Redundancy on the rise - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

HerenIstarion · 02-10-2003, 12:22 AM

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It also seems like people have been repeating themselves

it also seems like someone is trying to be laconic like someone else I know...

Bill, thanks

**The Saucepan Man** · 10-07-2004, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Bill Ferny

This thread about censorship comes to mind.

How ironic that the link is to a topic which does not exist.

Imladris · 10-07-2004, 09:11 AM

I know that this is a very old topic, but I would like to suggest something.

I know this forum that has a hidden board that a guest can't see until that guest becomes a member. Furthermore, when you reach a certain number of posts, there is a second forum that you can have access to.

I was thinking that maybe the BDs could create a Rule Forum/FAQ at the very top of the page. This forum would be locked for posting, as would all of the others (maybe The Books, N&N, etc could even be hidden). The only way the member could post (or see) the other forums would be to read the Rules. However, the final rule would go along these lines:

If you have finished reading the Rules and would now like to become an active member, please PM[list of mods]. Or, if that would take too much time and flood the PM boxes, maybe they could click for an activation email, or something.

Would all this be too complicated?

EDIT: if they had to read the rules to figure out how to activate the account, at least that way they are at least being read. I think, also, it might thin the amount of registered users...

*shrugs*

Estelyn Telcontar · 10-07-2004, 12:13 PM

Saucy, the old links don't work since the forum's move, though almost all of the the threads are still existent. I've gone back and "repaired" some links on important threads, so that they lead to the right topic on the current forum.

Aside from that, I think we don't have a huge problem with redundancy now, since the moderators normally keep an eye on new threads and/or "old" members point the way to previous discussions. Our membership is no longer growing so quickly that we have problems keeping up. Actually, sometimes it's a problem when old threads are revived, if the main reason for their existence is no longer an issue!

HerenIstarion · 10-29-2004, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Imladris

Furthermore, when you reach a certain number of posts, there is a second forum that you can have access to

If you mean private sil under 'the second' here, it is not accessible merely because of number of posts, I believe, but by means of the participant-to-be expressing the wish to have an access, or even a wish to participate in the project to one of its mods (lindil or Aiwendil)

Under the first one you mean mods forum, right?

Imladris · 10-29-2004, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by HI

Under the first one you mean mods forum, right?

No, I'm not talking about the BD forum. The topic was how to get minimize the redundant newbie posting (which isn't really that bad but I had to have my two cents in)...and I was just using another forum (the one with the hidden forum that you can get access when your posts reach a certain number) to give the admins of the Barrowdowns a few ideas.

So...I should learn to be more clear...is what I'm saying...*rolls eyes at self*

HerenIstarion · 10-30-2004, 01:54 AM

Sorry, my mistake. I thought 'this' meant BD. My apologies

10-07-2004, 09:11 AM	#3
Imladris Tears of the Phoenix Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Putting dimes in the jukebox baby. Posts: 1,453	I know that this is a very old topic, but I would like to suggest something. I know this forum that has a hidden board that a guest can't see until that guest becomes a member. Furthermore, when you reach a certain number of posts, there is a second forum that you can have access to. I was thinking that maybe the BDs could create a Rule Forum/FAQ at the very top of the page. This forum would be locked for posting, as would all of the others (maybe The Books, N&N, etc could even be hidden). The only way the member could post (or see) the other forums would be to read the Rules. However, the final rule would go along these lines: If you have finished reading the Rules and would now like to become an active member, please PM[list of mods]. Or, if that would take too much time and flood the PM boxes, maybe they could click for an activation email, or something. Would all this be too complicated? EDIT: if they had to read the rules to figure out how to activate the account, at least that way they are at least being read. I think, also, it might thin the amount of registered users... shrugs __________________ I'm sorry it wasn't a unicorn. It would have been nice to have unicorns. I'm your huckleberry. Last edited by Imladris; 10-07-2004 at 09:34 AM.

10-07-2004, 12:13 PM	#4
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Saucy, the old links don't work since the forum's move, though almost all of the the threads are still existent. I've gone back and "repaired" some links on important threads, so that they lead to the right topic on the current forum. Aside from that, I think we don't have a huge problem with redundancy now, since the moderators normally keep an eye on new threads and/or "old" members point the way to previous discussions. Our membership is no longer growing so quickly that we have problems keeping up. Actually, sometimes it's a problem when old threads are revived, if the main reason for their existence is no longer an issue! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

10-30-2004, 01:54 AM	#7
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Sorry, my mistake. I thought 'this' meant BD. My apologies __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!