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Old May 8th, 2013 (8:55 PM).
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I agree with droomph. It'd be simpler to ask a hstaff member. And even if they ask a mod, who wouldn't be able to lock/reopen a thread outside their forum, they could just let an smod or someone know and it'd be no biggie. I don't like the idea of a thread just for that cluttering the forum though. But I do agree with being able to have it locked/reopened for leaves and such.
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Old May 9th, 2013 (3:45 AM).
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I like the idea of a sticky index thread cause they definitely makes finding other threads easier cause you wouldn't have to search through pages of threads to find yours or to find another user's thread.

Also I thought I to mention that I feel allowing the OP or other users to revive thread works best for threads like this since these thread aren't supposed to be short-lived in the first place and if taken care of properly, will last long.
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Old May 10th, 2013 (2:11 AM).
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We should have a sticky thread that indexes all the members who have threads approved here. Such thread would be useful and people could just search the index thread for the member they want to post to. When a mod approves the thread, they also edit this list and update the waiting list for members who may be on modQ so that everyone gets a fair chance at a successful thread. This thread would also be the perfect place for the mods to prominently feature categories like "New threads", "Quality Threads" and other such things and pick out select threads.
I think using the search bar would be just as easy. You could just search for a thread started by that person.
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Old May 10th, 2013 (4:40 AM).
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I'm all for:

- No revival rule from thread creator only. After a month has passed only the thread creator can revive it (especially if it's piling up with questions and the thread creator has no interest in replying).
- One thread per person.
- Members designated to go through and reply to older threads when the thread creator was last posted (up to around a month ago). These members would nominate themselves to be a part of this, but their job would be to come up with differing questions for members who haven't had any replies in a month, and were last posters, so nobody's forgotten. If they weren't last poster then their thread remains as it is so it's not unnecessary bumping.
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Old May 10th, 2013 (4:46 AM).
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I'm all for:

- No revival rule from thread creator only. After a month has passed only the thread creator can revive it (especially if it's piling up with questions and the thread creator has no interest in replying).
This I also give wholehearted support for.
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Old May 10th, 2013 (4:55 AM).
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I think using the search bar would be just as easy. You could just search for a thread started by that person.
Well as I mentioned earlier, with the number of pages this forum could get, searching for thread would take a bit longer than having a stickied index of all the threads in one.

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I'm all for:

- No revival rule from thread creator only. After a month has passed only the thread creator can revive it (especially if it's piling up with questions and the thread creator has no interest in replying).
- One thread per person.
- Members designated to go through and reply to older threads when the thread creator was last posted (up to around a month ago). These members would nominate themselves to be a part of this, but their job would be to come up with differing questions for members who haven't had any replies in a month, and were last posters, so nobody's forgotten. If they weren't last poster then their thread remains as it is so it's not unnecessary bumping.
If the last one were to become implemented, then I'd gladly sign up to be of of those users. Asking questions on this thread is really fun to me.

Also for the revival rule as well.
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Old May 11th, 2013 (7:24 AM).
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We should have a sticky thread that indexes all the members who have threads approved here. Such thread would be useful and people could just search the index thread for the member they want to post to. When a mod approves the thread, they also edit this list and update the waiting list for members who may be on modQ so that everyone gets a fair chance at a successful thread. This thread would also be the perfect place for the mods to prominently feature categories like "New threads", "Quality Threads" and other such things and pick out select threads.
Done.

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Another good idea would be to have another sticky thread like this one where newcomers can post and ask things like "Is my account old enough to post a thread here?", or for older members to be able to post things like "I'm back/away for/from a significant leave, would you close/open my thread?"
Not going to do this one because
a. Too many stickies.
b. Threads aren't going to be closed.
c. Anyone can make a thread.

