Spring cleaning the forums for the New Year.

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Spidweb Board Administrator Member # 1	written Sunday, January 8 2006 11:11 Profile Homepage #0 Alas, the number of old topics on the Spiderweb Forums is causing us to exceed our disk space at our web hoster. So the oldest topics will be pruned next weekend (Saturday, probably late at night). The general board will be the first on the chopping block. If this dramatically reduces our disk usage the other forums will be left alone. If not, the next will be the Blades of Avernum forum, then Geneforge Series forum, etc. Anything older then 60 days will be deleted. -Spidweb Board Admin -------------------- Official Board Admin spidweb@spiderwebsoftware.com Posts: 960 \| Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00
Sturg Master Member # 4614	written Sunday, January 8 2006 11:35 Profile Homepage #1 Here we go again. Aran? :P -------------------- -ben4808 Posts: 3360 \| Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00
Slith Lord Warrior Member # 6501	written Sunday, January 8 2006 11:36 Profile Homepage #2 Is this going to be PPP3? ;) -------------------- You know, why the Sliths are green - because of their scales. Maybe you know why some slith eyes were once red - ´cause the demons, which led them were red. But why are the eyes of the Slith Lord Followers red? Because they see the remains of their enemies always before the battle begins! Posts: 179 \| Registered: Friday, November 25 2005 08:00
Sturg Master Member # 4614	written Sunday, January 8 2006 11:40 Profile Homepage #3 Yes, but hopefully it will turn out to be less labor-intensive and all-encompassing than the last one. That said, I still have my PPP2 files if ever needed. -------------------- -ben4808 Posts: 3360 \| Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00
Slith Lord Warrior Member # 6501	written Sunday, January 8 2006 11:56 Profile Homepage #4 Maybe you got the original Xian Skull topic with you??? I never realized completely how PPP works, said that, I never found a PPP1 topic! Was it maybe cleared with the deleting of Misc.? :confused: Maybe someone could explain what I have to do if I want to help in PPP3???! :rolleyes: :) -------------------- You know, why the Sliths are green - because of their scales. Maybe you know why some slith eyes were once red - ´cause the demons, which led them were red. But why are the eyes of the Slith Lord Followers red? Because they see the remains of their enemies always before the battle begins! Posts: 179 \| Registered: Friday, November 25 2005 08:00
Sturg Master Member # 4614	written Sunday, January 8 2006 12:02 Profile Homepage #5 quote: Originally written by Slith Lord: Maybe you got the original Xian Skull topic with you??? No, Xian Skull is gone. I never realized completely how PPP works, said that, I never found a PPP1 topic! Was it maybe cleared with the deleting of Misc.? :confused: PPP is when we try to go through and save all the to-be-deleted topics before they're gone forever. PPP1 only encompasses the General forum, and Xian Skull was in Avernum. Maybe someone could explain what I have to do if I want to help in PPP3???! :rolleyes: :) Aran was working on a PHP script that saves the threads automatically. If it's not done, you may be asked to help save HTML files of all the threads. -------------------- -ben4808 Posts: 3360 \| Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00
Slith Lord Warrior Member # 6501	written Sunday, January 8 2006 12:10 Profile Homepage #6 Thanks, ben, but I already knew what PPP means and why we do that! ;) -------------------- You know, why the Sliths are green - because of their scales. Maybe you know why some slith eyes were once red - ´cause the demons, which led them were red. But why are the eyes of the Slith Lord Followers red? Because they see the remains of their enemies always before the battle begins! Posts: 179 \| Registered: Friday, November 25 2005 08:00
The Immortal BANNED Member # 4	written Sunday, January 8 2006 12:22 Profile Homepage #7 Wait. Why delete the BoA forums before a forum like, say, RWG? GF series? A series? I mean, there's actually stuff that's valuable on the BoA forums that isn't already on GameFAQs. -------------------- * Posts: 6936 \| Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Sunday, January 8 2006 13:23 Profile Homepage #8 I agree. The Blades forum archives are by far the most useful things on here. We can always dig up answers to game questions again, but discussions over scenario design are a little bit harder to reproduce. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Spring Shaper Member # 5450	written Sunday, January 8 2006 13:34 Profile Homepage #9 quote: Originally written by Slith Lord: Thanks, ben, but I already knew what PPP means and why we do that! ;) Because there are topics that prove to be excellent reading later on. -------------------- I'll put a Spring in your step. :ph34r: Posts: 2396 \| Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00
Joseph Stalin Infiltrator Member # 5991	written Sunday, January 8 2006 14:18 Profile Homepage #10 I'm willing to help also I got tons of hard drive space to waste. -------------------- George Bush is a Nazi - Eric Cartmen I'm not as think you stoned I am Visit the RIFQ Forums Posts: 462 \| Registered: Tuesday, June 21 2005 07:00
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Sunday, January 8 2006 16:59 Profile Homepage #11 quote: Originally written by Prometheus: I mean, there's actually stuff that's valuable on the BoA forums that isn't already on GameFAQs. Agreed... I'll gladly help archive the BoA or Editor threads if it's needed, though hopefully it won't be. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
VCH Shaper Member # 247	written Sunday, January 8 2006 17:10 Profile Homepage #12 Save the forums! -------------------- The Knight Between Posts. Posts: 2395 \| Registered: Friday, November 2 2001 08:00
SNM Shock Trooper Member # 4239	written Sunday, January 8 2006 17:57 Profile #13 Anybody know just how large the forum database is? I'm mainly just wondering why (since you guys seem to have invested so much time into it) somebody doesn't just send Spidweb a burnable CD, a SASE, and 10 bucks. ;) -------------------- There are two kinds of game players...those who are newbies, and those who were. Posts: 322 \| Registered: Monday, April 12 2004 07:00
