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walter_MacChevron

August 30th, 2005, 12:46 PM

Season nine is the first season i have seen with full development through (to renewal annoucment, first epiosde titles, to airing)....so i dont know when all this is supposed to happen.....first of all, will there be a link to season nine at the bottom of the episode guide?...it only goes up to season eight (it is at the very bottom with the white backround)......and since season 7 is in full syndication when will you merge the season 7 folder in the forums with seasons 1 through 6? Thank you in advance!

Qasim

August 30th, 2005, 12:56 PM

They will have to change the bottom banner to S1, S2 etc. instead of the full names because otherwise it wont fit

I am sure that the season 7 folder will be moved in due course

Next time post stuff like this in the 'Ask the Mods' thread :D

Darren

August 31st, 2005, 12:26 AM

We're a little tight on spacing for the footer navigation. It will probably be removed altogether, eventually.

The current season in syndication gets to have its own folder here on the forum, for those who are syndication-only viewers to enjoy. When Season Eight starts in three weeks we'll merge the Season Seven folder in with S1-6.

Stricken

September 9th, 2005, 10:17 AM

Thanks for letting us know Darren

Darkstar

September 10th, 2005, 01:26 PM

hi there i will get straight to the point

this is a v bulletin forum or whatever it is so on other (less exciting and more dormant forums) the menu at the bottom allows the user to change the color of the set up, i like the blue but it would be nice to be able to chage the veiwing color to a selection to make it easier on the eyes at times and just to change the mood each day.

its not really a grip just that i was wondering. :)

Stricken

September 10th, 2005, 02:58 PM

What are you talking about can we do this already? change colors and stuff, okay i admit im confused!!

Darkstar

September 10th, 2005, 03:38 PM

What are you talking about can we do this already? change colors and stuff, okay i admit im confused!!

ok now im confused as well.

what i mean is that we could have the menu to chage the color of the text and the screen when we veiw the forum not just the text in the post menu i mena the whole web pages if thats possible to do so but as far as im aware i cannot but i shall have a look into this again. fingers crossed X :D

Traveler Enroute1

September 10th, 2005, 07:01 PM

Hello, Mods:

Just wondering: A few weeks ago I noticed my posts (and others) stopped accumulating. They froze for almost 2 days, just as I was approaching my first 100 mark. Is this supposed to happen? Is there some rule that posts stop tabulating, such as when one makes mulitple posts in a single thread, or single session? When they began tabulating again, it was only from that moment only, and the previous posts just didn't get counted. :(

Also even as a registered member, I notice the footer says "You may NOT post new threads." Any info on that, too?

Just wondering. Thanks.

Just sayin'.

ShadowMaat

September 10th, 2005, 07:07 PM

Is there a reason why you guys are posting this stuff here instead of on the ASK THE MODS (http://forum.gateworld.net/showthread.php?t=6827) thread? Because if you're asking forum-related questions, you're likely to get a much faster answer there since it's a thread the mods check regularly.

And if you've been posting in any of the Off Topic/Offworld sections, your posts don't count. Beyond that... *shrug* Get one of the mods to pester Greg about it. :)

Traveler Enroute1

September 10th, 2005, 07:15 PM

Darren

September 12th, 2005, 01:53 PM

vBulletin does allow us to create multiple "skins" for the forum -- different templates, backgrounds, color scheme, etc. etc. This is not something we have taken the time to implement, nor is it a very high priority.

Gargen

September 12th, 2005, 02:15 PM

immhotep

August 11th, 2006, 05:52 PM

Hello,
So there's been a recent influx of people wanting to make their mark on Gw, from making deleted threads public to the removal of post counts; so to address this i have created a place that we, the members can surgest things that we would either like to see or think would be great addition to the forum, or more negatively things that we dont like to the mods, more accurately to darran and greg.
Now this thread will in no way be the place to tell mods, darren, greg and the people who have created this digital sandbox how to run things. However it is a place for surgestions that can either be taken on board or just be left as record of how whiny people can be :D

So just to start things off ill make my own surgestion that a display option that would enable me to sort all the threads that i have posted in to the top of the board and then by date etc would really be usefull.

If you have any surgestions regarding the forum then post them here: 3 rules:
Keep it PG,
keep it polite
keep it within reason

Have fun and be nice :)

Immhotep

Darren

August 11th, 2006, 06:29 PM

Thanks for this thread!

Please also bear in mind that we have certain limitations in Making Ever Fan's Wish Come True, including the limitations of the vBulletin forum software, limited development time from Darren and Greg, conflicting wishes from different fans, etc.

If you have a question for the mods rather than a general suggestion card to drop in the box, please use the Ask the Mods (http://forum.gateworld.net/showthread.php?t=17629) thread instead.

immhotep

August 11th, 2006, 06:35 PM

Third rule, within reason means within the technical and logistical capability of GWF.
Another surgestion is regarding rep points, or the viewing of them, right now i can only see 30-50 of them, the most recent but i have 500 or so. Could we be able to see them all in some kind of rep history system, its always nice to read the comments.

the Fifth Race

August 12th, 2006, 05:30 AM

This is a great idea for a thread brother immhotep!.

I like the way the forum is set up as it is right now, I like the post count and rep point system with a comments box next to it. Its all good for me! :)

Are we going to be able to purchase GW T-Shirts anytime in the near future?. I want a Short sleeve one, a Long Sleeve one and a Muscle shirt style one, all in XXL. :cool:

Nolamom

August 12th, 2006, 07:46 AM

Great thread idea immhotep!

I'd like a GateWorld smiley - we have character smileys which are wonderful, but I'd like one that is forum specific. I know that sounds a bit nebulous, but that's what I'd like to see.

Pharaoh Atem

August 12th, 2006, 09:28 AM

is there a plan to in the near future to add some ORI post icons ( the icons at the bottom of a reply or create a thread screen. there already wraith

granted not animated
:docianime09: :prior: :prioranime01: also a Lorne post icon

Darren

August 12th, 2006, 08:27 PM

Ori icons are a good possibility. Once 2.0 is up we'll have more time to consider small updates like this.

T-shirts are coming, hopefully this fall.

immhotep

August 13th, 2006, 05:19 AM

If were doing Ori icons then there is potential for a wider variety, like a replicator block, a PJ one, basicly weve had those icons for along time, a rehaul to bring them up to par with the new & beautiful smiley collection seems like a good idea.

Now after you get to 5000 posts you stay at goauld lord forever, well unless you ascend in to moddom and can change your title. Are there any plans for additional bonus's to be given for members of the 5000+ club?
Ive surgested this before and ive seen this on other forums whereby when you reach a certain rank your account is given advanced features, like an upgrade, not moddom but a halfway house. Now when we used to have the member list, i remember a certain list of 100 members that are considered 'officers' behind the scenes...would these 100 be in line for any kind advanced account if you implemented such a thing?

Immhotep

Greg

August 13th, 2006, 06:13 AM

Just wanted to point out that i in no way have any final say or decision on these issues, they are ultimatelly up to Darren. :) I just put my technical stamp on them, if he approves/disapproves.

So, ultimatelly if Darren believes its going to be a good/valuable idea for the site, i will help with implementation.

Please don't PM me with things you would like me to change/do to the forums, because ultimatelly, its not my decision to make ;)

Darren

August 13th, 2006, 12:15 PM

We'd certainly take suggestions for the "Officer's Class" membership level, within reason. ;) There are already obviously perks, including larger PM space, custom avatars, etc.

immhotep

August 13th, 2006, 02:27 PM

Really? wow i actually thought that one would get stamped on, erm well we have the pre-existing perks you have mentioned. Something that would help me would be the ability to edit my own thread names(because i always spell them wrong) and to be able to put polls up when you create threads ( a feature on most forums); Custom ranks might be cool as well or just "Officer" or Doci (half way thing)

I think those kind of controls are within reason for an Officer level. They are limited to the person and the threads that person creates, thread renaming isnt a huge power boost, once people are content with the thread it would just become another tool; i think jonno would love that ability with his tourny threads.

Thanks for the reply's D&G, cool to know this is a good idea from the people it was meant to reach.

Sue_Jackson

August 13th, 2006, 03:03 PM

Great thread idea Immhotep! :D

I have a suggestion. :) Is it possible to have an Gen. Landry smiley? I think the poor guy deserves one. ;)

qksilver99

August 14th, 2006, 02:03 PM

Great thread idea Immhotep! :D

I have a suggestion. :) Is it possible to have an Gen. Landry smiley? I think the poor guy deserves one. ;)
only if

There's a matching smilie of him doing a bird call with that hat. :)

Jedi_Master_Bra'tac

August 14th, 2006, 02:36 PM

I've seen on other VBullitens that you can change your own theme, eg instead of blue you could make the forum green, or even make character themes, eg a Sam or Vala theme. I know this may take a while to make but maybe you could get a few artistic members to do it

Would it be possible to be able to put flash and youtube movies in sigs/ posts etc

I second being able to change thread titles, adding polls, and advanced bonuses for the 5000+ club

Could there be a custom rank at 10,000+ posts

ETA: This thread to made a sticky

ShadowMaat

August 14th, 2006, 05:16 PM

Here's a suggestion: ban the use of textspeak. It works very well on the TWOP forums, it makes things easier to read and it makes the folks who might otherwise use it look a little more intelligent. Usually. :P

Jedi_Master_Bra'tac

August 15th, 2006, 03:17 AM

that would be one for thing the mods would have to police
I doubt it, there only about 5 members of the 10000+ club, even if they did have to police it, they wouldn't have to do much. Besides people with 10,000 posts are a far cry from n00bs. Ah but of course the old "people will spam to get there" argument, maybe it should be 10,000+ posts and a certain amount of rep. I know some people turn rep off but they can still receive can't they?

