Denied [Website & Forums Suggestion] Archiving the General Section of Forums

Would this be more of a continuous thing like the BA/C and Contract forums where threads would be archived when done with, or more of a one-off like with apps?

 

I'd say archive it all. Every thread that is created pre-ECC 2.0 should be separated and we all start from scratch.

 

I'm going to -1 this without prejudice, maybe go as far as to do a soft +0.

While I get the reasoning for the suggestion, some threads shouldn't be archived because they are still relevant or the original owner of the thread might still want to use it for ECC 2.0. For example, my build projects thread is still active and will be active in ECC 2.0. Another famous example is the Staff Guidebook, which is still active as fk, even though ECC 2.0.

I think maybe a better idea would be to archive all threads from general discussion that hasn't been touched in over a year, and any that hasn't been touched between 6-12 months should have the original poster messaged to assess if they want to keep it. And of course, any general discussion thread that is locked should be moved.

That might be convoluted to do, but the bottomline is not every thread in general discussion needs to be archived. Plus, some thread owners might not want them to be archived and might have plans to use them for ECC 2.0 (I personally have at least two, maybe three that I would love to keep off archive since I will still use them).

 

Understandable that some threads are still active but just archive everything and if someone wants their thread to be continued, you can message an admin to either move the thread out of archive or duplicate the thread. I feel it would clear up a ton of unneeded clutter for the new launch. Clearing things up now and giving the 1-2 weeks we have before main reopens to those that are still active enough to want to move any still active threads back out of archive should be sufficient.

 

Honestly the more I think about it...

I really just don't see the point. An active forum and community is ultimately one of the servers biggest draws, and if we just hide away all the old threads, even our most lively forums will look really dead.

It just feels like giving up a major amount of character for like, idk, marginal improvements in organization

 

Maybe tutorials don't fall under "active", but classifieds are definitely one of the most active discussion forums (not counting this one).

I'm not here trying to argue that most of these posts are relevant. I'll concede that they're not. The classified stickies definitely need some care and I support stricter guidelines on stickies.

But pages and pages of threads, tons of which aren't relevant anymore? That's just what forums look like. Every internet forum I've used (and that's quite a bit at this point), looks like this.

I dont think we're going to agree here because we're both debating things you can't accurately quantify -- an amount of additional ease of use for an amount of basically sentimental value.

I just don't think what would be gained, after the overhead and the loss, would really be worthwhile.

 

I did, and I thought when you said "Archive the General Section of the Forums," that General Discussion was also included (I saw the others, but thought I read that General Discussion was included)

To partially change my response and rating, I still am going to +0 this for similar reasons as when I thought you included General Discussion as well. Using Ads as an example now, some people might want to keep their original ad as I can guarantee that there is at least one ad/player who will continue using their ad thread in ECC 2.0. I will be using my ECCMuseum buy thread in ECC 2.0 again, and it would be beneficial to keep the original thread active instead of making a completely new one.

Tutorials you make a great point that they don't seem relevant anymore, but there are some with at least shreds of useful information. I know VMR and SB tutorials will still be useful at this point, and possibly macros. Idk tbh. I know personally I won't be disappointed if this thread gets archived.

Competitions I need to check again. I don't remember if there are any that are still relevant for Clar or not.


+0 the only one that I personally will care about is the ads, but I could kind of care less if the other two get archived or not. And it's going to be a +0 so long as General Discussion doesn't get archived.

 

^^What vid said...its simple few buttons to have a staff member move your post from archive to not archive. I personally don't see how all the classified ads for all these things that nobody has are going to be relevant in 2.0. Posting a new thread or having a staff member bring your thread back to life seems like a valid option.

keeping threads to make the forums look active isn't my idea of an inviting community... if we are an "active forum" then new threads that are relevant to 2.0 will fill those that are being vacated.. if we don't have new threads/actions then maybe we just aren't an "active forum" with character anymore and we are trying to hold onto something that we just aren't anymore.

+1 I think the organization & relevant information is something that will be more beneficial to players as they join ECC 2.0, and tbh less of an eyesore to the forums. It's not like the suggestion is to delete all data and restart forums.

 

We won't be archiving the forum in this way at this time.