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| Initial D World - Discussion Board / Forums > Feedback and Support > Ask the Mod Team |
| Posted by: Tessou Apr 23 2012, 07:01 AM |
| As PR Admin, my job involves tending to the members and answering their comments, questions and complaints. To make things easier and to hopefully lessen the heavy amount of threads in this section, members are encouraged to ask of the mod team right here in this thread. What's up with this broken function? Why did we do something a certain way? What could we improve upon and how? I'm attempting to bridge the gap so members get a quicker response to things when approaching the mod team. It's your forum, guys. Ask away. Note that this is for forum-related affairs, not personal questions. Ask, and ye shall receive, ///TESSOU/// |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Apr 23 2012, 01:06 PM |
| Can we bring back the Member Map? I'm really interested in using it again. |
| Posted by: Tessou Apr 23 2012, 01:42 PM |
| The "location" field on everybody's profile was implemented to succeed the buggy member map. There are currently no plans to bring back the member map since it's so problematic. |
| Posted by: Möbius Apr 23 2012, 03:53 PM |
| While I understand and appreciate the intention of this thread, at the same I am not sure why it is necessary. I always made new threads, it makes it easier to locate later than having one huge thread for anything and everything that might be brought up. |
| Posted by: Tessou Apr 23 2012, 05:06 PM |
| I'm coming from a PR perspective, what with the mod team and transparency and all. People want to know things. |
| Posted by: Möbius Apr 23 2012, 05:43 PM | ||
That is the part I understand and appreciate. But this has the potential to turn into a huge thread with a lot of different topics. I don't see what a thread like this has to offer over multiple threads, each with its own topic. I can see only one difference, and that is a drawback ( long thread with multiple topics ). Past history shows people creating threads for questions they want to ask, it's not like people won't ask if this thread is not here. People who want to know things usually create topics to ask. Just my two cents... |
| Posted by: Tessou Apr 24 2012, 03:49 AM |
| How about we just let things run their natural course and see what happens? I for one am optimistic that this will lead to a better relationship between the team and the membership. |
| Posted by: Spaz Apr 24 2012, 07:44 AM | ||
Yes, but the fact that this exists shows a sense of openness to those kind of questions. Having been conditioned by other boards, there's only one place where I'd make a thread related to mod team decisions, and it's not here. I would imagine that most people would be apprehensive as well in situations like that, especially if they'd recently been warned, had a thread closed, etc. |
| Posted by: logan510 Apr 24 2012, 10:14 PM |
| No offense to Kyon, but was another mod really necessary? Casey |
| Posted by: Tessou Apr 25 2012, 02:32 AM |
| Right now Perry and I are working out what to do about that. Remember when I proposed a full mod team refresh? Well, we're working on it. Mod team changes are agreed upon by both of us, but lately we haven't been able to find much time to talk about it for about a week (I go to bed "conveniently" when he gets off work). I suggested putting Kyon on the team to replace another mod, but that translated to "add Kyon to the team" after a couple of days. The important part is that we both agreed that Kyon was the best choice among a pool of candidates. You just have to give these things time. |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Apr 25 2012, 05:55 AM |
| None taken, Logan. I don't think another mod (whether it was me or someone else) was unnecessary either, since not all the mods can be online all day, so more mods cover more ground during the day and can catch things quicker. It's not so much that we have so little activity we don't need more mods, activity isn't really the reason, I think. Although I'm sure we will be picking up in that regard soon, but that's another story. |
| Posted by: Smikey Apr 25 2012, 02:09 PM |
| What does the Mod Team intend on doing for the people? Do we get reduced health insurance premiums? What about taxation? |
| Posted by: Mazda ina Ford guy Apr 25 2012, 02:46 PM |
| I demand trinkets and false promises!!! Some meaningless/powerless titles wouldn't hurt, either. |
| Posted by: Tessou Apr 25 2012, 02:54 PM | ||||
As IDW is not a recognized government of any kind, we cannot tax members. Then again, we have no reason to in the first place. With such a small treasury (which you can make bigger with your hard-earned dollars, hint hint), any sort of monetary incentives are out the window. ----
The idea of physical items for the site has been tossed around quite a bit. The problem lies in the design phase. What should they be? What should be on them? Will they pass copyright law? We can't just throw Takumi on a shirt and expect to get away with it. Extra titles and badges are currently not being considered. We have enough member groups as it is. |
| Posted by: MetalMan777 Apr 25 2012, 03:12 PM |
| I really hope you guys don't make me a mod. It would be ok if you made me an administrator, so I could de-admin myself, but don't make me a mod with no hope to undo it. |
| Posted by: Tessou Apr 25 2012, 04:00 PM |
| You're cool as you are. |
| Posted by: Möbius Apr 25 2012, 04:35 PM | ||
Casey, if no one else would back him up, I would... I've seen a great deal of character development lately, and I think he's the "right person for the job". https://idforums.net/index.php?showtopic=44112&view=findpost&p=1234009 |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Apr 25 2012, 04:36 PM | ||
Thank you Moby, that really means a lot coming from you.  |
| Posted by: Möbius Apr 25 2012, 04:45 PM | ||
Just saying what I think...  |
| Posted by: logan510 Apr 25 2012, 06:37 PM | ||
Moby, it wouldn't matter if it was you being added as a mod again ( I hope someday ), I was just curious why there was a need for an addition..had nothing to do with who it was. Casey |
| Posted by: Tessou Apr 26 2012, 03:38 AM |
| The addition was supposed to accompany a subtraction that didn't happen. I think four mods is enough. |
| Posted by: Smikey Apr 26 2012, 08:32 PM | ||
I know my calculus It says U + me = us Yeah, oh, sing it Chad, for me I know my calculus It says U + me = us Oh yeah Calculus |
| Posted by: Möbius Apr 27 2012, 04:30 PM | ||
Would turn it down without thinking if it was even offered. |
| Posted by: Rudy Apr 27 2012, 07:20 PM | ||
Other than biding by the golden rule that a forum staff should never be the #1 poster on their board, what inclines you to say that? |