-How about a GW podcast?

immhotep

August 15th, 2006, 06:04 AM

Stricken

August 15th, 2006, 10:38 AM

Shaddow i think your idea about banning text speak is a good one but something that would be really usefull is a spellchecker, i know on some forums, like SGU for example they have "check your post" before submitting. For those who are not spelling perfect i would be a great help, plus if people spell check then the checker might pick up on the 7331 speak and change it.
What I find to be the easiest thing to do is cut the text and then paste it in to Word, run the spell checker and then cut it back across before posting it. I actually did it for this post and found that there were several spelling errors ;)

Morbo

August 15th, 2006, 11:03 AM

see this:

yeah this

that was all me.

i win.

and darren.

he wins too.

but i don't have to like it.

immhotep

August 16th, 2006, 06:21 AM

Im sorry but that is the most pointless post i can imagine...what are you on about!?

Jedi_Master_Bra'tac

August 16th, 2006, 06:55 AM

Im sorry but that is the most pointless post i can imagine...what are you on about!?
I think s/he was the one who suggested that we change the spoiler tags from this;

yeah, this!

to this

yeah, this!

immhotep

August 16th, 2006, 07:22 AM

Ah ok then, im not sure which style i prefer more but i thank you for doing it. Technically though youve already surgested it so shouldnt be resurgesting it, unless you want it changed back..?

Morbo

August 16th, 2006, 08:50 AM

Im sorry but that is the most pointless post i can imagine...what are you on about!?

http://forum.gateworld.net/showthread.php?t=22196

My real, actual, suggestion:

Change the smiley icon panel on the right on the reply page to include useful smileys, without having to click "more."

More specifically: , , ,

Thunderstorm

August 16th, 2006, 06:12 PM

My real, actual, suggestion:

Change the smiley icon panel on the right on the reply page to include useful smileys, without having to click "more."

More specifically: , , ,
If you're talking about getting rid of the character smilies, I agree with you. The other ones I use. But then it just depends on what you consider useful. ;)

I do like your thumbs up and down smilies and that would be great if we had those on the list.

Morbo

August 16th, 2006, 09:31 PM

add the spoiler tag button to the quick reply box please.

i don't know about anyone else, but i rarely goto the reply page, i always do quick reply. saves load times. so it'd be nice to be able to just click the spoiler button, especially since i use it with the IMG button alot - which is already nicely located with the quick reply box.

i like pie.

ShadowMaat

August 16th, 2006, 10:18 PM

Change the spoiler tag button so that it's more obvious what it's function is.

Add a button for strikethrough.

Ban everyone? :D

Locutus_Of_Borg

August 17th, 2006, 02:14 AM

i "suggest" we should be able to choose our particular race, e.g Asgard, Goa'uld (like current) or tau'ri

Stricken

August 17th, 2006, 07:04 AM

The ability to quote multiple posts, but I believe I read somewhere that this is a function of the next version of the vBulletin forum so it isn't overly important. :o

Pharaoh Atem

August 17th, 2006, 07:17 AM

i "suggest" we should be able to choose our particular race, e.g Asgard, Goa'uld (like current) or tau'ri
thats already being discussed here http://forum.gateworld.net/showthread.php?t=27623

jonno

August 17th, 2006, 04:25 PM

Ban everyone? :D

Ah yes - that would certainly save a lot of hassle ... :p

oh crumbs... a suggestion ... well - being able to change your own thread title would be nice... a) to get rid of mis-spellings (though why people can't proof read before posting), and of course, personally, i recycle one of my game threads when each tournament finishes. Unfortunately it means every month or so i ask Tame for the name to be changed.

But hey, it's no biggy.

ShadowMaat

August 18th, 2006, 08:20 AM

Can (or will) it be possible to set sig limits according to tier level? Maybe have folks start off at a minimum of space and gradually work their way up- though I wouldn't go bigger (or much bigger) than the current limit.

And/or see if there's a way to get vbulletin to refuse oversize sigs. Or resize them to fit current limits.

I stil think limits as a whole should be smaller, but it's just as easy to turn sigs off and avoid all the mess. :P

Cut down the number of emoticons you can use per post. That will prevent people from doing whole LINES of emoticons, which is kinda wasteful, IMO. To paraphrase Terry Pratchett: "Multiple emoticons. The sure sign of a deranged mind."

Stricken

August 18th, 2006, 08:42 AM

Can (or will) it be possible to set sig limits according to tier level? Maybe have folks start off at a minimum of space and gradually work their way up- though I wouldn't go bigger (or much bigger) than the current limit.

And/or see if there's a way to get vbulletin to refuse oversize sigs. Or resize them to fit current limits.

I stil think limits as a whole should be smaller, but it's just as easy to turn sigs off and avoid all the mess. :P
I like the idea, it would prevent people joining the forum and have a banner that is way to big, size and file size. I think there is a way to set the maximum size on the image within a signature and to refuse banners that are over the limit but I believe that its only available in the next version of vbulletin.

immhotep

August 18th, 2006, 08:51 AM

Within the new version of Vbullitin the forum will get automatic resizing of images and group sig rules.

Question to darren, with the new VB having so many of the latest features dependant of group rule will you finally implement the group system to GW? It could tie in with the Officer class surgeston, if you created an officer group with group permission for example..

MB.Eddie

August 18th, 2006, 10:02 AM

How about a count down timer to the next air date and time of SG1 + Atlantis?

Maybe fit it in somewhere on the main page...

Morbo

August 18th, 2006, 11:16 AM

if anything, we need less icons/emoticons.
a lot less.
a lot a lot lot lot less.

immhotep

August 18th, 2006, 11:30 AM

i think smileys are the best thing in the world, they break up the text and add personallity and emotion to peoples work. I think without smileys forums are a much more informal place.

immhotep

August 18th, 2006, 12:49 PM

"guilty :D" i did that at one time or another, but its only been a couple of times, i think smileys are needed to break up the flowing text, however interesting you need to see a smiley at some point or it just gets tedious.

Thunderstorm

August 18th, 2006, 04:17 PM

At least cut down the number of emoticons you can use per post. That will prevent people from doing whole LINES of emoticons, which is kinda wasteful, IMO. To paraphrase Terry Pratchett: "Multiple emoticons. The sure sign of a deranged mind."
There is a limit. It's twenty something. I don't use them alot but I reached it once when I was mad at something and using alot of frowns and eeks.

immhotep

August 18th, 2006, 05:03 PM

Its unnessicary though, smileys are a part of Gw and forums all over the net, i dont think a forum without smileys is a nice place to hang out, and we just got all those lovely SG orientated ones. Limit smileys is like say we shouldnt have thread icons or punctuation, because smileys are a form of punctuation im alot of cases.

Tracy Jane

August 18th, 2006, 05:05 PM

i also want to share this if you get a PM you have a little indcator that tells you have recieced one

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f269/pj111984/GW%20thread%20pics/aec54bff.jpg

We have that on GW, too!
Look at the pale blue box what says "Welcome, [insert name here]". It's on the right hand side of the page, above the thread :)

ParadoxRealities

August 18th, 2006, 05:27 PM

you usually get a pop-up window too. (i get it, and i have pop-ups blocked.)

Anubis69

August 18th, 2006, 06:10 PM

No smileys? That's silliness. Without it, no one would know when anyone was joking. I've lost count at the number of times i've made an empty threat in jest and been thankful for the ":P" at the end to ensure someone knows i'm joking...

Limiting though, that's a completely different kettle of fish. I only use 3 max in a post anyway. Then again, i try not to repeat any so use them sparingly and for comic effect rather than punctuation... maybe that's just me. *shrugs*

Anubis69

August 18th, 2006, 06:23 PM

Who said anything about removing them entirely?
...Mal:

maybe there should be a option to turn smile's off completely for those who would like it

As to excessive punctuation, it can serve a purpose when used very sparingly for the purpose of a joke. But yeah, in general it's overused.

MasySyma

August 18th, 2006, 10:27 PM

I vote for the spell check feature. Yes, I could use Word, but since I already spend many, many hours of my life in Word, I don't want to see it anymore when I come to Gateworld.

I like the smilies. I wish that we could personalize which of the 10 out of the 1000 were on the right hand side of the page though. Since I'm not watching SGA anymore, those smilies are a waste for me.

Perhaps we could add the idea of not overusing emoticons into the information for new posters, just as we teach people not to type in all caps.

Pharaoh Atem

August 18th, 2006, 10:58 PM

I vote for the spell check feature. Yes, I could use Word, but since I already spend many, many hours of my life in Word, I don't want to see it anymore when I come to Gateworld. if you want spall check just down load IE spell http://www.iespell.com/index.htm and click on this box and you can spell check your posts and threads. or you can download Google toolbar for Internet explorer or FireFox it comes with a spell check that works on gateworld

Admiral Mappalazarou

August 18th, 2006, 11:07 PM

see this:

yeah this

that was all me.

i win.

and darren.

he wins too.

but i don't have to like it.

I understand.

Morbo

August 19th, 2006, 12:13 AM

...Mal:

pretty sure he meant having an option that just lets you hide them, like having avatars and signatures turned off, like i do.

not get rid of them off the board completely.

Willow'sCat

August 19th, 2006, 04:41 AM

Can we make the PM character limit larger? 2000 isn't enough. No I don't have any idea what email is.

---

Pharaoh Atem

August 19th, 2006, 08:12 AM

pretty sure he meant having an option that just lets you hide them, like having avatars and signatures turned off, like i do.

not get rid of them off the board completely.
:indeed:

MasySyma

August 19th, 2006, 02:21 PM

if you want spall check just down load IE spell http://www.iespell.com/index.htm and click on this box and you can spell check your posts and threads. or you can download Google toolbar for Internet explorer or FireFox it comes with a spell check that works on gateworld

Thank you!!!

Morbo

August 19th, 2006, 03:50 PM

if you want spall check

complete system failure.

;)

Darren

August 20th, 2006, 12:48 AM

Gang,

If you want this thread to have any impact whatsoever, please take discussion and debate over suggestions into another thread. If I have to sift through this thread to find suggestions, I'll start speed reading, skimming, and eventually stop reading at all.

