Merging threads

[Sleeping Giants]

The problem isn't the merging of the threads the problem is people starting unnecessary threads which make them become merged. Too many youngsters getting excited on here recently duplicating threads and repeatedly asking the same questions when you can revert to an old thread.

My problem with regards to merging is when Ive started a new thread with a different angle discussing a similar topic only to see it disappear. This really pisses me off as it has happened and number of times and I would appreciate the moderators taking time to acknowledge the point of discussion and leave it unmerged

This was the exact point that I was trying to make....when a player was discussed 3 weeks or so ago as piece of wishful thinking, it's a different topic to when that same player is then realistically being sought after by the club. The fact that it's the same player doesn't make it the same topic. "I wish we could sign Player X" is a different topic to "QPR are actively trying to sign Player X". During those 3 weeks or so things change.

[agoodm]

Whilst this isnt an official response since I just run the server and join in on occasions.

I just checked the moderator log for the past few days and all I see is a couple of thread merges. These pulled related posts into one conversation stream that was just 5 pages long.

[jmelanie]

The problem is it is sometimes difficult to find the threads. When the subject of Ki started again I wanted to find what was said in the original threads. I could not remember when this was, so I typed Ki in the search engine. It did not find anything.

Would it be too complicated to have a general topic, for instance Hoilett, and subtopics underneath,

[PeterG]

merging threads is a disaster and generally kills a discussion or at the very least degrades it

in the main i dont see a need for merging its really not a problem to have 2 threads with similar focus people can read one or both and decide which one if any to contribute to it really isnt that hard

and having 2 or more threads on a page with similar focus should not be that confusing for visitors

No disrespect to the admins and mods who i think are on the whole pretty good but the merging threads thing smacks of over control and steering, i dont think it should happen and I think it makes the board a less enjoyable place to be.

[agoodm]

The problem is it is sometimes difficult to find the threads. When the subject of Ki started again I wanted to find what was said in the original threads. I could not remember when this was, so I typed Ki in the search engine. It did not find anything.

Would it be too completed to have a general topic, for instance Hoilett, and subtopics underneath,

To get search results youll need to type more than two characters, I think the min search query is 4 characters. This is due to the large amount of posts and massive amounts of results and thus resources that are returned for very short searches.

[W12_Ranger]

I used to prefer merging, but after reading this I have changed my mind and have to agree with you.

The problem is it is sometimes difficult to find the threads. When the subject of Ki started again I wanted to find what was said in the original threads. I could not remember when this was, so I typed Ki in the search engine. It did not find anything.

Would it be too complicated to have a general topic, for instance Hoilett, and subtopics underneath,

You pair are 2 of the worst offenders for starting unnecessary threads when threads are already running

[scuberry]

You pair are 2 of the worst offenders for starting unnecessary threads when threads are already running

Gotta agree there,just pure laziness not looking at whats already been posted,but add MYU to that list as well for consistently posting links that are already up,
in fact merge all the mods so's it aint so much big brother watching our every move .....

[80sCasual]

It's all about some people wanting to be the ones who start the thread, therefore sometimes starting their own thread knowing one is already live and being discussed. In this case i agree with merging. It's in the case of a completely different conversation even when talking about the same topic that no merging is necessary imo.

[W12_Ranger]

It's all about some people wanting to be the ones who start the thread, therefore sometimes starting their own thread knowing one is already live and being discussed. In this case i agree with merging. It's in the case of a completely different conversation even when talking about the same topic that no merging is necessary imo.

Agreed

[ZANNEYQPR]

Merged threads



Totally agree.

[jmelanie]

You pair are 2 of the worst offenders for starting unnecessary threads when threads are already running

I have searched through all the threads I started and am unable to find any that repeat one that has been already started. If this is incorrect I apologize and could you please tell me which ones so that I can avoid doing this in the future.

[Stanley]

It's a balancing act. A few posters requested the two Ki threads to be merged, so I did. I'd have left them apart otherwise and in hindsight perhaps that would have been better. W12, I take your point about threads on the same subject but having a different angle and prefer to leave those be. I would only merge threads if you have an identical discussion on the same player for example, which does happen quite a bit. And people often use 'reply with quote' so in those cases it's not hard to follow the flow of discussion.

The problem with never merging is that often very worthwhile threads will slip off the front page and would then get forgotten about because too many duplicates above take up too much space. As 80's says people often just want to start their own thread for the sake of it, or start a new one without taking the time to check if another one on the same subject already exists. You can then end up with a very cluttered board and the decent threads slip off the radar as most people rarely move off page 1.