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I'm all for:

- No revival rule from thread creator only. After a month has passed only the thread creator can revive it (especially if it's piling up with questions and the thread creator has no interest in replying).
- One thread per person.
- Members designated to go through and reply to older threads when the thread creator was last posted (up to around a month ago). These members would nominate themselves to be a part of this, but their job would be to come up with differing questions for members who haven't had any replies in a month, and were last posters, so nobody's forgotten. If they weren't last poster then their thread remains as it is so it's not unnecessary bumping.
- Agreed
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- I don't like that because I'd rather, if a thread creator wants questions to be asked, then they can just bump their thread themselves after it's been a month, assuming they were the last person to post.
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Old May 11th, 2013 (7:14 PM).
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http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=301433

Can it be assumed that whoever mods this section when it goes public will have to do this by themselves? Or will the three higher staff in charge right now be on hand to help/send queries to as well?
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Old May 11th, 2013 (7:22 PM).
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We're just testing out different ways to handle new threads now that we've got a substantial amount for now, but assuming this section goes public and a moderator is promoted, it'd be under their jurisdiction on how to handle it and they'd be the ones to do that.
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Old May 13th, 2013 (1:12 AM).
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Hey question; I wanted to change the title of my thread, but when I hit "Save Changes" it didn't change it. Instead it went back to my original title. Was that supposed to happen? Are we not gonna be allowed to change the title of our threads?
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Old May 13th, 2013 (1:24 AM).
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maybe it's to avoid confusion idk
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Old May 13th, 2013 (4:33 AM).
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I don't think members are able to change the titles of their threads anywhere on the forum, haha. If it really needs changing for whatever reason then just PM me or one of the other two smods running this place right now (Patchisou Yutohru, TwilightBlade) and we'll probably sort it out.
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Old May 13th, 2013 (4:35 AM).
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i'm sure i've changed a thread title of mine in cc&p recently though..???
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Old May 13th, 2013 (12:43 PM).
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i'm sure i've changed a thread title of mine in cc&p recently though..???
Only for about five minutes for mistakes.
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Old May 13th, 2013 (2:01 PM).
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This forum seems pretty nice so far. I don't quite understand why, but it's fun. My only real issue is that I can't ever remember where I asked questions. But a quick search seems to solve that issue.
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Old May 13th, 2013 (8:18 PM).
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I've changed the titles of threads I've made before but I'm sure it was 5 minutes after I made like droomph said.

I guess it's different for these threads.
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Old May 14th, 2013 (7:35 AM).
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Just wondering how the reviving/locking rule will fare? If someone like..decides they want to close their thread because of whatever reason or they are taking a LOA will it just be kept open and die? Maybe something to think about. It is interesting so far.

Also if this takes off..maybe where the about me is on the profile you can put a section (youknowlike.. fav pokemon, friendcode, etc) for a link to your asking-question thread maybe?
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Old May 14th, 2013 (12:50 PM).
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Also if this takes off..maybe where the about me is on the profile you can put a section (youknowlike.. fav pokemon, friendcode, etc) for a link to your asking-question thread maybe?
That sounds like a really good idea to make it much easier to find a particular member. As nice as it is to have a list of everyone in a single thread, if you're new to the forums or just don't visit outside of a few areas and don't know we have this forum (if it stays) might find it through someone's profile since profiles would probably still be the first place you'd go if there was a particular member you wanted to talk to. (As opposed to this forum which feels more like a get-to-know-random-people kind of thing.)
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Just wondering how the reviving/locking rule will fare? If someone like..decides they want to close their thread because of whatever reason or they are taking a LOA will it just be kept open and die? Maybe something to think about. It is interesting so far.

Also if this takes off..maybe where the about me is on the profile you can put a section (youknowlike.. fav pokemon, friendcode, etc) for a link to your asking-question thread maybe?
No matter what the forum, if a member wants their thread locked for any reason, we will lock them, usually under the reason of "at the owner's request" and it's no big deal at all. If they go on LOA and the thread is still open and they didn't ask for it to be locked, I don't think it's a big deal if the thread stays open. People will probably figure out that they're away for a bit or quit caring about their thread and if they do come back, they can bump it and answer the questions they missed. That make any sense? It's midnight here and I'm known to get weird.

