Closed (Pinched Off) Threads
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Topic: Closed (Pinched Off) Threads
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Subject: Closed (Pinched Off) Threads
Date Posted: August 26 2008 at 19:02
| I was doing a search for Fleck and found a flock of Fleck threads, but all had been stopped for new comments besides the current one going on. Some weren't very old. Don't know if this is a bug or not. Is there a new policy for automatically closing inactive threads after a few months? |
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: August 27 2008 at 03:23
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Not that I'm aware of, but it is possible. Perhaps mailto:M@x - M@x could confirm?
The other possibility is that they have been tidied up to keep the discussion on the topic to a single thread.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: August 27 2008 at 08:18
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I didn't find any of the other Fleck threads that were open including the one with the most pages and a new one was opened recently. Fortunately, that one remains open. Speaking of tidy, there's a whole mess of Fleck threads (11) including several variations on the spelling/wording of "Bela Fleck & The Flecktones". 
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: M@X
Date Posted: August 27 2008 at 19:51
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Yes, back on july I did a auto-close of all the thread with been inactive (no reply) for 6 month to help the server perform better. Theses , on request , can be reopen with no problem, admins can do that. ------------- Prog On ! |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: August 27 2008 at 22:55
Thanks for the tip.  And as always for the hard work.Hmm, anyway of putting an automatic notice at the end of a thread when its closed to that effect? I'm afraid it may lead to lots of people starting new threads when they should restart an old one. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: August 28 2008 at 03:19
| Or alternatively, if they are aware of a closed old one, they could add a link to it in the first post of the new thread. |
Posted By: M@X
Date Posted: August 28 2008 at 20:46
Exactly ! ------------- Prog On ! |
Easy Livin wrote:Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: August 31 2008 at 22:31
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How about an "open the thread" button to closed threads (which of course should only added to these automatically closed threads for inactivity) so the closed threads don't slow down the server, but can be resurrected easily by interested members) ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: M@X
Date Posted: September 01 2008 at 02:36
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Nice suggestion but it requires developpement / programming in the forum. We can do that easily with a new thread titled: REOPEN CLOSED TOPICS REQUEST and post the "TID" of the requested thread to reopen and ADMINs will do the rest or create a new one and link to the new. ------------- Prog On ! |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: September 01 2008 at 03:28
| ....or jsut hit the report button with your request and an admin will pick it up. |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: September 01 2008 at 12:32
 my guess is that thread will get closed due to inactivity also.
so we would need another thread, let's call that the "REOPEN THE REOPEN CLOSED TOPICS REQUEST"
Think Easy's idea would indeed proof to be the easiest way. ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |