Thread close request
Daistallia 2104
11-09-2006, 04:57
Erem... why is this still open? I can see there's been mod activity in the last 12 hours...
Katganistan
11-09-2006, 23:33
Erem... why is this still open? I can see there's been mod activity in the last 12 hours...
We don't close General Forum threads on request, generally speaking. That's done with RP threadsin Nationstates and International Incidents.
Daistallia 2104
12-09-2006, 03:51
We don't close General Forum threads on request, generally speaking. That's done with RP threadsin Nationstates and International Incidents.
I could swear that it was a fairly regular occurance. Oh well.
The 5 Castes
12-09-2006, 16:14
We don't close General Forum threads on request, generally speaking. That's done with RP threadsin Nationstates and International Incidents.
Really? I was sure I'd seen it happen a before.
Frisbeeteria
12-09-2006, 17:00
Thoughts on Thread Management: It's common for us to lock, split, or otherwise maintain threads in General or other forums as a favor to the topic starter when such action will make the thread more readable or on topic. Examples of this include deleting or splitting posts from the General stickies that Erastide maintains or Komodom's UN sticky. Stickies are a somewhat special case, as their stickiness implies a certain level of Official Approval. If somebody has a non-sticky (but persistant) thread and wants similar assistance, we will consider it on a case by case basis. My base rule on that involves the question, "would I have done this if I stumbled across it myself?" If the answer is yes, I generally accede to the request.
Other General threads may be locked on request if the thread starter (or anyone else, for that matter) points out that the topic has devolved beyond redemption, or if rampant rulebreaking has wrecked the topic. From a maintenence perspective, this is just an extenstion of our own Modly ability to close problem threads and deal with topic hijacking. No one of us can possibly read every post in every thread, so it's fine to have them pointed out to us.
The thread ownership aspect in the RP forums extends much further than it does elsewhere. RP topic starters can ask to have certain players removed from a thread. We do not allow that level of control anywhere else. Also, requests for closure or deletion are almost entirely automatic, which is not the case elsewhere..
Daistallia 2104
13-09-2006, 03:51
Thank you Fris, that contained the rule I was thinking of:
QUOTE]Other General threads may be locked on request if the thread starter (or anyone else, for that matter) points out that the topic has devolved beyond redemption, or if rampant rulebreaking has wrecked the topic.[/QUOTE].
The topic had wandered into the pedophilia, which TG* had said was a NO.
*Oddly the OP has dissapeared, and along with it the linky, and I'm not sure if TG was the mod who made the ruling on the peophilia threads.
Katganistan
13-09-2006, 04:38
The only post I saw when I answered was the first in this thread, and I wondered why you wanted me to close NS General Birthday Party.
Daistallia 2104
13-09-2006, 06:14
The only post I saw when I answered was the first in this thread, and I wondered why you wanted me to close NS General Birthday Party.
That would explain it. :D
The thread I had posted was this: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=499158
Forum strangeness today. This thread is beheaded. The noon delay came at 1.