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  • 09-12-2008 8:10am
    #1
    Blazer
    Registered Users Posts: 17,435 ✭✭✭✭


    I think it's time to delete all those forums no longer used or with extremely low thread counts.

    Look at the Games Forums..2nd life/WoW/Warcraft/AoC.
    There's about 5 threads in each, and all of them are old.
    Same for BF2/Call of Duty etc.
    Why not start grouping the games forums by say FPS/RPG/SIM etc and fire away from there?
    It's not just the games forums..some of the others are equally as bad..
    Even the sports forum..
    A forum for Rugby, another one for Rugby league?
    A forum for Ultimate Frisbee with 4 threads?
    So mods..get yere asses in gear and start spring cleaning early :D
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    #2
    Xavi6
    Registered Users Posts: 40,867 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    Mathew Reilly wrote: »
    Even the sports forum..
    A forum for Rugby, another one for Rugby league?

    What's the problem with that? The codes are completely seperate. They are not the same sport.


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    seanybiker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    sounds like a great idea to me. Sounds like the most obvious way to do it to be honest


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    #4
    Hobbes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,264 ✭✭✭✭Hobbes


    Short answer = No.

    Basically deleting the forums will orphan the threads that others may wish to read at a later date. Just because the forum is there doesn't impact you.

    For forums that are totally dead or for one reason or another not to be used anymore they get they thrown into a special category. I forget how to list it.


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    #5
    6th
    Registered Users Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Is it the inactive category? I think I remember it being visible by accident a while back.


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    watna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,367 ✭✭✭✭watna


    6th wrote: »
    Is it the inactive category? I think I remember it being visible by accident a while back.

    +1 I remember that. There was a cob tossing forum!


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    6th
    Registered Users Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    watna wrote: »
    +1 I remember that. There was a cob tossing forum!

    Thats right. Man, what ever happened to cob, he never posts anymore :(


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    #8
    Blazer
    Registered Users Posts: 17,435 ✭✭✭✭Blazer


    I'm just thinking from a database point of view...you see lots of ppl requesting a forum for this or that and then there's only ever about 5 thread in it..
    I'm sure you can't keep expanding and creating new forums continuously over the next few years without some form of cleanup?


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    tbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,914 ✭✭✭✭tbh


    6th wrote: »
    Thats right. Man, what ever happened to cob, he never posts anymore :(

    he's still rehydrating.


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    tbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,914 ✭✭✭✭tbh


    Mathew Reilly wrote: »
    I'm just thinking from a database point of view...you see lots of ppl requesting a forum for this or that and then there's only ever about 5 thread in it..
    I'm sure you can't keep expanding and creating new forums continuously over the next few years without some form of cleanup?

    a boards recession? It'll never happen! The boom fuelled by the addition of servers will march on forever - has the celtic tiger taught you nothing?:P


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    AckwelFoley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,556 ✭✭✭✭AckwelFoley


    Xavi6 wrote: »
    What's the problem with that? The codes are completely seperate. They are not the same sport.

    touched a nerve did we?

    next up, aussie rules :pac:


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    Blazer
    Registered Users Posts: 17,435 ✭✭✭✭Blazer


    snyper wrote: »
    touched a nerve did we?

    next up, aussie rules :pac:


    How is it not the same sport? Different rules?
    Don't follow rugby so haven't a clue..:D


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    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    Mathew Reilly wrote: »
    How is it not the same sport? Different rules?
    Don't follow rugby so haven't a clue..:D

    They are 2 different sports. Look it up :)


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    #14
    Red Sleeping Beauty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,443 ✭✭✭Red Sleeping Beauty


    Have there been many forums or sub forums deleted ?
    I'd agree that ye could do with an overhaul. What the hell's with the Wanderly Wagon forum like ? And there's already beena thread discussing the Games forums


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    AckwelFoley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,556 ✭✭✭✭AckwelFoley


    Mathew Reilly wrote: »
    How is it not the same sport? Different rules?
    Don't follow rugby so haven't a clue..:D

    The main difference is rugby league is mainly supported by homosexuals.

    this is fact


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    6th
    Registered Users Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    snyper wrote: »
    The main difference is rugby league is mainly supported by homosexuals.

    this is FACT

    Fixed that for you, people wont believe you unless its in caps. FACT.


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    #17
    Chong
    Registered Users Posts: 8,676 ✭✭✭Chong


    Surely OP has a point, there are some amount of forums never used.


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    #18
    Steve
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 22,584 CMod ✭✭✭✭Steve


    I fail to see why this issue actually matters to anybody. Yes there are infrequently used forums - so what, you don't have to read them!


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    #19
    kaimera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    I think it's time to delete users who have been here since 2006 with less than 1000 posts.

    Wait, what game is this again?


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    #20
    jhegarty
    Registered Users Posts: 6,440 ✭✭✭jhegarty


    How about not deleting them , but removing them from the top tool-bar


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    #21
    Terry
    Registered Users Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    How about not deleting them and not removing them from the nav bar?

    Sometimes I get bored and go through old forums.
    This usually happens at the weekend when there aren't too many people on.


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    #22
    Blazer
    Registered Users Posts: 17,435 ✭✭✭✭Blazer


    snyper wrote: »
    The main difference is rugby league is mainly supported by homosexuals.

    this is fact

    Maybe then it should be in the homosexual forum with hairdressing or maybe a sub forum of the Ladies Lounge :D


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