yea, that's how I ended up doing it.. if the site operator isn't going to have a search feature, he/she could at least include a shortcut to that (a little Google entry box to search the forum).. good for keeping people from asking the same questions over and over - given the assumption that they'd actually try to search the forum first for previously-answered questions.

just a thought. :) 

not a bad idea Metl, might fit nicely next to the logout link in the menu bar... 

metlslime you should also add "happy new year/christmas/any other holiday" newsletter for each registered user

=) 

I just thought, why not have a QC forum? Yeah there's Mapping Help but that's rather different. I don't think it's a bad idea to keep them seperate and easier to reference particular posts. 

we have a couple of those i think. Maybe there isn't a catch-all qc thread, though. I guess someone could start one. 

i tend to just ask any qc related questions in the mapping help thread. 

could maybe modify that thread to be more general, but i've grown attached to "mapping help" over the years... :P 

i think a QC thread could be good. 

Look at the other "big" game-related threads that are not stickied: Other Games, Speedmapping.
Both would be interesting to be sticky but it works fine as it is.
QC really is a minor issue hereand could either b discussed in Mapping Help (as now) or anyone could create a new thread for it (with a nice and proper header description) that would be amongst the other threads. This primarily is a mapping/gameart board, the QC home is inside3d. 

i usually just post qc questions on inside3d 

I just got that clicking on FAQ link

ERROR: SQL error 1054 on line 31 of faq.php.

Don't know if it has been already mentioned. 

good catch. I made a database change and must have forgotten to update all the pages to match. Probably fix it tonight when I get home. 

 

Cool ! 

rejecting a news submission now works again.

Also, there is a new feature called "reject as spam" which, instead of posting the submission in the general abuse thread, will reject it and hide it completely so that no user will see it. This is good for anything that is true spam from a bot or abusive visitor, and also for duplicate posts -- you can approve one of the submissions, and reject the duplicate as spam so nobody sees it. 

Why not reject and delete? 

Because moderators make mistakes?
Because it's interesting to look back at historical trends of amount of spam?
Because I don't delete users, posts, threads, etc. etc. 

You're special, metlslime. 

maybe, but why do you care as long as you don't have to see it? 

I fail to see half the logic in your thinking.

But I'm sure that's mutual, hooo-hah! 

metlslime: please delete the above spam posted by IP# 70.224.231.22. 

i'd love to but it goes against my nonsensical principles. 

but metlslime, it's SPAM! and everyone has exactly the same definition of spam, so it's ok to delete.

and besides, it's not like if you relented slightly in your policy of 'no deletion' that it would become a slippery slope. 

it's too late... i'm already slipping.... aaaaaaaaaaaah 

What aboot code tags? Would be easier to sift through some QuakeC in a monospace font.