I don't understand why things have to be manually done.
How would VB know what should go out of general software/hardware into something like operating systems?
I don't understand why things have to be manually done.
So you do a keyword search on cooling and overclocking and you move those to their threads. Then you search for "build" and move those. The rest you leave on General Hardware. If an inactive thread pops up (by latest post) on the wrong forum, a mod can simply move it. This way the ones that pop up can get sorted out correctly and it won't require mods to move 80k+ threads.
On some forums that's the case, but it's not a very flexible system - and it wouldn't help one bit with all the rearranging.if the thread hasnt had a post for lets say 1 month then it gets an auto lock to stop people from posting in them. Just an idea.
Can it? There's at least a few threads in communication / AIM that I would've thought belong in the social lounge rather than applications.Communication/AIM can be moved to Applications (basically renamed).
The key words you've used there are "better performing" - but you've come to completely the wrong conclusion here. Better performing forums aren't better performing because they've got more sections. Better performing forums have more sections because they're better performing! If I go ahead and create a forum with one section that a few people use, fair enough. If I then go ahead and create 20 more sections to split it up better and attract more people, it's just going to make the thing look sparse, not make it bigger...!I'm sorry, but you should look around at other better-performing forums. This is not too many categories by a long shot, David. Plus, if you factor in some of the condensing we talked about AFTER I posted that picture, there's a few less categories, after that.
It does strike me that while a lot of members seem to be for this switch, a lot of the mods / David don't seem to be so keen...
couldn't agree more.. So personally, before we post anything else or continue arguing about the details and practicalities, I think we should wait for David to come in and give a definite stance on whether this is going ahead.
How would VB know what should go out of general software/hardware into something like operating systems?
If it is not done right then how will it be any different to the way it is?
Can it? There's at least a few threads in communication / AIM that I would've thought belong in the social lounge rather than applications.
"I know pretty much nothing about computers..."
"Problems, no clue where to start"
"Acer Aspire one problem"
"Still having issues with my set up!!! "
These are a few thread titles just on the 2nd page of general computer help. What keywords are going to get these threads into their correct sections Joga? There would be thousands of other threads just like this. Surely you don't expect to be able to search for "processor" and have all the processor related threads ready to move into the processor forum? I really don't think you are thinking about this too deeply.
Exactly!How do you know they aren't general software without opening the thread and looking at them?
With the utmost respect, your logic and reasoning here seems to, by your own admission, be based on assumptions that you haven't yet even attempted to validate. I find it difficult to believe such a general script exists because of all the problems outlined above. You just couldn't make something that worked well with every forum out there, there'd be too many problems and as such you'd spend years coding something that didn't quite work as it should.Why would VB make it so difficult (which everyone is making it sound like) to rearrange a forum? THAT is what I'm talking about. I have no idea...I don't use VB...I've never seen the guts and code. I've only seen it on this side. Ya know? I'm just saying that I find it hard to believe rearranging this stuff is SUPER difficult and SUPER time consuming, since you would've thought VB would take that into consideration when they designed their software/code.
(Delete->)General(<-Delete)
(Delete->)Technical(<-Delete)
(Delete->)Webhosting(<-Delete) (replace with the following:->)
Hardware
-> General Hardware
-> System Building/Upgrading
-> Overclocking/Cooling
-> Modding
-> Galleries
Software
->General Software
->Operating Systems
->Applications
->Security/Anti-Virus
->Programming
Networking/Internet
->Servers and Home/Office Networking
->Web Programming/Design/Review/Hosting
General
->Social Lounge
->CF Comments/Suggestions
->Buy/Sell/Trade
Since my suggestion about waiting for David seems to have been ignored...!
Exactly!
"I know pretty much nothing about computers..."...but want to learn how to build / upgrade my own
"Problems, no clue where to start"...can't seem to get my overclock stable
"Acer Aspire one problem"...keeps locking up when overclocked
"Still having issues with my set up!!! "...tried to mod the case and it fell apart
The above could ALL (ok possibly with the exception of the last) be possible topics for the thread. The problems don't end there, would automated tagging put a title like "Overclocking a core 2 processor" in processors or overclocking? Surely it matches both keywords? And as I pointed out above, this is all BEFORE you get to matching keywords that haven't been spelled correctly and suchlike...
Once again - I stand firmly by the point that you're vastly underestimating the size of the task at hand here. Yes you could sort them with a 20% success rate (perhaps if you're lucky) or dump them all in an archived section, but that's not doing the job properly!