paul howells
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who is deleting oldtimer and why
deleting
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Can only be a moderator surely.....his Dyno post vanished off 4rs forum for a week strange...presume you are referring to the Ninemeister Dyno Day? Pity can't make the weekend single parent.....
paul howells
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Hi Nic
thanks
It says on this section 993rs,both rolling road sessions deleted because of repeat/multiple posts!
thanks
It says on this section 993rs,both rolling road sessions deleted because of repeat/multiple posts!
paul howells
New member
why?
What great reason can there be!
What great reason can there be!
pae
New member
I think that's my posts you're referring to. Yes I did multiple post for a very simple reason...
The event was in Sussex, so I put it on thr R23 forum, but being a RR day I thought there'd be specific interest from the GT3, 993RS and 964RS community, regardless of their location in the UK. So I posted it to all. The event was then cancelled so I again posted it to all.
Interestingly the original multiple post survived the purge, but obviously when I multiple posted the cancellation notice it was picked up and the whole thread was deleted except for ther one on R23.
I queried it with Admin, who stated that the post was deleted because it was multiple posted across forums. My comment that the original post wasn't deleted - and hence others may have made a note in their diaries of the event - but would not now be able to see the cancellation (hence possibly a wasted trip) was not answered....
How do we publicise events that have specific interest to certain forums? Or do we multiple post but write the text sufficiently different it gets past the scrutineers? What a palaver.
I note that the Bowood cancellation is multiple posted, should I report that?
Phil
paul howells
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JCB what a smart ass,i wish i was as clever as you!
If there is a common interest across the registers,why not have a multiple post,what is the matter with the club,its almost as bad as 300 words.
May be people are not busy enough,to just sit around watch and act on such items as this in such a negative way.
I think better effort can be put into club communications dont you!!
If there is a common interest across the registers,why not have a multiple post,what is the matter with the club,its almost as bad as 300 words.
May be people are not busy enough,to just sit around watch and act on such items as this in such a negative way.
I think better effort can be put into club communications dont you!!
SimonExtreme
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Totally agree with Paul. It is clear from questions asked that people do not, in general, read all the forums and therefore posting the same information on various forums is appropriate or even needed.
It seems strange to me to delete them as they don't actually take a lot of disk space. Even stranger is that personal insults get left but double posts that benefit members seem to be the biggest crime[
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It seems strange to me to delete them as they don't actually take a lot of disk space. Even stranger is that personal insults get left but double posts that benefit members seem to be the biggest crime[
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JCB..
Non-member
Not that smart Paul it's just forum policy not to spam posts across different forums and I normally try to not to be too busy at 10 to 10 on Friday nights as it avoids getting wound up over nothing.
I quite agree that the communications could be better but starting a dialogue calling someone a smart ass is probably not the way to go about improving things.
JCB..
SimonExtreme
New member
JCB
I can totally understand a no spamming policy but spam is meant to be something of no use or interest. As I have said above, it is clear that people do not read all the forums and therefore if there something that is of interest to more than one forum, surely that isn't spam and should be allowed to stay. Posting it in the general section would be an alternative, but then it is just as likely to get missed.
I can totally understand a no spamming policy but spam is meant to be something of no use or interest. As I have said above, it is clear that people do not read all the forums and therefore if there something that is of interest to more than one forum, surely that isn't spam and should be allowed to stay. Posting it in the general section would be an alternative, but then it is just as likely to get missed.
paul howells
New member
The problem was your communication ref to this was a smart ass communication and not what i asked for !This a generic problem with in the club at the moment,and it needs resolving.
This the place for the enthusiasts and policies such as this are not that usefull to us,so i would suggest a review is in order so that these sort of posts can be allowed when needed.Its not like its a common occurance on this site.
So instead of acting first, may be consult the register,to see if its relevant!
I have to say nic was very polite and helpfull in his reply!
And mr bond yours was not!
This the place for the enthusiasts and policies such as this are not that usefull to us,so i would suggest a review is in order so that these sort of posts can be allowed when needed.Its not like its a common occurance on this site.
So instead of acting first, may be consult the register,to see if its relevant!
I have to say nic was very polite and helpfull in his reply!
And mr bond yours was not!
I think it is useful to know about events and usually check certain forums rather than read every one. I wouldn't consider it spam, just a useful post.
Seems a shame that people have to be critical about someone trying to help or worse still make a decision as to whether things are suitable etc. A little common sense and a positive attitude toward people would help.
Seems a shame that people have to be critical about someone trying to help or worse still make a decision as to whether things are suitable etc. A little common sense and a positive attitude toward people would help.
JCB..
Non-member
ORIGINAL: SimonExtreme
Totally agree with Paul. It is clear from questions asked that people do not, in general, read all the forums and therefore posting the same information on various forums is appropriate or even needed.
It seems strange to me to delete them as they don't actually take a lot of disk space. Even stranger is that personal insults get left but double posts that benefit members seem to be the biggest crime[
Simon
Most forum software has a automatic feature to delete duplicate posts. It doesn't discriminate between fact and insult.
JCB..
JCB..
Non-member
Paul
Your post
can hardly be held up as a shining example either!
My smart ass 'one liner' wasn't too constructive I know but it isn't a million miles from the truth. The answer to both is to link to the original.
http://www.porscheclubgbforum.com/tm.asp?m=180544&mpage=1&key=ð¬Ž
Perhaps this is more to your liking Mr Howells? [
]JCB..
pae
New member
Perhaps I've misunderstood this, but do you mean that in cases like this we still create multiple posts across all interested registers, but we place a link rather than simply re-write the same text? Is that a saving in any way?
Or might it be described as shunting the interested reader around the forum to find the information, whilst still generating as many threads to do it. Some improvement!
It's like an electronic call-centre! - I wonder how many links you could create to divert readers before you led them, eventually, to the interesting bit. A new forum game [
] []Phil
Fred Hindle
New member
A possible way around the problem of multiple posts when it is possibly of interest to a number of regions / registers is to email the ROs etc with the details so they can cut n paste and post on their forum.
Just a thought.
Cheers,
Just a thought.
Cheers,
JCB..
Non-member
ORIGINAL: pae
Perhaps I've misunderstood this, but do you mean that in cases like this we still create multiple posts across all interested registers, but we place a link rather than simply re-write the same text? Is that a saving in any way?
Or might it be described as shunting the interested reader around the forum to find the information, whilst still generating as many threads to do it. Some improvement!
It's like an electronic call-centre! - I wonder how many links you could create to divert readers before you led them, eventually, to the interesting bit. A new forum game [
Phil
Phil
I don't actually administer this site I'm merely commenting on my observations of this and other systems but that is normally how people direct readers of a particular thread to another thread that would be of interest. If you also archive forums then space and the amount of data does become an issue.
JCB..
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