| Posted by: Wanderer Apr 27 2012, 08:30 PM | ||
What about a forums #1 poster becoming staff? |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Apr 27 2012, 08:55 PM | ||
Since when is that a 'golden rule', or hell, when did that even come up? I don't remember anything about that here.  |
| Posted by: Rudy Apr 27 2012, 09:26 PM | ||
I think it's an unwritten rule to decline the offer in such a scenario. |
| Posted by: Wanderer Apr 27 2012, 09:42 PM |
| But why? What's wrong with an active member becoming a mod, or anything else for that matter? |
| Posted by: Rudy Apr 27 2012, 09:48 PM |
| Seeing a member of the staff team - or better, an Administrator as the dominant poster leads to an implied feeling that the forums are pretty much ran by the mods, as opposed to being more of a community. |
| Posted by: Wanderer Apr 27 2012, 09:57 PM |
| Or it could be taken as the staff is very involved and social with all members. |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Apr 27 2012, 10:41 PM |
| I'm with Atrum on this one. Why the heck can't someone who is clearly deeply involved with the forums be a part of the staff? I'm not speaking specifically about Carver, here--he just happens to have such a post count--I'm speaking in general. Why should a high post count be a factor for denying modship? Shouldn't the decision on who should be staff be made based solely on the merits of the applicant? It just seems insane to discount someone because their post count is high. That has nothing to do with their potential to be a good moderator. |
| Posted by: Perry Apr 27 2012, 10:47 PM |
| I rarely consider post count to be an indicator of anything when I look for moderators. With a community like IDW, that runs for over a decade, post count really can't reflect anything. Heck, I can't even tell if someone is active by looking at their post count, unless of course they have very low post count. |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Apr 27 2012, 10:49 PM |
In agreeance with Pear, Don and Atrum, I don't think that is how most people would perceive a #1-poster mod/admin. To be honest, I thought you were going to say the problem would be that it would look like there is such little activity, the only people really posting are the mods! That would be a more legitimate argument!  |
| Posted by: Wanderer Apr 27 2012, 11:48 PM | ||
And even then, it's easier to simply look through their posts. Just take myself for example, joined 2 years ago, but have >200 posts, and seem to be one of the more active noobs now. |
| Posted by: Möbius Apr 28 2012, 05:14 PM | ||
95.78 percent of all unwritten rules are made up on the spot as they are needed, and in a way that benefits who made it up in the first place. Just like 92.98 percent of all statistics are. |
| Posted by: Tessou May 8 2012, 10:09 AM |
| Speaking of rules... Minor revisions to the forum guidelines have been applied as of today. Did you know that double posting has been written as a warnable offense even after we shut off the 72-hour bump limit? Rule removed! The warning system has been written so as to actually be understandable. Specifically, the "warn cooldown" provision was heavily retooled to reflect the directives I relayed to the mod team a few weeks ago. I took the time to correct a fair amount of Perry's "interesting" grammar throughout the guidelines. We're streamlining things, and staff communication is beyond my expectations. I couldn't be prouder of IDW right now! |
| Posted by: Rudy May 8 2012, 01:54 PM | ||
It could also mean that the lead mod or admin was a huge spammer. I just remembered that one. >.> Anyways, nice tweak on the forum guidelines - it's so linear, I can't spot it. |
| Posted by: Möbius May 8 2012, 04:58 PM | ||||||||||
I would reword that a bit further. The way it is worded now, instant warning level decreases ( or even restarts ) are something to be expected:
It's should not be sometimes. It should be a minimum of 30, possibly higher depending on factors such as repeat offenses, severity of offense, and so on and so forth... The other thing I feel is in need of further tweaking is the following :
Withdrawal from posting, that part is fine. But if one does not demonstrate improved posting behavior at all, from the one that earned him the warn to begin with, it should be followed by further warns, which will eventually result in a ban. The second part of the sentence is just redundant, especially since it is followed by this :
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| Posted by: Tessou May 8 2012, 05:04 PM |
| That part was thrown in by Perry, not me. I'll get to work on it when I have the time. Right now I'm prepping for moving out, so my time is very limited. |
| Posted by: Möbius May 8 2012, 05:07 PM | ||
Kinda figured as much...  Not urgent at all, good luck on the move!  |
| Posted by: Rudy May 8 2012, 09:05 PM |
| I'm kind of perplexed by that wording as well. Is 30 days a standard minimum, or is lenience shown when members act nice? |
| Posted by: Tessou May 9 2012, 05:04 AM |
| I had a little bit of time this morning to revise the guidelines. - Warn Level reduction text has been completely rewritten. It should look a lot better now. - Ban Lift guideline was edited to remove the reference to the now-defunct Judiciary Committee. |
| Posted by: Wanderer May 14 2012, 03:34 AM |
| Oi! I have 350 posts! Where's my ability to create a custom title!? |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan May 14 2012, 04:41 AM | ||
We removed it on account of all your incessant whining. |
| Posted by: Tessou May 14 2012, 04:45 AM | ||
You have a custom title already... where's the problem? According to the guidelines, members can edit their own titles at 800 posts, not 350. You gain the privilege of having a custom title at 300, but you have to ask mods to change it. |
| Posted by: Wanderer May 14 2012, 06:42 AM |
| Oh. Can you specify that on the guidelines please? It only goes up to 300. @N1 But ... I just ... awwwww... |
| Posted by: kyonpalm May 17 2012, 09:11 AM |
| Something seems to be up with the mobile site: https://idforums.net/index.php?showtopic=44210&st=25&#entry1236757 It looks like when you make a post, it adds the "[ Post made via Mobile Device ]" bit, but when you edit it, it adds that bit again. Can this be fixed? |
| Posted by: Perry May 17 2012, 10:04 AM |
| It's fixed. They won't show up twice when you edit the post now. [ Post made via Mobile Device ] |
| Posted by: kyonpalm May 17 2012, 10:09 AM | ||
As expected of our coder-in-chief. |
| Posted by: Tessou May 19 2012, 03:54 AM | ||||
It's at the very bottom of the guidelines, which details the member titles and privileges.
