moving threads question

[Kuciwalker]

If a thread is moved from OT to another forum, do the posts in it add to the poster's PC?

[Ming]

No... but any new posts after the move will count.

And if an On Topic thread is moved to the OTF, you don't lose any posts, but any new posts in the thread after the move won't count.

[Skanky Burns]

What happens if a hybrid thread is deleted (one with both on and off-topic posts)?

[Tuberski]

I'd be willing to bet that both On and Off Topic post are deducted from post count.

ACK!

[Ming]

Never seen that before... I would guess (and that's all it is) that if the thread was currently sitting in an on topic forum when it was deleted, that all posts would be subtracted... not mattering one bit which of the posts were made while it was in the Off Topic Forum.

I would also guess that once a thread was move to the OTF, if it was deleted, there would be no subtraction of posts made before it was moved there.


But again... a hypothetical question, because I've never seen it happen before.

[Tuberski]

Exactly as I was trying to explain it Ming!



ACK!

[Skanky Burns]

Hmm, that would probably make sense. I doubt the software would store any extra information about a post (such as what forum it was made in).

[ixnay]

If a thread is moved from the offtopic to the Ontopic and then deleted, there is no effect on any postcounts from people who posted while it was offtopic. Moving a thread to the offtopic won't affect post counts, unless a Post Count Update is done, which recalculates everyone's post counts based on how many ontopic posts they have at that very moment.

[Spiffor]

Several posters have had their postcount reduced without having a mod PCRing them (Skywalker mentioned it in a deleted thread, and I've noticed several posters switching from prince to warlord, or from warlord to chieftain, even though they have behaved).

It was before Settler1's crash.

Could it be due to moving threads ?

[rah]

Originally posted by Spiffor
Several posters have had their postcount reduced without having a mod PCRing them

How much of a reduction did you notice? A few, tens, or hundreds?

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by rah
How much of a reduction did you notice? A few, tens, or hundreds?

Well, I only remember Menlas, and it was like 10-30 posts less. I remeber having noticed it with many posters, but I don't recall whom. Skywalker complained he had his postcount reduced (before his PCR), so maybe he knows precisely what happened to him.

[Ming]

Some people forget that OTF posts don't count...
I can't tell you how many people send me PM's asking why their post counts don't go up after posting in the OTF or they seem to be missing posts that they made in the OTF

There have been a few problems with the data base lately... who knows if that has caused any problems.

An ON TOPIC thread (especially about illegal use of software) may have been deleted and they didn't notice that it was.

And some people just lose track of their number of posts
(But if somebody is actually keeping that close of track, maybe they need to find a real life )

[Locutus]

Originally posted by Ming
(But if somebody is actually keeping that close of track, maybe they need to find a real life )

Says the man who has almost 20,000 posts

[Ming]

Having a lot of posts and keeping track of the exact number are two different things

And, I've done it over a long period of time... since I've been a member here long before the merger.

Plus, many of mine are from doing the paperwork in the Ban Log

[Gramphos]

Originally posted by Ming
Plus, many of mine are from doing the paperwork in the Ban Log

Yes, each time someone is banned yuo get +1, and if the person is making trouble as banned you get even more. You must sure love banning people