» Site Navigation | | Home | | 08-09 Football | | 08-09 MBB | | 08-09 WBB | | 08-09 Wrestling | | Site Rules | | Photo Gallery | | Social Groups | | CyBookie | | CF Top Stats |
| | Donate! | | CF Store |
| | Forum Index | | » Forum Menu | | Forum Index | | Front-Page News | | Site News | | Feedback/Support | | Introductions | | CF Tourney Pools | | Betting Board | | Press Releases | | ISU General | | Campus Life | | ISU MBB | | ISU WBB | | ISU Football | | ISU Wrestling | | Big XII | | In-State Rivals | | General College | | Pro Sports | | Off Topic | | Politics/Religion | | Gaming & Groups | | Ticket Exchange | | CF Archive | | Restricted Forums | | Advertise Here | » 2008 Iowa State Football | | I-State vs Nebraska: |
 | |
12-05-2007, 08:18 PM
|
#1 | | Walk On
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Posts: 132
Credits: 230,587 |
Why are so many threads getting moved? And then some are getting lost?
|
RB
|
| |
12-05-2007, 08:22 PM
|
#2 | | Addict
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: West Des Moines
Posts: 5,566
Credits: 110,711 Year: 1994 Degree: BBA NFL: Steelers MLB: Cubs |
Because they're repetitive in their nature and sometimes things go wrong.
| | |
| |
12-05-2007, 08:24 PM
|
#3 | | CycloneFanatic
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: West Des Moines
Posts: 10,659
Credits: 16,084,395 NFL: Colts NBA: Suns MLB: Red Sox |
We combined a lot of threads that were about the same exact things just to make it easier for people to read and reply. It doesn't serve much purpose to have 300 threads all talking about the Drake game. The one thread that got deleted was due to a database error because two mods were simultaneously merging threads into it and caused the master thread to get erased.
We hate moderating because we just like to enjoy the site as much as everybody else but sometimes we have to combine threads to keep things easier for the readers.
|
A program isn't built on one player and it doesn't succeed because of one player, thus a program won't fail if it doesn't get that one player. |
| |
12-05-2007, 08:26 PM
|
#4 | | Legend
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Omaha
Posts: 13,171
Credits: 1,696,913 Degree: MSCE NFL: Patriots NBA: Warriors MLB: Devil Rays |
Will this thread be moved? Did the Hawks lose to UNI also?
| EIU is the other Okoboji University for serious students and home of Captain Kirk who pilots the Enterprise on its Trek through the Universe for finding his next great job. Captain, beware of your Superbowl. |
| |
12-05-2007, 08:31 PM
|
#5 | | Walk On
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Posts: 132
Credits: 230,587 |
WTF, Wesley was right; my thread got moved |
RB
|
| |
12-05-2007, 09:32 PM
|
#6 | | Walk On
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 196
Credits: 212,559 | why do threads constantly get moved? | |
So now there is one official thread for men's basketball unless everything is happy? Some new threads might ask questions that are not ripping on the team. For instance could "discombobulated" have been correct? Are we not allowed to discuss anymore?
| | |
| |
12-05-2007, 09:34 PM
|
#7 | | Ankle Biter
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: WDM
Posts: 1,424
Credits: 1,281,435 | Originally Posted by Jeremy We combined a lot of threads that were about the same exact things just to make it easier for people to read and reply. It doesn't serve much purpose to have 300 threads all talking about the Drake game. The one thread that got deleted was due to a database error because two mods were simultaneously merging threads into it and caused the master thread to get erased.
We hate moderating because we just like to enjoy the site as much as everybody else but sometimes we have to combine threads to keep things easier for the readers.