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| Posted by: Wanderer May 19 2012, 03:56 AM | ||
Yeah, I saw that a couple days later and saw it's been like that for a while.  [ Post made via Mobile Device ] |
| Posted by: Nerubian May 24 2012, 03:55 PM |
| Can someone explain me what a "OG Member" was and what "OG" stands for? |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan May 24 2012, 04:15 PM | ||
Slang for people who were around when the forum was first brought into existence. In reality, an excuse thrown around by said old members to justify shitting all over the forums and not receiving any sort of reprimand for such actions. |
| Posted by: kyonpalm May 24 2012, 04:16 PM | ||
Quote of the Month. |
| Posted by: Tessou May 24 2012, 05:24 PM |
| The best part of that equation comes in the fact that I'm colorblind when it comes to that sort of thing. If you screw up, I will act on it, and/or expect my talented mod team to make me proud again. Ask Smikey, ask APX, ask many of my other friends on IDW that I have warned in the past. There is no such thing as "safety" and nobody holds a get out of jail free card. Not even the moderators. Not even myself. Not even Perry. The mod team has their own warn system that keeps them in check. |
| Posted by: Rudy May 24 2012, 07:11 PM | ||
Not necessarily true. I might cause a ruckus every now and then, but more often than not it's in good fun and the rest of the time I'm pretty well behaved. But hey, maybe this OG is an exception to the rule. |
| Posted by: Nerubian May 26 2012, 03:53 PM |
| Does a "Forum Mayor" have some or all rights of a moderator? |
| Posted by: Perry May 26 2012, 05:21 PM | ||
No, it does not. It is merely a title. Basically, it is the same as an Advanced Member. |
| Posted by: Tessou May 27 2012, 12:17 PM |
| Yeah it has no extra permissions of any sort, aside from a funky badge and username color on the front page. |
| Posted by: Nerubian May 27 2012, 06:59 PM |
| Why there isn't a "Core Member" group as on the WME Forums? Is this to save disk space? BTW: I still don't know what the acronym "OG" stands for. |
| Posted by: Tessou May 27 2012, 07:06 PM |
| You would have to explain the differences between core members and the existing advanced member group here. I don't frequent WME, so I have no idea how Perry runs things over there. |
| Posted by: Nerubian May 27 2012, 07:27 PM |
| Core members can attach files with 350KB size, can store 200 PMs and can bypass the 30 secs flood protection. You need 5000 posts to become a Core Member. Another question comes into my mind: why there aren't forums for Arcade Stage 5 and 6? |
| Posted by: Perry May 27 2012, 07:33 PM | ||
We are in the process of generating 6 and 7. AS5 will be archived into its own subsection. |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan May 27 2012, 07:36 PM | ||
As I mentioned over on WME when someone asked a similar question, disk space is irrelevant. We will not run out of space on this server. All we really have to worry about are DNS problems and unexpected 'maintenance'.  |
| Posted by: Wanderer May 27 2012, 07:40 PM | ||
Unless, of course, you're N1. [ Post made via Mobile Device ] |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan May 27 2012, 08:56 PM | ||
Sounds like someone is mega gelatinous.  |
| Posted by: Tessou May 28 2012, 04:44 AM |
| The core member privileges are relatively similar, but the post requirement would shut out the majority of IDW members. Really, the only real benefit would be the flood protection removal. Barely anybody uses post attachments anymore. The IDAS section is getting an overhaul soon. I noticed the outdated section and ordered some improvements over a month ago. |
| Posted by: Meteor May 28 2012, 05:05 AM | ||
I don't know about you guys, but I also wouldn't mind having more space in my inbox. But yeah, 5000 posts isn't something I'd get to very quickly. |
| Posted by: kyonpalm May 28 2012, 06:09 AM | ||
This. I was very pleasantly surprised to see my inbox capacity double when I became a mod - this is very useful to me. |
| Posted by: Tessou May 28 2012, 07:26 AM |
| I will see about boosting inbox space for the member groups. This kind of feedback is exactly what I'm looking for, guys. |
| Posted by: kyonpalm May 28 2012, 07:39 AM |
| I think you could probably afford to make the 200-count inbox for all advanced members (800+ posts). I would recommend it for every member, really, but that probably would take too much space. |
| Posted by: Mazda ina Ford guy May 30 2012, 03:08 PM |
| How about an auto logout feature? Like after 24 hours? I keep getting distracted a by a phone call, or text and forgetting I'm logged in. [ Post made via Mobile Device ] |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan May 30 2012, 03:29 PM |
| Considering it doesn't work like Skype or AIM, I'm not sure what such a feature would entail. It would require changing how the forum software handles cookies on a user-by-user basis which I would imagine would be way more complicated than it's worth. What specifically are you trying to avoid? If you are inactive, your username drops off the 'active user' list after 15 minutes. I can visit the page, leave, and I'll remain for 15 minutes as long as I don't come back within that time or change pages. Also, after a period of inactivity the forum wipes your 'unread topics' history as well. So what about being logged in are you trying to avoid? Is there a security issue with your mobile device? |
| Posted by: Perry May 30 2012, 11:44 PM |
| I am with Don on this, what's the purpose of auto logout after 24 hours? All you have to do is uncheck the Remember Me option when you log in. It'll log you out after you are inactive for 60 minutes. Then you have to log in again. Wouldn't that solve your dilemma? |
| Posted by: Wanderer May 31 2012, 01:35 AM |
| Would it be too difficult to make sigs an option on mobile version? [ Post made via Mobile Device ] |
| Posted by: kyonpalm May 31 2012, 04:42 PM | ||
This bit in the rules seems a bit redundant:
We have spoiler tags, why not just say to use them? |
| Posted by: Perry May 31 2012, 05:03 PM |
| Sometimes, people click on the spoiler button anyways and don't think about it. That rule is generally for Anime/Manga discussion where some people might not have the chance to watch/read the series yet. The general rule is to avoid spoilers if possible. But if one must post a spoiler, they should use the spoiler tag of course. But on top of that, say something like "this may spoil it if you have not read chapter xx" or something along the line. I've yet to see people abuse that rule. |
| Posted by: Mazda ina Ford guy May 31 2012, 06:10 PM | ||
I am now enlightened, all my concerns have been washed away, THX P & N1. [ Post made via Mobile Device ] |
| Posted by: Tessou May 31 2012, 06:44 PM | ||
The goal of the mobile version is to make load times as short as possible. As most signatures here are made of images, that would go against the intended "feature" of the skin. The straight answer to your question is "no, it wouldn't be difficult", but it will not be implemented because it would increase load times. |
| Posted by: keg11 Jun 3 2012, 05:18 PM |
| When I went to change the time zone for my profile (to Aust. Central Standard), I keep getting an error message claiming I'm trying to hack the system. Can someone help me with this? |
| Posted by: Tessou Jun 3 2012, 06:07 PM |
I'm going to have to pass this one to Perry. I'm currently still on my Kindle waiting for my computer to arrive via the movers. My abilities are rather limited until then.  |
| Posted by: THE_HONDA_CG2 Jun 3 2012, 06:13 PM |
Hm. I can change my time settings no problem. I shall tell Perry about this as soon as I see him though. *scribbles something down on a piece of paper* I will get back to you as soon as he gives me an answer. Don't worry Tessou sir! You now have +1 person to bother Perry!  |
| Posted by: Perry Jun 3 2012, 07:42 PM |
| It is fixed. Apparently, the half timezones where the offset is 30 minutes were never fixed in the forum software we used. Thank you for the feedback, it has now been fixed. |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Jun 4 2012, 02:57 AM |
| It amazes me how after 10 years with this software, people can still find a tiny minor bug that could be solved. And you're just the guy to solve them. |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Jun 7 2012, 02:06 PM |
| So what's the point of our WMMT subforum if we have a whole sister forum for it? |
| Posted by: Wanderer Jun 7 2012, 02:10 PM |
| Might as well sticky a link to WME there no? [ Post made via Mobile Device ] |
| Posted by: Tessou Jun 7 2012, 04:06 PM |