I definitely agree with the second part! That'd be very convenient.
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I third having a section in your about me /profile just for your MIC thread. It would be convenient for lesser known members who aren't as active as most others or just any user actually. You can still have a index here , but just for times when you're not browsing this section or visiting a person's profile and just happen to see that thread in their About Me.
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Old May 15th, 2013 (7:30 PM).
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I'm thinking about making it a requirement to name your thread your username, just because its so much easier to navigate. What do you guys think?

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Just wondering how the reviving/locking rule will fare? If someone like..decides they want to close their thread because of whatever reason or they are taking a LOA will it just be kept open and die? Maybe something to think about. It is interesting so far.

Also if this takes off..maybe where the about me is on the profile you can put a section (youknowlike.. fav pokemon, friendcode, etc) for a link to your asking-question thread maybe?
In my opinion, I would much prefer threads to only be locked at the owners request. I don't want to close threads just because someone is taking a LoA. Ideally, I would be okay with locking them at the request of the thread owner, and I would be okay with a thread owner reviving their thread at any point after the thread revival period. I'm not sure when the cutout date would be, but I'd also like to say that I'm okay with thread owners also bumping their own topics after X amount of time. That was actually why I originally came to this thread, to mention that.

What would you guys say to allowing a thread creator to bump their thread after a certain period of time if nobody replied to their thread?

I had thought about requesting an admin to add a field for your MIC thread. I'm all for it.
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But it seems like people are doing fine without them named that. I mean, mine is kind of named after myself, but it would look a bit bland to just see threads with that person's username. I like having a neat name that kind of describes you, but isn't just directing your name. Like vaporeon7's is "Totally a Vaporeon" which I think is straightforward and not...boring. It's unique to him, and still kind of describes him in the thread title. Some others ones are a bit odd. So perhaps a thread title that's relevant to your username, but not exactly your username. I think that would be a good compromise.

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I am fine with this. Maybe say...a month?
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I'm thinking about making it a requirement to name your thread your username, just because its so much easier to navigate. What do you guys think?
I'm pretty sure that's what the username below the thread name is for :p
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To me, it just seems a bit pointless to make your title your username. I mean, for navigational purposes that's fine but if someone if trying to find your thread then they can just ctrl+f your username and find it that way. The only other scenario I can think of is that they don't know what they're looking for, but then they can look around in the threads anyway! Find out about the members! Yeah!

Besides, what if you had a terrible username???????
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I'm thinking about making it a requirement to name your thread your username, just because its so much easier to navigate. What do you guys think?


In my opinion, I would much prefer threads to only be locked at the owners request. I don't want to close threads just because someone is taking a LoA. Ideally, I would be okay with locking them at the request of the thread owner, and I would be okay with a thread owner reviving their thread at any point after the thread revival period. I'm not sure when the cutout date would be, but I'd also like to say that I'm okay with thread owners also bumping their own topics after X amount of time. That was actually why I originally came to this thread, to mention that.

What would you guys say to allowing a thread creator to bump their thread after a certain period of time if nobody replied to their thread?

I had thought about requesting an admin to add a field for your MIC thread. I'm all for it.
The time thing would seriously need to be defined.
I would personally prefer the title being the name thing (Ask Kura anything!).. I dunno.. seems neater to me, but I know people like their own titles.
Maybe we can say people are encouraged to use their username as their title, but don't have to?


Just worried when loads of people start wanting to make threads (not just supporter members) in the main section.


Also are people allowed to set what sort of things you're -not- allowed to ask them in the first post? For example.. I'd prefer to not be asked about my work because.. well.. my contract says I can't say much, especially obviously about things that are unannounced. Just makes me wary.

To be honest, I didn't realize how big I was on my privacy until I had the option here to post a thread. I am open about the things I choose to be open about and not sure how I'd fair otherwise. I figure I might as well give it a shot since I said to you that I wanted to try my own version of this in Other Games/ ChitChat and Polls area.. and it'd be unfair to you not to try a thread so I could see for myself which one I found more fun. This is surprisingly organized (especially people's first posts) so yay, but I think trying it out would still be good. What do you think I should do?
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