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Just wondering since I noticed it when skimming through SGW General - why are some threads with 'Have a nice birthday'-wishes moved to This, That&Those, while others are allowed to stay in SGW General?
-Ben

BenjaminMS wrote:Just wondering since I noticed it when skimming through SGW General - why are some threads with 'Have a nice birthday'-wishes moved to This, That&Those, while others are allowed to stay in SGW General?
-Ben

They're not "allowed" it's just that no one bothers to move them after a day. Simple coincidence some are moved and others aren't after 1 day. All of them stay for at least 1 day though. I think actually almost all are moved eventually..

As Empy said, birthday wishes belong in TTT&T, yet are allowed to stay in General for approx. 24 hrs.

Would probably be more efficiently moved if they all had a common naming, however as it is, they often are moved within a day or two unless they go unnoticed or fall below active topics and are out of sight.

I think individual birthday greetings are good for making ppl feel as if the are part of forum community..

also think all threads could be deleted after a week..

ƒëmmë ƒatalë wrote:I think individual birthday greetings are good for making ppl feel as if the are part of forum community..

also think all threads could be deleted after a week..

They are moved after a day or two usually with a ghost. Then later they are merged into the big birthday bash thread. Never deleted.

A birthday thread should be allowed to stay for the duration of the individuals birthday, there is nothing wrong with that in my opinion.

It gives people a chance to reply, and the individual/s who's birthday it is a nice surprise when they check.

BMMJ13 wrote:

ƒëmmë ƒatalë wrote:I think individual birthday greetings are good for making ppl feel as if the are part of forum community..

also think all threads could be deleted after a week..

They are moved after a day or two usually with a ghost. Then later they are merged into the big birthday bash thread. Never deleted.

that's my point, why merge them into one massive mess later.. and given time zones 2/3days minimum in general would be good.

The merging was discussed for a while in the mod sections, where the pros and cons were argued over a while, and it was figured out that the best solution was to merge them together after a while. Another option that came up but which was quickly shot down was a "birthday section".

Such thread may be a bit messy, but there usually are not more than 1 such thread per day, rarely more than two, and thus the merging will not cause significant post order chaos.

Maybe what should have happened was to create a birthday section in archives.

[BoT] Jack wrote:Maybe what should have happened was to create a birthday section in archives.

my thoughts exactly, just didnt want to post it after zeratul said it had been shot down before when suggested

Nah, what was shot down was an active forum, like alliance announcements. What I am suggesting is a birthday thread graveyard.

BenjaminMS wrote:Just wondering since I noticed it when skimming through SGW General - why are some threads with 'Have a nice birthday'-wishes moved to This, That&Those, while others are allowed to stay in SGW General?
-Ben

'just not having the time', some other reason. Do not read anything into it. It's a black swan.

Juliette wrote:

BenjaminMS wrote:Just wondering since I noticed it when skimming through SGW General - why are some threads with 'Have a nice birthday'-wishes moved to This, That&Those, while others are allowed to stay in SGW General?
-Ben

'just not having the time', some other reason. Do not read anything into it. It's a black swan.

That's racist!

BenjaminMS wrote:Just wondering since I noticed it when skimming through SGW General - why are some threads with 'Have a nice birthday'-wishes moved to This, That&Those, while others are allowed to stay in SGW General?
-Ben

To be honest I didn't even think this was worthy of being considered an issue to bring up.