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Quote from: JimOnMars on 03/31/2021 02:18 amQuote from: freddo411 on 03/31/2021 01:02 amI voted noEvery so often a newbie like Nomad shows up. A prescribed system of special, blessed update people will prevent/discourage wonderful sources from participating. Less is moreThe best moderator is NO moderatorBut this isn't the question.Currently there is a moderator who works his/her butt off to delete all these non-update posts.Nobody (except a rare few) seem to be asking to get rid of this moderator. Hip tip...won't happen.The question is to the manner of deletion. Either delete before the post (i.e. never let it happen in the first place) or delete after the post. Many people think that getting their posts deleted within minutes is the best way to welcome new members. Nothing says "Welcome brother! Welcome sister!" better than a big, fat DELETE.Personally, I think that's nuts. Just me, I guess.. Sorry I didn’t really mean to get rid of the moderation scheme that is currently used here.I meant to imply that we should not have barriers for normal people posting into any threads. In other words moderation in a broad context.
Quote from: freddo411 on 03/31/2021 01:02 amI voted noEvery so often a newbie like Nomad shows up. A prescribed system of special, blessed update people will prevent/discourage wonderful sources from participating. Less is moreThe best moderator is NO moderatorBut this isn't the question.Currently there is a moderator who works his/her butt off to delete all these non-update posts.Nobody (except a rare few) seem to be asking to get rid of this moderator. Hip tip...won't happen.The question is to the manner of deletion. Either delete before the post (i.e. never let it happen in the first place) or delete after the post. Many people think that getting their posts deleted within minutes is the best way to welcome new members. Nothing says "Welcome brother! Welcome sister!" better than a big, fat DELETE.Personally, I think that's nuts. Just me, I guess.
I voted noEvery so often a newbie like Nomad shows up. A prescribed system of special, blessed update people will prevent/discourage wonderful sources from participating. Less is moreThe best moderator is NO moderator
Post, DELETE, Post, DELETE, Post, DELETE, Post, DELETE...why do you want this?Why is deleting people's posts not a barrier?
No - Absolutely notIf we're going to start gate-keeping here, why not just drop the pretence and make the site read-only except to L2 members and verified aerospace professionals?
The question is to the manner of deletion. Either delete before the post (i.e. never let it happen in the first place) or delete after the post. Many people think that getting their posts deleted within minutes is the best way to welcome new members. Nothing says "Welcome brother! Welcome sister!" better than a big, fat DELETE.
My vote is for a a warning or a checkbox (are you sure this is an update, plz post questions in <link> thread)
Quote from: capoman on 03/30/2021 08:10 pmPossibly the only limitation I can see is minimum number of posts such as 100 posts or something similar. Many of the people making the mistake are new to the forums and don't fully understand the rules as many other forums do not have these types of posting rules. Veteran posters do occasionally make this mistake also (including myself), but usually remove it as soon as they realize the mistake. It's easy to make this mistake due to the number of threads many of us have open due to the limited scope of threads. But I think a certain amount of experience in the forum is the best way to handle this.Edit: if a new user does have a useful update, they could always post in the discussion area for a veteran or mod to repost in updates.Not sure if a post limit is the way to go. Highly knowledgeable users or actual industry users who don't post often will be left out. In my experience new users will start posting rubish or barely passable posts to reach 100 posts as soon as possible.
Possibly the only limitation I can see is minimum number of posts such as 100 posts or something similar. Many of the people making the mistake are new to the forums and don't fully understand the rules as many other forums do not have these types of posting rules. Veteran posters do occasionally make this mistake also (including myself), but usually remove it as soon as they realize the mistake. It's easy to make this mistake due to the number of threads many of us have open due to the limited scope of threads. But I think a certain amount of experience in the forum is the best way to handle this.Edit: if a new user does have a useful update, they could always post in the discussion area for a veteran or mod to repost in updates.
Lots of good suggestions. As of right now I'm not sure we have an easy technical way to implement some of them. I like the big popup but I myself don't know how to do it... (not to be confused with can't be done!!!) I REALLY like the suggestion to "make clicking on “quote” on an Updates post bring you to the Discussion page by default..." so far no one who's looked at it has sorted out how to do it.