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[Darren]

Upgrading the GW e-mail service seems a lot of money for what you get, does any of the money actually go to GateWorld?

Nope. We use a third-party service, Everyone.net, to provide people with @gateworld.net e-mail accounts. If you upgrade the free account, we don't get a cut.

[Bagpuss]

Well TBH I was thinking about writing a fan-fic and read there that it's advisable to post them as ''single posts'' rather than threads.

To post your fanfics ,just open a new thread in the Fanfic section,( Icon is at the top of the section ) Choose your title ,then post your first instalment.
To update just keep posting to your thread.

That way ,all your fic will be posted in consecutive posts ,and your readers will be able to find it all in one place.

Also I've noticed that some forum users have links to their own ''single posts'' in there sigs (if you know what I mean).
TBH honest not sure if ''single posts'' is the right word.

Is this what you mean ?
Example :
Your first question:
http://forum.gateworld.net/showpost....postcount=8887
Just click on the post number in a thread ,( Top line to the left of the "Scales" reputation -giving icon then copy and paste the link.

Or you can post that as a hyperlinked message :go to post message options ,click on the "Insert link" symbol ,right click to copy /paste the url ,then once the linked part in blue appears,type the message you want others to see and click on. eg : Clicky on Ziel's first question

Use the same method to hyperlink thread titles .
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To add a hyperlink into your signature,open your control panel .Down the left hand side go to "Edit Signature " and use the buttons the same way .

Hope that helps !

Hey mods,

I got a visitor message from a newbie so it came through as an unapproved vistor message and then a mod note on the actual message.

I have read the message and responded, however in my notifications box, it still keeps showing up that I have a message waiting.

When does that go away?...I keep thinking I've got to check for messages!

What's weird is the first message did not get modded or unapprove visitor message but the second message did.

Might be a glitch.
If you're still seeing that notification today ,with no message to approve,try deleting one or two old VMs and see if it clears.

[Skydiver]

as to fanfic, our preference has never been for people to use a thread to post thier fic. There's no way to search it, the word count limits make it necessary to post fic in little chunks, and we have no way to archive those fic. If the forum ever goes boom, so does that fic.

That said, in the past couple of years we've allowed people to post fanfic as threads due to the uploader being down. when/if we get the uploader back operational, fic posted in threads will no longer be allowed and you'll have to repost the fic to the archive. So you might want to bear that in mind.

a lot of our members use fanfiction.net - it's free - and upload their fic there then link back to it in a thread here, thus enabling discussion of the fic without that discussion disrupting the fic, and also archiving the fic in a more workable context than posts on a forum

[Rosehawk]

Might be a glitch.
If you're still seeing that notification today ,with no message to approve,try deleting one or two old VMs and see if it clears.

It went away on it's own. Must have been a glitch.

Thanxs!

[Ziel]

Thanks Bagpuss & Skydiver for the help.
Hopefully it sets me right.

[Bagpuss]

It went away on it's own. Must have been a glitch.

Thanxs!

Thought so ! Glad it cleared .

Thanks Bagpuss & Skydiver for the help.
Hopefully it sets me right.

You're welcome & good luck with your fic.

[flynn1959]

Don't know if this is the right place to ask this or not but what happened to the Michael Shanks give SGU a chance thread?

If this is the wrong place - sorry

[Bagpuss]

Hi Flynn !
That thread developed some issues that are currently being reviewed off-forum.
( Standard procedure .)
The thread will be back out asap ,once the review's completed,but I can't say any more than that at this stage.

[MIZA]

i am sure you guys get this a lot but, how do you find a thread in a section i have looked threw all the pages and i can't find any it , so what is a quick way to find your favorite thread ? thanks

[flynn1959]

Hi Flynn !
That thread developed some issues that are currently being reviewed off-forum.
( Standard procedure .)
The thread will be back out asap ,once the review's completed,but I can't say any more than that at this stage.

Thank you.

[Bagpuss]

My pleasure .
Thread's been back out for a little while now ,so here's hoping this time it stays on track.

[Madwelshboy]

With the new season of supernatural starting this week, will official threads be made or shall we just create own threads in the same vein as WH13 & Eureka?

[Skydiver]

I believe that you guys just create your own.

Chances are - and I'll hope for a list eventually - the only threads we'll have official GW ones for are things like SGU.(maybe some others, up to darren)

I think the philosophy is: We - as in the site - will accommodate those wanting to discuss other shows, but won't feel obligated to make threads, etc. It'd just be too many threads for one person to work on. So....boiled down. you guys wanted the folders (which is totally cool) but it'll be up to you to keep them going, and that includes threads.

One thing to consider, some of these smaller shows have thought that it actually stifles conversation to have a thread for each and every episode. Look at a folder for Lost or another show and you'll see that each eps thread has less than 20 posts. So it might be beneficial for these 'smaller' shows to have 1-2 main discussion threads and everyone discusses the most recent episode in that thread, instead of 20 different ones to keep track of.

Just an idea.

[RodneyIsGodney]

Hi, just thought you should know, in the NEWBIES: Handy Forum Tutorials! The link for asking "your knowlegable fellow forum members" is broken.

This is the message I get when I try that link. I get the same thing when I click on the administrator link within that message.

Just pointing this out.

[Darren]

The general rule of thumb (I can think of one exception) is that if the show has its own folder here AND a dedicated episode guide at SciFiStream.com, then I will make official threads for the episodes. Otherwise, please do go ahead and make them yourselves.

Stargate, Heroes, LOST, Fringe, Doctor Who, Dollhouse, etc.