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Post by Ymbert Montgomery on Aug 30, 2019 22:19:56 GMT
How do people feel if I delete threads as they get incorporated into the main rulebook? Might make this forum a bit less chaotic!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2019 22:27:59 GMT
That sounds good. Could you also group the current month's postings into one folder per month?
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Post by Ymbert Montgomery on Aug 30, 2019 22:39:59 GMT
That sounds good. Could you also group the current month's postings into one folder per month? Not sure how to do that. (Still finding my feet with Proboards). Any idea?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2019 22:54:37 GMT
Not a clue
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Post by gaston on Aug 30, 2019 23:04:16 GMT
I think what Turgul means is that rather than each character having a personal thread in the 'Gentlemanly Communication' forum, each turn you open a new thread for the month (eg 'Gentlemanly Communications April 1631') and everyone posts their April press in this.
The problem with the personal threads is that it's not always clear what month a post is refering to - and this will only get worse as time goes on.
If you remove player permissions to create threads on that forum, so that they can only post in threads you create, the personal threads will wither on the vine and all posts will start to go into the monthly threads - making it a lot easier to keep track of everything which is going on.
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Post by Ymbert Montgomery on Aug 30, 2019 23:15:47 GMT
I think what Turgul means is that rather than each character having a personal thread in the 'Gentlemanly Communication' forum, each turn you open a new thread for the month (eg 'Gentlemanly Communications April 1631') and everyone posts their April press in this. The problem with the personal threads is that it's not always clear what month a post is refering to - and this will only get worse as time goes on. If you remove player permissions to create threads on that forum, so that they can only post in threads you create, the personal threads will wither on the vine and all posts will start to go into the monthly threads - making it a lot easier to keep track of everything which is going on. Hmm. I think I agree that it's becoming an increasing issue, but I'm not sure I want to stop player permissions entirely. I like the fact that people can choose to communicate freely; it makes things feel vibrant. As a suggested alternative, what if I start moving threads to an archive after each turn? That will allow all posts in that forum to stay current. (And changing the forum name is easy enough so I can add the right date to it each time).
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Post by mochnant on Aug 30, 2019 23:43:58 GMT
I do like that the threads are open for various uses. I find the single threads to be harder to follow.
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Post by Ymbert Montgomery on Aug 31, 2019 0:18:55 GMT
I've tried tidying up Gentlemanly Communications so everything in it is for the upcoming turn. If people like what I've done there I can look at doing something similar with other boards.
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Post by Ymbert Montgomery on Aug 31, 2019 0:20:11 GMT
If people want to have one personal thread for things that come up every month (like Dieudonné Lachapelle's thread to advertise his church services) I think that's fine.
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Post by huillaume on Aug 31, 2019 10:13:32 GMT
I think what Turgul means is that rather than each character having a personal thread in the 'Gentlemanly Communication' forum, each turn you open a new thread for the month (eg 'Gentlemanly Communications April 1631') and everyone posts their April press in this. The problem with the personal threads is that it's not always clear what month a post is refering to - and this will only get worse as time goes on. If you remove player permissions to create threads on that forum, so that they can only post in threads you create, the personal threads will wither on the vine and all posts will start to go into the monthly threads - making it a lot easier to keep track of everything which is going on. I mostly agree with mochnant here. A single thread will mean many discussions wil lbe merged in the ssame thread, making it quite harder to follow. Nonetheless, you have a point too about the "when was this" issue. I'd suggest to add to the posting rules that communications there should begin with the date (so, begin a post this turn with "March 1630".
PS; I've already done in my own Letter from Hillaume Lagarde to His Eminence, the Cardinal ,as example of how could it be
I've also seen you created and Archive forum for this. I fthere's a subforum for each turn, It's an even better elegant solution to the issue.
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Post by huillaume on Aug 31, 2019 10:17:25 GMT
How do people feel if I delete threads as they get incorporated into the main rulebook? Might make this forum a bit less chaotic! I personally don't like deleted threads, as, even if a discussion on them is solved, they might give insight to new players about what rules are as they are. My suggestion here would be, for the single issue threads (as this one), when solved to be closed. This will make them to fall down in the threads list (so being less disturbing) as others are discussed, but allow you to open them again should the issue reemerge, and will also allow new players not understanding the reasons behind a specific rule to review any old discussion about it instead of begining the discussion anew, even asking you to reopen the thread if they have something to apport.
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Post by gaston on Aug 31, 2019 12:16:21 GMT
Well, people could still communicate freely in the same monthly thread (once you'd created it) surely ?
Could you archive the monthly Greasy Poles too? Although the current is obviously most important, sometimes it's useful to see how characters got to where they are...
Personally I find the complete reverse is true. If all the important (when compiling orders) events are in the same thread it's much easier to determine clashes and more difficult to miss something important...
Well, we could still have a personal thread in the Character Backgrounds forum which can be updated with subsequent events (as huillaume has recently done with his).
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Post by huillaume on Aug 31, 2019 12:24:11 GMT
Could you archive the monthly Greasy Poles too? Although the current is obviously most important, sometimes it's useful to see how characters got to where they are...
I cannot agree more in this point. Ladies list could also be interesting...
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Post by Ymbert Montgomery on Aug 31, 2019 13:43:06 GMT
Well, people could still communicate freely in the same monthly thread (once you'd created it) surely ? Not entirely I think. Threads like this work better as single threads - liminalengarde.proboards.com/thread/53/jplI really like those kind of threads, but in a general thread you'd have a page of back and forth between two characters. I will do from turn 3. I'm afraid turns 1 and 2 are lost in the ether as I live updated it for that! Would it be better to have a single archive thread for greasy poles or a separate archive thread for each month there? Actually, on greasy poles do people prefer them as they currently are or would you prefer a document you can download? Probably in Word (I use odt but try to remember to convert it as I think it causes issues on some phones). One big issue for me when following things in general threads is the lack of a thread title. That's quite different I think. Huillaume and others are using those threads as personal character diaries. They aren't things that other characters need to react to. Dieudonné uses his thread to make sure people know when his services are (and that can change as understandably he sometimes rearranges them so he can go to parties!) After feedback I propose the following. I'll start archiving (rather than deleting) a lot more and will set up a subfolder for each month. That'll be done as part of turn processing each time. (At worst, that shouldn't add more than a day to the time taken and it probably won't even do that). So all threads will be current. Hope that at least removes the main issues people have! Obviously when there's varying opinions (particularly on the "general vs specific thread" issue) it's not possible to follow everyone's suggestions.
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Post by Alain Andre Durant on Sept 15, 2019 23:11:30 GMT
How do people feel if I delete threads as they get incorporated into the main rulebook? Might make this forum a bit less chaotic! I prefer they stay so they may be referenced and revisited.
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