Dealing with bumping.

2005-01-16 02:33:35 pm

I post this announcement so there wont be any confusion if this situation would occur:

We (the forum management) will from now on delete bumpings, and the topic will go back to its previous state. The bumper will probably receive a warning-PM. I advise you not to reply with mini-modding for several reasons, one is because it's against the rules, but also because it can create confusion. However, if a moderator is late and if a conversation regarding the actual topic takes shape again, it'll be left alone.

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Izo

2005-01-16 03:45:38 pm

soaking through

I'm guessing that mini-modding thing is because of me. Sorry. >.>

EDIT: Btw, you spelt management wrong.

arkarian

2005-01-16 03:47:40 pm

red chamber dream

Nah, I know I've done some too. Sorry from here as well. I'll try not to do it anymore.

radu242

2005-01-16 03:52:05 pm

Ummm....what's mini-modding?

Izo

2005-01-16 03:56:03 pm

soaking through

Someone who's not a mod telling someone off/pointing out a rules violation. I suggest you read the rules before posting, seeing as that itself is a rule.

Toozin

2005-01-19 01:04:07 am

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

Go team!

trh

2005-01-19 05:45:49 am

- You're late?
- A hero is always late.

^_^

Sasuke_Kun

(user is banned)

2005-05-09 07:50:51 am

Are bumping and gravedigging the same thing? They are both against the rules in all forums, but if not what's the difference?

Yoshi348

2005-05-09 11:11:24 am

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Ready and willing.

Thank God that was a valid bump, otherwise we'd have a major irony problem on our hands.

And yes, bumping = gravedigging.

mangadood

2005-05-09 04:52:48 pm

Too many fangirls to count

There has been worse irony, anyways. Rolling Eyes

Ekarderif

2005-05-09 05:37:40 pm

Are you making fun of my blank post? Evil or Very Mad

mangadood

2005-05-09 06:11:33 pm

Too many fangirls to count

I didn't say that.

Sasuke_Kun

(user is banned)

2005-05-10 03:53:53 am

Quote from Yoshi348:

Thank God that was a valid bump, otherwise we'd have a major irony problem on our hands.

And yes, bumping = gravedigging.

Thank you for sharing your infinite forum wisdom.

supermpaddict

2005-07-14 11:41:16 pm

What the heck is gravedigging? Embarassed

arkarian

2005-07-14 11:58:26 pm

red chamber dream

Read the topic...it's the exact same thing as bumping.

tomatobob

2005-07-15 12:34:07 am

One shall stand, one shall ball.

I always considered gravedigging bumping really old topics, while bumping was just old topics.

arkarian

2005-07-15 12:37:08 am

red chamber dream

Yeah, but it's all the same to me.

SABERinBLUE

2005-07-15 01:44:30 am

Cook of the Sea

Bump!

Mr. Aran

2005-07-15 01:46:15 am

everybody knows it's true

Bomping a topic that has been replied to 67 minutes ago doesn't qualify as a bump.

Sasuke_Kun

(user is banned)

2005-07-15 05:11:34 am

I would, but I'll probably get in trouble.

Wait, I know!

...Bonk! Laughing

OK, that wasn't really as much fun as I would've hoped. But I have another question. If gravedigging isn't allowed, why aren't all older topics just locked to prevent it?

Red Scarlet

2005-07-15 06:58:48 am

I('d) like to watch (some MP3 runs)

If what is posted is very relavent/important to the topic, then it's usually ok. If it's just a random post, then it isn't.

Like say the 21% MP topic wasn't replied to for a year, then someone stopped and posted the solution to Geo Core next year, that would be ok. I think that's why, or the mods are lazy.

Sasuke_Kun

(user is banned)

2005-07-15 07:36:53 am

That would make sense...I guess everyone's lazy to a certain extent.

arkarian

2005-07-15 12:46:02 pm

red chamber dream

Going through and locking all the old topics would be a waste of time. They can just sit how they are, and plus, if someone has something relevant to post, they can bump it.

Sasuke_Kun

(user is banned)

2005-07-18 04:39:29 am

Fair enough. I guess locking is just reserved for useless topics rather than old ones. I know one site that actually had a topic showing all the topics they locked for being useless, to enforce the rules on making topics. It was quite handy.

Spectere

2005-07-18 05:18:04 am

Quote from Arkarian:

Going through and locking all the old topics would be a waste of time.

IIRC, there is a phpBB mod that will automatically lock all threads older than X days. I wouldn't advise getting anything like that, however, because it doesn't leave much room for moderator discression. It could ultimately wind up hurting topics such as the aforementioned 21% topic. If anyone wants to contribute information on that topic in the future, and it were locked, odds are they'd end up creating a whole new thread. When valuable information ends up getting split into several different threads it could wind up making things more disorganized.

Then you'll always get the group that I like to call "Ikonbumpers"*, who will continually bump a thread to prevent it from being locked by the mod.

*I derived the term from an old Ikonboard that I used to visit (Introversion software's, to be precise -- they have since switched to phpBB). Ikonboard didn't support sticky threads (it still might not support them; I'm not really sure) so users would continually bump threads to keep them on top. It was really REALLY annoying for everyone involved.

[quote="Arkarian"]Going through and locking all the old topics would be a waste of time.[/quote]
IIRC, there is a phpBB mod that will automatically lock all threads older than X days.  I wouldn't advise getting anything like that, however, because it doesn't leave much room for moderator discression.  It could ultimately wind up hurting topics such as the aforementioned 21% topic.  If anyone wants to contribute information on that topic in the future, and it were locked, odds are they'd end up creating a whole new thread.  When valuable information ends up getting split into several different threads it could wind up making things more disorganized.

Then you'll always get the group that I like to call "Ikonbumpers"*, who will continually bump a thread to prevent it from being locked by the mod.

*I derived the term from an old Ikonboard that I used to visit (Introversion software's, to be precise -- they have since switched to phpBB).  Ikonboard didn't support sticky threads (it still might not support them; I'm not really sure) so users would continually bump threads to keep them on top.  It was really REALLY annoying for everyone involved.