Thanks!

immhotep

August 20th, 2006, 05:40 AM

I was getting concerned about that, i intended this thread to be a resource for Darren to get ideas about the site and forum from us, rather than for a place to discuss our ideas with each other and then hopefully catch darrens eye. Im going to create a serperate thread for discussion.

http://forum.gateworld.net/showthread.php?p=5683331#post5683331 Here is the Gateworld adn Gateworld forum discussion thread.

Jedi_Master_Bra'tac

August 22nd, 2006, 11:59 AM

Can there be a way to see how many posts you have in OT w/o going through every thread and adding them up?

full.infinity

August 23rd, 2006, 10:53 PM

Change the spoiler tag button so that it's more obvious what it's function is.
Indeed.

Add a button for strikethrough.
I don't think that's even possible with the closed-source nature of vBulletin.

Ban everyone? :D
Except me, of course. :P

ShadowMaat

August 23rd, 2006, 11:00 PM

What are the odds of setting it up so that newbies are prevented from starting threads for X amount of time? This will stop slow the floods whenever something critical happens and the board becomes overrun with people signing up to talk about it- not just the whole cancellation thing, but other news items and OMG! announcements as well.

Granted, not ALL duplicate threads are started by newbies, quite a few are created by people who SHOULD know better, but it still might help. And even in non-flood times it might help cut down on all the random threads that pop up in strange places. It also might help put a crimp in the "check out this great deal" spammers.

I can understand it seeming too "unfriendly" for the open nature of Gateworld, but I figured I'd toss the idea out anyway. :)

Pharaoh Atem

August 23rd, 2006, 11:03 PM

there should have to wait till there reach 500 to 1.000 IMO

Thunderstorm

August 23rd, 2006, 11:41 PM

there should have to wait till there reach 500 to 1.000 IMO
I'd be a little kinder and say 100 post count.

MB.Eddie

August 24th, 2006, 03:17 AM

immhotep

August 24th, 2006, 03:24 AM

Yeah i think a one 1 month (250 post) membered-lurk is require before new members should be able to create threads.

Darkstar

August 24th, 2006, 05:45 AM

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned already on this thread of suggestions but in the Episode Guides that appear at the top of the main gateworld page, I was wondering since the Dr Who series has been revised and the Gateworld site is getting spruce up that Doctor Who could do with either taking the place of a series that no longer airs so we the fans can use that to reference episodes without having to enter the forum all the time which never lists the whole two series but just the episodes fans rated and reviewed.

:D

GateGipsy

August 24th, 2006, 05:46 AM

LOL! You're a brave poster Darkstar :D

immhotep

August 24th, 2006, 05:52 AM

you have to be bold to succeed in life ;)

Darren

August 24th, 2006, 04:36 PM

I do hope to add a Doctor Who sub-site this year. Not sure yet what will happen to some of the older, less popular sub-sites for those shows that have ended (e.g. Andromeda). They'll still be around, but maybe less prominent in that horizontal menu bar. 'Tis getting crowded up there!

Darren

August 24th, 2006, 04:39 PM

Shadow -- it's definitely a good idea. The trade-off for the mods, of course, is that instead of cleaning and merging threads, we would have to constantly monitor and validate all posts by new members, on days when there are potentially hundreds of new members joining. Not sure that is worth it.

TameFarrar

August 24th, 2006, 10:40 PM

SOme of your post that are just *chit-chat* regarding the suggestions here have been moved to Gateworld and Gateworld Forum Discussion thread (http://forum.gateworld.net/showthread.php?t=33515) the off shoot thread for discussion of suggestions here. This has been done in order to keep the thread cleaner and allow Darren to see the actual SUGGESTIONS and not have to cull through all of the chatty posts :)

If you would like to make comments or discuss items here please be kind to those making the suggestions and to Darren and post over in the other thread :)

Thanks

lissa1000

August 25th, 2006, 05:47 PM

I don't think blatant misogyny should be allowed on GW. After all we don't allow racism here. It would make sense that all GW members be respected.

TameFarrar

August 25th, 2006, 06:20 PM

I don't think blatant misogyny should be allowed on GW. After all we don't allow racism here. It would make sense that all GW members be respected.
I think you need to be more specific in this suggestion, as it is any and all Disrespect against a Forum MEMBER is not allowed and if you are seeing some you should be reporting it.

So if you could elaborate here that would be greatly appreciated :)

WTFOwned

August 30th, 2006, 05:22 PM

Well, just thought I'd suggest the addition of my smiley to the built-in ones on the site.
I'd suggest a tag, but it would get censored... Ah, oh well, I'll censor it myself and do it anyway:
[*bleep*scifi]

Well, that's it. The site's great and doesn't need any new improvements in my opinion.

Descent

August 31st, 2006, 01:18 AM

I would like to suggest a "Star Wars" board in The Alternate Universes section. I can't believe these popular movies don't get their own board while Star Trek does. :P

MB.Eddie

August 31st, 2006, 04:49 AM

I would like to suggest a "Star Wars" board in The Alternate Universes section. I can't believe these popular movies don't get their own board while Star Trek does. :P

I agree. SW is a huge frachise just like Trek, and should have its own board...

Lucreleia

August 31st, 2006, 11:50 AM

there should have to wait till there reach 500 to 1.000 IMO .

I'd be a little kinder and say 100 post count.

I think that the latter is better, or maybe 200, but not more than that...

unknown.entity

August 31st, 2006, 02:10 PM

Reduce the limit to around 500 posts for being able to use custom avatars.

More Anubis default avatars.

Stargate Wallpapers section in the homepage.

Stargate Screensavers section in the homepage.

Links/contacts relating to where we can buy actual Stargate costumes/items, such as Prior staffs, Kull Warrior original costumes, other products (costumes & items) that are either directly used on set or exact replicas, etc.

PS: Can we please stop people (who are not moderators/Darren) from commenting/answering other posts in this thread? Even the people who just say "oh yeah I agree"... it’s a waste of space. With all the people agreeing all the time and re-emphasizing what the previous poster already said, Darren might not be bothered reading the original question/suggestion. Also, if you know why a particular suggestion is not feasible, keep it to yourself, we don't want to know why it’s not possible from you, we want to know it from Darren. So again, such posts are wasting space and quite useless to the original poster.

RedGuard

August 31st, 2006, 02:24 PM

I have a suggestion about adding a sub-forum to the Alternate Universes for The 4400. There is five active threads in General Sci-Fi and Fantasy with the main 4400 discussion thread on page 31. Since there will be a fourth season, maybe a sub-forum of its own will be helpful.

immhotep

August 31st, 2006, 04:37 PM

I think the fandom section on the GWF should be divded between general fanfic and serialised fanfic. There are currently 5 or morevirtual series that have homes on Gw, excluding horizon, a subsection for the mto be togeth might be usefull.

P.S. Darren i was hoping to hear from you about the proposal but you have not replied yet, im adding a quick note here just in case you pop in.

Willow'sCat

August 31st, 2006, 10:59 PM

Adria

September 3rd, 2006, 07:05 AM

a limit or the complete end to personal threads. off topic looks like a college dorm

Farscapefan

September 3rd, 2006, 09:45 AM

Can we get a thing for the ignore list like we have for the buddy list?

If you click on someone's username it give you an option to add someone to the buddy list but not the ignore... I get sick of all the cuting and pasting I have to do; day in day out, to add peeps to my ignore. :cool:

I am deadly serious Darren. :cool:

I support you here, there should be ignore option when clicking somebody's username.
Plus, there should be IGNORE THREAD option. Sometimes just the titles of the threads make you sick, so it would be great to be able just put the whole thread on ignore.

ParadoxRealities

September 3rd, 2006, 10:20 AM

Can we get a thing for the ignore list like we have for the buddy list?

If you click on someone's username it give you an option to add someone to the buddy list but not the ignore... I get sick of all the cuting and pasting I have to do; day in day out, to add peeps to my ignore. :cool:

I am deadly serious Darren. :cool:we do, in the user profile (left click the user's name, first option "view public profile"). below the light blue bar with their name and pics on it, there is a white bar with are two links on it. "Add <name> to Your Buddy List" on the left and "Add <name> to Your Ignore List" on the right.

Morbo

September 3rd, 2006, 11:45 AM

can we make it so we don't have to click a button to type in the quick reply box?
its what i use 11 times out of 10, and it'd just be easier..
maybe its just me.

System Lord Anubis

September 3rd, 2006, 01:23 PM

I e-mailed not too long ago about a toys section, it's not really a suggestion, but I was wondering if you needed images for this section still. I got pictures of most of the older figures in the box saved on my hard drive if you would like them. They've been collected from around the internet, mostly EBay auctions and the like.

Adria

September 4th, 2006, 07:40 AM

When i joined GW i was actually i little surprised that there was no folder for suggestions.

This way all the suggestions are in one organized place instead of in the announcement and help folder. granted there now threads for suggestion that as everyone can see it not working. IMO

and it would work like any other folder on gateworld and all the suggestions would be in one simple place instead of fragmented and forgotten :)

unknown.entity

September 4th, 2006, 08:52 AM

When i joined GW i was actually i little surprised that there was no folder for suggestions.

...and it would work like any other folder on gateworld and all the suggestions would be in one simple place instead of fragmented and forgotten :)
EXACTLY! Finally someone points this out. Why can't we have an official thread/folder for suggestions?! One that is read and replied to by site-admin & moderators on an ongoing basis whether it be daily, weekly or even monthly. That way we know our suggestions will eventually be recieved...

Pharaoh Atem

September 4th, 2006, 09:39 AM

Morbo

September 4th, 2006, 10:24 AM

while that would be helpful, the last thing GW needs is another folder/forum. there's already about 146.

