What topics would it be good to make sticky?
Some suggestions:
- A list of Mystara websites
- A list of Mystara downloads
- DM's Immortal thread
- Thorf's secret project part 1 (and maybe part 2 one day aswell?)
Other ideas?
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GAZ2, GAZ10, GAZ14 - No ESD available
X8 (I think) - No ESD available
B2 - Map & tables from the centre missing
Northern Reaches & Ethengar Gazeteers - no maps
HWR1 - Sons of Azca - no maps
X10 - missing sheet of counters
Then if anyone has the missing parts they could post in the thread & you could contact them (someone sent me the missing pages from B2, for which I was very grateful).
I think there should be one sticky "resources" thread where we post the URL's of fact-filled threads like the Horses and Complete List of Immortals, as well as other stuff around the web. Maybe "3E resources" can be a separate thread.
[Edit: Yeah, even I make spelling mistakes once in a while...]
The problem remains though, how to make a topic sticky...
Looking at other forums, stickies seem to have been made by community assistants. Who on this forum are able to make threads sticky? Shawn?
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The problem remains though, how to make a topic sticky...
Looking at other forums, stickies seem to have been made by community assistants. Who on this forum are able to make threads sticky? Shawn?
Do we even have community assistants here?
On the topic of Stickies, I agree that we should keep it to a minimum, but I'm not sure I can think of what might qualify offhand. I could see possibly posting the FAQ from the Vaults as a sticky here (and that might assist with keeping it updated, as well), but other than that, I don't really know.
Do we even have community assistants here?
I don't know. I seem to remember Shawn being listed as one. Or was it Geoff?
On the topic of Stickies, I agree that we should keep it to a minimum, but I'm not sure I can think of what might qualify offhand. I could see possibly posting the FAQ from the Vaults as a sticky here (and that might assist with keeping it updated, as well), but other than that, I don't really know.
Looking at other forums, the ones that have stickies seem to at least have a FAQ. Links to relevant websites, downloads etc could be useful aswell, although I guess they could be included in the FAQ one.
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I just realized that older threads I was planning to read got deleted... Is there an archive anywhere? Do we have to resort to stupid forum tricks like bumping for no good reason, or posting in only a few threads (ignoring the don't hijack rule) just to keep old threads with good info that realy shouldn't be stickied (stuck to the top/front)?
Down by the bottom of the list of threads you'll find a box called display options. Under that it'll say "showing threads 1 to 25 of ..." (by default anyhow). Under this is the "from the" option box where you can select a longer period than the default "last month". Select "the beginning" and than the "show threads" button and all the pages will become available.
LW: That'd make a great first topic in the sticky-FAQ, but considering how many people ignore FAQs, it probably does deserve its own sticky thread.
I don't know. I seem to remember Shawn being listed as one. Or was it Geoff?
Looking at other forums, the ones that have stickies seem to at least have a FAQ. Links to relevant websites, downloads etc could be useful aswell, although I guess they could be included in the FAQ one.
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yeah I'm one, I don't think that's there's any others.
yeah I'm one, I don't think that's there's any others.
Cool!
What does that involve? Can you make topics stick if the people here agree on something they want stickied?
Oh, and why are some people listed with a "+" after their names on the list of users browsing the forum?
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Cool!
What does that involve? Can you make topics stick if the people here agree on something they want stickied?
Oh, and why are some people listed with a "+" after their names on the list of users browsing the forum?
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from what I can reall very little, in actual fact I don't think that I've yet done anything as a direct result of it (or been able to do anything either). I can't find that I have the ability to make topics sticky.
I don't know about the plusses either.
from what I can reall very little, in actual fact I don't think that I've yet done anything as a direct result of it (or been able to do anything either). I can't find that I have the ability to make topics sticky.
I don't know about the plusses either.
Sorry for bumping this old thing, but I'm a moderator at Evo-Games and the way I sticky threads is go into the first post like I'm going to edit it and there is an option below the message to have a normal post, sticky or announcement. Are you able to do that?
I'm actually looking for another thread, which I would love stickeied if I can find it again. If I do I'll be bumping that one too.
Sorry for bumping this old thing, but I'm a moderator at Evo-Games and the way I sticky threads is go into the first post like I'm going to edit it and there is an option below the message to have a normal post, sticky or announcement. Are you able to do that?
I'm actually looking for another thread, which I would love stickeied if I can find it again. If I do I'll be bumping that one too.
nah there's no such option on a thread I started and I can only edit my own posts anyway
If it's only allowed by moderators, then who is WizO_Sith? I see the name in the mods box. Anyone ever thought of sending a pm to that person and asking about this? I'm having a lot of trouble finding that Calander thread that was floating around a while back. It's probably right under my nose.
ok then. Sorry for the bump here. :embarrass
If it's only allowed by moderators, then who is WizO_Sith? I see the name in the mods box. Anyone ever thought of sending a pm to that person and asking about this? I'm having a lot of trouble finding that Calander thread that was floating around a while back. It's probably right under my nose.
