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Offline Rodent57

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Why LOCK a flame baiting violation of Rule #4...
« on: February 09, 2018, 02:39:38 PM »
Sincere question.   

If its an ROE violation, why not simply eliminate it. 

The violation is still very visible, and reprehensible.

Just wondering.

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Re: Why LOCK a flame baiting violation of Rule #4...
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2018, 03:37:24 PM »
I'm not touchINg this with a ten-foot pole.   :bolt:
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Re: Why LOCK a flame baiting violation of Rule #4...
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2018, 03:38:35 PM »
From what I remember, Skuzzy said deleting threads interferes with the search/load functions of the forum software.

At least that is the way I remember it.
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Re: Why LOCK a flame baiting violation of Rule #4...
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2018, 03:58:44 PM »
OK

Just seems counter productive when we are trying to bolster the number of players.
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Re: Why LOCK a flame baiting violation of Rule #4...
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2018, 04:00:04 PM »
From what I remember, Skuzzy said deleting threads interferes with the search/load functions of the forum software.

At least that is the way I remember it.

But you would not have need to delete the whole thread, just the message ;)
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Re: Why LOCK a flame baiting violation of Rule #4...
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2018, 04:06:31 PM »
Also,   What is the deeper meanINg  of the capitalized "IN"? 

Frankly it loses its force if it isn't understood by the reader.

I can come up with LOTS of inferred meanings (Most of which would be rude for me to write, so I won't). :uhoh
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Re: Why LOCK a flame baiting violation of Rule #4...
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2018, 04:13:36 PM »
Also,   What is the deeper meanINg  of the capitalized "IN"? 

Frankly it loses its force if it isn't understood by the reader.

I can come up with LOTS of inferred meanings (Most of which would be rude for me to write, so I won't). :uhoh

Some people think its a cute way to say "IN before the lock!"

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Re: Why LOCK a flame baiting violation of Rule #4...
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2018, 05:46:23 PM »
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Re: Why LOCK a flame baiting violation of Rule #4...
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2018, 05:48:27 PM »
Some people think its a cute way to say "IN before the lock!"

Correct.

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Re: Why LOCK a flame baiting violation of Rule #4...
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2018, 06:06:14 PM »
Yes indeed Fugitive.



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Re: Why LOCK a flame baiting violation of Rule #4...
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2018, 06:09:55 PM »
SMF should allow you to hide threads, which could be done to threads that have been locked for rules violations.
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Re: Why LOCK a flame baiting violation of Rule #4...
« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2018, 06:17:49 PM »
Through SMF, you should also be able to rebuild the database after thread purging to allow for the search feature to accurately display results. It’s been a very long time since I last used SMF. I use Vbulletin for all of my communities.


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Re: Why LOCK a flame baiting violation of Rule #4...
« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2018, 06:30:48 PM »
Through SMF, you should also be able to rebuild the database after thread purging to allow for the search feature to accurately display results. It’s been a very long time since I last used SMF. I use Vbulletin for all of my communities.


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Why do we still have a thread titled "Open Beta Test"?  We don't have anything like that for AHII.
The last post from there was 2 years ago.  Get rid of it.

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Re: Why LOCK a flame baiting violation of Rule #4...
« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2018, 07:09:14 PM »
Why do we still have a thread titled "Open Beta Test"?  We don't have anything like that for AHII.
The last post from there was 2 years ago.  Get rid of it.

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Re: Why LOCK a flame baiting violation of Rule #4...
« Reply #14 on: February 09, 2018, 07:10:57 PM »
Yes but seeing any content in a locked thread is cheap entertainment.
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