Morbo

September 4th, 2006, 10:35 AM

sorry for another post, i have a serious suggestion.

on the reply page, can you modify the emoticon/smiley panel so that what is shown by default on the page WITHOUT clicking "more" has a wider selection of different ones?

What's there now are basically 15 different emoticons for simply "smile happy". so i almost never, ever, ever use emoticons because its a huge pain to scroll through 4500 of them in the pop-up box and find a specific one.

I suggest putting maybe 1 or 2 of each major category there, and then if someone wants a particular one they can search for it.

for instance, include 2 smileys, 2 frowns, thumb up, thumb down, 2 angry faces, 2 confused/embarrassed, 2 randoms, etc.

thanks.

Farscapefan

September 4th, 2006, 12:50 PM

The option to ignore some of moderators is simply MUST HAVE. Or make some of the moderators to create the second identity, so they can post negativity and hatred as normal users, not as the board moderators. The one of them is defintiely going too far most of the times.

Pharaoh Atem

September 8th, 2006, 08:21 AM

Darren

September 9th, 2006, 12:28 AM

As soon as it's finished its syndication run, yep. Couple of weeks.

unknown.entity

September 9th, 2006, 01:13 AM

immhotep

September 9th, 2006, 04:49 AM

can we merge this thread in to the surgestion box? because having two seems pointless.

Jedi_Master_Bra'tac

September 9th, 2006, 06:55 AM

After you have 11 jello blocks, you can't get anymore, so, after you have all 11, how about your non-radioactive jello blocks to change to radioactive jello blocks as your rep level gets even higher.

Pharaoh Atem

September 9th, 2006, 07:34 AM

Suggestion:

A live chat-room to replace those *live discussion* threads.

Actually, an inbuilt chatroom in general for gateworld would be awesome. Maybe a feature where you require at least 500 posts minimum to be able to login to the chatroom (to prevent spammers).
the idea of chat rooms has already been debated http://forum.gateworld.net/showthread.php?t=903

personally i really like the live discussion threads i think there a good thing everyone just sitting back and enjoying stargate with fellow fans and as far as i know there never been any problem in those threads ie flaming fighting :)

unknown.entity

September 10th, 2006, 09:42 AM

the idea of chat rooms has already been debated http://forum.gateworld.net/showthread.php?t=903
Well the poll obviously indicated that a chatroom is preferred, so why hasn't it been implemented after nearly two years??? What good is a poll if it doesn't change anything in the end?

...personally i really like the live discussion threads i think there a good thing everyone just sitting back and enjoying stargate with fellow fans and as far as i know there never been any problem in those threads ie flaming fighting :)So you don't find it tedious continually refreshing the thread to check for new posts? Or having to go through 1-2 pages just to post a new message? Don't you get bothered by the page loading time required when refreshing or posting? All this while watching the episode "live"...

I think it would be much more convenient having a chatroom where your posts ARE actually live and made instantly. Maybe after it's over, the whole chatroom log can be converted to a thread for other users to add to later?

Pharaoh Atem

September 10th, 2006, 09:46 AM

Well the poll obviously indicated that a chatroom is preferred, so why hasn't it been implemented after nearly two years???
Gateworld 2.0 and there is more then just slapping a chat room together you would need mods for the chat rooms and deciding just how to structure it :)

immhotep

September 10th, 2006, 10:00 AM

The Gw surgestion box has been merged in to this thread k :)

unknown.entity

September 10th, 2006, 10:18 AM

...there is more then just slapping a chat room together you would need mods for the chat rooms and deciding just how to structure it :)
Well two years is more than enough time to do such a thing. It could be up and running in just a few months if they pay a professional to develop and integrate it.

Moderators won't be required that often if they go by my idea on how users would require 500 posts to join the chatroom. It would be very unlikely for an experienced user to say anything out of line. If someone does go out of line, moderators permanently ban them. This way mods would rarely be required. They wouldn't even have to be logged in to know when someone goes out of line. Other users can report it or moderators can identify it in the chatroom log when converting it into a thread.

ShadowMaat

September 10th, 2006, 11:09 AM

Moderators won't be required that often if they go by my idea on how users would require 500 posts to join the chatroom. It would be very unlikely for an experienced user to say anything out of line.
"Experienced" users are just as capable of being hellish, trolling little s***s as "new" folks are- especially since people will spam their way up to the token mark just so they can gain access. In fact, I think some of our most problematic people are the ones who have higher post counts- mostly because they spend a lot of their time running around attacking people and belittling viewpoints. Two of the board's biggest, nastiest people have far, far more than 500 posts even though both have been banned multiple times for offensive behavior.

If there's going to be a chat room it had damn well better be moderated because people can't be trusted to police themselves.

Major Clanger

September 10th, 2006, 11:41 AM

*faints at the idea of unmoderated GW chat*

Pharaoh Atem

September 10th, 2006, 11:45 AM

Well two years is more than enough time to do such a thing. It could be up and running in just a few months if they pay a professional to develop and integrate it.

Moderators won't be required that often if they go by my idea on how users would require 500 posts to join the chatroom. It would be very unlikely for an experienced user to say anything out of line. If someone does go out of line, moderators permanently ban them. This way mods would rarely be required. They wouldn't even have to be logged in to know when someone goes out of line. Other users can report it or moderators can identify it in the chatroom log when converting it into a thread.
:lol:

immhotep

September 10th, 2006, 12:53 PM

Why have a chat room when you could just all get each others MSN and have multiperson chat? Im in loads of multiGw member chats on MSN and if i was in the Us and watched it live then im sure i could arrange fro MSn to be on at the same time...

ShadowMaat

September 12th, 2006, 07:43 AM

Any possibility of adding more avs to the basic sets? While the complainers don't seem to be in majority, it might at least help with the issue some people have with multiple people having the same av.

...But then again, folks will probably choose the same avs anyway, which is how they (the avs) become popular in the first place. ;)

Descent

September 12th, 2006, 08:04 AM

Any word about that possible Star Wars Board I suggested awhile ago?

Skydiver

September 14th, 2006, 07:57 AM

actually, i'd think we'd only need mods if we were chatting with an actor

my friends and i chat on AIM every night and we dont' need moderation.

and if folks want to do that, then do what we've done, go out to AIM, create a chat room and then post the name so that folks can join as they wish

and if they don't behave, you deal with it on your own

if there was an 'official' gw chat room with a mod on duty all the time, dude we'd have to be getting paid and compensated for our time :)

because it would be a full time job

immhotep

September 14th, 2006, 12:54 PM

Exactly, MSN/AIM is far easier and more accessable and in all likelyhood better than any chat room GW would be able to generate on its own. they are professional applications and would need professionals to run, GW doesnt have the need or resources to spend on such a trivial problem that can be sorted very simply for 99% of users.

Darren

September 14th, 2006, 10:19 PM

This thread got itself merged and renamed, so I've renamed it back.

Please, everyone remember that this thread is for suggestions, not discussion or debate. There's a good thread for that here:

http://forum.gateworld.net/showthread.php?t=33515

immhotep

October 21st, 2006, 07:52 AM

Hi darren i was told to direct this question at you when i asked it in the "ask the mods" thread, this was the only place i could figure you would look and this place seemed to have died; your be doing things perfectly i seems!
Anyways, the question is regarding folders, specificly having a spaceship/ship design folder in the science and tech section. There is a massive number of threads on ships, putting them in one place would clear up the the section so much. Also the two biggest ship threads in the section, the GW fleet and the origional starship design threads both have a need to expand and well it would be really benificial to have a folder where the extra threads could be put without dominating and drowning out all the other threads.

I was told this was up to you so could you please get back to me, thanks :)
Immhotep

Darren

October 21st, 2006, 04:36 PM

Looking through the first few pages of the Science & Tech section, I'd say that ship threads are not dominating so much that yet another sub-folder is justified. I currently count only seven ship-specific threads in the first two pages.

immhotep

October 22nd, 2006, 05:04 AM

Its not just that ship/ship design threads are dominated, but that they need room to expand; the two main threads, the origional starship design thread and the GWfleet have a real need to expand. if we cant have folder then the science and tech section is going to get clogged up.
There are at least 6 new threads that need to be spun off from the two threads, and if we cant get a folder then it would be "GWF - 3D production thread" "Origional starship Design of the month competition thread" ~ there are loads more.
A subfolder, the only one in the section would really help and it really wanted by everyone down there. The first page isnt the only way to tell, there are hundreds of threads that are ship orientated..

Morbo

October 28th, 2006, 11:18 AM

any way you could make it so the quick reply box doesn't need to be "activated"? it's just sitting there ready to be typed in instead. it'd save numerous unnecessary clicks!
thanks.

immhotep

October 29th, 2006, 04:02 AM

No that was horrible when it was a glitch, clicking is fine

Morbo

November 7th, 2006, 02:14 PM

No that was horrible when it was a glitch, clicking is fine

why, its not like you accidentally start typing in it...
anyway.

would it be possible to unsticky the outdated threads in this forum? there's about 15 of them up there, and some of them aren't even about current things, and it makes us have to scroll down almost half a page to even get to regular threads.

immhotep

November 7th, 2006, 03:03 PM

I second that, greg stickies everything and sometimes its not needed, or at least not for very long, stuff like:
http://forum.gateworld.net/showthread.php?t=37314
wont even be needed in a few days.

Darren

November 7th, 2006, 06:16 PM

Unstuck a bunch.

Morbo

November 7th, 2006, 07:24 PM

thanks darren. you're my boy.

IcyNeko

November 8th, 2006, 02:05 AM

Hey Darren, can we get a Heroes page under Alternate Universes?

Darren

November 9th, 2006, 10:29 AM

Heroes discussion should stick to General Sci-Fi for now. But I'm definitely thinking about it.