See the reason above for why threads keep getting moved.
|
Bliss to you!
|
| |
12-05-2007, 09:35 PM
|
#8 | | CycloneFanatic
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: West Des Moines
Posts: 10,659
Credits: 16,084,395 NFL: Colts NBA: Suns MLB: Red Sox |
See above bluehooper. You can discuss anything you want but we have posts so you don't have to resort to creating a thread for every comment or thought on the same subjects.
|
A program isn't built on one player and it doesn't succeed because of one player, thus a program won't fail if it doesn't get that one player. |
| |
12-05-2007, 09:36 PM
|
#9 | | Hall-Of-Famer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 3,538
Credits: 481,534 NFL: Cowboys NBA: Bulls MLB: White Sox |
I understand why threads need to be moved sometimes, but it's a lot easier to follow a thread when it doesn't have 15 pages.
| | |
| |
12-05-2007, 09:37 PM
|
#10 | | CycloneFanatic
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: West Des Moines
Posts: 10,659
Credits: 16,084,395 NFL: Colts NBA: Suns MLB: Red Sox |
But tonight there would have been over 50 threads talking about the same thing and that's far more difficult to follow than one string of posts. The problem is that either way not everybody is going to be happy.
|
A program isn't built on one player and it doesn't succeed because of one player, thus a program won't fail if it doesn't get that one player. |
| |
12-05-2007, 09:38 PM
|
#11 | | Meltdown!!
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Nevada, IA
Posts: 3,704
Credits: 2,890,909 | Re: why do threads constantly get moved? | | Originally Posted by bluehooper So now there is one official thread for men's basketball unless everything is happy? Some new threads might ask questions that are not ripping on the team. For instance could "discombobulated" have been correct? Are we not allowed to discuss anymore? Like Jeremy and CyGal said, it's all about keeping repetition to a minimum. We try and only have one post-game thread, for example - win OR lose. We don't always set it up in time, but it's the ideal.
| BUILD-A-BURGER CHAMP * 12/19/07!!
"You can't spell 'bang' without Ang."
Nobody likes a know-it-all.
|
| |
12-05-2007, 09:38 PM
|
#12 | | Walk On
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 179
Credits: 802,299 Year: 2000 Degree: BS CprE | Originally Posted by mwitt I understand why threads need to be moved sometimes, but it's a lot easier to follow a thread when it doesn't have 15 pages. I tend to agree with this. A specific thread could be an offshoot of one large topic (i.e. tonight's game) and yet when it gets merged into one large thread you lose track of the thoughts.
On the other hand, has anybody ever visited Tigerboard? I'd hate to see this place go that direction.
| |
Last edited by clonefan98; 12-05-2007 at 09:39 PM.
Reason: typo
|
| |
12-05-2007, 09:39 PM
|
#13 | | Hall-Of-Famer
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ankeny
Posts: 4,911
Credits: 501,629 |
Moving threads is the only annoying thing about this site. I hate having to follow 15 pages of threads. Let as many threads show up as people want. Its not a big deal.
| Go Clones! Go Knights! "I'm the Cenex Guy. I'm the man in the red shirt, black cap and thousand-acre stare." |
| |
12-05-2007, 09:41 PM
|
#14 | | Hall-Of-Famer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 3,538
Credits: 481,534 NFL: Cowboys NBA: Bulls MLB: White Sox | Originally Posted by Jeremy But tonight there would have been over 50 threads talking about the same thing and that's far more difficult to follow than one string of posts. The problem is that either way not everybody is going to be happy. I understand that. I'll give you an example of what I mean. Tonight, I wasn't following the game thread. I read your thread about Iowa State fans being pathetic because I found it interesting. Then all of a sudden it is in the game thread on page 15 or 18 or something. There are random responses in there that had nothing to do with the thread that you created or any posts in it, the one that I was interested in reading.
It may clean up the forums as far as the amount of threads, but it makes the thread that everything got moved to a complete mess.
| | |
| |
12-05-2007, 09:42 PM
|
#15 | | CycloneFanatic
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: West Des Moines
Posts: 10,659
Credits: 16,084,395 NFL: Colts NBA: Suns MLB: Red Sox | I fully understand. I'll talk to the mods and see what we can do. I just ask that people be respectful of the mods as it's been incredibly busy today/night and we're just trying to make as many people happy as possible. Thanks for the feedback and we'll keep trying to improve how we do things but we just ask that people have constructive remarks like you did and not snide remarks like others have had about threads being moved, etc. |
A program isn't built on one player and it doesn't succeed because of one player, thus a program won't fail if it doesn't get that one player. |
| |
 | | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes | Linear Mode | |