I think there should be a limit post per thread
 

There are some threads where there are literally 2,000 posts. Who the hell is going to rummage through all that to find the answers they need when they're most likely going to make a new thread?

I say there should be thread limits. 500 posts per threads. That's either 10 pages of 50 posts or 10 posts with 50 pages whatever it is you like. I think that would be better than the current system we have now.

Re: I think there should be a limit post per thread
 

I actually agree, for instance the its terrible when you need some info and there is a thread that has 600 posts. so you ask for something specific and people jump on you saying "didn't you read the xyz thread?".

Re: I think there should be a limit post per thread
 

I agree absolutely. Even a thread of 500 posts would be too much.

Actually I am curious why this forum does not work. Generally I don't have problems when searching for information on other forums, notably Linux-oriented forums. Perhaps because they generally are sub-threaded? All I know that on *this* forum finding relevant information is impossible.

Paai

Re: I think there should be a limit post per thread
 

to search you really need to use power search not regular vbulletin search, I always find what I'm looking for with that. 2nd if you think it is hard finding information in 1 2000 post thread how do you think it will be to find information one 1 topic in 4 500 post threads. We used to have to split threads here when they got so big and you end up losing alot of informaiton because you have things like Show off your screens shots 1,Show off your screens shots 2,Show off your screens shots 3,Show off your screens shots 4. Then you go to look for a screenshot and your like which thread was it in agian?

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andrew, don't even get me started on the search. It's HORRIBLE. I would search for "knots 2" by thread and what does it give me? A lot of filler crap that has nothing with knots 2. Where can we go to petition this sort of thing? It needs to be implemented. A better search system and limited posts in threads.

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Erm...
I just tried it with -both- advanced and regular. Advanced search returned an entire page with results for "knots 2"(i included the quotes in the search box).
Regular search gave me the first three results being relevant - and that search even dropped the 2!

Re: I think there should be a limit post per thread
 

Here are the first four results from a Power Search for Knots 2 The rest of the results were similar.:

Knots 2 - easy media streaming for most operating systems - Page ...
Knots 2 - easy media streaming for most operating systems Multimedia. ... I made a quick port of the Knots 2 diablo client for Joggler ...
talk.maemo.org
Knots2 - maemo.org wiki
You should not enable extras-devel if you don't know what you are doing. Please read the extras-devel article before installing Knots 2 for the N900 ...
wiki.maemo.org
Knots 2 - easy media streaming for most operating systems - Page ...
I made a quick port of the Knots 2 diablo client for Joggler Ubuntu Netbook Remix Edition. It should work on any desktop Ubuntu too. ...
talk.maemo.org

Re: I think there should be a limit post per thread
 

If you search knots 2 here are the results using power search. Built in vbulletin search sucks that is why we offer Google Search of the entire maemo.org domain. Reggie is the Admin of t.m.o but a better search system is already there and as I said a limit on posts in a thread will not stop people from making more threads. People really need to learn to stay on topic and the threads will be easier to read. Also if there is data that will need to be refered back to at a later date then it should go into the wiki if its not already there.


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2240466/Maem...owersearch.JPG

Re: I think there should be a limit post per thread
 

A limit on posts as things stand would be unfair, as the situation with regard to fixes changes. For example, the usb breaking problem -- it's important to find out the status of new people trying to get it fixed is. If there was a limit, there would be no way of knowing.

Re: I think there should be a limit post per thread
 

I think a better system would be to implement a 'thread search', using the google power search, but on a single thread.

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I've never seen that option and I did a quick search on vbulletin forums and can't find a plugin. Also I don't think it would work, google search doesn't index threads by posts.

Re: I think there should be a limit post per thread
 

Horses for courses..

Forum threads are generally designed for constant stream of free flow chats. I don't see how putting artificial limits will help in making it easier to find the 'goodies' inside a long thread. All it would do (I think) is to spread long threads to 500-posts chunks.

"Oh, I think we talked about that point in 'Gargantuan thread II or III.' ... 'or maybe IV'. Look it up."

If there are important bits that should be distilled from said thread, then it's best to be extracted and saved elsewhere (Wiki, bugtrack, etc).

Of course a better search mechanism is needed too, in case of TMO :D For the time being, using site:talk.maemo.org on google works quite ok.

Edit: Actually, if we make use of the number of thanks as a search (sorting) parameter; we may be able to easily display the more interesting/useful posts from an overactive thread.

Re: I think there should be a limit post per thread
 

USing that search on google is same as power search.

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Many of those long threads are the result of merging...
...and that's all I'm going to say.

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I actually agree with the point that huge, ungainly threads are a bad thing. From the beginning of this site, posters were encouraged to add to ancient threads, like football players piling on to injure a player at the bottom. This definitely causes a problem.

What makes it bad is that a newbie has to deal with posts that are just plain untrue, false, irrelevant. Maybe a correct solution isn't stated for 50 posts, and a newbie has to read and supposedly understand all the wrong ones to get to the correct one.

Or software has changed, and a newbie has to read all the posts that have nothing to do with the new software -- how is that helpful?

The Wiki is part of the solution. Good reading skills are part of the solution. Ignoring the long threads and just reading the ends of them is part of the solution. But I don't know a good, complete solution.

Re: I think there should be a limit post per thread
 

Wading through 1 long thread which you know ought to contain the info you need is much better than wading through umpteen threads without knowing which thread contains the info. Much more detrimental to the forums is the use of non-descriptive thread titles -

• "please help!" - state what help is needed on
• "help needed!" - ditto
• "can the n900 do this?" - do what for god's sake
• "can someone port this app?" - what app for god's sake

and other such nonsense. (NB these are just examples and not the actual titles of threads in the forum but are close).

Re: I think there should be a limit post per thread
 

So rather than having 1 thread for a subject, we're going to have 50 identically titled threads, all full of posts, not necessarily in chronological order.

This really would make the mod's lives a living hell. Rather than only noobs making duplicate threads, everyone will be doing it.

Re: I think there should be a limit post per thread
 

Let's not resort to insulting anyone or their proposals. We can discuss without inflammatory words like "stupid". Thanks.

EDIT: "daft" is no different, James.