Pharaoh Atem

November 9th, 2006, 08:39 PM

Heroes discussion should stick to General Sci-Fi for now. But I'm definitely thinking about it.

it could replace the firefly folder which is pretty much completely dead :beckett:

Col. Shadow Quinn

November 13th, 2006, 09:36 PM

You know those vs. threads on the forum, what if we created a category for vs. threads that way they are out of the way of other thread.

Pharaoh Atem

November 13th, 2006, 09:37 PM

who you could just to it in fun and games just a idea

Col. Shadow Quinn

November 13th, 2006, 09:42 PM

who you could just to it in fun and games just a idea

I know, but how all thos x vs.y threads? (i.e. Star Wars vs. Stargate) those were some seious debates, why should those be in the fun and games section?

FallenAngelII

November 21st, 2006, 04:38 AM

I think it was on Narutoforums.com that I saw someone using spoiler tags in quiet a spectacular way. Instead of the spoiler "button" reading simply "Spoiler(s)", it read "Spoilers for *insert episode name here*".

I might've misread or something but I'm pretty sure that's what I saw. Now how do we implement it into Gateworld's features? :P

sgeureka

November 21st, 2006, 05:02 AM

Here's an example post from that forum: http://forums.narutofan.com/showpost.php?p=1356865&postcount=4

The source code looks like this: (spoilers for the anime show Naruto)

142 doesn't have a summary, but the rest do, although since 139's airing tomorrow there's really no point in putting it in. Keep in mind I haven't seen any of the fillers, so some terms may be wrong.

139: Terror! Orochimaru's Mansion

140: Two Beats, Kabuto's Trap
Sakura shakes in front of Orochimaru. But, thinking of Sasuke, she pulls herself together and asks about Sasuke's whereabouts. Then, she hears from Kabuto that Sasuke got the curse seal to wait for Orochimaru's next chance to use his Tensei.

141: Sakura's Decision
Naruto refuses to believe the story that Sasuke is dead and draws closer to Arashi. Arashi tries to kill Naruto, but Sasame stops it. But for Arashi, the old Arashi is dead and this is a body made to live by Ninpou...

142: Three Villains of the Well-Guarded Facility

That forum's vBulletin Version is 3.6.2 (gateworld's is 3.6.3). So it should be possible to implement, if Darren thinks it's a great idea. I know I do! :) I just had never seen it being implemented before.

FallenAngelII

November 21st, 2006, 05:15 AM

So it should be possible! Great.

Doing this would greatly help us all. For one thing, people will no longer have to specifu which episodes they are from in a separate line, like this:

Spoilers for "Rodney Finally Jumps John (part I)":
And they had lots of sex and lived happily ever after... 'til part II.

The above is very aestetically not-pleasant on the eyes. Also, being able to implement episode names in the spoiler buttons themselves, more and more people will start doing it (I'm guessing here, I think they will, though), which would lessen the woes of those who are thinking "Oh, it's just a spoiler for episodes that have already aired (in the United States)" and then click on a tag only to be faced with a spoiler from, oh, say, "Echoes".

Doing so will also allow people who go into threads about past seasons to also include talk about current seasons without having to add the extra line above the spoiler-button.

So unless implementing this feature is an extremely time-consuming endeavor, please, Mods, implement it! :P

SaberBlade

November 21st, 2006, 06:02 AM

That's a pretty nifty feature. Before VB upgraded to the v3 series they use now, that type of spoiler was very common on vb forums.

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=113776

I've always considered it a good code, especially if a person is able to get the spoiler all within a nice, neat button.

FallenAngelII

November 21st, 2006, 07:04 AM

SaberBlade

November 21st, 2006, 07:38 AM

According to sgeureka, Narutoforums use vBulletin 3.62.

Well any coder should be able to install it, and do any changes if needed. Since they use a spoiler code on 3.6.2, just ask the admin or the coder of that site to tell you where they got the original code, or just ask for their code.

FallenAngelII

November 22nd, 2006, 02:38 AM

Apparentely, I need special access (the Mods should have it) to post in:
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/index.php?, where I can ask for help.

FallenAngelII

November 22nd, 2006, 06:03 AM

ya you would need to sign up just like you would for gw lol
Um... no. If you would've bothered to read the post you just quoted, it says you need special access to post on that board. Access you apparently need some weird vBulletin account (that is, by owning a forum) for. You need to have bought a vBulletin license, giving you an account at vBulletin.org.

Adria

November 22nd, 2006, 06:35 AM

hey that looks cool

The Great Lord Baal

November 22nd, 2006, 07:14 AM

ShadowMaat

November 22nd, 2006, 08:36 AM

I have a suggestion do you know the way we are kind of ranked on post and the green boxes how about this is split and instead of primtah for instance those that would rather have a military name could be private.

Here's the most recent of MANY threads discussing changing the ranks:

http://forum.gateworld.net/showthread.php?t=27623

And the green boxes are just reputation points which have ABSOLUTELY NO BEARING WHATSOEVER on anything relevant in terms of the forum. Check out the X-treme Guide (http://forum.gateworld.net/showthread.php?t=18320) for some answers to some of the ad nauseum questions/issues regarding the forum.

Pharaoh Atem

November 30th, 2006, 09:59 AM

Darren,
i have suggestion under forum announcement it says
Forum news, announcements, and questions.

my suggestion is to add "newbie tutorials" so newbies might find it easier to find the guides that answer there questions.

so it would read Forum news, announcements, newbie tutorials and questions.

ShadowMaat

December 5th, 2006, 10:33 PM

Pharaoh Atem

December 5th, 2006, 10:36 PM

Morbo

December 5th, 2006, 11:36 PM

yes i love the ignore thread option.
i have over 40 threads ignored on my other forums. so so so so nice.

immhotep

December 6th, 2006, 12:30 PM

added to my wish list:

I wish that when I put someone on ignore it also ignored (and thus made invisible) all threads created by that person. *wistful sigh* Probably not possible, but it's nice to think about. ;)
I already surgested that at one point. It seems like a popular choice, and im sure that people that dont like certain topics, eg spoilers, pro/anti discusions, shipping it would become a very helpfull feature and limit the amount of damage those types of threads have on peoples enjoyment of gateworld forums. All for it :)

Jedi_Master_Bra'tac

December 11th, 2006, 01:47 PM

I have a few suggestions regarding the fan polls

Can we have fan polls for things other than the episodes? ie the stargate books, comic books, episodes from other shows etc
Can all the fan polls that started before 2.0 be reset, or at least all the votes cast before 2.0 be discarded, because the fan poll scores for these episodes aren't very accurate now the system has changed. You could promt people to vote on the main site, maybe have all the polls for a particular season on one page, to save time and to encourage more people to vote again
Can we have fan polls for the seasons, ie "How would you rate SG-1's season 1?" etc

sgeureka

December 11th, 2006, 07:32 PM

Can we have fan polls for the seasons, ie "How would you rate SG-1's season 1?" etc
We already had that. (Do a search for threads with the name "Stargate SG-1: Season [n]" by ParadoxRealities.) It wasn't very successful. Around 40 people used the poll, and in all of those threads, no more than 13 people replied.

The rest: If the people think a poll would be useful, they'll ask the mods to include one. There shouldn't be a poll for each and everything when all you get is a handful of people who actually use those things.

Also, I've learned in the past two years not to trust fan polls anymore. They're usually rigged by fans who think that voting 10/10 makes their favorite show even better, and others who'll always give very low rates because they're frustrated with the show. Resetting old polls accomplish nothing (IMO).

ShadowMaat

December 11th, 2006, 07:35 PM

Fan polls are ALWAYS rigged, no matter what "system" is being used. Episodes will almost always be "excellent!" Current seasons are usually "the best ever!" Everyone loves everything! Yay! :rolleyes:

Capt.Mal Reynolds

December 19th, 2006, 08:23 PM

the capt.mal reynolds rule

Only one account per member and one member per account

jafacakes

December 27th, 2006, 08:28 PM

Don't know if this has been sugested already, but a spellchecker ? i know I would find it very usefull :o

Haikon

December 27th, 2006, 08:36 PM

Don't know if this has been sugested already, but a spellchecker ? i know I would find it very usefull :o

download ie spell you can right click using your mouse and then you can spell check your posts (ie spell works with Internet explorer) and aol

or depending if you are using Internet explorer or FireFox you can download Google toolbar and it has a spell check built in

Missster.Freeman

December 27th, 2006, 08:54 PM

download ie spell you can right click using your mouse and then you can spell check your posts (ie spell works with Internet explorer) and aol

or depending if you are using Internet explorer or FireFox you can download Google toolbar and it has a spell check built in
Or just use the built-in spell checker in Firefox 2 and there is no need to have a toolbar installed (my preference really). VERY handy for checking the spells in your post before hitting the Submit button.

Amaunet

December 28th, 2006, 04:29 AM

Or just use the built-in spell checker in Firefox 2 and there is no need to have a toolbar installed (my preference really). VERY handy for checking the spells in your post before hitting the Submit button.

Something like that could be very useful..thankyou for that info..:D

Col. Shadow Quinn

December 29th, 2006, 06:14 AM

Custom Rank at 7,500 posts.

Jedi_Master_Bra'tac

December 29th, 2006, 06:17 AM

Custom Rank at 7,500 posts.

Everyone will spam to get it, like the custom av. Maybe 7,500 posts and a good reputation level.

immhotep

December 29th, 2006, 07:52 AM

So what, because some people will spam to get to 7500 posts all the people who have genuinely earned 7500 psots shouldnt be entitled to the one thing that (for me personally) is the one thing missing from GW. I would love a custom rank, i really would, and people who are at that "level" should have that ability, the last time i got anything new was last september...ive stayed on Gw for way longer than i expected and havent gotten anything. I post everyday, multiple times a day. I havent even got to 7500, i cant see how anyone can spam that much. To 1800 isnt that hard, since october ive got 800 posts so over the course of about 4/5 months im sure its possible, but a spammer would have to post in every thread on GW to get 7500 posts, it couldnt happen...
I just think its unfair to hinder the people who want and deserve that custom rank feature become soem people think that they can cheat there way in to it.