| People still post in there, so it's not entirely a waste. Some folks want to talk about the game without having to set up another account. Until some sort of universal account system arises, that's just the way it goes. On that note, don't expect something like that to happen for a long time. |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Jun 7 2012, 04:10 PM | ||
The last thread made there was May 9 2012, but ignoring that, the section hasn't even seen one post since Aug 30 2011, 04:04 AM. You call that active?  |
| Posted by: Tessou Jun 7 2012, 07:05 PM |
| Question me all day, it's not going anywhere anytime soon. |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Jun 8 2012, 07:04 AM |
Pff, whatever.  |
| Posted by: Tessou Jun 11 2012, 12:11 PM |
| Okay, now that I'm back in full force with my computer up and running, things will be getting back on track. I will look at the WMMT section and determine what to do about it. Outright deleting it is out of the question, because policy here is to never delete any posts or threads unless they're truly junk material. Eliminating an entire section is kind of a big deal. |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Jun 11 2012, 05:32 PM | ||
 Image size reduced, original size: 799 x 611. http://i.imgur.com/2yZZq.jpg to view the image in its original dimension. Sorry, first thing that came to mind. Best of luck with the deliberations. |
| Posted by: Tessou Jun 13 2012, 05:35 PM |
| Update. After review, I have switched off the WMMT subsection. That is, I made it invisible and read-only. Members seeking discussion of all things Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune should head on over to our sister site, https://wmexpressway.net/. |
| Posted by: THE_HONDA_CG2 Jun 17 2012, 11:56 AM |
| Just wondering, what are all the different tags what we can use on the forums? I mean I already know that we have the standard ones that are shown on posting toolbar, but isn't there a code for super/sub scripts? |
| Posted by: Tessou Jun 17 2012, 05:42 PM |
| The forum uses bbcode (bulletin board code), which is a simple yet versatile markup language specifically tailored for message boards/forums. The "quick list" of tags on the post form is quite small and features the most popular tags used for posting here, but there are a lot more that can be used. http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/misc.php?do=bbcode |
| Posted by: Wanderer Jun 20 2012, 02:37 AM |
| WME runs the same code right? I tried using the edit tag, but to no avail. [edit]Edit Tag[/edit] [ Post made via Mobile Device ] |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Jun 20 2012, 03:55 AM | ||
Keep in mind that BBCode is an evolving, non-standard scripting language. It isn't like HTML where all the functions are pre-defined. You can in fact create new functions in BBCode that will only work on your custom forum software. For instance, while we use the {youtube} code, I have seen forums that instead use {flash} for the same function (though it works on many more services). The basic formatting functions (bold, italics, font, color, quotes, etc) are guaranteed to work on any forum that uses BBCode. The exception is strikeout which may or may not exist (I've seen some older software that didn't support {s}). Once you get into more advanced code, though, all bets are off. I've never seen the {edit} tag before, personally. This is why a list of BBCode that works with your forum isn't something that you can get off of a random reference page, only the person who manages your forum can provide the full list of useable functions. |
| Posted by: Wanderer Jun 20 2012, 05:34 AM |
| Ahh I see, never really delved into the internal workings of forum software so this was a good lesson. Also, would there be any possibility of creating a "Post-Merge" button, which just adds your new post onto your existing, like the edit button, but still bumps the thread without the double/triple post? Maybe making the button insert the post merged tag. [ SIZE=0.5][ Post merged on [ mrgtm]value [/mrgtm] ][/SIZE] [ Post made via Mobile Device ] |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Jun 20 2012, 01:01 PM |
| Bumping threads is silly on a forum like this one. I'm not staff and I'm certainly not the database administrator but personally I feel that such a function would be a waste of code for a feature that is more annoying than anything else. The potential for abuse is too great. |
| Posted by: Wanderer Jun 20 2012, 02:12 PM |
| Then limits could be placed. But hey, it's just a suggestion. [ Post made via Mobile Device ] |
| Posted by: Tessou Jun 20 2012, 02:54 PM | ||
This. There is no reason to waste time implementing code on it. |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Jun 20 2012, 04:29 PM |
| I love the idea of making threads appear to have new posts after someone edits their post. Then we wouldn't have a need for bumping threads. It's cleaner, since it eliminates the need for double-posting, and still gets the job done of alerting people that new information has been provided in the topic (which is the point of bumping to begin with.) |
| Posted by: Perry Jun 20 2012, 05:12 PM | ||
| There are several things you have to consider with how the timestamp is handled in a post. Each post has a "creation_time" and a "edit_time." Likewise, each topic has a "topic_creation_time" and a "last_post_time." Every time when someone post a reply in a thread, the last_post_time is changed to the creation_time of the last post. Now, the forum topics are sorted by the last_post_time of each topic. What you are suggesting to implement is to have last_post_time of a topic gets the edit_time of the last post in the thread. While that sounds fine, it's trickier than it seems. The forum topics page will need to be changed so that it sorts by the last post's edit time instead of its creation time. This step requires a minor SQL indexes re-configuration. An anomaly you will notice is some older posts will appear higher in the topic listing. For the sake of simplicity, let say we have two topics in a forum - Topic A and Topic B. Topic A's last post time was 7:00PM whereas Topic B's last post time was 4:00PM on the same day. In our current sorting algorithm, Topic A will be listed above topic B because Topic A's last post time is more recent. With the new sorting algorithm, let say the same poster who posted in Topic B before decided to edit his/her post at 8:00PM the same day, giving topic B a more recent last_post_time (because the topic's last_post_time will get the last post's edit time) thus listing topic B above topic A. I am still brainstorming the idea and what else are needed for this to work. Over at WME, they have the post merge feature but that was introduced when the forums were relatively active. With less traffic, I hardly see this as a useful feature. Your feedback is important, and I'll definitely think about it.
About that, what if it was a minor edit? Like forgetting a comma or correcting a typo? In order to distinguish a major edit from a minor edit, more codes need to be written and it's definitely not foul-proof. |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Jun 20 2012, 05:28 PM | ||
Most people (or at least I) don't go back to edit their post after a period of hours just to add or remove a comma. And a typo can change the whole meaning of a post, depending on the context, so that's kind of a grey area. True, it might take a bit more work than you'd think at first, but I don't think it's impossible to pull off. I think the reward would be worth the effort, since as I said, it would remove the need for bumping threads by making messy double-posts. And please (not talking to you specifically Perry, but rather whoever is reading this) don't say "no one needs to bump topics on this forum" - you may not need to, but someone else might. Still, it's not a top priority, but I think it'd be a good thing to work on whenever you have the time. Lord knows you've made the forums so efficient, the only things to improve on are small ones like this! |
| Posted by: Tessou Jun 20 2012, 05:34 PM |
| It most definitely won't be foul-proof. Think about this situation. If the edit_post becomes the new post date, what would happen if a less-than-stellar member decided to unearth a six year old thread and edit the last post with something like this: "I'm just editing this to bring it to the top." That is not a comma or a typo correction. It's just somebody being an ass, but the length would automatically trip the edit as "meaningful", just like the fools that enjoyed bypassing the old 20-character limit to posts. |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Jun 20 2012, 05:41 PM | ||