Spidweb Board Administrator Member # 1	written Sunday, January 8 2006 18:11 Profile Homepage #14 I only singled out the BoA boards because they are so large. Chances are pretty good that cleaning out the General board will get us most of the way there. I will leave both BoA boards alone for now and prune the Avernum Trilogy and Geneforge Series forums first (if I need to at all). I hope this is more satisfactory. Mariann -------------------- Official Board Admin spidweb@spiderwebsoftware.com Posts: 960 \| Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00
Spring Shaper Member # 5450	written Sunday, January 8 2006 19:01 Profile Homepage #15 quote: Originally written by Spidweb: I only singled out the BoA boards because they are so large. Chances are pretty good that cleaning out the General board will get us most of the way there. I will leave both BoA boards alone for now and prune the Avernum Trilogy and Geneforge Series forums first (if I need to at all). I hope this is more satisfactory. Mariann Agreed. Geneforge has a lot of pointless topics there anyway, so it wouldn't be a big loss. -------------------- I'll put a Spring in your step. :ph34r: Posts: 2396 \| Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Sunday, January 8 2006 19:24 Profile Homepage #16 Much better. Thanks, Mariann. :) -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Robinator is a Beefcake Lifecrafter Member # 34	written Sunday, January 8 2006 19:29 Profile Homepage #17 Mmm...prune juice. I mean, seriously. Back in my day we had to walk five miles just to get to General, and you had to have your avatar strapped to your back, and those were heavy, and by God, we took black marks seriously in those days. Not like you namby-pamby no-good spammers these days, posting whatever you feel whenever you feel it. And we respected our elder topics. We didn't just send 'em off to the slaughterhouse the way things are now. We had class, by God. And good grief, will someone empty my bedpan? EDIT: And when we told our post editors to make italics, they made italics. We didn't have to go back and fix them all the time by putting the 'i's in brackets, mon dieu. [ Sunday, January 08, 2006 19:34: Message edited by: Robert the Fourth ] -------------------- Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck. 'Spiderweb Software' anagrammmed: 'Word-bereft Awipe' Posts: 702 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00**
Icshi Mongolian Barbeque Member # 1528	written Sunday, January 8 2006 19:50 Profile #18 Two questions: 1. When people preserve topics that are set to be deleted, where do these copies go? Are they available online anywhere? 2. Is it really necessary to just sweep away everything before a certain date? Couldn't select topics be deleted — such as those that are spammy, ephemeral, or those that repeat the contents of other topics — but leaving those that are old but still useful? Posts: 907 \| Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Sunday, January 8 2006 20:13 Profile Homepage #19 quote: Originally written by Icshi: 1. When people preserve topics that are set to be deleted, where do these copies go? Are they available online anywhere? Various places. Some are available online. Some aren't. quote: 2. Is it really necessary to just sweep away everything before a certain date? Couldn't select topics be deleted — such as those that are spammy, ephemeral, or those that repeat the contents of other topics — but leaving those that are old but still useful? That would require a great deal of effort on the part of one or more administrators, who are all fairly busy people. You can try to convince them to spend several hours of their free time selectively pruning the forums if you want, I suppose, but I don't like your chances. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Sturg Master Member # 4614	written Sunday, January 8 2006 20:15 Profile Homepage #20 quote: Originally written by Icshi: Two questions: 1. When people preserve topics that are set to be deleted, where do these copies go? Are they available online anywhere? Aran has them all, and he's working on a way we can access them. But at the moment, they're not available. Just so they're not totally gone. 2. Is it really necessary to just sweep away everything before a certain date? Couldn't select topics be deleted — such as those that are spammy, ephemeral, or those that repeat the contents of other topics — but leaving those that are old but still useful? You'd need criteria for "spammy and unuseful". One man's trash is another's treasure. Save it all. :P EDIT: Thuryl just posted 2 minutes ago. :P [ Sunday, January 08, 2006 20:16: Message edited by: Uhh... ben? ] -------------------- -ben4808 Posts: 3360 \| Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00
Icshi Mongolian Barbeque Member # 1528	written Sunday, January 8 2006 21:56 Profile #21 I was thinking maybe forum moderators could delete topics under their jurisdiction. Or do moderators not have powers of topic deletion? Such arcane things lie beyond my ken. [ Sunday, January 08, 2006 21:57: Message edited by: Icshi ] Posts: 907 \| Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Sunday, January 8 2006 22:08 Profile Homepage #22 **. Have a presentation on Friday, will be working on it all week. Script is almost working, will either run a final test on Wednesday or start manual archiving on Wednesday evening if it doesn't work. The problem is the folder permissions, but I was able to get around that by having the script use an FTP connection to create the folders. Basically, there's nothing in the way of the concept, but if I remember correctly I haven't implemented it completely yet. Also, it's a crapload of stuff this time. -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00**
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Sunday, January 8 2006 22:16 Profile Homepage #23 Valley of Thunder is already gone. Check topic #1775 - doesn't exist any more. What the? Did I miss something? -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Jewels Agent Member # 3364	written Monday, January 9 2006 06:35 Profile Homepage #24 tAran - what do you need to put the archive online? If it's just space I can spare 100MB easy. -------------------- "Even the worst Terror from Hell can be transformed to a testimony from Heaven!" - Rev. David Wood 6\23\05 "Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can." - John Wesley Posts: 1001 \| Registered: Tuesday, August 19 2003 07:00