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Tami Seven:
--- Quote from: Quantus on November 24, 2015, 07:24:05 PM ---From a backend standpoint, would it be possible (and easy to implement) to have a thread that automatically restricted each member to a single post, in the same way it can restrict each member to a single vote in a poll? That would significantly reduce the maintenance required, as well as auto-enforce the whole "Do Not Debate Here" mandate.
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Best bet is to do it as an Honor System, which has worked for me in the past on other forums but only with small groups. The biggest problem comes when you have someone who has a Ton Load of WAGs, so they don't all fit on one post. Then, you have Members needing multiple pages at odd times.....ultimately ending up no different than a normal thread.
My real suggestion, create a Thread in Spoilers, then have someone curate and consolidate the end results...which, actually, is kinda what we have already.
Serack:
--- Quote from: Tami Seven on November 24, 2015, 08:47:40 PM ---Best bet is to do it as an Honor System, which has worked for me in the past on other forums but only with small groups. The biggest problem comes when you have someone who has a Ton Load of WAGs, so they don't all fit on one post. Then, you have Members needing multiple pages at odd times.....ultimately ending up no different than a normal thread.
My real suggestion, create a Thread in Spoilers, then have someone curate and consolidate the end results...which, actually, is kinda what we have already.
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The curator staff can bounce posts that discuss rather than utilize the topic for it's stated purpose.
As for the size, unless the wags come with massive descriptors (something I feel would be better off in stand alone topics that are linked to) there won't be a problem. Not too long ago the character count cap was increased from 20k to something like 50k.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: Serack on November 24, 2015, 08:16:58 PM ---If such an option exists, it does not seem to be available to the curator level of moderation. I suspect it doesn't exist, and from what I have seen of the admin's paradigm for forum modification it wouldn't be added.
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Ya, it definitely doesnt appear implemented currently (Id expect it int he New Thread options) and would need some amount of Fred-Time to get going, if not a pre-packaged plugin of some kind.
Griffyn612:
Okay, I started one here.
As I mentioned in the thread, it's just to compile the basic list of WAG's people prescribe to. As I was creating it, I realized a thread for each major WAG topic might be the solution to long-term storage of theories.
For example, a thread could be created for Proven Guilty Time Travel theories. Rather than saving a thread with one theory and all of the debate around it, each poster could just post one reply with their own theory, and then link that post to the compilation. No-one discusses each other's theories in that thread.
That way, if a new member wants to see what theories exist around a particular topic, they can read the one thread, rather than reading a dozen. And as people refine their theory, they can edit the one post.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on November 24, 2015, 10:32:46 PM ---Okay, I started one here.
As I mentioned in the thread, it's just to compile the basic list of WAG's people prescribe to. As I was creating it, I realized a thread for each major WAG topic might be the solution to long-term storage of theories.
For example, a thread could be created for Proven Guilty Time Travel theories. Rather than saving a thread with one theory and all of the debate around it, each poster could just post one reply with their own theory, and then link that post to the compilation. No-one discusses each other's theories in that thread.
That way, if a new member wants to see what theories exist around a particular topic, they can read the one thread, rather than reading a dozen. And as people refine their theory, they can edit the one post.
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Good idea in theory, but I fear it would run into complications when you try to classify each theory into those broad categories when they apply to multiple ones. It's the age old Dewy Decimal conundrum
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