Creating an "Archived Discussion Fourm"

Lone Wolf "An explanation is not the same as an excuse. "
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Submitted by Lone Wolf on 26 September, 2008 - 17:30.
catch wrote:
Joseph K. wrote:
not easily that i'm aware of... after the discussion runs its course any trolling could be edited out and the thead locked and linked to from somewhere, or someone could laboriously c&p 10 pages of discussion into a library article. )

We could change the whole thing to a library article in the database relatively easily, although someone would still have to go through and tidy up. I'd go for the 'clean up and lock when it's done' option. Pre-drupal we used to have an 'archived discussions' forum - I wouldn't be opposed to starting one - but please open a thread in feedback someone so we can talk about how to do it.

So here goes - would that all requests in life could be that easily granted. wink

Yes, I agree it is an absolute must we archive threads as apposite as this Economic Crisis one. cool

Lone Wolf "An explanation is not the same as an excuse. "
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26 September, 2008 - 17:33

FFS i misspelt forum in the thread title - more haste less speed! roll eyes

radicalgraffiti
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26 September, 2008 - 19:20
Lone Wolf wrote:

Yes, I agree it is an absolute must we archive threads as apposite as this Economic Crisis one. cool

I agree, it would make it easier to find important/useful threads.
How would it work though, would they be locked, or just put somewhere to keep them accessible?

Lone Wolf "An explanation is not the same as an excuse. "
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26 September, 2008 - 19:49

RG

I figure they would be locked AND kept somewhere accessible.

It might be quite hard to agree when they should be locked tho.. for example this Economic Crisis situ is likely to rumble on for some time...

radicalgraffiti
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26 September, 2008 - 20:23

That's what I was thinking, at some point there is not really anything more to add, but interesting things we want to keep will probably be obvious before that.

Lone Wolf "An explanation is not the same as an excuse. "
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26 September, 2008 - 23:43

I guess i am thinking now that we can split v. long serious threads, the way teh admin have been doing with lengthy light threads eg fave film, song etc. That way Part 1 etc can be locked and archived and Part 2 remain live. (with a clear link given of course). If anyone does want to access a post from an earlier part in the archived thread, they can do a C and P across.

I am talking about archiving on a Friday night - what a socialite i am. neutral wink

Rob Ray "The difficulty with unions is how to turn grump into thump."
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27 September, 2008 - 07:43

Stick them up as library entries under an author name of 'The Libcom Debates' or something, that way they can be edited down by members to get rid of the fluff, and mods can veto any attempts to re-insert silliness. As an added bonus, if forum folks put together a good list of these with the debating stripped down to the best and most relevant comments, I might even turn it into a printable A5 PDF if I get time (for that matter, it might be fun to include some of them in things like Black Flag or Freedom).