New Stickies! Just what makes a thread "stickable"? - Page 2

Suicide Junkie · #11 June 1st, 2004, 12:10 PM

Too many stickies, and they'll be declared Mega Evil by the other threads. The resulting alliance of both on and off-topic Posts would shift the forum's balance of power and surely trigger the use of Nucleonic Torpedoes, thereby killing us all.

David E. Gervais · #12 June 1st, 2004, 12:39 PM

Just checked and The "Avatar Emporium" is linked to in the Important SEIV Information & stuff thread (which is itself a sticky) so there is no longer any need to make my avatar thread a sticky.

I aprieciate the support and effort that has gone into making my thread a 'sticky' but it's not really necessary.

Thanks, and have a great day.

Cheers!

P.S. now if Shrapnel were to use all my avatars in the 'official' place (when you edit your profile) then that would be the ultimate honor. And they would be available to all the members of the shrapnel forums and not just us se4 fanatics.

Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, know what I mean?

EDIT: Of course the 'reserved' avatars should be excluded and not made avaialable to the public.

[ June 01, 2004, 11:41: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]

Gandalf Parker · #13 June 1st, 2004, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by David E. Gervais:
P.S. now if Shrapnel were to use all my avatars in the 'official' place (when you edit your profile) then that would be the ultimate honor. And they would be available to all the members of the shrapnel forums and not just us se4 fanatics.

Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, know what I mean?

Not a problem. Lets email on this.
Gandalf at
community.net or alt-hacker.org or sdMUD.org
or dom2minions.com or techno-mage.com
I could name a bunch more but those are the ones that get checked thru the day rather than once a day.

[ June 01, 2004, 15:30: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]

Fyron · #14 June 2nd, 2004, 01:38 AM

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Originally posted by Slick:

quote:
Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
In my opinion, we have reached the dangerous level for number of sticky topics...

What exactly are we in danger of?

While SJ's answer is a good one... Too many sticky topics makes the forum cluttered and unweildy. It is a pain to not be able to see the (very) newest topics without having to scroll down. If you only check the forums once every few days, it is not an issue. But if, like many here, you spend a longer period of time browsing the forums, it gets really annoying. If there was not so much junk at the top of the page to begin with (ad banner, wasted blank space, a forum message that is extremely outdated, etc.), 6 sticky threads would not be so bad. Still not good, but tolerable. What would really be bad is if this forum had as many sticky threads as the Dominions 2 Boards...

The best solution is to have 1 or 2 sticky threads that link to other important threads, rather than spamming the browsers with tons of sticky threads.

[ June 02, 2004, 00:40: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

General Woundwort · #15 June 2nd, 2004, 02:27 AM

Well, now that DEG's avatars are in the Shrapnel avatar server, the need for a "sticky" thread for them is pretty much moot.

Atrocities · #16 June 3rd, 2004, 11:11 PM

Think of all the time and effort that went into this thread and all those avatars. David the Avatar King is a title well earned.

David E. Gervais · #17 June 3rd, 2004, 11:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Atrocities:
Think of all the time and effort that went into this thread and all those avatars. David the Avatar King is a title well earned.

I'll accept the title of "Avatar King" if you accept the title of "Shipset King"

sound fair?

Cheers!

Atrocities · #18 June 3rd, 2004, 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by David E. Gervais:

quote:
Originally posted by Atrocities:
Think of all the time and effort that went into this thread and all those avatars. David the Avatar King is a title well earned.

I'll accept the title of "Avatar King" if you accept the title of "Shipset King"

sound fair?

Cheers!

I am to modest to accept such a title.... however, Evil Shipset King sounds good.

DeKaye · #19 October 23rd, 2005, 04:09 AM

hummmm..... I was so excited. I've been wondering what in the world this "stickie" buisness was all about. Did someone spill something on a thread and make it sticky? Yuck!
Then Lo and behold, while doing a search on another topic, I find: "Re: New Stickies! Just what makes a thread "stickable"?". NOW, my greatest question will be answered. My bewilderment will be magically removed. I WILL BE ALL KNOWING!!! (uhh, I need to get a grip. Anyway...) Disappointment..... :{ Where is the answer to this wonderful question? Oh well, I guess I'll remain in the dubious fog of the not knowing all the secrets of the universe. To bad, I was so looking forward to the elevation in status.

Fuzzie

douglas · #20 October 23rd, 2005, 04:18 AM

See those 6 threads at the top of the list in this forum that never go any further down, regardless of how long ago they were last posted in? Those threads are this forum's "stickies", called such because they "stick" to the top of the forum. Making an ordinary thread "sticky" or removing that status from an existing "sticky" is one of the special abilities of moderators and administrators on these boards, though ordinary forum members can request that a thread be "stickied" if they feel it is worthy of such status.