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Topic: Too Many Forum Boards - Outdated Threads - Let's Delete Boards (Read 658 times)

sr. member
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It is not easy to delete all old post. many thread in service, bounties section are totally inactive and no chance of activity in the future but still these Thread are useful to check the scammers/alts and other useful information. similarly many threads, inactive for long time contains idea of members which is I think somehow helpful and shouldn't be deleted.

I know but I believe that if the head of the table wants something to be done about it, it must be done, they know how to do things in the right manner.
Is never easy but since the OP want us to do things to his own bidding then we have no choice than to give him what he wants or better still he should do it him self.
But to be frank with you, any thread that's not of use like those locked threads (I mean the ones that are not useful)  should be removed, that's what the OP should have said.
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So far board removing action is not yet taken so far. deleting full board will result in lose of so much data and there is chance that we would loss useful data also. There is option available for report to moderator , If you think that any thread should not be on this forum more than samply report it. If admin agree and feel like you, he will delete it .
If anything happens to a board, sub board, topics and posts in that board will be moved to Archival board.

It those topics and posts are deleted, they will still be stored in forum database, offline. They won't be lost forever, first stored in live servers, later will be stored in offline backups.

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Deleted posts and trust ratings, as well as their edit histories

Kept on the live server for a couple of years; then probably kept indefinitely in backups
Don't publicly post things that you might not want to exist forever
hero member
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There are too many forum boards, which in fact not needed. Like Bitcoin Dissussion - all child boards - Press, Meetups, Important Announcements. In Important Announcements - all threads are outdated. Or in Meta - New forum software and Bitcoin Wiki - threads are also outdated. And much more forum boards need deleted.
Good example - In Important Announcements first page newest thread is from 2018, majority from 2013.
Much less forum boards can give a lot more info for members, which is not so complicated and not outdated.
Hope forum admin give me higher rank for good suggestion.  Grin

So far board removing action is not yet taken so far. deleting full board will result in lose of so much data and there is chance that we would loss useful data also. There is option available for report to moderator , If you think that any thread should not be on this forum more than samply report it. If admin agree and feel like you, he will delete it .

instead of deleting boards is best you say dead or old post that are not relevant to be deleted insteed

It is not easy to delete all old post. many thread in service, bounties section are totally inactive and no chance of activity in the future but still these Thread are useful to check the scammers/alts and other useful information. similarly many threads, inactive for long time contains idea of members which is I think somehow helpful and shouldn't be deleted.
hero member
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You may have raised a valid point on your suggestion to deleting some boards but if you look at it, I feel each board was created to serve a purpose and while you feel they may be outdated, some newbies can come on and find something useful from it. It's unfair to just wake up and suddenly brush their irrelevance when you're still practically a newbie. Hey, you might argue that change doesn't have to do with ranks, but then again, some things can't just be changed just because you feel an update is needed or you've got a brilliant idea how the forum should be run. So what, if this is implemented, what new upgrade will you be itching to implement? This leads me to believe you will completely revamp this forum were you in charge, huh? Maybe your role model is Elon Musk. Grin

Dude, there's so many ways to rise in ranks, not this pitiable excuse.

I don't see any valid point in deleting some boards. Why delete entire boards, if there is an opportunity to archive or close topics that have become uninteresting, or have been answered those questions that were raised in them? The boards, in turn, are much more extensive and touch on a large number of topical issues. No one will delete them, it doesn't make any sense. It feels like the OP simply didn't want to search and figure out how the system works here.
hero member
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There are too many forum boards, which in fact not needed. Like Bitcoin Dissussion - all child boards - Press, Meetups, Important Announcements. In Important Announcements - all threads are outdated. Or in Meta - New forum software and Bitcoin Wiki - threads are also outdated. And much more forum boards need deleted.
Good example - In Important Announcements first page newest thread is from 2018, majority from 2013.
Much less forum boards can give a lot more info for members, which is not so complicated and not outdated.
Hope forum admin give me higher rank for good suggestion.  Grin

