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  • #16
    Originally posted by Ming


    Well... not true. If I delete an on topic thread, people LOSE the number of posts they made in the thread. And if there is a "glitch" when I try to delete it (which used to happen all the time, but not much anymore) and I have to do it more than once, you lose that number of posts as well. It once took me four times to delete a thread, meaning everybody that posted in it lost 4 times the number of posts that they had made in the thread. Maybe that will make some people think twice before posting their typical "post for deletion" comments in on topic threads
    I was going to post this reply, since I asked you that same question several month's ago.

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    Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust!

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    • #17
      btw, if you don't want to delete a thread but you want the people to lose the posts they got from this thread try this: copy the thread and delete the copy....a nice way to make +1-threads irrelevant without having to give PCRs to all who posted there
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      • #18
        But does copying a thread increase post counts?

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        • #19
          Copying threads doesn't seem to affect the post counts at all. At least I didn't see any change.
          "Kids, don't listen to uncle Solver unless you want your parents to spank you." - Solver

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          • #20
            no copying doesn't change PCs...but deleting copies does.
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            • #21
              /me checks it.

              Yes, it seems to do that.
              "Kids, don't listen to uncle Solver unless you want your parents to spank you." - Solver

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Tuberski


                I was going to post this reply, since I asked you that same question several month's ago.

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                That exact reply? Are you saying that Ming has 'stock' replies for this sort of thing?
                No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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                • #23
                  Probably.
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                  • #24
                    Actually there is a way to change thread titles isn't there? And of course you can edit your post to change it. Essentually you can change the entire thread opening post and thread title. The problem I have seen is that even if you change the thread title, the old one still shows up on the top of the post.

                    BTW how do you change thread titles? Let me try on this one, I have never done that before.

                    edit: weird I was able to change the words on top of the post, but not the actual thread title. How do you do that?

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                    • #25
                      You can't, unless you are a mod. Spelling mistakes/typos in thread titles don't get corrected. The thread starter nearly always posts "damn, tried to change it but it wouldn't let me"

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                      • #26
                        You can ask for the title to be fixed by a moderator. I have done that several times. Maybe the most hilarious, but of course also sad case was the shopping centre bomb, which I had a thread coverage about. As it was confirmed as a bomb, the title became "bomb explosion", instead of "explosion." But as the number of casualties and wounded grew, I had to get the thread title up-to-date, so I had to pester Ming and MtG about the same thread title with at least 4-5 PMs during ~48 hours as I tried to keep it updated.
                        "Kids, don't listen to uncle Solver unless you want your parents to spank you." - Solver

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by Ming


                          Well... not true. If I delete an on topic thread, people LOSE the number of posts they made in the thread. And if there is a "glitch" when I try to delete it (which used to happen all the time, but not much anymore) and I have to do it more than once, you lose that number of posts as well. It once took me four times to delete a thread, meaning everybody that posted in it lost 4 times the number of posts that they had made in the thread. Maybe that will make some people think twice before posting their typical "post for deletion" comments in on topic threads
                          hi ,

                          , is there a way to give some-one's post's back if for one or the other reason some got deleted by accident

                          have a nice day
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                          • #28
                            No, there's no such built-in feature in vB, but they could be recovered from the SQL dump backups Markos make quite regularly. However that would mean the recovering of the whole database, which would mean that any changes made after the backup would be lost.
                            "Kids, don't listen to uncle Solver unless you want your parents to spank you." - Solver

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by Rasbelin
                              No, there's no such built-in feature in vB, but they could be recovered from the SQL dump backups Markos make quite regularly. However that would mean the recovering of the whole database, which would mean that any changes made after the backup would be lost.
                              hi ,

                              , it cant be that hard ; "manually adjust post count" , plus or minus with a space to put the number of post's to be deleted or given , .......

                              have a nice day
                              - RES NON VERBA - DE OPRESSO LIBER - VERITAS ET LIBERTAS - O TOLMON NIKA - SINE PARI - VIGLIA PRETIUM LIBERTAS - SI VIS PACEM , PARA BELLUM -
                              - LEGIO PATRIA NOSTRA - one shot , one kill - freedom exists only in a book - everything you always wanted to know about special forces - everything you always wanted to know about Israel - what Dabur does in his free time , ... - in french - “Become an anti-Semitic teacher for 5 Euro only.”
                              WHY DOES ISRAEL NEED A SECURITY FENCE --- join in an exceptional demo game > join here forum is now open ! - the new civ Conquest screenshots > go see them UPDATED 07.11.2003 ISRAEL > crisis or challenge ?

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                              • #30
                                Ever try and buy a cup of coffee with your post count?
                                Long time member @ Apolyton
                                Civilization player since the dawn of time

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