Tired of "Server Too Busy"? Help me out.

**Woodsy** · 07-10-2004, 10:55 AM

Originally posted by iceman
True dat.

see, thats a winner.

I have nothinng to add , you sealed it.
[/bowing down in the presence of greatness.....}

**joshbu** · 07-10-2004, 11:54 AM

Owens:

Could having more sub-forums help out with this? Is it just the "ski / snowboard" table that's too big?

I know a lot of forums have regional sections. That could help. A political flame forum could help too.

Also, I know in other forums, they move threads that aren't in the right spot. Maybe giving pHunk and iceman delete power might be too much, but allowing them to move threads to the right places might help keep the db a little more balanced.

Some more ideas.

**The AD** · 07-10-2004, 12:39 PM

Originally posted by Woodsy
Like Aggassi yor strength is in your wicked return game

Exactly. Ice may not have started many good threads, but he's certainly ended many!

**watersnowdirt** · 07-10-2004, 01:10 PM

ok. I just deleted the 10 or 15 most boring, useless threads I started. Tomorrow, the next 10 will get axed. It's all relative - what seems interesting today will get cut tomorrow.

**The AD** · 07-10-2004, 03:29 PM

Announcements for events that have already happened seem like good candidates for deletion, assuming no one added a report or pictures to the same thread after its conclusion.

**phUnk** · 07-10-2004, 06:45 PM

Originally posted by joshbu
Maybe giving pHunk and iceman delete power might be too much, but allowing them to move threads to the right places might help keep the db a little more balanced.

Heh, only as long as "occasionally move things just to be a dick" is in my job description. Otherwise, no deal.

L7 · 07-11-2004, 01:04 PM

Owens, am I missing something? Is there I way I can sift straight to threads I started? I don't start many and it's tedious going through all I posted in to see who started them.

Search results used to list the original poster (maybe that was Powder) or at least list yourself as 0 post if you started it. I don't see that anymore in search so it's harder to go back and edit what I can.

I left posts I made on conditions just as a reference for next season. I also left bike forum stuff as that is smaller and all pretty new anyways.

**iceman** · 07-11-2004, 03:40 PM

L7, it's right there in front of you when you search, I dunno if I can help you any more than that.

Search using your username and look in the column that says "Thread Starter". If the name there is yours, well...

L7 · 07-11-2004, 03:52 PM

I figured that out a short time ago. I wasn't using search. I was going to CP or clicking on profile and then show posts from this user. Doing it that way does not give you topic starter.

Then I realize I hadn't used search as in search by user. Voila, there it was as you say. Managed to nuke a couple more.

**bad_roo** · 07-12-2004, 04:56 AM

LASERANIMAL - delete that fuggen huge ass useless Pad Pad Pad thread in the padded room will ya?

**zion zig zag** · 07-12-2004, 06:31 AM

You know, there's one person here who could prolly delete enough of their own shit to clear all of this up. I won't name names, but they brought you such threads as "do you think my bike is sexy?", "look at the trees in my backyard", "extreme xc skiing (pics included)", and "why are girls from norwedge meanies".

**basom** · 07-12-2004, 07:39 AM

Originally posted by flykdog
You know, there's one person here who could prolly delete enough of their own shit to clear all of this up. I won't name names, but they brought you such threads as "do you think my bike is sexy?", "look at the trees in my backyard", "extreme xc skiing (pics included)", and "why are girls from norwedge meanies".

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**Ubersheist** · 07-12-2004, 09:21 AM

I just cut out a bunch of my crap from the past.

ONS - is this helping? Is that good enough for now or should we keep going?

**DJSapp** · 07-12-2004, 09:28 AM

Originally posted by Ubersheist
ONS - is this helping? Is that good enough for now or should we keep going?

No this isn't helping. Look at my post count, I was almost at 500, now I have a weeks worth of posting to do to catch up. Jesus people, don't you realize that our post counts are far more important than keeping the server moving?

**einan** · 07-12-2004, 09:44 AM

This place is lookin good Owens. I haven't been on here in a long time, i like the user galleries that was a good idea.

**iceman** · 07-12-2004, 12:44 PM

bump

**Ubersheist** · 07-12-2004, 12:49 PM

Originally posted by DJSapp
No this isn't helping. Look at my post count, I was almost at 500, now I have a weeks worth of posting to do to catch up. Jesus people, don't you realize that our post counts are far more important than keeping the server moving?

Damn! Your right. I hadn't even thought of this... and I was so close to getting more posts then Iceman. What happened to my other 2355 posts? Oh, well.

edit: I just lobbed off a few mundane threads in which I think Iceman posted. Maybe if we all gang up on him...

**seldon** · 07-12-2004, 01:17 PM

How bout keeping everything in Tech Talk just as a baseline, because theres some important techie info that can be searched for in there, especially when people want to do research/JONG jongs by posting search links

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**Crinkle** · 07-12-2004, 04:16 PM

posted poop, has been deleted.

**Woodsy** · 07-13-2004, 10:43 AM

Originally posted by Woodsy
I am glad self pruning can help but a little bummed to delete older things. IE The homestaeding thread is a great snapshot of the Exodus & Arrrival but bumping it does not make much sense.

now we have a front 2 pages covered with worthy but out of order Trs, funny stuff, etc.

pruning older untouched stuff, thus forcing us to bump things we feel worthy routinely isnt the answer

snapshots of time here those pages were now its just a mess of highlights

oh well.
free forum fallout I suppose..............

**Aldo** · 07-13-2004, 12:09 PM

Hard to tell what day it is on this bumpy ride.

**iceman** · 07-13-2004, 12:21 PM

If bumping saves good stuff I'm for it, even though it kinda messes up the "snapshot of time" that you could get by going back to the older pages.

It'd be better if we could just prune the junk and leave the rest as is. I haven't gotten any "server too busy" messages the last couple of days at least. Has anyone else?