Topic: Batch moderation (Read 694 times)

Sometimes when I'm cleaning out a bunch of posts from a thread, I queue up all of my deletions so that they happen all at once. I do this so that the thread doesn't look odd for people who load it while I'm in the middle of cleaning it out. However, one annoying thing is that I can't queue an edit to happen at the same time as the deletions, so if I want things to not look strange, the system encourages me to just delete the post instead. What I would like is the ability to switch to a batch moderation mode that will queue up all of my actions to happen at once when I commit them. This is similar to the concept of a database transaction.

It would also be neat if I could do multiple (named) batches simultaneously.

Here's a common example of what I mean:

Often, I will come into a thread and find that there are three or more topics going on: the original topic, a side topic, and an ad-hominem attack topic. Because a proper topic splitting of these topics would require me to read a post three or more time in the current setup, the system encourages me to just delete all of the off-topic stuff in a single batch so that I only have to read the posts once. It would be nice if I could just start a new batch once I see a new off-topic branch. However, I won't just be splitting the posts in that branch, so don't just assume that this branching implies a batch of just splits. Currently, when I actually care enough to go through this process manually, I'll often split off a post to a side-topic (because it belongs in that topic) only to then delete it (because it violates other guidelines).

So, I guess what I'm asking for is that, in batch moderation mode, there is a split option that can choose between multiple named threads and that split counts as a mod action for the chosen (named) batch.

Hopefully, this makes sense and you can figure something out.