But honestly, how often do people bump years-old threads without any relevant info just to be an ass and say "LOL IM POSTING IN A ANCIENT THREAD DURRHURR"? I don't even think I've ever seen that. I've seen plenty of thread necros, but nothing like that, and even if it does happen, it'll be so rare it's not even a factor. I mean, if someone wanted to be a dick and do that kind of a bump, they could still do it now by - go figure - bumping the thread with a post. |
| Posted by: Tessou Jun 20 2012, 05:47 PM |
| And that could happen as well, although at least the forum would look normal instead of disjointed with "new post" threads interspersed with "new edit" threads. |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Jun 20 2012, 05:51 PM | ||
Right, but the key point here is that it'd be an inconsequentially rare event, so it doesn't matter. |
| Posted by: Wanderer Jun 20 2012, 06:02 PM |
| What about making the most recent post the only one with the "mere post" button? It'd defeat the purpose to implement it to every post. [ Post made via Mobile Device ] |
| Posted by: Tessou Jun 20 2012, 06:15 PM |
| Because handing a trait like that to only one post is not something that can just be done with a few lines of code. Alongside the "edits get treated like new posts" coding, I see no reason to implement it because it just sounds to me like a way to circumvent the bump limit. In my opinion, if something is so important that it requires an exception to the 24 hour limit, other people would be posting about it in the thread as well, defeating the need for exceptions. |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Jun 20 2012, 08:18 PM |
| I really don't like this idea, still. I think it's a complete waste of code. If you have something important to contribute, just post in the thread as normal. That's how it's always worked and there's just no reason to change it. I also only see Atrum and Kyonpalm contributing to the 'for' side of things. Does anyone else agree that this is a good idea? What is the full argument for? I can make arguments against it all day long but I'd love to see an inrefutably good reason to let people bump threads all day e'ry day. |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Jun 21 2012, 02:55 AM | ||
Because it's not "letting people bump threads all day", it's letting them bump threads with new information without having to make a double-post when the post restriction is up. |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Jun 21 2012, 06:13 AM | ||
And for some reason you can't do that already within the present rule-set? |
| Posted by: Tessou Jun 21 2012, 06:22 AM |
| I believe his intention is to have the forum take care of it to lessen the amount of work for the moderating team, which I understand and support. The problem comes in the difficulty of implementing such measures, and the timing. The forum is at a low point right now and so we're not seeing the situations that would merit this measure being implemented. Granted, we look to the future. If we implemented it in the near future, the site would be ready for any sudden spikes later on. Tough call. As Perry said, we'll look into it. There will be more debates about the pros and cons. |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Jun 21 2012, 06:31 AM | ||||
You can't bump a thread by including new information through editing your post since threads don't say there are new replies when you just edit a post. If we have it set up that you can make a bump by simply editing your post (thereby triggering a "new posts" icon next to the thread, indicating the new information) then you won't have to make said bump by making a double-post that looks messy and unnecessary.
This is very true. So like I said, it doesn't have to be right now, but it's something to put on the back-burner for when we may need it. |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Jun 27 2012, 01:11 PM |
| So can we have a strikeout button in the full "add reply" section? We've got buttons for bold, italic, underline, but no strikeout. Why? |
| Posted by: Tessou Jun 27 2012, 04:04 PM |
| Because it's rarely used. |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Jun 27 2012, 04:15 PM | ||
I use it often enough, I think. It can't hurt, at any rate. I'm sure lots of members here don't even know it exists because they can't see it. |
| Posted by: Mazda ina Ford guy Jun 27 2012, 08:24 PM |
| Sweet, I want strikeout too! Please? Bubs made me wish I knew how, I wonder what he's up to these days... [ Post made via Mobile Device ] |
| Posted by: Perry Jun 27 2012, 08:32 PM |
| I'll have the strikeout button available in the Add Reply screen sometimes next week... |
| Posted by: Smikey Jun 27 2012, 10:35 PM |
| Can we ban MattW? He called my mother a whore. |
| Posted by: Perry Jun 27 2012, 10:46 PM | ||
He would probably get a warning for that. Ban? What are we Nazi? |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Jun 27 2012, 11:13 PM | ||
Gas chambers and/or experimentation to benefit medical science for the rest of civilized humankind? Where do I sign up!?!? |
| Posted by: Meteor Jun 28 2012, 02:10 AM | ||
@Mazda ina Ford Guy: The strikeout tags look like this.
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| Posted by: Perry Jul 7 2012, 11:05 PM |
| Strikethrough button implemented. You might have to reload the page to have it working. Please report any problems you see here. |
| Posted by: THE_HONDA_CG2 Jul 7 2012, 11:21 PM |
| From what I see, the strikeout button [ Post made via Mobile Device ] |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Jul 8 2012, 07:02 AM |
| It's not working for me. I selected some text, pressed the button, and nothing happened. Also, the " Also... where did the Spell Check feature go?! |
| Posted by: Perry Jul 8 2012, 12:38 PM |
| I am surprised you even noticed the removal of spellcheck! Truth to be told, that feature was no longer supported by modern browsers like Firefox and Chrome. It was working only on IE8 and IE9 I believe. With Chrome being the most used browser currently, and considering it has its own built-in spell check feature, the forums spell check is no longer needed as it didn't update itself and would only correct the words if it was spell very close to the actual spellings. (Meaning it wouldn't correct the word if it was too far off the actual spelling, which I deem a little useless in this day and age.) I am going to restart the server and see if the cache would be purged. The button is not malfunctioning, it's just being cached on the server-side. |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Jul 8 2012, 01:27 PM | ||
It worked on Firefox, at least for me. I don't really miss it, since like you said, browsers have automatic spell check on text, so there's really no need for it anymore. It was actually really easy to notice it missing, since it was always right in the cluster of buttons "Add Reply" and "Preview Post". |
| Posted by: Tessou Jul 8 2012, 02:34 PM |
| I never noticed it since I always use fast reply when writing posts. It's not inconvenient at all to write the bbcode myself. |
| Posted by: Möbius Jul 8 2012, 05:14 PM | ||
Same here. I don't remember the last time I used the buttons for bbcode. |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Jul 8 2012, 07:38 PM | ||
On another site the admin tried to walk me through using BBCode buttons in news posts. I just filled everything out manually before he got past the first step of the tutorial.  |
| Posted by: Nerubian Jul 17 2012, 02:27 PM |
| What will happen if I choose "No, I'm a spambot and I can't read." as option regarding to the forum guidelines in the "Edit profile info" section? |
| Posted by: Tessou Jul 17 2012, 02:31 PM |
| As far as I can tell, not much. I changed my profile info to reflect that I am a spambot, and nothing happened. I'll keep it that way and see what happens, if at all. |
| Posted by: Nerubian Jul 17 2012, 02:34 PM |
| So, it is more or less just a dummy function? |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Jul 17 2012, 02:39 PM |
| I don't have any experience with the inner workings of this forum, but I would imagine both "yes" and "no" do the same thing, since you have to be human to pick either, thus proving your humanity and clearing you of spambot status. I guess you could say "no" is just there in case you want to be a jokester. EDIT: Actually, "no" is the default selected option in the drop-down box, so it probably does flag you or something, since even if you're a spambot, you don't have to select something that's set as a default. I'd ask Newt Gingrich about this - he'll know. |
| Posted by: Meteor Jul 17 2012, 02:58 PM |
| It's only there to prevent spambots from registering - The idea being that a human will just click on the drop-down box and choose the correct answer, but most spambots will not do the same and end up choosing the wrong answer instead (thus preventing them from joining). I don't think it does anything after registration is already complete. Only Perry knows for certain. |
