MetaPost comments and questions about the messageboards and other parts of EN World. If you have a problem, this is where to go. Moderator email addresses are posted here.
My SH has gotten kind of unwieldy with a lot of reader feedback/comments. I think this might be a bit intimidating for new readers and also for readers going back to look for particular sessions.
So I was wondering if it was desirable to prune these comments and keep the updates only. If so, is it possible that I could be given the power to prune my SH?
I will gladly give any story hour author temporary mod rights in that forum for the purpoe of trimming their story hours. When do you want to tackle it?
__________________ - Piratecat, EN World Admin
Currently editing the 4e War of the Burning Sky adventure path. Support EN Publishing, get excellent modules!
Tommorow (1/5) evening would be great, thanks for your help!
Edit: Pkitty, could you give me mod rights in "Gfunk's Githyanki Invasion Story Hour" and "Jollydoc's Shackled City" both? I actually do the write-ups for both of these campaigns.
Last edited by gfunk; 5th January 2004 at 07:08 AM..
1. You'll have moderator rights throughout the forum. Ha ha, the power! Obviously, please don't work on anyone else's SH but your own.
2. Consider saving the thread as a html document first, just in case; right-click on each page # and pick "save as". I usually save things as a one-file web archive.
3. Physically remove posts, don't delete them. This will wipe them off the SH completely.
4. There is a "mass delete" function where you can delete a bajillion posts at once; I don't use it because it's pretty darn easy to delete important posts. If you do use this, have the actual SH open in a separate window and triple check every post that you approve for deleting. Maybe do 10 at a time, instead of all of them.
You can reach this by using the moderator menu at the bottom right; pick delete thread, then "click HERE to selectively delete posts within the thread."
5. Don't delete the first post, or you delete all of them. (contact) accidentally did this once. It was not good.
6. The fastest way to delete individual posts is:
- right-click the Edit button; open in a new window
- physically remove post
- delete now
- close window and go back to original "master" window.
It's repetitive, but not too bad once you get the rhythm. You don't have to do all of them tonight. I'll leave you on for a couple of days.
Phew! Let me know if you have any questions. Cheiromancer, tell me when you want to tackle Sep's.
__________________ - Piratecat, EN World Admin
Currently editing the 4e War of the Burning Sky adventure path. Support EN Publishing, get excellent modules!
Well, you're the one compiling it, right? And bless you for doing so.
Check with Sep if you want, but since you aren't going to edit any story, I think it's fine.
__________________ - Piratecat, EN World Admin
Currently editing the 4e War of the Burning Sky adventure path. Support EN Publishing, get excellent modules!
It'll become obvious. When you choose "Edit" then you will get the option to physically remove a post. Oh, and another cool thing is that you can see users who wish to remain invisible. So not only can you disintegrate at will, but you gain true seeing as well.
And what does it mean to "physically remove" a post? Or does this become obvious when the moderator menu is available?
The difference is in what everyone sees. I made a post immediately above this one for example purposes. I'm going to go back now and delete it and give a reason. When you physicall remove a post no reason is given at all.
The main reason for this feature is it allows moderators to leave behind a warning when they remove a particularly offensive post.
One thing, Michael - non-mod's can't see the "deleted posts". It's ACTUALLY there for posts that could be offensive, but the mod's could possibly change their minds on -- or if we need to keep them for forensic evidence.
So, for the general user, there is no difference between deleted and physically removed, but one's taking up server space and the other is not.
__________________ "Conversely, I'm amazed at the number of people queueing up to tell people that don't like 4e that they are wrong. Why can't people just agree to disagree, and get on with actually playing the game?" --Delericho
If there's one dragon, it's a solo monster.
If there's five dragons, they're standard monsters.
If there's a dozen dragons, either most of them are minions or your DM is tired of the campaign.
--Lizard
One thing, Michael - non-mod's can't see the "deleted posts". It's ACTUALLY there for posts that could be offensive, but the mod's could possibly change their minds on -- or if we need to keep them for forensic evidence.
So, for the general user, there is no difference between deleted and physically removed, but one's taking up server space and the other is not.
Oh. Well now don't I look like a fool right now :P
Cheiromancer, you're on! I'll leave you up throughout the weekend. Let me know if you need more time.
__________________ - Piratecat, EN World Admin
Currently editing the 4e War of the Burning Sky adventure path. Support EN Publishing, get excellent modules!
That was fast! And it's our pleasure; you're doing a great service for folks just by writing or compiling the collected threads of SHs, so taking the time to make them easier to read is even more appreciated.
If anyone else wants to clean out their SH, just let me know.
__________________ - Piratecat, EN World Admin
Currently editing the 4e War of the Burning Sky adventure path. Support EN Publishing, get excellent modules!
Linear Mode
And yet another word from our sponsors