Maybe i should assume that someone like you don't have something to be posting there and you need to understand this that on this forum you can't be everywhere, you have to post where you think you have something to offer, I don't expect each boards to have that traction as you expected because of the specific purpose it was created, some are suggesting additional boards while other are bringing reduction in their numbers, everyone coming with his own risk.
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You may have raised a valid point on your suggestion to deleting some boards but if you look at it, I feel each board was created to serve a purpose and while you feel they may be outdated, some newbies can come on and find something useful from it. It's unfair to just wake up and suddenly brush their irrelevance when you're still practically a newbie. Hey, you might argue that change doesn't have to do with ranks, but then again, some things can't just be changed just because you feel an update is needed or you've got a brilliant idea how the forum should be run. So what, if this is implemented, what new upgrade will you be itching to implement? This leads me to believe you will completely revamp this forum were you in charge, huh? Maybe your role model is Elon Musk. Grin

Dude, there's so many ways to rise in ranks, not this pitiable excuse.
sr. member
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OP are you just coming or what?
Is it me or you complaining over something you know won't workout. Members are trying to get more boards and you want the ones that have been here even before you joined the Forum to be deleted? Hell no bro.
Come on and save yourself the stress and have a rethink, instead of deleting boards is best you say dead or old post that are not relevant to be deleted insteed
legendary
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I think we need to add a dedicated domain name trading board. Domain names are perfect for Bitcoin payments, but the virtual sales boards are full of (to me ) useless stuff that keeps getting bumped ( does this still happen? ).
legendary
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The whole inconvenience for the OP is that he is a newbie. Perhaps he previously visited other forums with bright banners and a lot of advertising, and now, having come here, he really likes to use colored fonts. OP, finding something on the forum is not that difficult. Try to learn about search methods; thereby, you will save time, as you put it, and maybe get up-to-date information today, as well as what it was like when the forum was founded. Sometimes such proposals cause irritation; you can notice this. People have been here for years, and everyone likes everything, and waiting for a reward from the admin for such advice is tantamount to waiting for weather from the sea. Have you heard the saying, "You can’t enter someone else’s monastery with your own rules"?

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/guide-searching-effectively-5276341
legendary
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Hope forum admin give me higher rank for good suggestion.  Grin
Funny dude. But of course, you shouldn't stop at asking for just a rank upgrade. Ask to be made an admin too 🙄

It's rather unique suggestion. But rather than delete, IMO it'd be better if certain inactive board under Archival board instead.
This should be the way to go, archive the inactive boards instead of deleting them so that the forum doesn't lose any important topic in those boards.

However I don't see any reason why you should use red color to post.
I guess it was OP's way of drawing emphasis to the comments they made.
hero member
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Some board may not be active or may look outdated as you think but contains some meaningful information which people could get reference at, deleting of board won't help to make here a better place rather it will remove some vital information that is kept on a record.
Yeah it's true that I have came across some topics request admin to add additional sub-board were some specific discussion would take place instead of posting them at the sections where it does not belong, however such topic can be revived if you think you want to make some of them active.
Basically I have found a topic that was created around 2013 after many years inactive some members found it useful and started posting back there again.
legendary
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Funny how some forum members are asking admin to add more sub-board like Cybersecurity and NFTs to the forum and yet we have some that wants to remove some.
Yep--but the old rule is that you can't please everyone all of the time.  That said, this is the first time I'm seeing a request to delete any child boards.  What we usually see is just what you said, people requesting subsections for crap like NFTs.

Oh, what a surprise! OP is doing the same thing: Altcoin Wallet Board In Alternate Cryptocurrencies Needed - Why Admin Sleep ?

Looks like someone took a wrong turn somewhere. You know, when you want to visit shitcoinstalk.org, but autocorrect redirects you to the wrong forum.  Wink
legendary
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Funny how some forum members are asking admin to add more sub-board like Cybersecurity and NFTs to the forum and yet we have some that wants to remove some.
Yep--but the old rule is that you can't please everyone all of the time.  That said, this is the first time I'm seeing a request to delete any child boards.  What we usually see is just what you said, people requesting subsections for crap like NFTs.