| Posted by: Perry Jul 17 2012, 05:00 PM |
| That's correct! Once you select "I'll read it later" Or "Yes" and pass the registration. It no longer affects anything. It only deters spambots in the way that they usually leave a option box untouched for things they don't "understand." You can be a jokester and select "I'm a spambot" after you registered. |
| Posted by: Nerubian Jul 17 2012, 05:08 PM |
| That means that the option box has nothing selected by default on the registration, right? I can't remember this when I registered myself. |
| Posted by: Tessou Jul 17 2012, 06:33 PM | ||
Exactly what I shall do from now on. I'm sure half the current membership believes it anyway. |
| Posted by: Meteor Jul 19 2012, 04:15 AM |
| I see Nerubian's last question didn't get answered. The default option on that box is "No. I'm a spambot and can't read". Most spambots will not change it to a correct option and thus be prevented from registering. Speaking of which: when someone chooses that option during registration, are they permanently barred from registering that account or can they just change the option to a correct one and finish registration? |
| Posted by: Perry Jul 19 2012, 04:28 AM | ||
They can always go back and change it to complete the registration. The error message you get when you choose the spambot option also helps you choose the right option. If you understand a little basic English and is a human, you should have no problem passing the registration. [ Post made via Mobile Device ] |
| Posted by: Mazda ina Ford guy Jul 28 2012, 02:58 PM |
| I have seem to have lost the curser in the fast reply box. Is this my end or IDW? Mobile skin, BTW, I am using a back up smart phone so that may be the issue. [ Post made via Mobile Device ] |
| Posted by: THE_HONDA_CG2 Jul 28 2012, 03:09 PM |
| I have the cursor in my fast reply box. That has happened to me before though. So it might be on your end. Try restarting your phone's internet browser, I find that solves the problem most of the time. If it doesn't, then I'm afraid that aliens might have taken your cursor. [ Post made via Mobile Device ] |
| Posted by: Möbius Jul 28 2012, 03:23 PM |
| Thank you for bumping the "floht banned" thread off the main page. |
| Posted by: Perry Jul 28 2012, 06:38 PM |
| Yeah, try rebooting your phone. I don't think I've ever lost my cursor before using the mobile skin. |
| Posted by: Nerubian Aug 7 2012, 01:51 PM |
| How long lasts a verbal warning? |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Aug 7 2012, 01:52 PM | ||
Verbal warnings don't increase your warn level, thus do not "last" for any amount of time. |
| Posted by: Tessou Aug 7 2012, 03:50 PM |
| A verbal warning is just a mark on your record. It shows us that you have been informed of a rule violation, in case of further infractions, after which we will start passing out actual warnings. Verbals are typically handed out either on a member's first violation, or if they've done something that doesn't necessarily cross the boundaries of a blatant rule violation, but is very close to it. It lets the forum know that we have our eyes on the situation. A lot of members probably don't know this, but a moderator sending a verbal warning must attach a PM to the member alongside it. This is inherent to the warning system and cannot be bypassed. Even I can't bypass it. This is a direct communication from the mod to the member letting them know that they were out of line and need to get their shit together. In this manner, verbal warns are a bit more special than actual warns because they cannot be "fire and forget". |
| Posted by: Nerubian Aug 8 2012, 12:02 PM |
| Do banned members haver a higher chance to get unbanned if they didn't insult anybody or didn't spammed but too often posted threads in wrong sections or opened threads that topic has already discussed in other/pinned threads? |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Aug 8 2012, 12:23 PM |
| Technically, banned members are supposed to stay banned... that's why they're banned members.. |
| Posted by: Perry Aug 8 2012, 01:26 PM | ||
Banned members have equal chance of being unbanned. If they approach the admin team some time after their ban and reflect on what they did wrong and are willing to change, we try to see if they are being genuine or just pretending. From time to time (once every three or four years), there is amnesty for all banned members. We just had one last year and most of the banned members were unbanned without question. |
| Posted by: Möbius Aug 8 2012, 02:36 PM | ||
Aside from that being said, I do not think anyone has a real chance of getting banned for offenses as he described ( starting threads in wrong sections? ) |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Aug 8 2012, 03:47 PM | ||
Lots of smaller offenses add up. If you've been warned three times you're banned... so it's possible. Not too likely, since most of the time, the moderation team will tend to give a little bit more leeway at 66% because it'd be silly to issue the final warning (essentially a ban) to someone for posting in the wrong thread. |
| Posted by: Möbius Aug 8 2012, 03:48 PM | ||
And that's exactly what I said. |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Aug 8 2012, 03:53 PM | ||
True, but I felt I should expand by saying that it's not impossible to be banned for small things. It may take many of them, but it is possible to be banned for stuff like starting threads in the wrong sections. What happens if someone keeps doing this without changing their posting behavior? Would we just let them keep posting in the wrong place? If we didn't think people should be banned over that type of thing, we wouldn't make it a warnable offense.  |
| Posted by: Möbius Aug 8 2012, 04:05 PM | ||||
I would hope that the mod team would have the decency to keep the activity and just move the threads for a while, considering the lack of activity around these parts, instead of blindly issuing warnings as it pertains to in the Guidelines. According to the Guidelines, it would be 4 warns before starting threads in the wrong section would get you banned:
1 verbal followed by 3 actual, resulting in a ban. Instead of a mod going " Hey dude, this thread is in the wrong section, but don't worry I moved it for you". ( This hypothetical situation does not of course count for the act of someone doing that for the sake of doing it. I.e., someone going to actually make a thread that says "this thread is in the wrong section, s**ck it.", said person should be issued an actual warn as the first measure ) |
| Posted by: Nerubian Aug 17 2012, 05:18 PM |
| Now that there is a TV broadcast, why does not exist a sub forum for it, like for the radio broadcast? |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Aug 17 2012, 05:24 PM |
| We've always had a TV broadcast. It just goes in the Radio forum. |
| Posted by: Nerubian Aug 17 2012, 05:31 PM |
| Uhm, didn't know that, I'm too new here... |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Aug 18 2012, 04:35 AM | ||
Don't blame yourself, we never used the video server much outside the occasional Eronight broadcast by Don, but he hasn't done one of those in over a year now. |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Aug 21 2012, 06:06 AM |
| I think something's up with the Online List's "flag" feature that shows where in the world each member is logged in from. I just saw it list Fuji_Tak (who I believe is from Japan) as from France, and Sanae (who we know is from Italy) as from Germany. |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Aug 21 2012, 07:01 AM | ||
Pretty sure fuji_tak is French, bro. |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Aug 21 2012, 07:17 AM | ||
Whaa? How does he get the latest manga pics then? Friends in Japan? What about German Sanae? |
| Posted by: Sanae Aug 21 2012, 07:48 AM |
| I'm at work, and our internet proxy is located in our HQ which are in Germany. Or, I could say that I can teleport myself from Italy to Germany anytime I want... |
| Posted by: Tessou Aug 21 2012, 07:56 AM | ||
Friends in Japan and machine-translating Japanese message boards on the subject. |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Aug 21 2012, 08:33 AM | ||
Well shit, my mind is blown now.  |
| Posted by: Möbius Aug 21 2012, 11:55 AM | ||
First Nomake posting wirelessly while asleep, now you teleporting between countries, what is the world coming to? [ Post made via Mobile Device ] |
| Posted by: THE_HONDA_CG2 Aug 21 2012, 12:17 PM | ||
Next we will have me becoming an admin and cars that can fly. Oh and how could I forget, me learning how to drive a stick shift and getting an FD. That is what is next Möbius. |
| Posted by: Nerubian Aug 21 2012, 12:20 PM | ||
The comeback of Megaupload. |
