Loads of locked threads clogging up the forums?

[Brendan]

Hey guys

I know it's not a massive big deal, and it could only be myself who finds this frustrating because I'm a bit of a clean freak, but is there a reason that threads are locked and just left locked? I can understand why they're locked for a couple of days so the OP can see there Suggestion/Feedback/Sythe Support has been replied to, but can they be archived afterwards? Normally I'd just PM a moderator about this but it seems like it's happening a lot all over the forums. I'm not sure if I'm missing a reason why.

First, the feedback forum:​

Secondly, Suggestions (It'd be nice if these could be archived to the Accepted/Denied section):​

And finally Sythe Support (I can understand why these would be left for a few days so members can find there thread to see there answer. But after a couple of days it starts to look messy and clog the forums up):​

Thanks guys

 

What I'd like to know is if it contributes to the sites poor performance at times, if it does then I'd support this

 

[Brendan]

What I'd like to know is if it contributes to the sites poor performance at times, if it does then I'd support this

I don't really think so. Archiving them means they're still on the forums, which means they must be deleted. Soft deleting them means they can still be viewed later if needed and I don't really know if the staff would want to Hard delete the threads because they may have future use. Not to mention only Globals+ can hard delete.

 

Regarding hard deletion, I really don't see that happening. With so many scams happening on Sythe, it's crucial to keep all posts/threads as evidence for reports and disputes. I would assume it's the same reason Richard doesn't delete accounts.

As for moving locked threads to the archive, I'll start doing my part in that in my sections.

 

It does seem a bit excessive. I don't think it matters much for Support Center, since a major reason for looking into that section is for viewing purposes. Although, there was a previous section about a "Support Center Archive," I thought that was pretty cool. Anyway, I've asked for community permissions, if I receive them I'll clean up the feedback/suggestions sections, if not, I think They Be Trippin/Tmoe can handle it if or if I don't receive permissions, well. Also, I don't think Globals can hard delete, it wasn't that way when I was one.

 

[Brendan]

Regarding hard deletion, I really don't see that happening. With so many scams happening on Sythe, it's crucial to keep all posts/threads as evidence for reports and disputes. I would assume it's the same reason Richard doesn't delete accounts.

As for moving locked threads to the archive, I'll start doing my part in that in my sections.

Yeah I assumed so. The market it isn't much of an issue because there's so much traffic you don't really see it haha.

It does seem a bit excessive. I don't think it matters much for Support Center, since a major reason for looking into that section is for viewing purposes. Although, there was a previous section about a "Support Center Archive," I thought that was pretty cool. Anyway, I've asked for community permissions, if I receive them I'll clean up the feedback/suggestions sections, if not, I think They Be Trippin/Tmoe can handle it if or if I don't receive permissions, well. Also, I don't think Globals can hard delete, it wasn't that way when I was one.

Yeah, I wouldn't mind a Support Centre Archive, more going into a suggestion there though. And thanks

 

I've created a new subforum in the archives for any support centre related posts and cleared every locked thread from Feedback. Are there any other forums you're concerned about?

 

[Brendan]

I've created a new subforum in the archives for any support centre related posts and cleared every locked thread from Feedback. Are there any other forums you're concerned about?

Thanks Verts!

Other than maybe having someone go through the suggestions forum sorting the closed ones into the Accepted/Denied subsections everything seems to be great now Thanks!

 

Believe it or not, I actually locked and moved over 2000 threads in my first 2 months of being mod, that was just in the support section.

I left a few in Sythe.org support so people can use the search option and search for their question before they ask it. As a lot of threads are just the same questions over and over.

 

We don't delete posts for the reasons stated above but also for another reason: Google.

Google rates the site based on the amount of 'original content' it finds here. If we let it have all the dead threads it means we get more Google traffic which means the site grows etc.

 

[Brendan]

Believe it or not, I actually locked and moved over 2000 threads in my first 2 months of being mod, that was just in the support section.

I left a few in Sythe.org support so people can use the search option and search for their question before they ask it. As a lot of threads are just the same questions over and over.

Ahk. Sorry I hope you didn't think I was attacking your moderating or anything.

We don't delete posts for the reasons stated above but also for another reason: Google.

Google rates the site based on the amount of 'original content' it finds here. If we let it have all the dead threads it means we get more Google traffic which means the site grows etc.

Ahh, I never knew that. I knew there was a reason everything was archived.

 

Ahk. Sorry I hope you didn't think I was attacking your moderating or anything.

It's ok, I know you weren't attacking

 

[n4n0]

I just cleared up the suggestions section. Moved all of the closed threads. I've been meaning to close/archive any old suggestions that never went anywhere, but I keep pushing it off. I'll try and make some time to do it soon if someone doesn't take care of it first.

 

[Brendan]

I just cleared up the suggestions section. Moved all of the closed threads. I've been meaning to close/archive any old suggestions that never went anywhere, but I keep pushing it off. I'll try and make some time to do it soon if someone doesn't take care of it first.

Awesome! I think that's just about everything cleared up!

Thanks for the quick replies and speedy resolution to this, you guys are the best !

 

[Schismatic]

I agree that the suggestion section should be cleaned out.