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RE: Shouldn't the forums be cleaned???
A poll? If forum staff decides to leave them, and says it doesn't matter for the load, why would we need a poll?
06-09-2004 06:34 PM
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RE: Shouldn't the forums be cleaned???
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why don't we make a poll about this??, it would be much easier
* Johnny_Mac thinks that would be pointless.
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No

I'm not deleting new threads... people might still find those useful, or want to post in them. 
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RE: Shouldn't the forums be cleaned???
Load has ta do with the amount of ppl being on the forum at the same time (either signed in or as guest that don't matter).

So i don't think deleting threads can solve that.
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06-09-2004 09:05 PM
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RE: RE: Shouldn't the forums be cleaned???
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Most of the threads older than January/February of this year have been pruned... I don't want to delete newer ones... :s


Why? WTF? Why? I don't understand.. old topics can be interesting/handy! Does the amount of posts really slow the forum? And who cares about the little disk space it takes?
06-15-2004 06:57 PM
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RE: Shouldn't the forums be cleaned???
When the number of posts really starts to increase, It can bog down the server ALOT

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Were not pruning any more posts. We'll have the server load issue resolved this week.
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06-15-2004 08:26 PM
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RE: Shouldn't the forums be cleaned???
Are the old posts saved? So they can be restored when - for example - there's a new server, which can handle way more? And if something like that happens, will these posts be restored?
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RE: Shouldn't the forums be cleaned???
Nope, They are not saved, And It's not really an issue because every question ends up getting asked about 15 times anyways.
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RE: Shouldn't the forums be cleaned???
Interesting discussions in General Chit Chat? Interesting Tech Talk? But I agree that you can wipe the Msgplus! Question forums every month or so :P
06-15-2004 08:40 PM
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RE: Shouldn't the forums be cleaned???
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Why? WTF? Why? I don't understand.. old topics can be interesting/handy!
I dont know if your aware, but old topics have been being removed from this forum for over a year. Just in case you thought it has just started happening... :P
06-15-2004 09:47 PM
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RE: Shouldn't the forums be cleaned???
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Nope, They are not saved, And It's not really an issue because every question ends up getting asked about 15 times anyways.
Well, for some thread that exactly IS the issue... As many know, I refer a lot to older posts, this because most detailed info posted already once on the forums. I have lost many links to detailed posts because of the pruning. This knowledge isn't nessecairly lost though; the writer of the post still knows it, but the community doesn't. And it is very hard and very time-consuming to make the same detailed and informative posts again....

I know it is hard to do, but before pruning (from that date to that date) can the threads be revised somehow so important posts aren't deleted? ... I guess not, but, can't hurt to ask ;)
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