Bible Question:
Dear Lockman and Forum Colleagues, I noticed that many months ago, there was some discussion about implementing some sort of moderation on this forum. It also appeared that this was eventually dropped due to valid concerns about censorship and how it would be regulated. I would like to propose a possibility which I think would be very helpful for this forum, yet would not sacrifice anyone's free expression. My suggestion would only be possible for the hosts at Lockman to accomplish. It is to delete any duplicated posts. There are many of these, and I don't think anyone would be offended if they were taken off. In the cases where there were seperate answers to each of the duplicates, I would suggest simply combining those threads. This could also be done with threads that were not "exact duplicates" but were essentially the same. Unfortunately, this would require a small amount of interpretation, however, I think it would be very helpful for people looking for answers to have everything in one thread. What does everyone think of this idea? Would any of you mind if you're duplicate posts were deleted, or if highly similar threads were combined? |
Bible Answer: Sir Pent Greetings in the Powerful name of Jesus. I too would like to see duplicates removed, however I agree with Charis it is probably too big of a job. The Forum users can do a lot to prevent this just be standing firm when a subject has been discussed by responding with, 'This topic has been discussed in thread "such and such" please read that thread and if you desire append your question to that thread.' As far as duplicate entries I think that just takes patience which we the users of this forum need to have. That all said, let me say if Lockman can eliminate duplicates by combining threads I'm all for it. I also vote for spell checker EdB |