| Posted by: Möbius Aug 21 2012, 02:17 PM | ||
Doesn't sound like a tall order to me. Driving stick is easy, and FD's can be had for under 20K. |
| Posted by: Nerubian Aug 21 2012, 05:19 PM |
| Why there is a link to a list of Pri Forum Moderators in the Torrents forum in the rules list if no such group exists? |
| Posted by: THE_HONDA_CG2 Aug 21 2012, 05:56 PM | ||
It's a tall enough order when my dad promised to teach me stick shift 'in the summer' months ago. It's nearly the end of summer now and I have yet to get behind the wheel of a manual car. FD? Maybe in my dreams, 20k is too much to ask from a college student. But I can make this happen if I set my mind to it right? [ Post made via Mobile Device ] |
| Posted by: MetalMan777 Aug 21 2012, 06:57 PM | ||
The way inflation has gone, 20 thousand US dollars isn't worth nearly what it was a couple years ago. Go get an FD. DO IT! DO IT NAOW! GET TO THE CHOPPAH!!! |
| Posted by: Tessou Aug 21 2012, 07:13 PM | ||
Because the torrent section is rarely moderated, so we never noticed. I'll rectify that right away. UPDATE: Done and done. |
| Posted by: SgtXDNX Aug 21 2012, 07:46 PM | ||
Holy jesus, you guys are getting ripped off like crazy. @_@ |
| Posted by: THE_HONDA_CG2 Aug 21 2012, 08:45 PM | ||||
I might just end up getting a FR-S. Or I might just wait for the price to go down. But for now, looking at cars gives me heart pangs of jealousy. Now stop rubbing it my face, it isn't cool!
20k is still a lot of money. A lot of money I don't have the chances of having anyone loading me money to buy a car is very low at this time. I'm still being optimistic though. |
| Posted by: Möbius Aug 22 2012, 03:31 PM | ||
We don't have the privilege of being close to Japan, and using the same had cars. I could probably get an RHD ( japanese market ) FD for under 10K, but it'll need work, and insurance companies will not want to touch it. 20K will get you a decent LHD FD. @Lena, I would teach you to drive stick, but the distance is prohibitive. |
| Posted by: THE_HONDA_CG2 Aug 22 2012, 03:50 PM | ||
Aw Möbius! That's so kind of you. I would love to take you up on that offer, but as you said, distance. I'm sure I can teach myself stick shift. All I need is a car. Easier said than done now huh? I'm hoping by the end of the year, if not I'll resign myself to driving an automatic |
| Posted by: Tessou Aug 22 2012, 06:20 PM |
| Keep it on topic from now on, guys. Thanks. |
| Posted by: THE_HONDA_CG2 Aug 23 2012, 08:00 PM |
Oh, sorry boss! Ok then, there's something that needs a bit of changing here since it sounds weird:
I would probably change it to:
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| Posted by: Perry Aug 23 2012, 08:25 PM |
| Fixed! Thanks for catching that. |
| Posted by: Nerubian Sep 26 2012, 07:17 PM |
| Why search strings must have a lenght of at least 4 characters? Is this to pretend high server loads? |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Sep 26 2012, 07:40 PM | ||
==MACHINE TRANSLATION IN PROGRESS==PLEASE STAND BY== Why must search strings contain a minimum of 4 characters? Is this to prevent high server loads? Probably, yes. What would require less than 4 characters? |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Sep 26 2012, 10:14 PM | ||
Simple terms, such as "OK" or "yes"... but don't ask me why you would be searching for said terms. |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Sep 27 2012, 03:04 AM | ||
That kind of was the question, yes, why you would need to use less than four characters. |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Sep 27 2012, 06:15 AM | ||
What question are you talking about? "What would require less than 4 characters"? I took that as "What words would one search for that include less than 4 characters in them?" |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Sep 27 2012, 06:26 AM | ||
'What [search] would require' implies not only the use of a word, but also the reason behind searching for such a word. The need to search for such a word. If you were looking for a sentence that included that word, you could just use quotations to make it an exact phrase--thus exceeding the minimum. |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Sep 27 2012, 06:56 AM | ||
Ah, I see. Thanks for clarifying. |
| Posted by: Tessou Sep 27 2012, 08:02 AM |
| Anything below that threshold will generally be too vague for the search engine to come up with anything reliable, meaning it would just spit out hundreds of pages at you to comb through. |
| Posted by: Nerubian Sep 27 2012, 09:32 AM |
| Not only words like OK or yes but also kanji characters like 日本語 or when you look for answers when you saw strings like [#] and you want to know what they mean. I didn't know that you simply can bypass the limit with quotation marks. Thanks for the hint. |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Sep 27 2012, 02:53 PM | ||
The thing about kanji is true enough, but this is primarily an English-speaking forum. Optimizing the search for other languages would be kinda silly. However, I'm confused as to what you meant by 'strings like [#] and you want to know what they mean.' Huh? What does that mean? |
| Posted by: Nerubian Sep 27 2012, 03:34 PM |
| Dunno If you mean the grammar of the sentence or the meaning of [#]. I saw some folders on C1RZA's ftp server that have a [#] suffix. Since I didn't know if someone already asked what they mean I wanted to search the respective thread by the string [#] instead reading every page. |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Sep 27 2012, 05:59 PM |
| The grammar of the sentence was confusing, or perhaps it was just the lack of context that made it confusing. Still, that's a very insignificant sort of search in the grand scheme of things, so keeping it where it is is probably best. |
| Posted by: Nerubian Oct 4 2012, 08:51 AM |
| Is it forbidden to paste content from a thread into another thread? I don't see a related rule in the forum guidelines. If it would only be forbidden for contents that contains offensives, member fights or flames shouldn't there be a rule to clarify that? How many quotes of quoted quotes are allowed until it counts as spamming? |
| Posted by: Tessou Oct 4 2012, 09:22 AM |
| There is nothing stopping members from quoting from other threads. Just make sure to notify that it's from another thread so members don't waste our time with "REPOST REPOST WARN WARN WARN" messages. There is no limit to quotes. We wouldn't count it as spamming until we found that it was being abused (quoting the entire thread without reason, for instance). |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Oct 4 2012, 02:06 PM | ||
This. Really, just use common sense and your own judgement. If you're not sure if you've put too many sub-quotes in, just spoiler the whole thing to save page space. |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Oct 4 2012, 08:24 PM |
| Perhaps some context to the question would be pertinent? |
| Posted by: Nerubian Oct 5 2012, 07:24 AM |
| English is my second language, so you unfortunately have to deal with bad grammars and missing contexts. |
| Posted by: Nerubian Oct 12 2012, 02:52 PM |
| What happened to the IDW TS Team member group? |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Oct 12 2012, 03:19 PM | ||
English being your second language has nothing to do with it. When I say 'context' I don't mean that your English is improper. Far from it--you do a decent job of getting your point across. I mean 'context' as in the context your question is asked. I am assuming that your question isn't random, and is in fact referring to a specific event in a specific thread on the forums. Thus, linking to that thread as an example of why your question is relevant would be helpful. |
| Posted by: Nerubian Oct 13 2012, 09:25 AM |
| I'll try to refer to related threads but not every question I asked relates to one. |
| Posted by: Meteor Oct 18 2012, 01:27 AM | ||
So have you guys already decided for or against this? I haven't heard any word about it in ages. I sure wouldn't mind having more inbox space. |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Oct 18 2012, 05:19 AM | ||
As a mod, I feel quite privileged to have the inbox space I do, because it's very limiting to only have up to 100 messages. You have my full support in increasing inbox size. I don't see any real reason we can't do that, they don't take up too much space, do they? |
| Posted by: Tessou Oct 19 2012, 04:04 AM |
| I have doubled the inbox space of all member groups. Members: 65 -> 130 Advanced Members: 100 -> 200 Enjoy. |
| Posted by: Meteor Oct 20 2012, 09:59 AM |
| Thank you very much Tessou. Much appreciated |
| Posted by: Saxifrage Oct 22 2012, 06:19 AM | ||
In that case,well maybe you should edit the Forum Guidelines a bit.
