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[dugdiamond]

rather than start new topics... please continue older ones'.

use the search tool to find topic that you wish to see/read/ask about

it will be much easier for other members to see everyone's views and opinions in ONE op, rather than having to search many threads and then commenting on each of them.

it bloats the forums with multiple threads asking the same 'old' questions.

the starting of new topic(s) with the same question just shows the laziness of the postee.

it also may lead to the oversight to already known facts and answers that many members have spent alot of time researching, and are on the forum already.

it will also make future searches to 'like' questions much simpler and compact.

 

[cerbrus2]

But yet if people do that and bring up old threads. the only answer they get back is THIS THREAD IS 1 YEAR OLD blah blah blah. to be fair it soes not matter how old the thread is as long as it is the right topic.

 

[hmmblah]

But yet if people do that and bring up old threads. the only answer they get back is THIS THREAD IS 1 YEAR OLD blah blah blah. to be fair it soes not matter how old the thread is as long as it is the right topic.

Actually, you aren't supposed to bump threads whose last post is older than 3 months. That's in the rules. But dugdiamond is right, do a search first, your question might already be answered.

 

[cerbrus2]

Actually, you aren't supposed to bump threads whose last post is older than 3 months. That's in the rules. But dugdiamond is right, do a search first, your question might already be answered.

Then the mods need to decide what the rules are doug is saying continue with old threads. And you are saying dont if they are 3 months or older.And instead just read to see if the question etc is answerd. But if its not then what continue the thread as doug says or start a new one as you say?

 

[dugdiamond]

not necessarily... most topics are current... for the hardware that was available at the time the thread was created.

most people have 'old' tech, and wish to get the most out of it, before it becomes obscelete.

comments in older threads with 'know-how's' and 'how-to's' are still considered appropriate, even today.

looking at older threads concerning the exact (or near/similar) topic AND properly reading them through, can answer many questions a member wishes to get answered. they may even learn something!

new topics can sometimes be followed with non-precise replies... by newbies who are still learning themselves.

if all replies ARE read intuitively, and many views are given on a said subject, many problems can solved efficiently.

i have noticed, on umpteen times, that many members to not read the entire thread. they skip over it lightly, missing important points and answering, in their own reply, what has already been said previously by another member. (only then, later, to realise they have done so and PM myself, or another mod, asking to delete the certain said post).

 

[dugdiamond]

^^^ this is why have started this "suggestion"

 

[airdeano]

dugdiamond, i would like to "tidy" my gallery with proper sized photos, how do we do that
with the new improved forum format?
the "edit" tab is available for the post, reply, quote and then dissapears after you close
your session. then you go back to edit and the "edit" tab is gone. i'd rather not repost
the posting rules shows you may edit your posts...
do you have any suggestions?

airdeano

 

[dugdiamond]

this is being fixed - please bear with us

 

[Jeff_s510]

YAY! edit fix!! ty dug =D

 

[airdeano]

thank you for the quick reply.. subbed!

airdeano

 

[Master&Puppet]

With this in mind can I ask how useful tags are to threads on the forums? If they are considered important can we get a guide of keywords to use (to try and avoid the inevitable random tagging that always happens).

 

[airdeano]

for the search box really and the outsider search (google, yahoo, bing) to "tag" on to.
i found higher search scoring with tags to here after i started using them. kinda bumping
the forum up in ranks without pay-per-click charges...

airdeano