The Nightstar Zoo

Hi folks,

I have recently upgraded the zoo to a new version of phpBB and I was looking at the growing list of old forums that haven't been used, and therefore locked.

I'd like to hear thoughts below of all our registered users.

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Order of the Loon

The SchlockMercenary forum is the only one I read on here, so I don't have a dog in the race as long as none of our threads go away.

It's interesting to hear there's been a phpBB version change recently -- that explains some of the changes in behavior I've seen, such as the fact that when I "Post Reply" and it sends me to Login it no longer forwards me back to the page I was trying to reply on. Annoying, but nothing that "Back, Back, Reload" can't fix.

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After 3 long, weaponless years, I became the wielder of the Doobie/Dobie gun!

I've noticed a few other oddities as well. I'm going to look into it now that I know it isn't just me.

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Order of the Loon

Well I think I may have fixed it as it appears that the upgrade didn't go as well as the logs led me to believe.

Let me know if thats still an issue.

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Order of the Loon

I don't have a dog in this race, either. As long as Schlock is up and running I'm happy.

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Creator and Cartoonist, Schlock Mercenary

Woah. There are other forums? And people use them still?

Don't worry. You actually moderate your forum pretty actively. I can't say that about other moderators for other forums.



That's entirely the point. There are lots of forums that aren't used anymore and haven't been used in a long time. I've locked them awhile ago as spammers were just using them. I've enlisted quite a few measures to stop or limit that recently. But as a whole the board is filled with a lot of junk that is rarely, if ever, used.

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Order of the Loon

I'd say keep them. It's annoying to me, at least, when Stuff Vanishes On The Internet. (Plus I'm pretty sure the Melonpool and It's Walky! forums, at least, contain a lot of good stuff that should be kept. Can't say for the others though.)

I'm with The Bushranger. New visitors to these webcomics/board might like to see these discussions, especially if external links point to them.

If you're growing short on space and there's tons of completely useless stuff, I'd say make a judgement call and delete some, otherwise, why not keep?

Also, what's the difference between the latter two choices in the poll? *scratches head*

Reducing the size of the board is my major concern. As most forums here are years old (and even years inactive). Due to forum moderators going AWOL and not saying what to do with the information. In that light I've locked all non-active forums that do not have mods due to spammers causing issues in the past.

As far as the categories above. Registered users are users that have posted x valid/approved posts (I'm not going to release how many posts that is due to spammers trying to spam the forum). Newly Registered Users have not yet posted x valid/approved posts and therefore cannot post without moderation. You, fell into this category.

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Order of the Loon

TBH, I registered so I could read the archives of the It's Walky forums, so I hope that the admins decide to keep old forums available, if not postable.

I have no dog in the fight, beyond wanting to see the weapons thread preserved.... I'll wager it can be moved if need be.
//Torenal

Since the majority voted for only fully registered members to see the pages that is just what I have done.

If you are a newly registered member you need to post enough to move to the registered users forum.

Locking thread now.

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Order of the Loon