Dedicated forum section.....

[harvey38]

Called the Squabble Room.

Topics to include radio checks, anchors, diesel heaters etc.........

 

[LittleSister]

Shouldn't the controversial subject of whether to have a separate section for squabbling be in such a section, and as one does not yet exist . . .

 

[ctva]

That depends on your view of the space time continuum...

 

[Dellquay13]

1st thread drift
Ban new members from posting on ancient threads.
To stop Zombie threads being resurrected, restrict the ability to post on dormant threads according to months of membership accrued. Eg, been a member 1 month then you can revive threads 1 year old. 3 months 3 years etc.

It will stop new members asking long inactive members where they kept the spare fuses on a boat they sold 16 years ago

 

[oldmanofthehills]

You will find that YBW2 has a section just for unmoderated squabbling on boaty things. Its rarely used as we find it more fun to argue about politics or climate and its formats is probably too free to please the anal who cavil at others posts here on YBW.

We might need a whole section to argue about the exact coastline length of great britain or its component part. Might be YBW3 and no one who enters it is ever allowed back in YBW or YBW2

 

[KevinV]

1st thread drift
Ban new members from posting on ancient threads.
To stop Zombie threads being resurrected, restrict the ability to post on dormant threads according to months of membership accrued. Eg, been a member 1 month then you can revive threads 1 year old. 3 months 3 years etc.

It will stop new members asking long inactive members where they kept the spare fuses on a boat they sold 16 years ago

Not wishing to squabble about it, but having access to many years of threads is one of the strengths of this forum - a lot of online information is being lost, due to fashion changes, server changes, sites closing, etc. Also, ask any boaty question and this forum is high in the Google hits, reflecting how much info is here. If that brings in new members that's only a good thing, and zombie resurrections aren't exactly blotting out the, erm, "pure gold" from the regulars.

 

[Dellquay13]

Not wishing to squabble about it, but having access to many years of threads is one of the strengths of this forum - a lot of online information is being lost, due to fashion changes, server changes, sites closing, etc. Also, ask any boaty question and this forum is high in the Google hits, reflecting how much info is here. If that brings in new members that's only a good thing, and zombie resurrections aren't exactly blotting out the, erm, "pure gold" from the regulars.

I’m not trying to stop newbies searching and reading old posts, just reopening the old ones that have gone past any relevance, like a round the world trip completed years ago

 

[Poignard]

I’m not trying to stop newbies searching and reading old posts, just reopening the old ones that have gone past any relevance, like a round the world trip completed years ago

There are so few of these that it hardly seems to be worth bothering about.

In any case, the thread title and the date it was started are easily seen so if it looks like being something that won't interest you, you don't need to open it.

 

[Porthandbuoy]

Perhaps a little pop-up window saying something along the lines of

"Are you really sure you want to resurrect this ancient thread?"

Followed by

"Are you really really sure you want resurrect this ancient thread?"

 

[Daydream believer]

Perhaps a little pop-up window saying something along the lines of

"Are you really sure you want to resurrect this ancient thread?"

Followed by

"Are you really really sure you want resurrect this ancient thread?"

What if I am not sure?

 

[Daydream believer]

Called the Squabble Room.

Topics to include radio checks, anchors, diesel heaters etc.........

I do not agree in the least

 

[RunAgroundHard]

What if I am not sure?

Ah, in that case you add a post to the thread saying "I am not sure that I should have posted this" and receive advise on whether or not your should have posted on the long dead thread.

 

[Daydream believer]

Ah, in that case you add a post to the thread saying "I am not sure that I should have posted this" and receive advise on whether or not your should have posted on the long dead thread.

So first you ask whether you should post before posting. Is that it?
But if someone adds a post will it now be classed as a new post, or an old post that ran for a long time

 

[KevinV]

Ah, in that case you add a post to the thread saying "I am not sure that I should have posted this" and receive advise on whether or not your should have posted on the long dead thread.

Excellent idea!

Can we then all chip in as to whether they should have? Should be even more fun than responding to "deleted" posts!

 

[oldmanofthehills]

Perhaps a little pop-up window saying something along the lines of

"Are you really sure you want to resurrect this ancient thread?"

Followed by

"Are you really really sure you want resurrect this ancient thread?"

What if I want to find out the best use of oakam or swedish tar for rigging and there is no recent thread but a clear old thread whose posters presumed to have knowledge.

 

[Bodach na mara]

What if I want to find out the best use of oakam or swedish tar for rigging and there is no recent thread but a clear old thread whose posters presumed to have knowledge.

And who may well have taken it to the grave.

 

[oldmanofthehills]

And who may well have taken it to the grave.

Im probably a coffin dodger myself - However I'd just as soon die at my work or tied up in some quiet creek I have sneaked into for lunch and for the latter there might still be a few tips that others have

 

[Refueler]

1st thread drift
Ban new members from posting on ancient threads.
To stop Zombie threads being resurrected, restrict the ability to post on dormant threads according to months of membership accrued. Eg, been a member 1 month then you can revive threads 1 year old. 3 months 3 years etc.

It will stop new members asking long inactive members where they kept the spare fuses on a boat they sold 16 years ago

Its not always new members who bring up old posts ... I've been guilty of it .... as have many others.

 

[Dellquay13]

I’m not trying to stop newbies searching and reading old posts, just reopening the old ones that have gone past any relevance, like a round the world trip completed years ago

Nasa Clipper repair sevice

I’ve been waiting weeks to get proof for my post, and now I have it, presented with a fist pump, and more than a little glee…

I really need to get a life