from the beginning and onwards. I'm very nostalgic.

Not a problem if you uploaded the backup for anyone to grab...

A gzipped SQL dump? Sorry, but I'm not going to make that available for download. not that most people would benefit.

Nah, have it set up as a seperate forum, but ban posting in the member permissions. Might be a solution for all those threads that have been untouched for more than a year.

[ozymandias]

That's what admins are for.

I think we have too many posts by now so I wouldn't want to do that by hand.

Backup then prune posts over a year old?

Nah. I'll just find some other way to stabilise the thing. I like the fact that we can read stuff from the beginning and onwards. I'm very nostalgic.

Not a problem if you uploaded the backup for anyone to grab...

A gzipped SQL dump? Sorry, but I'm not going to make that available for download. not that most people would benefit.

Nah, have it set up as a seperate forum, but ban posting in the member permissions. Might be a solution for all those threads that have been untouched for more than a year.

I have to agree, either create some kind of "cemetery" for old dead threads or delete them.  Call, the new setup a "Boneyard" or somesuch crap.  If a thread has not had a posting in a year or 6 months...............it's DEAD.  Get rid of it and save the space for something that has more life.  IMHO

[Callaway]

I like the fact that we can see all the old threads from the very beginning of Intensitysquared.

[Pyraxis]

Me too. I don't want to see them go.

[Christopher McCandless]

Obviously I would prefer it myself if those posts stayed, but if there are so many that keeping them active screws up the site, then it might be a lot better to archive them.

[Callaway]

Obviously I would prefer it myself if those posts stayed, but if there are so many that keeping them active screws up the site, then it might be a lot better to archive them.

You are right, if there are so many that they screw up the site.  I didn't know that they were screwing up the site, though.

[ozymandias]

So setup a "Boneyard" or thread cemetery for old threads go to die or to find a new and omnious resurrection..............or would that be reserection! 

[DirtDawg]

That's what admins are for.

I think we have too many posts by now so I wouldn't want to do that by hand.

Nah. I'll just find some other way to stabilise the thing. I like the fact that we can read stuff from the beginning and onwards. I'm very nostalgic.

I am in full agreement, with this.
I meant an accessible archive, that would only show up in a certain forum or something.

We don't know yet what is causing the problems, though, RIGHT?

Better to sit on our hands a while longer and watch before making too many changes all at once.

[Parts]

Idea on keeping nesting threads do a screen capture of each then post it as a jpeg I'll take the time to do it if you think it will work

[odeon]

I like the fact that we can see all the old threads from the very beginning of Intensitysquared.

Me too. I don't want to see them go.

They are not going anywhere.

[odeon]

Obviously I would prefer it myself if those posts stayed, but if there are so many that keeping them active screws up the site, then it might be a lot better to archive them.

You are right, if there are so many that they screw up the site.  I didn't know that they were screwing up the site, though.

They probably aren't. I think the crashes have something to do with optimizations and empty quotes.

[odeon]

Idea on keeping nesting threads do a screen capture of each then post it as a jpeg I'll take the time to do it if you think it will work

It's a good idea. But probably not necessary.

Here's a better one, now that I think of it: If one edits those empty quotes to include a comment--any comment--the bug should no longer be of any concern. It's the empty quoting that is to blame, if I'm right.

So if you're up to that, it probably will fix the problem.

[odeon]

We don't know yet what is causing the problems, though, RIGHT?

I'm not sure but I do suspect the empty quotes.

[DirtDawg]

We don't know yet what is causing the problems, though, RIGHT?

I'm not sure but I do suspect the empty quotes.

I would delete every empty quote I made if I could, but you know what will happen if you open the thread.

One of you will have to perform this particular magical feat.

[odeon]

I think it is enough to edit them to include text. Any text is enough, if I'm right, so an "Edit" in 5 point size would work.