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RE: Reasons why threads were closed
Bah, even though cookies previous links to the mess forums shows otherwise..

at the mess.be forums, one of the mod rules is to provide a reason for closing a thread. Usually a reason is provided by the other users of the forum (they are nice like that :P). Good Examples:

http://forum.mess.be/index.php?showtopic=13085&st...01584&#entry101584
http://forum.mess.be/index.php?showtopic=12893&st...=99605&#entry99605
http://forum.mess.be/index.php?showtopic=10164&st...=75957&#entry75957

I think its a good idea to provide a reason. Allows the poster to know what they did wrong.

This post was edited on 11-05-2005 at 05:10 PM by Stigmata.
11-05-2005 05:08 PM
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RE: Reasons why threads were closed
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And about Traxors reply.... this is the only forum where people can come and actually feel welcome... I mean, honestly on most of the other forums out there people can flame other people and say shit and nobody does anything about it.... I think we're lucky to have the forum the way it is... and if the mods/admins don't feel like stating their reason, they don't have to.

umm, are you going against what I said? Because what I said is basically what you said... or are you agreeing? I don't actually understand, sorry.
11-05-2005 05:15 PM
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umm, are you going against what I said? Because what I said is basically what you said... or are you agreeing? I don't actually understand, sorry.


I'm agreeing (Y):grin:
11-05-2005 05:31 PM
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RE: Reasons why threads were closed
thats a good idea and also i think when you get banned you should put a reason like you are banned for 2 minutes becuase u swore .
11-06-2005 05:07 AM
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RE: Reasons why threads were closed
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Furthermore, if mods were required to post a message every time they closed a thread, i'd bet my bottom pound that eventually they would be accused of trying to get their post count up.
Indeed... and it would actually be a good way of increasing your post count without doing anything "wrong"... :dodgy:
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Originally posted by linx05
For the threads which are hard to figure out why it was closed, a simple reason posted at the end.
For threads like that, we (the mods) almost always make a post with the reason for closing. If there isn't a post, the reason should be apparent to anyone with common sense.

Anyway, not very many threads get closed around here. Of all the non-T&T threads posted in the last 2 months, approximately 1 in every 36 is now closed.

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thats a good idea and also i think when you get banned you should put a reason like you are banned for 2 minutes becuase u swore .

I don't think you can get banned for 2 minutes?... haha.... And usually you only get banned for swearing if it's toward another member.


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Anyway, not very many threads get closed around here. Of all the non-T&T threads posted in the last 2 months, approximately 1 in every 36 is now closed

Curious to know how you came up with that?... did you just make it up, or count it up and do the math?
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maybe its one of his many stats :P
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RE: Reasons why threads were closed
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thats a good idea and also i think when you get banned you should put a reason like you are banned for 2 minutes becuase u swore .

I don't think you can get banned for 2 minutes?... haha.... And usually you only get banned for swearing if it's toward another member.


it was only an excample
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Curious to know how you came up with that?
A couple database queries and some math.
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RE: Reasons why threads were closed
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Originally posted by Stigmata
at the mess.be forums, one of the mod rules is to provide a reason for closing a thread. Usually a reason is provided by the other users of the forum (they are nice like that :P). Good Examples:

http://forum.mess.be/index.php?showtopic=13085&st...01584&#entry101584
http://forum.mess.be/index.php?showtopic=12893&st...=99605&#entry99605
http://forum.mess.be/index.php?showtopic=10164&st...=75957&#entry75957

I think its a good idea to provide a reason. Allows the poster to know what they did wrong.
Agreed.

Also, when someone is arrested, they are told why they were arrested and what law they broke (with the crazy laws coming out nowadays that probably won't happen anymore).

If a reason is stated as to why someone was banned or why a thread was closed, it would lessen the chance for other threads of the same nature to pop up again. It also gives the forum more of a user-friendly feel to it, and causes less confusion.
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