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1 | Possible Lockman Forum Improvement #1? | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 18596 | ||
Dear Sir Pent, I completely support the 'filtering' of specific threads that are offensive or derogatory in nature, but should we really have the license to edit all threads just to make them more accessible or "look better"? I agree, this would be luxurious! But just which posts should we decide to keep and which ones should we not keep? And just who decides which ones we should keep and which ones we should not keep? If you are the "judge" of this, then does that mean that you will keep all of your particular postings on a subject and consider the postings of others as "expendable"? I do not believe that a single member of this Forum could or should accomplish such an objective task. It could only be done by Lockman itself, since it has complete ownership of this Forum, or by a Lockman appointed Forum moderator. Also, there are other problems like number of postings by users. Does this mean that if you subtract certain postings from threads, that this will reduce the total number of posts that a user has? Or will these "extra postings" be only visible when viewing all the posts that a specific user has written? Also, what if a completely new subject has spawned off the post or posts that were considered as "expendable"? Does this mean that other valid information concerning a different topic would also be lost? And just who would want to even begin to take the time to accomplish this gargantuan and monumental task? Are there really any volunteers for this? It could not be a member of this Forum simply because a single member could not remain totally and completely objective. Charis, Kalos, Hank and myself have contributed to this Forum for a long time now, and we have seen the types of things that you are proposing and some of the pitfalls of it. I pray that I was able to share some insight on what we have come to learn through the use of this Forum, and to better explain why "deleting posts" is not an idea that should be explored or undertaken by a user, but only by Lockman if The Lockman Foundation so decides. However, thank you for the idea, my friend! Indeed, we could all use some ideas to challenge us once in awhile! Thank you for your compliment, and I pray that we can continue to work to make this Forum "terrific." Your Friend, Nolan |
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2 | Possible Lockman Forum Improvement #1? | Bible general Archive 1 | Sir Pent | 18605 | ||
Dear Nolan, Thank you for your further input on the idea of deleting duplicate posts on the forum. Let me try to take some of the things that you said one at a time. You said, "I completely support the 'filtering' of specific threads that are offensive or derogatory in nature, but should we really have the license to edit all threads just to make them more accessible or "look better"?" I completely agree about the filtering of offensive material. At the same time I would encourage you to rethink the benefit of editing threads for duplication. The purpose is not just aesthetic to "look better". Instead it is to help people who are searching for truth to be able to find as much information as possible from this forum. You said, "But just which posts should we decide to keep and which ones should we not keep?" I agree that there would need to be well-thought out guidlines to determine this, but I think a good starting place would be deleting the questions which all of us forum members easily recognize as being repeats. These are the questions that we simply respond by telling the person to do a search on certain words to find the original thread. You said, "If you are the "judge" of this, then does that mean that you will keep all of your particular postings on a subject and consider the postings of others as "expendable"? I do not believe that a single member of this Forum could or should accomplish such an objective task." I agree that it would be too large of a task for one person, but I think that it is deffinately not impossible to be objective. For instance, I just today replied to Prayon about Israel's actions deserving their slavery in Egypt. Afterwards, I realized that you had already replied to them with basically the same answer. In my thinking, my post should be deleted, because yours was first, and mine didn't add anything significant. Simply using chronology is an objective way to do it. You said, "Also, there are other problems like number of postings by users." I do not understand what the problem is there. It seems to me that the number of posts that a forum member has posted has very little relevancy. I do think that knowing whether a person has posted 1 time, 5 times or 100 times can be helpful. However, past that point, I can't think of any good purpose for keeping track of that information. Finally, you said, "Also, what if a completely new subject has spawned off the post or posts that were considered as "expendable"? Does this mean that other valid information concerning a different topic would also be lost?" I think this is a great point. It will be important to be very deliberate to not lose "valid information" during this process (if it ever happens to begin with). There are many threads that have gone in a completely different direction than they were originally intended. In these cases, there are multiple possibilities. Depending on what subject they are about, they could be added to the original thread on the same subject, or to another original thread which they more closely allign with, or to a completely new thread dedicated to that topic. In conclusion, I hope to have shown that although there are many details that would need to be worked out, I think there are answers for all of these very important questions. If this is something that the overall forum sees could be as helpful for enhancing the usefulness of this forum for building the kingdom of God, then it is worth working towards. That's why I started this vote, to see if it is even something that people want. If so then we'll work out the details. If not then I'll drop it and move on. So far the vote is 8 for, 6 against (4 of them just due to difficulty), and 1 undecided. |
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