unnecessary forums

breadmonkey

Is there really a need for a physics/chemistry,biology/medicine and science forum?

Surely it could be reduced to two:
Science and Medicine

Astronomy/Space could also possibly be tied in with science, but I'm not totally sure on that one.

Amz

Yes there is a need for these forums.

Explain why you don't feel they're neccessary?

They were created with the old Science forum was split and I think they've been more successful as seperate entities rather than just one general science forum.

Raphael

I see where he's coming from. While we're at it, we could delete all the user accounts with less than 10 posts. It might deal with all the server problems.

RE*AC*TOR

The Science forum gets very little attention, but the Phys/Chem and Biol/Med forumns seem to be doing fine. There are far more unnecessary forums.



Hasselhoff.

*adele*

yeah because loads of people just register and never post!whats the point with that
and the real unnessesary forum is david hasselhoff

Amz

With regard to the forum it should be about quality not quantity. If I have a phys/chem question I know that the people reading and replying to threads in that forum already have an interest in or a knowledge of the subject matter and as such will be able to respond to my thread/question better than someone in a general science forum. Just as I would post a thread that would be of interest to a wider range of people in the Sci. forum.

I don't know why people get their knickers in a knot over this kind of thing.

Many people register accounts and don't get past the initial sign up, also plenty of people use boards to read the content and perhaps send PMs etc. they may have no desire to contribute at this present time, but may choose to do so in future. To cull a load of accounts based on post count is a bit silly in my opinion. Forgive me if I'm mistaken, but it has already been stated that these unused accounts aren't what are causing the server problems. I would imagine the admins would have already taken steps to remove these accounts were they affecting things that much.

Nukem

Raphael wrote:

I see where he's coming from. While we're at it, we could delete all the user accounts with less than 10 posts. It might deal with all the server problems.

Cloud and DeV do cleanings every so often as far as i know, that goes for mods too.Think its any inavtive count for 3months(not logged in or has posted) is deleted

Sherifu

Raphael wrote:

I see where he's coming from. While we're at it, we could delete all the user accounts with less than 10 posts. It might deal with all the server problems.

But ecksor has 0 posts.........



Noooooo.......................

Boston

The people with less then 10 posts have absolutely no effect on how the server runs.

breadmonkey

I don't know why people get their knickers in a knot over this kind of thing.

This is the "feedback" forum. There's no need to be so hostile and confrontational

RuggieBear

Amz wrote:

To cull a load of accounts based on post count is a bit silly in my opinion. Forgive me if I'm mistaken, but it has already been stated that these unused accounts aren't what are causing the server problems. I would imagine the admins would have already taken steps to remove these accounts were they affecting things that much.

I'll just second that, I only had about 10 posts on boards for the first 5 months or so....i've been actively spamming since

Amz

breadmonkey wrote:

This is the "feedback" forum. There's no need to be so hostile and confrontational

I'd hardly call it that, it was merely an observation, but if you choose to take it so personally then I guess there's little I can do about it.

*shrug*

Sherifu

RuggieBear wrote:

I'll just second that, I only had about 10 posts on boards for the first 5 months or so....i've been actively spamming since

snap!

Boston

breadmonkey wrote:

This is the "feedback" forum. There's no need to be so hostile and confrontational

I know what you mean, some times it makes me so angry I want to ban moriarty where he stands*





*not really, he just a big cuddly beer person and I want to take home and bake cookeys for.

crazy angel

true......... .if they have a mustard forum. they may as well!

BuffyBot

While we're at it, we could delete all the user accounts with less than 10 posts. It might deal with all the server problems.

I'd imagine that piece of data has very little effect on the server. It's the people who are actively using the site that make the difference there.

RuggieBear

maybe those with more than 3000 posts should be deleted

Amz

:eek:

RuggieBear

well perhaps not.....

Johnny_the_fox

RuggieBear wrote:

maybe those with more than 3000 posts should be deleted

and with that wave goodbye to the following:

In Arts alone - Anime / Manga. Photo Challenge, Audio-Video Editing, Comics, Creative Writing, Film Awards, Film Reviews, Mythology, Prime Time Cartoons, Television Awards, Theatre.

- Sci-Fi / Fantasy - Battlestar Galactica, Discworld, Horror, Red Dwarf, Star Wars, Stargate, Wanderly Wagon.

:eek:

RuggieBear

well tbh i meant posters but then again tis not a serious solution

Johnny_the_fox

RuggieBear wrote:

well tbh i meant posters but then again tis not a serious solution

tbh. i read you wrong... but then again this thread was about forums.*




*i really need a holiday.

RuggieBear

Johnny_the_fox wrote:

tbh. i read you wrong... but then again this thread was about forums.*
[/SIZE=1]*i really need a holiday.[/SIZE]

tbh, you're right and i really need to stop posting ****e suggestions...

breadmonkey

With regard to the forum it should be about quality not quantity. If I have a phys/chem question I know that the people reading and replying to threads in that forum already have an interest in or a knowledge of the subject matter and as such will be able to respond to my thread/question better than someone in a general science forum. Just as I would post a thread that would be of interest to a wider range of people in the Sci. forum

If that's the case then why not have seperate physics and chemistry forums, seperate biology and medicine forums etc. etc.?

DeVore

Its a delicate balance between over-generalisation which leads to people fearing to post about a specific sub-topic and over-specialisation which leads to insufficent people to create a critical mass of posters. Everyone has a different opinion about where that balance is.

DeV.

Sleepy

To be honest, the only forums I'd see as "unnecessary" are the likes of the Mustard or David Hasselhof forums. However, if it helps keep the spam away from the "normal" boards, it's all good, I'll just ignore them...

Stabshauptmann

Raphael wrote:

I see where he's coming from. While we're at it, we could delete all the user accounts with less than 10 posts. It might deal with all the server problems.

Not aimed specifically at you Raph, I made it last october

DeVore

I think that one of the things about Boards that keeps us different and a bit bonkers is our willingness to do run with stuff like the David HassleHoff thing. Mustard was an experiement that went so well we kept it. We've always done stuff like this and I hope we'll continue to...

DeV.

Raphael

Necromancer: I know, I was making reference to the events that lead to its creation. Sarcasm doesn't take well to the internet....

Stabshauptmann

Ah I see it now, my bad
*Goes back to bed*
God I love my midterm breaks

po0k

/me makes token post on Opflash to save it...

2006 - DO YOU SEE