Would an Admin email me why that was done?
Friday, September 3, 2004 by CygnusXII | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Is bringing up a On Topic thread from the Past Not allowed?
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Reply #3 Friday, September 3, 2004 12:14 PM
Reply #4 Friday, September 3, 2004 12:16 PM
Oh! well..
CygnusXII kicks his toe on the ground and wanders back off to the Corner where he belongs.
"No Soup For You!"
Reply #5 Friday, September 3, 2004 12:19 PM
I added to it, because I couldn't think of Jafo's thread for music and that is whatcame up on seach of "listen" it had a small post count so I figured that instead of wading through Jafo's thread I added to that one. Some folks music taste have changed and some folks might not want to wade through, several hundreds of posts to contribute to that thread. I also thought it was a nice slice of the past that folks could wade through.
Reply #6 Friday, September 3, 2004 12:27 PM
I said to myself WTF is that icon? I click on the thread and computer chugs for a bit.
Then I get message thread cannot found or is gone or something like that. So I go back to "H" icon and right click on it, and look at it's properties, and it is hidden.gif, so I surmise that thread was Hidden, from Users. Now there are a few reason as to why...
1.Mod doesn't like Loudon Wainwright
2.I was linking to page with lyrics to song and Downloadable version of song
which I believed was Public Domain by Author
3.Mod thought since Jafo post was already going that this one wasn't needed
I had posted similar thread on my own a couple of weeks ago and had it deleted on grounds a prior thread existed, which is why I looked the one in question up.
4. I do not know.
Reply #7 Friday, September 3, 2004 12:41 PM
Reply #8 Friday, September 3, 2004 1:06 PM
I was just hoping for an email, or something, thanks for the interest and help.
Reply #9 Friday, September 3, 2004 1:25 PM
Of course the correct step would be for you to e-mail an admin, not the other way round...
Reply #10 Friday, September 3, 2004 2:00 PM
I understand that there are Several Admins'/Mods. I do not know all of them.
I understand being able to query, the User Profile when their names are seen as a poster of comments, but how do I know who is on Duty? How do I know whichMod effected my post?
Does New Wincustomize 2K5 address this issue? Mod on Duty, whom to Contact and whatnot?
Like a who is active pager, who's online Pinger?
This is why I posted a Generalized Query to the Admin on Duty, in hopes that the one responsible would contact me privately. Whomever it was was quick to whack my post, a response should be as easy, one would like to think.
Once again thank you for your interest and help in resolving this issue.
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Reply #11 Friday, September 3, 2004 2:03 PM
Wasn't me or Koasati it seems. I guess you kinda did the right thing since you don't know who deleted the post, and nor do I.
A cool thing would be a special board where you could post something only for admin eyes, and where you could only see your own posts along with admin replies... if that makes sense. 
Reply #12 Friday, September 3, 2004 2:10 PM
Oh, well I am sure whomever it was will let me know eventually. Thanks
Reply #13 Friday, September 3, 2004 2:11 PM
It wasn't me either. I never saw it. I'm sure the answer will surface as the sun makes its way around our planet. 
Reply #14 Friday, September 3, 2004 2:12 PM
Reply #15 Friday, September 3, 2004 7:38 PM
OK, had a discussion with the admin who did it, and we decided that he probably did the right thing. We can't just let people start reviving old threads. There is already little space for legitimate posts, as they often get pushed off screen by sometimes already a lot of double posts, so maybe it's not a good idea to revive old threads unless there is a really good reason. It probably doesn't matter if it's just one old thread once in a while, but we can't let this become a habbit.
So, that's our new position regarding this.
Reply #16 Friday, September 3, 2004 8:06 PM
Reply #17 Friday, September 3, 2004 8:39 PM
Like I said it was brought to my attention late one evening that creating a duplicate was verboten, and that one was Vanish-ed (which didn't bother me. That is the whole reason I went digging, that and the fact I couldn't (for the life of me) remember the thread to which C♥C is now reffering to me. I also still think in perusing that older thread the china should bring back the Babe Icon, and wonder where the Turkey is and when was its' last appearence?
Thanks Alot Kids...
Reply #18 Friday, September 3, 2004 8:42 PM
I remember when those icons were new and secrets. 
Reply #19 Friday, September 3, 2004 8:45 PM
| 3.Mod thought since Jafo post was already going that this one wasn't needed |
That's probably the most salient theory....
The thread by 'Buzz Hog' [where is he now?] was a quip about the 'coming of age of Wincustomize' [one HAD to have a 'listening-to' thread to be a legitimate website].
At a similar vintage I posted the 'People will hit me, but....' which was the same thing, albeit an attempt to liven up the early message board which was in its infancy and not well patronized.
The latter is still around, the former passed into irrelevancy.
As for wading through a long thread....one can jump to its end with the '>>' arrows....[or to the beginning with their opposites].
The old thread needn't have been removed, but also its revival would set an unwanted precedence where the nostalgia value was outweighed by confusion of time-line which happens often even with less aged revivals...
Reply #20 Friday, September 3, 2004 8:45 PM
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Reply #1 Friday, September 3, 2004 12:05 PM