Admin Contact Cleaning

[Ghan_04]

Greetings, Hive members.

I have recently archived all threads older than 7 days that were in the Admin Contact area. I plan to possibly delete these threads sometime in the future. If you had an issue that has not been resolved, but was sitting in that forum for over a week, please go post there about it again (you can reference the existing thread instead of explaining everything over) and we can hopefully get that taken care of. Thanks for your cooperation.

 

[Vengeancekael]

The Hive is still alive.

 

[Kimbo]

..Umm..yes.. But quite afew Admin contact issues I assume arnt simply 1 situation things, but much rather logs, ongoing issues and discussion :|..

 

[Ghan_04]

> But quite afew Admin contact issues I assume arnt simply 1 situation things, but much rather logs, ongoing issues and discussion :|..

That's why I'm posting this. I don't know of any of that kind of thing myself, but if there are some of those, then those people can just let me know.

 

[Kimbo]

I just think all threads can conclude to other situations, the threads themselves are logs, records and the very history of hive and certain users... Deleting them due to date/time is like deleting chat reports or such that are old :|...

 

[Fussiler1]

Holy.. It's Ghan, O_O

Anyways, good job!

 

[Devine]

WOW this is great news, everyone!

 

[Pyritie]

I don't really get the point of deleting old threads >__> Archiving, sure, but deleting?

 

[General Frank]

They are in a safe spot, but deleting is the wrong term for it, since Ralle hates and does not like thread to be deleted.

 

[Ghan_04]

I had the idea that it might help by cleaning out the database a bit. But I agree that it is probably a better idea to keep them around as an archive. So no deletions.

The archive forum should be accessible by everyone but it is read-only - you cannot post there.

 

[PurplePoot]

What's the point in this case? They are still there, only now people have to contact you elsewhere to revive an old thread which allowed them to contact you.

 

[Vosty]

Whoah! Ghan still works here?
Like Purplepoot says, this really makes no sense. There are way more different forums that could be cleaned up besides that one.

 

[Mr. Bob]

So basically, the forums we made are now locked unless we ask for them to be unlocked.

 

[Miz]

What's the point in this case? They are still there, only now people have to contact you elsewhere to revive an old thread which allowed them to contact you.

The point I assume is to clean out the Admin CP so the Staff can actually see which threads have been unsolved and be helped more quickly.

 

[Devine]

The point I assume is to clean out the Admin CP so the Staff can actually see which threads have been unsolved and be helped more quickly.

Threads are sorted by the time of the last post. If a thread is active, it'll get posted in. That way the active thread will always be on top of the list as long as it's being posted in. So the important threads are always on top of the list. So you're wrong.

 

[Miz]

Threads are sorted by the time of the last post. If a thread is active, it'll get posted in. That way the active thread will always be on top of the list as long as it's being posted in.

As I said it was just an assumption...
Yes, active threads will always be at the top of the list, doesn't mean your topic will be seen if it isn't responded to because then it isn't active.

I feel this is still a rationalized decision, (I don't see why people are so against it), especially since I feel it makes things more streamline for the admins and it might just help new users get assistance faster. For if they don't get an answer quickly they might feel helpless which is not what you want in a community.

Regardless, Ghan is an admin so I assume he saw all the threads being in one forum as a problem and sought a way to clean up the forum (it may not be the best method but its a start) so that threads, like I said before, don't just get left behind and questions aren't answered.

Anyway, hoping not to start a debate, its not like this is a major change, most of us don't even see the Admin contact or barely view it at all except when we need something answered.

 

[Mr. Bob]

I'm not against it. I just don't see the point.