hoyaboy1
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Post by hoyaboy1 on May 9, 2008 17:36:38 GMT -5
I don't understand why people are obsessed with splitting up what already is a relatively low-traffic forum. With decent modding, this shouldn't be a problem.
As long as people don't start a thread about every guy who mentions GU (sorry, ID) or the mods move it to a rolling thread, we should be fine. If a guy is getting close to a decision or there is big news, he can have his own thread - with new updates posted there. Random guys go to the rolling threads, and mods warn people who don't follow the rules.
This site doesn't have nearly the traffic that necessitates having 8 forums, or whatever there would be with another recruiting added.
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SFHoya99
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Post by SFHoya99 on May 9, 2008 17:56:51 GMT -5
I didn't vote yes for traffic reasons. I simply thought it would be easier to locate the "Josh Hairston" thread to post something new. Not because it is awful to have so many threads, but because it would be really useful to have all the info in one place.
Either way works and I can see all sides.
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hoyaboy1
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Post by hoyaboy1 on May 9, 2008 18:03:54 GMT -5
Remember the prospect subforum on hoyareport? Nobody went there and it never gets updated.
I don't think having to spend 13 seconds to search for a thread is a good enough reason to move the recruiting topics off the main board.
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FormerHoya
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Post by FormerHoya on May 9, 2008 18:21:55 GMT -5
I don't understand why people are obsessed with splitting up what already is a relatively low-traffic forum. With decent modding, this shouldn't be a problem. As long as people don't start a thread about every guy who mentions GU (sorry, ID) or the mods move it to a rolling thread, we should be fine. If a guy is getting close to a decision or there is big news, he can have his own thread - with new updates posted there. Random guys go to the rolling threads, and mods warn people who don't follow the rules. This site doesn't have nearly the traffic that necessitates having 8 forums, or whatever there would be with another recruiting added. This is asking alot of the mods who provide this forum for free and receive no compensation for their labor of love. Except when it comes to my posts, then it's all love. No labor necessary. |
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RBHoya
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Post by RBHoya on May 9, 2008 20:57:48 GMT -5
This is asking alot of the mods who provide this forum for free and receive no compensation for their labor of love. Except when it comes to my posts, then it's all love. No labor necessary. They could always get some new people to help moderate. Not that I'm volunteering, but on most message boards people are eager to take moderator positions. Basically I agree with hoyaboy. A lot of the recruit-related threads have just been id saying "hey check out this article about player X on hoyareport." And it isn't as if the main forum is overflowing with good topics. Once we're in season the recruiting talk will die down quite a bit, and when we're in the offseason theres not much TO talk about other than recruits, and lately, transfers. |
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hoyaboy1
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Post by hoyaboy1 on May 10, 2008 8:32:57 GMT -5
I don't understand why people are obsessed with splitting up what already is a relatively low-traffic forum. With decent modding, this shouldn't be a problem. As long as people don't start a thread about every guy who mentions GU (sorry, ID) or the mods move it to a rolling thread, we should be fine. If a guy is getting close to a decision or there is big news, he can have his own thread - with new updates posted there. Random guys go to the rolling threads, and mods warn people who don't follow the rules. This site doesn't have nearly the traffic that necessitates having 8 forums, or whatever there would be with another recruiting added. This is asking alot of the mods who provide this forum for free and receive no compensation for their labor of love. Not really. It would take a few minutes a week, and I don't see why it would be harder than having to move erroneously-placed posts to another forum. Besides that, as RBHoya said, I'm sure there would be plenty of volunteers to help. This is a pretty tame board and doesn't provide too much work for the mods as it stands . . . except to move threads to one of the existing subforums. |
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DanMcQ
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Post by DanMcQ on May 10, 2008 13:48:52 GMT -5
This is asking alot of the mods who provide this forum for free and receive no compensation for their labor of love. This is a pretty tame board and doesn't provide too much work for the mods as it stands . . . except to move threads to one of the existing subforums. Right.  |
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Post by doublehoya08 on May 11, 2008 13:50:59 GMT -5
i still think having a wiki affiliated with the board is the real answer here
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Post by Coast2CoastHoya on May 12, 2008 16:26:11 GMT -5
If it would be a sub-folder of the basketball board like the ticket exchange, then Yes.
If it would be a separate board like 37th & O, then No.
I voted Yes because it's really easy to create sub-folders on proboards.
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