Question: How dose a thread become a sticky thread

[yOur.smelly]

I was just wondering can any thread become a sticky thread and if they can how can one qualify im just wondering lol

 

[Sajuuk]

A sticky thread is just an ordinary thread, but one that a mod or admin that docked to the top of that forum section. For a thread to be stickied, it has to have a lot of good information, like member FAQ's and such.

Threads that don't meet such standards don't get stuck.

Hope this helps. And btw, only a moderator or administrator can sticky threads.

 

[bit.trip void]

The mod of that section chooses I think, and stickies it.

And as Spey said, only mods and above can sticky things. :3

 

[Ninja Caterpie]

It's gotta be an important thread, basically.

 

[Ineffable~]

Aren't stickies also unable to be closed?

Also, it doesn't necessarily have to be important. Like, that one thread called "Don't Let the Mod Say Anything" is stickied. So is the Daily Chit-Chat. So it could just be something popular that has a lot of posts or something people want to find quickly. Of course, rules are also stickied.

 

[Gummy]

[jq]Aren't stickies also unable to be closed?[/jq]

As a matter of fact, there are many stickied Rule threads that are closed so members don't make pointless comments.

 

[Ivysaur]

Aren't stickies also unable to be closed?

They can be revived anytime, and thus can't be closed of they are revived after a month, but that's all. The staff can close them whenever they feel like it, with a proper reason.

 

[Chibi-chan]

Usually Stickies aren't closed but overridden due to updates.
As Went said, the Other Roleplay Discussion sticky was dead for about a year...just got revived a month ago.

An example of a normal thread becoming stickied is the Post Your Problems thread. There were so many help/advice threads in OC that it was better if there was one continuing thread to remove the clutter...and so it was stickied.

 

[Ineffable~]

They can be revived anytime, and thus can't be closed of they are revived after a month, but that's all. The staff can close them whenever they feel like it, with a proper reason.

Well, yes, that's what I meant. I knew there were closed rule threads. :P

 

[Ninja Caterpie]

Aren't stickies also unable to be closed?

Also, it doesn't necessarily have to be important. Like, that one thread called "Don't Let the Mod Say Anything" is stickied. So is the Daily Chit-Chat. So it could just be something popular that has a lot of posts or something people want to find quickly. Of course, rules are also stickied.

First off, I said "basically".

Secondly, that is the most-played game in the Other Trivia section. How's that not important? 8D

 

[DrCoolSanta]

Just answer the girl, thats what you are concerned with, stop arguing or even being defensive on pointless issues.

A sticky is just a thread that a moderator or any person of authority deems worthy of being on the top of the list of all the threads. Stickies are not suppose to be important threads, they don't have to be informative or FAQs, these can just be some experienced users opinion which the mod wants everyone to see and comment on.
A sticky could just be an announcement regarding the specific topic of discussion, or even a thread for discussions.

 

[Cherrim]

I kind of want to sticky this thread just to confuse all the people who're certain that we only stick important threads but I can't be bothered, haha.

But yeah, what... everyone else said. We stick the important and informative threads that are useful and need to be found quickly and occasionally, popular threads. We don't usually stray from these two kinds of sticky threads but whatever is stuck, it's probably a good idea to make note of it because the mods stuck it for a reason.

And now there aren't really any replies that can come from this that aren't reiterations of all the previous points so imma lock.