Flames Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 I think it should be split up more because theres about 50 new topics an hour and it gets really messy especially with people naming there topics php help all the time, also when its marked as solved it should be moved into a solved php problems forum so that it cleans up help and also is there and easy to use for archiving/finding common problems. Thanks Flames. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/136748-splitting-php-help-up-more/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 It's the responsibility of the person posting to make a clear and concise title, in my opinion. If the poster isn't competent enough to make a decent title, will he/she be intelligent enough to pick the right category? The OOP section was removed due to inactivity and people posting the wrong things in there, by the way. As for posts being moved when they're solved... Hrmmm.... That would be kinda nice, I guess, but I don't know if it would really be worth the effort. In theory, a solved thread should be a dead thread, and a dead thread should start going down the pages. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/136748-splitting-php-help-up-more/#findComment-714245 Share on other sites More sharing options...
akitchin Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 as mentioned, we've attempted to split things off in a number of different ways in the past, all of which resulted in misuse or no use whatsoever. therefore the division you see now. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/136748-splitting-php-help-up-more/#findComment-714292 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gevans Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 I love seeing a load of green threads on a forum page. Lets you know you're helping people out!! The more green the better I say. As far as bad subject titles go, yea there are a lot of them, but you get to notice these seem to be the very easy or stupid questions and get out of the way relatively quick. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/136748-splitting-php-help-up-more/#findComment-714355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 As far as bad subject titles go, yea there are a lot of them, but you get to notice these seem to be the very easy or stupid questions and get out of the way relatively quick. Nothing is worse than a 15 page long "Simple Question..." thread. I hate those! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/136748-splitting-php-help-up-more/#findComment-714421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flames Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 i mean like make a script that automatically moves it when you click solved into an archive or similar at the bottom Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/136748-splitting-php-help-up-more/#findComment-714459 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altec Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Yes, perhaps a very slight modification to the current Solved mod - simply lock the topic, apply the SOLVED tag, and moved it to a locked sub-forum. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/136748-splitting-php-help-up-more/#findComment-734909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mchl Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Why lock it??? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/136748-splitting-php-help-up-more/#findComment-734910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 As mentioned, solved threads become dead threads, so they'll be bumped off anyways. I would support solved threads being moved to their own sub-forum if I thought people would actually search through them before posting their question, but I know that that won't happen any more than people searching in the first place. Or reading stickies. Or going to the FAQ forum. Which is practically never. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/136748-splitting-php-help-up-more/#findComment-734913 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mchl Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I'd hate seeing [solved] topics locked instantly, because there's often something I'd like to add to them... Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/136748-splitting-php-help-up-more/#findComment-734922 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtopolis Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I hate necro threads =/ Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/136748-splitting-php-help-up-more/#findComment-734929 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mchl Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Am not talking about threads that are long dead and buried, but for example very recent thread, in which I was involved, and that has been marked as solved by original poster. I might still want to add something to it for completeness sake. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/136748-splitting-php-help-up-more/#findComment-734931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtopolis Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I wasn't referring to you. This thread was last active almost 30 days ago....bumped by Altec Moreover there was another discussion regarding the mod that it was more of a CSS thing than any database management thing if I'm not mistaken. But like CV said... people don't look around.. Even if you're someone who only visits this forum once a month, why would you try to pickup on a conversation 30 days old? This is inquisitive as well as an angry statement Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/136748-splitting-php-help-up-more/#findComment-734935 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I wasn't referring to you. This thread was last active almost 30 days ago....bumped by Altec And you'd probably have told him to search if he created a new topic, right? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/136748-splitting-php-help-up-more/#findComment-734940 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtopolis Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Naw, if it was a new thread, I probably would have just ignored it. I just imagined that since he posted in this thread that he had actually read it. He reiterated what flames said with a slight addition (rather change of destination). Also, like I said, 30 days passed with no responses, and there aren't any new methods in place for the SOLVED threads... maybe one might think that this wasn't going to happen... but I guess he's just hopeful. Maybe I'm just being mean. I'll leave it at that. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/136748-splitting-php-help-up-more/#findComment-734945 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Yes, perhaps a very slight modification to the current Solved mod - simply lock the topic, apply the SOLVED tag, and moved it to a locked sub-forum. I personally don't agree with locking solved threads for the reason that there may be better solutions out there that someone could pitch in as an additional option. It's no secret that programming (be it for the web or applications, games, etc) often offers more than one solution (which in itself, solutions are not all equal, as some are more robust and may offer more flexibility, speed and efficiency). Another reason might be that a day or so later, the problem that the OP presented may have slightly changed (thus rendering the current solution null and void). Giving the OP (as well as those who lend a helping hand) the opportunity to engage within the thread in question reduces the need to create a new thread on account of the older one being locked, thus reducing the amount of threads within a particular forum. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/136748-splitting-php-help-up-more/#findComment-735017 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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