Cleaning Up This Town...

Ok, more changes...

I've set up the "cleaning crew":

• Sid
  
• Unbeliever
  
• Dreamz
  
• Ludge
  
• Loofygun
  

The tasks that I ask that they carry out, over the course of the next week or so (basically until the task is done) is to move topics to the forums they feel is appropriate, and re-tag and re-title them as necessary.

Whilst all these members currently have "moderator" privileges, they are not moderators, and should only carry out the tasks required to clean up the forums.

Any member of the clean up crew found to have used their access rights for any reason other than this will be suspended automatically.

On that note, what should they be doing?

• Moving topics to the right forums
  
• Tagging threads
  
• Removing images from posts which exceed the image size limits
  
• Remove "pointless" posts
  

To remove pointless posts, do not delete them - use the "split topic" function.

#181768

glad to be of service Stevie. Do you have to add a note saying what we've moved or tagged or can we just do it and leave people to see whats been happening?

#181782

Originally posted by Ludge@Jun 25 2004, 10:52 AM

glad to be of service Stevie. Do you have to add a note saying what we've moved or tagged or can we just do it and leave people to see whats been happening?

Just leave it...

I'll be keeping an eye on what you're all doing and when, via the magic of the Admin control panel

#181783

how do we decide where to move topics? e.g. should vs requests and releases both be moved to the visual styles section?

and do we select "yes" to leave a link after moving?

#181845

Nope, do not clik on yes after moving them, that will leave just forum junk, dreamz.

Welcome aboard, guys and thanx for helping us out

#181847

Originally posted by dreamz@Jun 25 2004, 04:03 PM

how do we decide where to move topics?  e.g. should vs requests and releases both be moved to the visual styles section?

and do we select "yes" to leave a link after moving?

Yes, move that sorta thing there, but drop me a message if you think it should be in a lower level forum (e.g. MSStyle Releases/Requests, et al.) that you can't find on the menu, and I'll move them manually in the database.

Unfortunately, there's no way to avoid this, and it means more work for me, but I can handle it

#181850

:bye: purple staff memebers

#181870

What the crap? You gave Clean-up powers to Unbeliever?!

Anyway, best of luck to y'all!

#181898

lol its sound like an expedition or something good luck on your journey and may the Tag be with you

#181913

how far back should we go in this clearing up? Just until the forum cut off point? everything? somewhere in between?

#181924

Originally posted by Ludge@Jun 25 2004, 02:52 PM

how far back should we go in this clearing up? Just until the forum cut off point? everything? somewhere in between?

As much as we can....

#181931

Panther without Pants: how deep we should dig into the old threads and retag them?

Panther without Pants: and don`t tell me "Since the dawn of time"

Panther without Pants: i`m doing the Walls thread

Stevie: Since the dawn of time.

So that means we should enter the twighlight zone of AS. The place without tags! >.

#181949

i think we should have separate sub-sections for requesting visual styles and completed visual styles. we could separate it off from the rest of customizing windows, which would be tailored to more general questions about modding. makes it easier to find finished work.

#181960

Originally posted by dreamz@Jun 25 2004, 08:53 PM

i think we should have separate sub-sections for requesting visual styles and completed visual styles.  we could separate it off from the rest of customizing windows, which would be tailored to more general questions about modding.  makes it easier to find finished work.

We do have seperate sub-sections, Dreamz...

MSStyle Requests

MSStyle Releases

WindowBlinds Requests

WindowBlinds Releases

Unfortunately, IPB won't let you move to them, so I have to do it manually.

To make my life easier, put all threads that should go in any of the four forums mentioned above into the Visual Styles forum, with [release] or [request] tags, as appropriate, and either MSStyle or WindowBlinds elsewhere in the title, and I'll move them all in SQL.

#181968

oh that's what you meant. i don't see those sub-sections at all, so i thought they didn't exist.

i'll start moving threads.

#181975

Just a question; Does the new "Size" regulation on images cover the Desktop Screenshot threads? Since many people posted them as 600x400-ish sizes, are those threads just going to be left "as is"? It would seem pretty harsh (and cruel ) to make the Cleanup Crew fix all~ those posts.

Perhaps just adding a "56k User" warning to the first post of those threads?

Good luck, it'll be nice to see the forums all nice and tidy..

#181985

that applies to all current and future thrads and posts including the desktop threads. And don`t blame me for the Dtop thread cause i wasn`t even near it

#182009

I've just mass moved, tagged and removed useless posts from a load of wallpaper releases. I think the releases areas are gonna be the most work. I'll do a few more then go to bed.

Oh, BTW, I've removed a couple of massive sigs. I realise that's a little outside of our purpose, but hey, they were in threads I was sorting at the time and I did tag them so that they know why it was done. Are we allowed to do that?

#182021

i don`t think so >.<

all we`re allowed is moving/tagging/re-titleing threads and nothing more.

we`re not even allowed to remove posts.

u better talk to Stevie/Tim about that

#182024

oop. Damn. I won't do any more of that then. Sorry.

Edit: Unbeliever, he says we're supposed to move posts to the trash forum by spliiting them from the topic they're in. I don't think many things get properly deleted these days anyway.

#182025

what da eff have you done ????

every new fart thats becoming a staff member takes the rules to his own hands???

#182059

Originally posted by es.xxi@Jun 25 2004, 09:57 PM

Just a question; Does the new "Size" regulation on images cover the Desktop Screenshot threads? Since many people posted them as 600x400-ish sizes, are those threads just going to be left "as is"? It would seem pretty harsh (and cruel ) to make the Cleanup Crew fix all~ those posts.

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I'm going to be doing this...

@Ludge: Don't do anything to do with members. I'll deal with sigs, avatars, names, faces, and genitalia (but only of the female members).

Also DO NOT DELETE ANYTHING move it to the deleted forum.

Finally, waddya mean you can't see the forums, Dreamz? They're there, and I know you've got the permissions for 'em...

I'm sure you have :|

#182078

Originally posted by Goku@Jun 26 2004, 01:20 AM

what da eff have you done ????

every new fart thats becoming a staff member takes the rules to his own hands???

what did i do?

#182087

i once browsed back to late 2002.... once. wading through the muck you all, wearing haz-mat suits and kinky underwear i hope.

#182094

Originally posted by Stevie BM@Jun 25 2004, 06:14 PM

Finally, waddya mean you can't see the forums, Dreamz?  They're there, and I know you've got the permissions for 'em...

I'm sure you have :|

if i go to customizing windows > visual styles, i see no sub-sections, which is why i thought they weren't created yet. anyway, i'm just moving releases/requests to that section.

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