Lida

December 29th, 2006, 09:29 AM

Everyone will spam to get it, like the custom av. Maybe 7,500 posts and a good reputation level.

No, I don't think everyone will spam it....not everyone cares about their count numbers. Many here write thought provoking posts, and those that do spam, that's their business. If it inflates their ego, fine. Isn't this a place to have fun, exchange ideas, get information, exchange information???? I thought it was.......

Morbo

December 29th, 2006, 12:00 PM

download ie spell you can right click using your mouse and then you can spell check your posts (ie spell works with Internet explorer) and aol

or depending if you are using Internet explorer or FireFox you can download Google toolbar and it has a spell check built in

wait. wait.
people still use IE? and are dumb enough to install plugins and toolbars?

also, safari/OSX has built in spell check to the system.

Everyone will spam to get it, like the custom av. Maybe 7,500 posts and a good reputation level.

or.
allow custom everything from the get go, and all of these points become moot.

Jedi_Master_Bra'tac

December 29th, 2006, 12:43 PM

allow custom everything from the get go, and all of these points become moot.

poor mods :S Do you know how busy they will be if they had to run around after noobs changing their rule breaking avs and ranks

immhotep

December 29th, 2006, 01:38 PM

Yeah im sorry but i dont want everyone to have custom ranks, go through the system first but for those above 5000 there is no system so they should have earned the right to have thier own rank. They have nothing to gain apart from respect, and while that is brilliant being able to have a custom rank is a symbol that they have stuck around and can now be who they want to be..

Haikon

December 29th, 2006, 01:40 PM

Yeah im sorry but i dont want everyone to have custom ranks..

no just you do and that all you care about

immhotep

December 29th, 2006, 05:00 PM

Ok perspective Of haikon:
You have been here 4 days, and have made 31 contribution to this forum; you seem to already be bored of the basic facilitie of Gateworld and are wanting more.

Perspective of Immhotep:
Has been on here over two years, has made over 5000 contributions and started alot of different things on Gateworld. Has gone through all the system, from primta all the way up to goauld lord. He been a noob and grown out of it. I have throughout my career on Gateworld made many contributions to the community, i started ship design, have worked on starting up the gateworld RPG, and have been producer of two VS's..My contributions have hardly been selfish.

Frankly; you have been here 4 days and without wanting to be the steriotypical elder member lecturing the new guy. You know nothign about me or what i have been doing on Gateworld. You have made a sweeping comment about what i do with my time on Gateworld, you have no idea about who or what i care about and this is a case in point as to why i have the view that the right to have greater privalages within Gateworld shoudl be reserved for those who actually know what gateworld is and who the people in gateworld are actually like.

I want Custom ranks because i think that the system as it stands is perfect until you reach 5000 posts, then you do not get any other rank beyond the Goauld Lord. At that point it would be sensible to allow custom titles; the custom avatar function kicks in when you can no longer achieve a higher level of avatar access and the same system should apply to ranks.

Dont judge me until you know who i am.

Morbo

December 29th, 2006, 06:59 PM

poor mods :S Do you know how busy they will be if they had to run around after noobs changing their rule breaking avs and ranks

less than you think.
the majority of people here are sheep, and over the top giddy happy go lucky follow the rules report posts kinda people.
i think you'd find less people who have NSFW avatars or NSFW language in their small little tiny 15 character limited custom title.

Lida

December 29th, 2006, 08:22 PM

less than you think.
the majority of people here are sheep, and over the top giddy happy go lucky follow the rules report posts kinda people.
i think you'd find less people who have NSFW avatars or NSFW language in their small little tiny 15 character limited custom title.

Morbo, if the majority of peeps here are sheep, why are YOU here? Just a polite question......you train border collies???? :jack_new_anime05: :jack_new_anime06:

Morbo

December 29th, 2006, 10:33 PM

i'm here because i enjoy stargate, and other assorted science fiction.

Haikon

December 30th, 2006, 08:05 AM

i'm here because i enjoy stargate, and other assorted science fiction.

and adria

immhotep

December 30th, 2006, 08:59 AM

Everyone loves adira ;) shes the hottest supervillain stargate has ever had, cept maybe replicarter or Hathor.

Lida

December 30th, 2006, 11:43 AM

i'm here because i enjoy stargate, and other assorted science fiction.

Aw, I thought you trained Border Collies, they are great herding dogs.

Well, glad you enjoy Stargate and scifi.....and in truth, most here are not sheep.....I won't say what a few are, but trust me, the majority are fantastic people...give them a chance.:)

immhotep

December 30th, 2006, 12:35 PM

some people are sheep but not all of them..and the rest are shepards leading the flock, just dont follow the wrong sheppard and ull be fine.

Lida

December 30th, 2006, 12:38 PM

some people are sheep but not all of them..and the rest are shepards leading the flock, just dont follow the wrong sheppard and ull be fine.

Just as I said, most are NOT sheep, but you can be the head shepherd for those little lost sheep.OK??? ;)

immhotep

December 30th, 2006, 12:50 PM

Yay but i have a flock, and they are very cool.

Anubis69

December 30th, 2006, 01:33 PM

If we're the sheep, you're the shepherd, then who the hell is he? *below*

... And something else about "a boy crying wolf" that i couldn't be bothered to work into this ridiculous analogy.

ShadowMaat

December 30th, 2006, 01:39 PM

Given the attitude of "I deserve to be rewarded" attitude that seems to permeate the forum, I'm not sure folks deserve ANY perks.

Suggestion: Separate folder for the movies. I think someone mentioned that already, but it seems like a good idea, so I'll second it.

Morbo

December 30th, 2006, 05:12 PM

and adria

hahahahaha
:thumbsup

Suggestion: Separate folder for the movies. I think someone mentioned that already, but it seems like a good idea, so I'll second it.

yes.
and consolidate all the SG-1 seasons up to 9 in one forum.

And suggestion rehash:
can we change the default selection of smilies on the reply page to have a little more variety.
I am a big user the thumbsup or thumbsdown icons, or even a few other smilies, and having to click "more" and waiting 10 minutes for them all to load, and then another 10 minutes to scroll through the 14,000 there are is a pain - and refuse to do it (as seen above).
perhaps change it (if its even possible?) to have maybe 2 or 3 happy/sad, then a few misc emotions, and then the thumbup, and a few other misc ones?

localfocus

January 2nd, 2007, 10:14 AM

I'd like to have the ability to see how many people have posted in each thread. We can see how many posts there have been, How many views, and how many people are currently viewing. But we can't tell how many people have posted.

When inside a thread, under thread tools could be an option of "Thread Statistics" It would be great to get all of that information on one page and even be able to view it by time. IE see how many views, posts, and posters in the last day, week, month, year, and so on.

Prior Daniel

January 2nd, 2007, 10:25 AM

Morbo

January 2nd, 2007, 10:27 AM

Lida

January 2nd, 2007, 10:27 AM

How about the people here try and lose their "attitudes" and try to get along? The world is screwed up enough as it is, do we need petty bickering in here?

Oh gee, what was I thinking? I know, I'm trying out for the Miss World pagent....and world peace is always the answer. LOL ;)

localfocus

January 2nd, 2007, 10:45 AM

Oh thanks Prior Daniel and Morbo. Didn't know that. I'd still like to see the numbers of posters added up, I'm lazy :) And be able to break it down by time.

immhotep

January 2nd, 2007, 12:05 PM

Wow i never knew about that feature! its really cool, i just assured myself that i am the person who's posted the most in the OSDT, 314 in one thread..thats quite impressive :D Thanks for that, it was really cool, you can teach an old dog new tricks and you get green for it :)

Morbo

January 2nd, 2007, 08:05 PM

you lied. you didn't give me green.

Darren

January 3rd, 2007, 06:39 PM

This thread is for suggestions only -- not conversation or debate over discussions. Please take those to another thread.

If this thread gets cluttered, I'm afraid I won't have time to read it.

The Ori

January 3rd, 2007, 07:04 PM

I'm just saying but I don't know if there is a way already, but when you go to a thread that you have posted on before, you should be able to search sumhow how to be able to find all your posts!!

ACharmedAsgard

January 4th, 2007, 06:45 AM

You click on your name at the top of your post and then you get taken to your profile. When your there just click where it says 'find all (incert name's) posts.

sgeureka

January 23rd, 2007, 06:18 AM

Can the episode threads in the episode folders (at least for SG-1 and SGA) be stickied again like in the previous years? This way, even with the forum default on not to display threads after some time has passed, the threads will always be visible. (And this would also help to reduce the cases of members asking to open new Atlantis threads when in fact those threads are just too old to be displayed - until someone posts in them.)

I've already made this suggestion when the forum opened, and Darren granted it.

(If it's not too much work, I'd like to ask if episode threads can also be stickied for other shows. I watched Firefly and S2 of LOST for the first time recently and wanted to catch up what others were saying, but I always had to go the extra clicks to view them. But that's not so important.)

Darren

January 23rd, 2007, 08:44 PM

Older threads don't disappear for me. Are you using a custom setting for displaying threads? I think that I am using the default, so threads in the "Episodes" sub-folders remain visible all the time.

Anyone else?

sgeureka

January 24th, 2007, 04:36 AM

You're right. Sorry. I do use a custom setting (and I know that my problem is because of that :)) but I thought one post (http://forum.gateworld.net/showpost.php?p=6112491&postcount=4476) of the mods implied this problem also occurred with the forum default. I re-read their post and I found I misread. :o

But I suggest stickying the episode threads again. It was nice to have some kind of unintentional label to recognize ep threads in the getNewPosts faster.

(But I'll survive if this suggestion gets ignored. :) The SG ep sections worked well without the sticky last year. And as I said, I just noticed because I wanted to read ep threads of old seasons of other shows, which I haven't really ever done before.)