I don't visit most of the sections OP mentioned, so I'm not sure how active they are (I'm curious about the new forum software section in particular).  What I'm fairly sure of is that if Theymos lifted his finger to create a board or a child board, it's not likely he's going to delete it anytime soon.  But he's surprised me in the past, so don't take my post as speaking for him.

If a board is obviously a dead one with little chance of being resuscitated, then I would agree with OP that Theymos ought to nuke it.  That only makes sense, right?
legendary
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Op rather made a good suggestion but I am surprised at the level of criticism on Op. His suggestion must have come without flaws, which means it needs to be refined and not to be wholly criticised.
According to o_e_l_e_o, instead of deleting such barely used boards, it could be locked permanently. But on a second thought, why lock when no one uses them. If adding more boards will be heavy and lag the forum, the older and outaded ones should be deleted but if allowing old boards will not prevent the birth of new boards, they should be allowed.
The new forum software is a topic for another day.
legendary
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Either way, the cards that exist must continue to exist and not be blocked.
Why? Why should we continue to have a board which hasn't been posted in in over 3 years for software which nobody uses, yet not have a board for a topic which is discussed around the forum multiple times each day?

I totally agree that new boards should be created for content that is debated every day.
But to create these new boars, it is not necessary to delete the old ones or block them.

They may not even have movement for over 3 years, but that doesn't mean they won't be used tomorrow. It could even be from a program that no one (today) uses. But that doesn't mean that someone will want to try it tomorrow.

Now, new boards make sense, I totally agree with that, friend.  Wink
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Some boards could definitely be retired, but at the same time it's not really a huge issue. I've long said we should probably lock/archive the Press board as it's not really necessary and is mostly just spammed by sig campaigners looking for an easy post and most of the threads in there are just from crappy crypto sites and not notable press. You could probably get rid of the Important Announcements as well, but maybe it might be needed in the future. With that being said, most important updates just get announced in the News section at the top under people's avatars/usernames.
sr. member
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Funny how some forum members are asking admin to add more sub-board like Cybersecurity and NFTs to the forum and yet we have some that wants to remove some.
Topics about security belong to offtopic board.
Security is a subject discussed in all crypto space  so can anyone explain to my uncultured mind why security topics are subjected to offtopic board. Am aware a sub board for security is yet to be created but of all boards why should security topics belong to offtopic boards (is it that security is irrelevant).

 I thought topics that belongs to offtopic boards are topics that are out of context to bitcoin or cryptocurrency.

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There will be no new board for Cybersecurity and NFTs.
I don't give a heck about NFT's but security doesn't sit well belonging to offtopic board.
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Dude , the things of deleting board  kindly put side away. We want more improvement, by improvement we want more boards, new new boards, updates, I don't think there will be lack of people to discuss there.
Anyway I am not that the person to say anything I just said my personal things. And on the above already many user mention what types of board we need so I don't wanna repeat that again. Moderator are here the experienced member are here the admin are here let them thing this.
legendary
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Topics about security belong to offtopic board.
Ideally, yes. In practice, no. I've said this before about security/privacy threads:

The logical place for topics like these would be Off Topic, if Off Topic was actually moderated as advertised ("Other topics that might be of interest to bitcoiners"), rather than just being "Literally any old shit".

If Off Topic was actually as advertised, then yes, it would be a great place for such topics. As it stands, no serious members who would have meaningful contributions to such threads would ever see them since Off Topic is 100% low quality trash and no serious members even open that board. Put threads like this in Off Topic and they would just be filled with the usual word spun, low value, meaningless spam.
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Funny how some forum members are asking admin to add more sub-board like Cybersecurity and NFTs to the forum and yet we have some that wants to remove some.
Topics about security belong to offtopic board.
NFT topics belong to Alternate cryptocurrency board.

There will be no new board for Cybersecurity and NFTs.
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