Locking threads??

Post 24 where?

I'm guessing:
https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-l...9#pid30499

Note: one of the quirks of the MyBB software used for this forum is that posts get renumbered sometimes.

It is best to use the full link to the post instead, I think we've found.

I've been on forums where OPs have the ability to lock their own threads, for whatever reasons they have. It has some merits as a system, on sites meant to be more carefully moderated where mods are AWOL and threads derail, but I wouldn't say it's a great idea for a place like this.


I do think that asking for a thread to be locked isn't wholly unreasonable, if it's gone too far south; someone can always try a new thread on the same/similar subject down the road, and hopefully circumstances work out differently. But as the thread that prompted all this is back open, it's a moot point for now.

Can’t think of any reason to lock threads on here, other than informational threads that were intentionally created to prevent replies (administration etc). I have a particular distaste for thread-locking, well actually for most forms of moderation, other than intervention for people who are so obviously out of control that they are damaging the hosting site itself by causing the bulk of members to leave the site. We’re all adults... I don’t mind a bit of conflict... indeed conflict is necessary to allow people the opportunity to settle their differences. I think Laird and Ninshub generally do a great job of treating members like adults, with really very little visible intervention, which for the subject matter, and type of contributor, is pretty much spot on.

I'm guessing:
https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-l...9#pid30499

Note: one of the quirks of the MyBB software used for this forum is that posts get renumbered sometimes.

It is best to use the full link to the post instead, I think we've found.

Hi, Typoz

That link just returns me to this thread

Hi, Typoz

That link just returns me to this thread

Yes, that's right. It is a link to a specific post in this thread. Of course if you scroll up or scroll down you may not be sure which post is intended. When you first click the link, it should start with one of your own posts at the top of the window.

Perhaps quoting from that thread may help:

What was wrong with the original Skeptiko forum ?

However. I don't know whether this is the one referenced by the earlier comment, I am guessing, as I already said

Yes, that's right. It is a link to a specific post in this thread. Of course if you scroll up or scroll down you may not be sure which post is intended. When you first click the link, it should start with one of your own posts at the top of the window.

Perhaps quoting from that thread may help:

However. I don't know whether this is the one referenced by the earlier comment, I am guessing, as I already said

That's Post 19. Wonder why did Steve 001 said post 24.

That's Post 19. Wonder why did Steve 001 said post 24.

Again, yes. As I said, it is one of the quirks of the forum software. Posts can be re-numbered under some circumstances. Usually somewhere earlier in the thread one or several posts have been deleted and this means the deleted post(s) may or may not be included in the post number.

I wish there was a simple solution, but it seems best to consider post numbers as unreliable and not use them as a means of identification.

(Laird may understand this more clearly than I do).

[Laird]

Laird may understand this more clearly than I do

No, my understanding is the same as yours. There are five deleted posts in this thread. 19 plus 5 is 24.

Edit: What I don't understand though is why Steve001 is seeing 24 given that he's not an admin and thus that deleted posts shouldn't be part of his count.

No, my understanding is the same as yours. There are five deleted posts in this thread. 19 plus 5 is 24.

Edit: What I don't understand though is why Steve001 is seeing 24 given that he's not an admin and thus that deleted posts shouldn't be part of his count.

You mean Steve001 hasn't been made a forum moderator?

We don't know for certain which post Steve001 intended, it may not be 19/24. Perhaps he made a note of the number and then the posts were deleted afterwards.

[Laird]

We don't know for certain which post Steve001 intended, it may not be 19/24.

I suppose that's possible, but the post in question certainly fits his intent.

Perhaps he made a note of the number and then the posts were deleted afterwards.

That doesn't seem possible: at least one of the posts was deleted before he tim's post (19/24) was even posted (I know because it was mine).

[Edited per colours]

[Laird]

You mean Steve001 hasn't been made a forum moderator?

He moderates us in his own way.