[Mobius]

Is it possible to have release specific subforums in "Missions and Campaigns", "FreeSpace Modding" and "FreeSpace Campaign Restoration Project"?

With all the released stuff grouped, people would easily find what they're looking for...ex: "I'm new here, here I can find campaign release discussions...I'll check, let's say, the first 3 pages and try to find something interesting". Same thing for released models and resurrected campaigns. Unappropriate threads will be moved/deleted so that they will appear on the last pages...

Can this be done at least for the FSCRP as it is a new subforum?

[Polpolion]

You mean like classifying threads with tags of some sorts so you can check a box saying "I only want to see these kinds of threads"? It'd have to be coded into the forum manually, so I doubt it would be okay. And there would be far too many sub forums to manage and stuff like that for it.

Not that I'm saying that it's easy or difficult.

[TopAce]

Mobius means making subforums for the sake of filtering. Like a "Released Campaigns" subforum for campaigns' release threads. Many threads don't help you find a user-made campaign since they are mostly questions/bug reports/foretaste-givers, not actual threads with links.

I agree with Mobius if that's the way he meant it.

[Hades]

Mobius means making subforums for the sake of filtering. Like a "Released Campaigns" subforum for campaigns' release threads. Many threads don't help you find a user-made campaign since they are mostly questions/bug reports/foretaste-givers, not actual threads with links.

I agree with Mobius if that's the way he meant it.

I agree with it too.

[Tolwyn]

An excellent idea, to say the least. 

[Hades]

Like a Release forum, WIP forum, and bug and question forum.

[karajorma]

I don't think we need quite that many.

[Hades]

They are just ideas.

[Mobius]

Mobius means making subforums for the sake of filtering. Like a "Released Campaigns" subforum for campaigns' release threads. Many threads don't help you find a user-made campaign since they are mostly questions/bug reports/foretaste-givers, not actual threads with links.

I agree with Mobius if that's the way he meant it.

Exactly. As you said, most threads are about comments/bugs.

[shiv]

Maybe just one big category "Released" and eventually subforums inside.

Notice that admins/moderators will also have to move old release threads

[Mobius]

I'm sorry for the necroposting...

Is asking something like this only for the FSCRP(for now) too much? The reasons are simple, there can be up to 3 threads about the same campaign...

Ex.

"Sol: A History" - Someone asks to upgrade the campaign
"Sol: A History" - Upgrade thread
"Sol: A History" - Release thread

[Topgun]

I don't think we need quite that many.

well I think we do.  

[karajorma]

I'm sorry for the necroposting...

Is asking something like this only for the FSCRP(for now) too much? The reasons are simple, there can be up to 3 threads about the same campaign...

Ex.

"Sol: A History" - Someone asks to upgrade the campaign
"Sol: A History" - Upgrade thread
"Sol: A History" - Release thread

Or you could simply ask for us to lock those thread and redirect to the newest one.

[WMCoolmon]

What about giving posting privs to the same people as the Hosted Project Collaboration forum in the SCP? That way people could post all Release/Patch/Warning info to the posts inside the Release forum, without things getting cluttered.

Of course it would mean that people would start duplicate threads for each campaign within the Mission and Campaign forum when they ran into problems.

[Mobius]

I think of it as a new user friendliness-like idea. We personally have most campaigns and can notices newly released ones easily, but what about newcomers? In a Release subforum people could find many interesting campaigns by browsing 2 or more pages.

That will help with unfixed bugs and plot-related questions, too...

[WMCoolmon]

http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Campaign_List

Could sticky that at the top of the forum, at least.

[Mobius]

But it doesn't solve the fast-discussion problem.

And remember that the Wiki appears to be ignored by many people, I think the forums are the best place.

[Snail]

People don't check the Wiki, it gets very annoying.

[Mobius]

i think that happens because the link to the Wiki is almost...invisible

Oh, nice 10,000th post

[Snail]

THAT was my 10k post? Urgh!