Anubis69

January 24th, 2007, 08:59 AM

I was talking to a friend about a forum he frequents and how they have a caption competition every sunday where the winner wins a custom title for that one week. I thought it was a good idea, but then as i'm beginning to think that it wouldn't really work with a forum this size would it? There would be hundreds of captions for the "judge" to decide who wins...

Maybe more hassle than it's worth.

Col. Shadow Quinn

January 25th, 2007, 03:03 PM

A versus thread section so we don't crowd the other sections with versus threads.

ShadowMaat

January 25th, 2007, 03:24 PM

A versus thread section so we don't crowd the other sections with versus threads.

I'd settle for all of them being moved into the games section. And I do mean ALL of them. From every section.

ACharmedAsgard

January 28th, 2007, 02:34 PM

Do you know what I think would be good!

If one of the fonts we could use is Ancient or Asgard etc. many members have the files, all we need do was move them in the gateworld fonts folders and we could speak in stargate languages to each other :D

Just a suggestion :D

TheGreatLordGeorge

January 28th, 2007, 03:07 PM

TheGreatLordGeorge

January 28th, 2007, 03:15 PM

I like that idea

sgeureka

January 28th, 2007, 03:20 PM

^We can do that already. Most people (who are interested in communicating in Ancient) do have the Anquietas font. You just have to type out as"]xyz[/F[/COLOR]ONT] then. (It could be added to the Fonts list though, but I doubt there are really enough people to support any changes for Darren.)

[FONT="Anquietas"]Hello :)

ACharmedAsgard

January 28th, 2007, 07:04 PM

Ah I didn't know that

LoneStar1836

January 28th, 2007, 08:11 PM

I have noticed over the past few months that threads are popping up all over the place (mainly off topic and gen scfi & fantasy) about TV shows that are not scifi and do not usually go with what GW Off-Topic is usually filled with. That is why i am asking for a new section that is specifically for non sci fi television series such as 24, house, boston legal, CSI (all 3), NCIS, law and order, and many more to numerous to list. I think that it would be a good idea but of course I yield to what you think since I am just a lowly member. :) I definitely support that idea.

I know Off Topic is supposed to catch all the stuff that is non-Stargate, non-sci-fi/fantasy, but imho the tv show threads and movie threads get lost in the shuffle since that folder catches a lot of stuff. I wish there was a sub-folder in Off Topic for those (especially since I spend more time in the OT section of the board than any of the Stargate related folders combined).

24 and Prison Break have absolutely no business being in the General sci-fi/fantasy folder and I say that as a poster in those two threads. I'm guessing Prison Break has only ended up back in the Gen folder because someone started a new thread in there (while the main thread had been moved to OT a while back) and I reported it as needing to be merged with the original one in OT and somehow in the merging it got flopped to the Gen folder by mistake instead of OT where it belongs. Guess I should have reported that as well but figured someone else would...eventually. :D

Pharaoh Atem

January 28th, 2007, 08:28 PM

just a reminder that this thread is for posting ideas use this to discuss the ideas http://forum.gateworld.net/showthread.php?t=33515:)

Morbo

January 28th, 2007, 11:54 PM

i started the 24 thread in off-topic, then someone merged it with another one someone started in the General Sci-Fi forum.
why, i have no clue.

immhotep

January 29th, 2007, 09:07 AM

Hey is there any way for you to create a Rep history, because seeing 20 or 30 or whatever is fine but id love to see the whole thing. Just a surgestion :)

TheGreatLordGeorge

February 1st, 2007, 07:40 PM

Darren

February 1st, 2007, 09:22 PM

TheGreatLordGeorge

February 1st, 2007, 10:11 PM

Okay, thankyou for responding

LoneStar1836

February 2nd, 2007, 01:29 AM

For now we're going to stick with sci-fi and fantasy genre, but I'll definitely take it under advisement. I would need to make the decision to expand what GW fundamentally is to cover TV in general. Not sure how that would go over, especially with people questioning having Battlestar Galactica featured on the home page.

I don’t think GW’s main site or the forum needs to cover other tv genres other than sci-fi/fantasy, but what I would like to see is a sub-folder in Off-Topic (you know like you do the individual folders for the episodes for the current seasons of Stargate, BSG, etc.). Since it would be in the Off-Topic folder then posts in that sub-folder would not count towards your post count.

I don’t think TheGreatLordGeorgerheaus was asking for GW to provide any coverage for these alternate entertainment topics that fall outside the sci-fi/fantasy genre. :) Just one folder where people can discuss other tv shows, movies, music, and books (possibly even console/PC games) that fall outside GW’s main genre. Some place other than the main OT folder.

I know there are a million other sites for more serious discussions of tv shows, movies, etc that have nothing to do with Stargate and sci-fi and sometimes I do read those (but never post), but I like GW and the posters that post here. Obviously people don’t seek out the site to say discuss “24”, but there are people here who do watch that show and several other shows and like to discuss those shows with other posters on GW. The key thing there is with other GW posters. Of course I can go to a number of other sites and discuss shows/movies with other people on the net, but GW is a place of familiarity. It’s actually the only forum I post on with any regularity. I know and like the mods, am familiar with the tone and rules of the board, and am familiar with posters at GW.

I don’t read the Stargate sections of this board as much any more and I post even less in them. I generally hang more in the General Sci-fi/Fantasy folder, BSG folder, and Off-Topic folder. So if it weren’t for other areas of the board other than Stargate, I would rarely read and post on GW, even though I initially joined back in May 2004 to discuss Stargate. I’ve lost my desire to discuss Stargate, but I still like to come here to discuss other things with posters that I am familiar with and like to chat with. I'm more inclined to read and possibly post in these types of threads in OT that I'm asking for a new folder for than I am in other types of threads that inhabit OT, but I actually have to notice those threads first because I rarely go searching for specific topics and just usually read whatever is on the first two or three pages in OT.

Like I noted earlier, 24 and Prison Break have no business being in the General sci-fi/fantasy folder, but they are and I have no idea why. They belong in OT. Even in general OT they would survive fine because they get enough traffic to keep them on the first couple of pages, but there are other threads people have created for other shows that don’t stay afloat in the massive sea that is Off-Topic. Of course there is the argument that that’s what the search function is for or that if people cared to talk about that particular show/movie/music then the thread would stay afloat. I’ve been on this board long enough to have seen those very valid arguments pop up again and again for various requests. And that is one reason I’ve hesitated at suggesting a new sub-folder for OT tv shows, movies, etc. myself. Plus the fact that I remember when the forum got sub-divided into the Character & Relationships, Science & Tec, etc. folders there was the discussion that you didn’t really like to have so many folders/divisions on the forum, and I can see your point about that, but I think those folders have worked out very well.

OT is a very popular folder, imo, and maybe one sub-division in it could benefit it even more. I would just really like for there to be a sub-folder in OT for GW posters to discuss tv shows, movies, music,and books that do not fall into the sci-fi/fantasy genre of the other folders at GW.

I just think a sub-folder would also maybe be a little more fair. When Prison Break got moved to OT from the Gen folder, it ruffled some feathers because 24 did not get moved as well (even though Morbo originally started the thread in OT). With this folder, there is no excuse for not moving such shows that don't belong in that folder. I would still love to know who was bribing who not to move the 24 thread. :P I can see why people would be hesitant to start a thread in OT because the folder is constantly active unlike say the Gen sci-fi/fantasy folder where threads generally tend to hang around on the first page for several days even without a new post. The first 10 pages in OT only date back to January 1, 2007 while the first 10 pages in the General Sci-fi/Fantasy folder date all the way back to September 1, 2006.

Off-Topic is a catch-all for a lot of topics. I just think that a separate sub-folder would possibly generate more discussion in some of these different threads because they wouldn’t get shuffled back so quickly.

Of course it’s your decision, Darren, and I respect that. :) I won’t be miffed if you don’t reconsider, but I just think it might be beneficial to the board, especially since it would be a folder that I would frequent. :D:)

Thanks for reading if you made it this far! :D Sorry. I got rather wordy.

Went through the first 10 pages in Off-Topic which date back to January 1 of this year and culled threads which I think would fit in this new folder to give you an idea of what I’m thinking.

Gateworlder's Book Club and Reading list
Bones - Starring David Boreanaz
What are you watching on TV right now? Or what do you like to watch the most on TV?
Your biggest entertainment disappointment?
My Chemical Romance Appreciation Thread
Video games!
Official Colbert Nation Thread
Rocky Balboa
Black Mesa: A Half-Life 2 Modification
Petition: MacGyver movies on DVD -- please SIGN
House M.D.!!
Black Sabbath Concert Tour!
Anyone here catch the new season of Rome?
Linkin park fan club thread
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess anyone else playing it
The Scrubs Appreciation/Discussion Thread
A Dog's Breakfast
Calling all Rockers and Metalheads!
The Simpsons, and there fans
Just got BBCAmerica
Anyone like webcomics?
World of Warcraft
The O.C.' Is Canceled
National Treasure 2!?!?!?
CSI LasVegas - Miami - NewYork
Wicked The Musical
What Am I Going To Do! TV Conflicts
The Nintendo Wii Thread

Pharaoh Atem

February 2nd, 2007, 07:16 PM

Not sure how that would go over, especially with people questioning having Battlestar Galactica featured on the home page.

like i said before who cares it's your site your choice :mckay: you pay the bills

people need to understand that gw needs to grow and evolve change with the times. yes,

it's a stargate site originally but someday stargate won't be on tv and then you will need to find something new to attract people to gw and keep it fresh. That is you are doing the problem people just can't accept change but if there want to continue to enjoy gw there just going to have too.:)

Pharaoh Atem

February 4th, 2007, 08:40 PM

Admiral Mappalazarou

February 4th, 2007, 08:56 PM

ouuuuuuuuuuuu so very technical....

