Omg MjhaL, I never assumed that I am right but that idea simply was... :roll: Nevermind. It appears that you are taking me far too seriously. I wasn't meaning it in an offensive way. :lol: Here, I take it back. Your idea was a bit strange and I'm sorry if I sounded rude.
And this whole "admins and mods have the power" stuff is sooo formal around here and is taken completely upside-down. Mods aren't to be taken like college teachers, spoken in an extremely formal way and stuff like that. Nobody minds of course, but it's not necessary. Through respect I understand users respecting an authority's decisions (not suggestions
). If I say that icon x is not good for being just a plain recolor => doesn't follow site's standards, I'm doing it for the sake of the site and so, we shouldn't start arguing about that.
Even though many people from here have something with warcraft 3 campaigns, the atmosphere there is friendly between mods and users. After all, we are of close ages (I think so...). The only difference is that we, as moderators, have to set things right. And when there is something wrong with a post being offensive or inappropriate (NOT referring to your post, don't get me wrong please) or a resource being low quality or simply offensive, we have to take action.
So again, sorry if I sounded harsh or something in my last post, I didn't mean it that way. Ok, I'll comment the stuff you posted lastly (more appropriate this time xD).
The problem with disk space RIGHT NOW will probably be solved by the administration by removing stuff. After this crisis is solved we DEFINITELY have to take action and start lowering the database. Craps are not needed through diversity because craps never help. Did I sound harsh again?
Always ther are other ways to get some free MB`s, if you ask people to remove their crap resorce some people will do it (I guess about 2% of wc3sear.ch users
)
Indeed... funny thing this attitude. We all want to help as long as we don't have to delete our own resources. There isn't much we can do about the old resources, as in ask the author to fix them, because they may not be around anymore (example: The_Raven) but there are people who even though posted something last week and I ask them to modify it, they say something like "you do it if you're so smart". The problem here is in masses attitude. Everyone simply wants to see his resource, no matter how big or small it is, on the site. This isn't a competition. This is about sharing something truly useful and preferably quality. That's what our database is about.
Torrents are a big nono. I, for example, have a problem with ports and am unable to download from torrents.
Maybe it would be faster to just remove crap resorces then thinking about some other solution.
Good! Now question number two: "what do you understand through crap?". Because by today's standards, our opinion doesn't matter but site's rules which ironically are made by us too. If a resource follows the rules and it is deleted because a certain problem was avoided and exploited, it's not like every little resource should stay. And the "if his resource stays, then so does mine" stuff is also used around here frequently.
We need to rethink our system, come with new standards, and then start to delete stuff. And guys, if you think that it's our fault here... Well, maybe it is. After all, we are human and our system may not be perfect. But I have a feeling that the stuff I mentioned above are also somewhere around the fault-system.
I know I haven't been extremely active lately, and it wasn't because I didn't have time. It was because I no longer felt good around here. I no longer feel wc3sear.ch as my home, like I used to, and I simply do not understand why. I want it to get back to its former glory, but for that... some changes have to be done. Since everyone shrugs or blames someone else... nothing has been done by now. I will try to involve more into finding the right solutions for the sake of this site, and help put an end tho this crisis.
~Daelin
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