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The Sink: It's not just about preservation...

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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Okay, again I'll admit that I haven't been active here so you can tell me to blow it out my ass... But I've looked all of this over Suho and the thing about your post that absolutely BEAMS at me is this: [quote]If TP deleted every single thread he didn't preserve, we would basically get an archive skewed to his tastes. If everyone acted this way, we would get archives skewed to the tastes of whoever acted the quickest. No one wants this, and thus the reluctance to delete threads.[/quote] I see this to really be at the root of the issue. First off, I'll say that I disagree with your proposal... I think it's just more of a "process" than this needs/should be. But in response to that bit that I've quoted: While Doc assigned a good chunk of MadSci's, he also designated some forum-specific moderators (Psychotics). You remember in the old version of the Asylum that specific individuals were listed as moderators of each forum? I always viewed that as an indicator of whom the Doc thought would be prime to make such decisions of deletion vs preservation when it came to threads long dead. MadSci's were more than welcome to archive about as they pleased, of course... but the method of naming out a few specific individuals went a long way when it came down to "responsibility" in my opinion. It's very possible that I'm the only one who viewed it this way, however. Because there are/were a number of people assigned, the preservation of threads is accomplished through a number of minds already. If TP gets to a thread and deletes it before I go in there and preserve it..... quite simply: "oh well". No point in losing sleep over it. Stuff comes up here a thousand times over again anyway... we'll save it the next time. If there was ONE.. and only ONE individual assigned to archiving... then yes, I whole-heartedly agree that the situation that you describe of being "skewed" would very much exist. But that is simply not the case. To be entirely honest, I haven't a fuckin' clue how this new archive/preservation/sink thing works. Not the slightest idea. But I will say this. When I used to do archiving, I used to hack down and delete a lot of stuff. As a matter of fact, I always thought I was deleting more than I should... but I just kept right on doing it. Again -- the thread is bound to come up again if it's all that important. So, cutting through all that, I guess it all weighs on "reluctance to delete threads". It's just silly. Delete it or don't. Move on and hit up the next one. People weren't asked to help out through their ability to not make decisions. [small](Edited by [internallink=627]Michael[/internallink] on 07-11-2004 15:51)[/small] Loading...
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