TheGreatLordGeorge

February 4th, 2007, 09:03 PM

I dont know, with the RP you sort of know what you are posting before you move to another thread and I am sure there are a lot of other exceptions to.

sgeureka

February 5th, 2007, 04:26 AM

I got a Idea you should have to wait two minutes between posts that because IMO no one can read a thread, type an intelligent useful post, post it, then read another thread and post an intelligent useful post in under 120 seconds.

if anything it would prevent spam post. the posters would actually have to read the thread topic and hopefully write a smart(er) post.:cool:

bottom line it would hopefully promote smarter posting.I'm completely opposed to that.

Reason: You can (and I do!) write several reply posts with tabbed browsing (for example), and only click on all the post buttons when you've finished writing all replies. Even some forums' 20 seconds in between posts are too much for this style of posting. The current posting time limits (i.e. none) make for more intelligent useful posts from me than being forced to use the edit button dozens of times, which a lot of people would rather not use at all, and the spamming would go on.

Atlantis1

February 8th, 2007, 02:08 AM

It would be nice if we could have a sticky post to remind people to use spoiler tags. I live in the US so I haven't seen the last half of season three SGA. I have tried to stay spoiler free but even some of the thread titles let out spoilers.

Pharaoh Atem

March 6th, 2007, 09:39 AM

we've been talking about this in the thread and i just wanted to see if anyone thought it would be a good idea

http://forum.gateworld.net/showpost.php?p=6390478&postcount=4

sgeureka

March 8th, 2007, 12:50 PM

A suggestion for the main site: include new interviews in the RSS feed (if technically possible). This is not the case now.

(I started checking for news on gw by only the RSS feed several weeks ago, and everything works fine. It was just by accident that I noticed the new Damian Kindler interview today.)

Darren

March 8th, 2007, 07:12 PM

Hmmmmmm ... that might be possible. I'll look into it!

Pharaoh Atem

March 15th, 2007, 06:18 PM

would it be possibale to move the stargate thunkers thread out of off topic as it is supposed to be non stargate related. :)

Daniel Thunker and Random Clones Lounge (http://forum.gateworld.net/showthread.php?t=41215)

Admiral's Multi-Thunker Lounge (http://forum.gateworld.net/showthread.php?t=30870)

Pharaoh Atem

March 27th, 2007, 06:45 PM

is there plans down the road to update the buttons so there refelct more on sga ?
example (edit) (post) ect.

Pharaoh Atem

March 27th, 2007, 08:00 PM

I know, but how all thos x vs.y threads? (i.e. Star Wars vs. Stargate) those were some seious debates, why should those be in the fun and games section?

cause there get in the way of serious discussion. Just some people get annoyed by those threads and don't feel that a battle to the death is really pointless.In fun and games i would assume that someone out must feel that there are fun and may treat it like a game or RPG (taking control of a ship and pretending to command it while in the fight.

Darren

March 27th, 2007, 08:25 PM

sgeureka

March 28th, 2007, 03:19 AM

Yes, I do plan to change the Edit / Quote / Post Reply / New Thread buttons one of these days.

Any suggestions for some more Atlantis-specific icons you'd like to see on them? Remember that they should be clearly identifiable when shrunk down tiny!I looked through several things, but the only good suggestions I can offer are ZPMs, Puddle Jumpers and maybe one of the SGA gate glyphs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Stargate/Templates#Glyph_list) (also for "Post icon" that appear in the list under when you want to write a reply).

Maltrancko

March 28th, 2007, 03:43 AM

Stupid question...

Why is it when we positive someone its to green them??

Why isn't it to blue them???

Example...

see all the blue jello??

I Propose that all Green Reputations should become Blue Jello Shots, If The Mods could do that I feel it would be a much more "Gatey" society!

I Ask for a poll to be made

Q: Should the Mods Change the Reputation Bars from Green to Blue?
A1: Yes Of Course!!
A2: No
A3: I like Pretzels!

Alipeeps

March 28th, 2007, 03:49 AM

Stupid question...

Why is it when we positive someone its to green them??

Why isn't it to blue them???

Because it is a generally-accepted worldwide convention that green means go/good and red means stop/bad. Simple as that.

Maltrancko

March 28th, 2007, 03:51 AM

wow aren't we a joykill?

you don't feel that making it blue to coincide with stargate funnies is a good idea?

Alipeeps

March 28th, 2007, 03:57 AM

wow aren't we a joykill?

you don't feel that making it blue to coincide with stargate funnies is a good idea?

No. I was simply asnwering your question.

I personally don't feel it's a good idea because the green/red system is easily understandable and makes sense.. and the blue jello thing is pretty much an SG1 in-joke and not everyone would get it/understand it. Not everyone on the forum watches both SG1 and SGA and, given that we have a lot of international members and the airing schedules can vary greatly, not everyone has had opportunity to see all the episodes.

The Great Lord Baal

March 28th, 2007, 03:58 AM

Lets have skull a and crossbones for a bad rep point :D

fugiman

March 28th, 2007, 04:15 AM

:D True there is blue jello but there is also green jello so thats why:D

Pharaoh Atem

March 28th, 2007, 07:43 AM

wow aren't we a joykill?

you don't feel that making it blue to coincide with stargate funnies is a good idea?

vBulletin may not allow it.

sgeureka

March 28th, 2007, 12:20 PM

vBulletin may not allow it.I don't see why not. It's just a basic image that would need to be changed. E.g. http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showthread.php?t=70144, where they use a "star" system.

As for Maltrancko's suggestion: I don't really see the point. I guess it would confuse more people than it is fun. There are still so many people who still ask what the gray block is for... So I think change is not a good idea. If this had been proposed when gateworld on vBulletin started, it might have worked much better. Now it's IMO too late.

But especially for you: :)

Darren

March 28th, 2007, 04:10 PM

We'll stick with green and red, since they are more universally intuitive to "positive" and "negative."

And there is green JELL-O in Stargate, too. ;)

immhotep

March 28th, 2007, 05:03 PM

Thunderstorm

March 28th, 2007, 11:55 PM

Ronja

April 2nd, 2007, 09:04 PM

There is Blue jello more often though :) Maybe there should be a super blue jello, like when you get radioactive, once you get the full 11 bars the final one goes blue. True stargate Canteen-worthy :D

Oh yes! When u become a System Lord u get a blue block. I'd love that :D (i've seen a few forums with golden blocks after the green)

immhotep

April 5th, 2007, 10:56 AM

I have a surgestion:
you know in the forum you can rank things by view/title/latest post etc. Could you create an option that brings threads that you have posted in to the top? Because there is a column for it, kind of a status bar i guess but you should be able to rank things in that status bar IMO. Im not usre how technically feasable it would be, but it could be useful.

Darren

April 5th, 2007, 02:08 PM

As far as I know this option isn't currently available in the vBulletin software. As I am far, far from a coder, we'd have to wait for vBulletin to make that available in a future release.

immhotep

April 7th, 2007, 01:08 PM

I think this thread would be a very nice addition to the forum personally :)
http://forum.gateworld.net/showthread.php?t=42824

Thunderstorm

April 7th, 2007, 04:58 PM

I was reading the adoption thread above and the FAQ was mentioned and it got me wondering if newbies know what that means. I don't see that term used as much as it used to , so maybe just changing the title to 'Help' might better help people to look in the right direction.

SGA4ever

April 12th, 2007, 11:06 AM

The Great Lord Baal

April 26th, 2007, 01:55 PM

As do I.

Kidwizz

April 27th, 2007, 12:19 AM

Hey, i had an idea. Would it be possible to add a spoiler button to the quickpost thing down the bottom of a thread, because it gets annoying typing in the spoil commands, and i know me and some others have stuffed it up or whatever, and then people get up you because they read the spoiler or whatever.

I noticed that there was a quote button, but not spoiler button, which just seemed odd.

Darren

April 27th, 2007, 01:23 AM

Done and done.

Caldwell's 2IC

April 28th, 2007, 01:18 PM

Is there a way to keep track in the Control Panel of the green you give ? Sometimes I want to give a green point and the system says I must "spread rep around" ( or something like that ) before I can give again to some particular person. Is there a particular number of rep points that should go between two green points to the same fellow ? :o

Would it be possible to be able to keep track of such thingy ?

ShadowMaat

April 28th, 2007, 02:30 PM

From what I understand, no, it's not possible.

immhotep

April 30th, 2007, 02:55 PM

Done and done.
That quick post spoiler button has really help actually, good surgestion :D

The Suicidal Goldfish

April 30th, 2007, 03:07 PM

Bans for spelling infractions!

(Non-native English speakers and typos excepted)

:D

immhotep

April 30th, 2007, 03:28 PM

Typos constitute all spelling mistakea on the internet IMO, at least i think so, also there can be regional variation, ie UK/USA english. What could be useful is an inbuilt spellchecker, alot of forums do have them nowadays.

The Suicidal Goldfish

April 30th, 2007, 04:06 PM

An example from earlier today, an Aussie typed something along the lines that "Atlantis should phrase shift".

Phrase shift, eh?

:D

immhotep

April 30th, 2007, 04:12 PM

and that would be an example of a Typo, that wasnt a spelling mistake, that was just writing a word that sounds very similar by accident and not checking, thats human error and you cant ban that..any way this thread is about ways to improve the site not a way to add more rules to the site, also bans are the extreame of punishment the mods go too, and spelling and grammer and typos are not on the same level as for example SPAMing every section and every thread on the first page of each section with copious amounts of porno links. Which is the worst period ive been witness too on GW and resulted in a banning..

The Suicidal Goldfish

April 30th, 2007, 04:18 PM

Oh, never mind....sarcasm obviously doesn't convey well...

And FWIW, it was repeated.

immhotep

April 30th, 2007, 04:27 PM

Eek, i am generally bad at getting sarcasm. so thats not you, im also in one of those kind of moods, the ones where u just cant be bothed to laugh and would rather rant gibberish than laugh and "get" sarcasm.
Whats FWIW actually mean?