Hall of Fame Threads

[Dave]

One of the biggest things we mods struggle with is what threads deserve to be put in the Hall of Fame. I mean, not every thread deserves to be there, but some do. The problem is, we don't want to put them there if they are still being actively posted in and when people stop posting we tend to forget about them.

So here's a solution. On the first post of every thread there's now a link to Nominate a Thread for the Thread of the Month. Top vote getter every month will be moved into the Hall of Fame. It may still be actively being posted in, but with the "New Post" button people should still be able to get to it.

Please vote on a few now to test out & see if the poll works or if I have to open the poll up for direct voting - which would be weird. I tested on 5 pretty random threads so I want to see if one or more of them fall off based on user votes.

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Sweet! It updates the polls but only from the thread voting and not from directly clicking in the poll. Excellent!

I think this is going to work. Voting will start in earnest on November 1, but I think we're close enough to look at these as viable votes.

 

[phil]

I think most of the flame war threads are going to get the most votes.

 

[Dave]

I think most of the flame war threads are going to get the most votes.

Hmmm. I think the NSFW and Flame Wars sections need to be excluded.

 

[SeraRelm]

Yay, popularity votes!

 

[Dave]

Yay, popularity votes!

I don't think this is quite the same even though I do get your drift. This is not as much for popularity but for quality threads that we all love and want to reserve for posterity.

 

[Kitty Sinatra]

Then could you remove these lines from under our names:

Nominated X times in Y Posts
TOTW/F/M Award(s): z

 

[Dave]

Sorry. I didn't see that.

 

[Kitty Sinatra]

okay. Now it looks like it's about the threads and I can get behind this.

What's slightly annoying though is that I can't nominate a thread that I started. I understand why that's the case if we're voting on individual posts, but as this is about threads, it feels like that restriction is annoying.

All of the "Hall of Fame" threads tend to diverge from the OP's intention - and certainly aren't sponge-worthy because of that OP. So nominating it isn't really nominating oneself.

 

[Dave]

I hesitate because I can see some people voting on their own threads a lot. I can always put it on and see how it sits.

 

[Kitty Sinatra]

It's gonna happen anyway.

For example: Chippy's got that Mabel thing going on in someone's else thread. If he votes for that thread he's really voting for himself.

 

[AshburnerX]

Wow... this really makes things ugly.

 

[Dave]

Wow... this really makes things ugly.

Which template do you use? On the default it looks good but on the dnGrey not so much. Basically we need to fix each style. There are graphics that are not showing up.

 

[Chippy]

It's gonna happen anyway.

For example: Chippy's got that Mabel thing going on in someone's else thread. If he votes for that thread he's really voting for himself.

Totally voted for myself. Sorry if that doesn't sit well with you. Kindly suck it up.

 

[AshburnerX]

Wow... this really makes things ugly.

Which template do you use? On the default it looks good but on the dnGrey not so much. Basically we need to fix each style. There are graphics that are not showing up.[/QUOTE]

I'm on WarC, and I just get this ugly box beneath the first post that really stands out when I'm scrolling down.

 

[Dave]

I turned it off for a little while. Seems it really, REALLY breaks some of the styles.

It's still in the system, but won't be turned on until we get the new look.

 

[Allen who is Quiet]

do we really get threads that should be hall of famed every month?

 

[AshburnerX]

do we really get threads that should be hall of famed every month?

It does seem like we should have a minimum number of votes needed to hit Hall of Fame, on top of being the highest number in a month.

 

[Allen who is Quiet]

it seems like you should know a HoF thread when you see it, and then you send it over there once talking in the thread starts to die down.

 

[Cuyval Dar]

Excluding NSFW/Flame Wars is a mistake. Those will be 99.999% of all threads voted for.

 

[Kitty Sinatra]

It's gonna happen anyway.

For example: Chippy's got that Mabel thing going on in someone's else thread. If he votes for that thread he's really voting for himself.

Totally voted for myself. Sorry if that doesn't sit well with you. Kindly suck it up.[/QUOTE]

What the smurf, man? I was asking for the ability to vote for a thread I started. That means I'm all for you voting in that thread.

I think you owe me a fucking apology.

 

[figmentPez]

On the first post of every thread there's now a link to Nominate a Thread for the Thread of the Month.

I don't see it. Am I missing the obvious?

 

[Kitty Sinatra]

You missed this earlier in this thread:

I turned it off for a little while. Seems it really, REALLY breaks some of the styles.

 

[Chippy]

It's gonna happen anyway.

For example: Chippy's got that Mabel thing going on in someone's else thread. If he votes for that thread he's really voting for himself.

Totally voted for myself. Sorry if that doesn't sit well with you. Kindly suck it up.[/QUOTE]

What the smurf, man? I was asking for the ability to vote for a thread I started. That means I'm all for you voting in that thread.

I think you owe me a fucking apology.[/QUOTE]

This is the internet.

 

[Kitty Sinatra]

Oh what the smurf, man? "huwt feewings"? Is that smurfing tag directed at me? Smurf you I ain't got huwt feewings. I feew nothing but anger. Vile, bitter anger. Smurf you man. Smurf. You.





. . . I really gotta find some smurficons. That'd make these posts 100% win.

 

[Silver Jelly]

but won't be turned on until you get the new look.

That's what she said!