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I am sure you are all aware that the forums here are HUGE. The server is getting bogged down and when ever someone does a search, in our larger forums, the server really takes a hit.
Well we are now coming to point where we will need to prune out older threads. I really hate to do this because there is some very valuable information contained in older threads. Not to mention I like seeing that we have X amount of posts!
But we must prune out the older threads.
This will need to happen over the next few weeks.
The result will be much faster loading forums and searches.
We need to save some of the old threads that are classics. What we will do is create a BFC Classic forum loaded with old threads that do not necessarily need to be replied to but offer valuable information.
You will be able to view the threads in that forum but you will not be able to post to them.
So what I need help on is a list of threads from Year 1 and this forum that you guys want to keep.
Here is what I need.
Go back through this forum and year one.
You can do this by doing a search or by going back manually by changing your settings to show posts dating back as far as you want to search.
When you find a thread that you think we should save in the classic forum, post the entire URL to that thread here on this thread.
It should look like this: http://www.bladeforums.com/ubb/Forum32/HTML/003354.html
Please do not just give us the title to a thread or anything else. I need the URL.
Also we only need posts from this forum older than 45 days.
We will announce a date that this will end and then I will pick a random winner from this thread. The winner will get a Prototype Benchmade Stryker! If we get a lot of help I will add more knives as prizes.
Thanks in advance.
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Best Regards,
Mike Turber
BladeForums Site Owner and Administrator
Do it! Do it right! Do it right NOW!
Well we are now coming to point where we will need to prune out older threads. I really hate to do this because there is some very valuable information contained in older threads. Not to mention I like seeing that we have X amount of posts!
But we must prune out the older threads.
This will need to happen over the next few weeks.
The result will be much faster loading forums and searches.
We need to save some of the old threads that are classics. What we will do is create a BFC Classic forum loaded with old threads that do not necessarily need to be replied to but offer valuable information.
You will be able to view the threads in that forum but you will not be able to post to them.
So what I need help on is a list of threads from Year 1 and this forum that you guys want to keep.
Here is what I need.
Go back through this forum and year one.
You can do this by doing a search or by going back manually by changing your settings to show posts dating back as far as you want to search.
When you find a thread that you think we should save in the classic forum, post the entire URL to that thread here on this thread.
It should look like this: http://www.bladeforums.com/ubb/Forum32/HTML/003354.html
Please do not just give us the title to a thread or anything else. I need the URL.
Also we only need posts from this forum older than 45 days.
We will announce a date that this will end and then I will pick a random winner from this thread. The winner will get a Prototype Benchmade Stryker! If we get a lot of help I will add more knives as prizes.
Thanks in advance.
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Best Regards,
Mike Turber
BladeForums Site Owner and Administrator
Do it! Do it right! Do it right NOW!
