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Old July 12, 2001, 07:46 PM   #1
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Suggestions for FS Forums

1. Auto-expire feature. This could either be set for x (30?) days after post creation, or after last post in thread.

2. Requests that notification of items placed on auction (Gunbroker, Auction Arms, etc) be made in other forums: gear, handguns, rifle, shotgun, etc. Such threads placed in FS forums to be moved.

3. Creation of a policy on commercial posters. I know this is problematic, but memory is memory. This is Rich's call, but I would be sad if I felt commercial entities were taking advantage of Rich's generosity.

4. If it's possible without tinkering too much with the database, I believe giving the poster threadlock ability would help everyone, admins, members, the system. Everyone.

5. I'm not too certain how the system retains all its info, but I believe auto purging old FS threads after some suitable (6 month?) period would help keep the system happy. A several month retaining period would allow potential buyers and sellers to search for recent prices on their item(s), but after 6 months, that info will be of little use.

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Old July 12, 2001, 09:23 PM   #2
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Thanks Spectre....and thanks for cleaning up those forums. (Some of you have asked who "Staff" is....for the last few days, it's been Spectre.)

1) Auto-Expire: Not possible. Have passed the suggestion on to the vB Developers, though.
2) Notification Requests: Unclear to me
3) Commercial Posters: There is no hard and fast policy. We expect commmon sense/courtesy to prevail
4) Threadlock: Not possible on an individual Forum Basis
5) Auto purging....unnecessary in vB as the database size problems are no longer an issue. Besides, the historical info is worthwhile to some.
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Old July 13, 2001, 11:57 PM   #3
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Glad to help a little, Rich.

Item #2: some folks are placing links to ongoing online auctions in the FS forums.
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Old July 14, 2001, 06:35 AM   #4
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Purging old FS posts isn't a good idea. Members, like myself, often do a search on old FS posts ascertain the going rate for certain items, firearms, etc.
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Old July 14, 2001, 11:34 AM   #5
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As concerns #2, we've always taken these on a case by case basis. If it's a regular Member who contributes, I'd let it go. If it's someone who registers primarily to hawk goods/auctions, I think all would call it spam.
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