Change the 50 to 130? |
| Posted by: Tessou Oct 22 2012, 02:21 PM |
| It needed to be changed a long time ago. In the admin panel, I saw the regular member PM limit set to 65, not 50. Done and done. |
| Posted by: DK_Brawler Oct 14 2016, 06:55 PM |
| My PM sent items don't seem to be saving even with "save a copy of this message" checked, are the messages able to be restored? Messages are definitely being sent and received. Also, possible forum name change? To DK_Brawler please. [ Post made via Mobile Device ] |
| Posted by: kyonpalm Oct 14 2016, 08:15 PM | ||||
Not qualified to answer this but ask Perry.
What would you like it changed to? |
| Posted by: Tessou Oct 14 2016, 11:06 PM | ||
If your inbox is full, you will not be able to save any more messages. The IPB site architecture means we do not have the ability to restore something that was never saved in the first place. |
| Posted by: Nerubian Oct 19 2016, 07:57 AM |
| I just noticed that you can't add posts to the multiquote queue when they're on different pages of their respective thread. Can this be changed so that the feature remember what you selected on another page of the same thread? |
| Posted by: xiao Oct 24 2016, 08:24 PM | ||||
★ You mean like this ↑ Nerubi-senpai...? ??★ Just copy-text after pressing the MQ+ button into a notepad/pastebin → then repeat the process & paste-text back into the post-box field until all of the desired quotes are conjoined into a single-text alongside your own post.  <333★ Ghetto-engineering is xiao の specialty !! (ask Pear-sensei)™ |
| Posted by: Tessou Oct 26 2016, 01:30 PM | ||
This is something that can possibly be changed, but would require Perry to alter the site code. The MQ function is not perfect, I agree. |
| Posted by: Nerubian Dec 29 2016, 05:16 AM |
Did anyone ever notice that the icons in front of Song History and Initial D World Chat Room are swapped?   |
| Posted by: Tessou Dec 29 2016, 10:33 AM |
| Oh shit, WE'RE COMPROMISED! Really, though, I never noticed that. Good eye! |
| Posted by: Nerubian Jan 11 2017, 02:23 PM |
| I found out the icons are swapped since over 4 years already. Can admins view previous versions of edited posts similar to how you can view previous versions of Wikipedia articles? |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Jan 11 2017, 06:05 PM | ||
You would have to revert the post database to an older backup to do this, which is in feasible for such an insignificant purpose. This is also why when Xiao mass-deleted his posts there was little the mod team could do about it. The way the forum database works would need to be changed to add an 'edit history' function. [ Post made via Mobile Device ] |
| Posted by: Tessou Jan 11 2017, 06:14 PM |
| We do not have the ability to see "pre-edited" versions of posts. Perry might have the ability to do so via brute force on the site code, but the mod team does not have that ability. Admins have access to the Administrator Control Panel, which allows us to see timestamped logs of every action taken on the site, but we cannot see the content that was deleted or edited. It merely logs actions as "(Member Name) deleted/edited a post". |
| Posted by: xiao Jan 13 2017, 10:39 AM |
| The way IPB is written it'd definitely take some database cache-hacking to see a pre-edited post & some major brute-forcing to see a "Preview Post" before it's officially posted... But it can be done! Morpheus told me that before I took the bluepill.exe Granted it's not worth it to try & recover the spilled milk. We're not talking about credit card information or an FBI iPhone incident. The time taken out of the person trying to recover xiao's lost mumbo-jumbo incoherent posts would be proportionally correlated two-fold cotangent to the actual value of the data that can be invertedly administered in more zenethical applications such as going to school/work or playing video games. |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Jan 13 2017, 11:26 AM |
| If it weren't a warnable offense to report a post for spam without valid reason, I would. You've turned saying nothing whatsoever into an absolute art form. In any event, as mentioned before it's not impossible, it's just infeasible. The forum software isn't configured that way is all, and altering it so that it does work that way would be, I argue, a waste of effort and stability. |
| Posted by: xiao Jan 13 2017, 12:58 PM | ||||
Isn't that what musicians do? ♥
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| Posted by: Tessou Jan 13 2017, 01:41 PM |
| Not the place for this discussion. |
| Posted by: Eternal Firebird Jan 15 2017, 11:49 AM |
| Can someone ban this user named jasonwhiteloan? This guy posted something about buying counterfeit money and fake passports (all of which are not Initial D related) on the General Discussion. |
| Posted by: Tessou Jan 15 2017, 12:06 PM |
| Their ability to post has already been removed. |
| Posted by: kuroku2 Apr 13 2021, 08:46 AM |
| I basically have a request for a Dancemania album, but I wasn't sure if that would be best asked in the Eurobeat request thread or Initial D/Eurobeat request thread or if I should make a new thread entirely. I tried searching but whenever I try searching inside threads I would get 502 gateway errors.So if possible I would like some advice on where to properly post cause I don't wanna cause a headache for people, please. Nevermind! I just realized there was a thread for dancemania albums, sorry for the trouble! |
| Posted by: Monodr2ma May 27 2021, 12:32 PM |
| I had an account on here called 'Monodrama', but it's gone somehow? Was it deleted? If so: why? edit: I found some threads on cleaning up banned accounts, but why tf was I even banned if so? was my account hacked or something? I barely ever posted anything on here, let alone anything banworthy |