Don't be sorry for the bump! If this is what you wanted to discuss, then by all means go for it. Oh ya, is this the thread?
So.... How about we create an index of threads instead? This could be posted in the FAQ thread, right at the top in fact for easy access, and include the name of each thread plus a one-liner description if necessary. It could be alphabetised to make searching easy. That would eliminate the need for making lots of sticky posts, as well as making up for the very grumpy search function here.
I just thought of another thing - have we ever had a personal introductions thread on this board? I know people do introductions on the list, but I haven't seen it done much here. Would anyone else be interested in an off-topic thread where we could introduce ourselves a bit?
I just thought of another thing - have we ever had a personal introductions thread on this board? I know people do introductions on the list, but I haven't seen it done much here. Would anyone else be interested in an off-topic thread where we could introduce ourselves a bit?
Yes.
So.... How about we create an index of threads instead? This could be posted in the FAQ thread, right at the top in fact for easy access, and include the name of each thread plus a one-liner description if necessary. It could be alphabetised to make searching easy. That would eliminate the need for making lots of sticky posts, as well as making up for the very grumpy search function here.
An index of threads would be very cool, especially since I haven't seen a functioning search function in here for quite a while
Great idea!
:-) Jesper
Maybe we should make an FAQ-building thread, although we could probably just take most of it from one of the existing Mystara FAQs.
Excellent. that is great news Stanles. Anyone have any ideas? Should there be a thread that is stickied that would have links to important threads that have long become dormant for posting?
Yes, that would be the best use of a sticky, IMO.
You could also add current "hot" threads that contain information we might want to keep handy. The horses of Mystara thread comes to mind, in that category. Possibly the Wendar thread too.
The tricky part is getting someone to do all the work of maintaining the thread. It has to be someone who isn't a "flight risk", i.e. who isn't going to disappear at some point. (That rules me out, since I have disappeared before and am likely to do so again at some point in the future - for a while, anyway.)
Any volunteers? :D
Yes, that would be the best use of a sticky, IMO.
You could also add current "hot" threads that contain information we might want to keep handy. The horses of Mystara thread comes to mind, in that category. Possibly the Wendar thread too.
that's a good idea Dave for one stickiable thread, an index of interesting threads.
We can add other things to it as necessary, too. Basically all we need to do to get the project rolling is choose someone to maintain it, get them to make a thread (Index/FAQ/Welcome/Links, need a catchy title), and post five or six posts or more in a row, to be filled in later as needed. Then we can all decide what goes in the thread and have it filled in as we go.
The tricky part is getting someone to do all the work of maintaining the thread. It has to be someone who isn't a "flight risk", i.e. who isn't going to disappear at some point. (That rules me out, since I have disappeared before and am likely to do so again at some point in the future - for a while, anyway.)
Any volunteers? :D
that's a great idea for another all purpose stickiable thread Thorf. I wouldn't like to volunteer the Vaults keeps me pretty busy.
EDIT: Especially if I plan to keep that comic and my campaign rolling. ;)
If nobody volounteers though, I will accept the honor and jsut make time to keep it up to date. I guess I'm not that big of a flight risk, more of a got to make time risk. I'll always be lurking at least.
Regards,
Gary
This thread may be of some interest if and when we decide to have any stickies.
Regards,
Gary
yeah that was something that we were kind of getting to here, the suggestion was a thread with the FAQ and another thread of links but just one stickied message with links to the FAQ and then a list of interesting links is great too. And that sounds like something I can add to my maintenance list at the moment without any issues.
Some of the threads to add to the link list are obvious but does anyone want to suggest them?
Some of the threads to add to the link list are obvious but does anyone want to suggest them?
OK let's start with the obvious ones (IMHO)
- Marco's Complete list of Immortals
- Thorf's Secret Project
- The Monster Conversion and Creation Thread
- Think we'll ever catch up with Ravenloft?
(By which I mean a thread for 'general chit-chat')
Well those will do for now. :D
Regards,
Gary
OK let's start with the obvious ones (IMHO)
- Marco's Complete list of Immortals
- Thorf's Secret Project
- The Monster Conversion and Creation Thread
yeah those are cool
- Think we'll ever catch up with Ravenloft?
(By which I mean a thread for 'general chit-chat')
Well those will do for now. :D
Regards,
Gary
I dunno about the last one though
I dunno about the last one though
Yeah I suppose that General Chit-chat thread will be on the first page by it's very nature. :D
Regards,
Gary