@nubnumber1 just like a fighter unit in A&A is meant to represent many aircraft,think of a destroyer unit representing a group (flotilla I think is the term) of destroyers.Military history has many examples of small,yet determined, forces delaying the progress of larger forces. eg 101st airborne in Bastogne dec 1944
So did uncrustable delete his whole thread?
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@Imperious:
Not in this thread.�  I’ve created one specifically for you though.�  We will see if your posts are still accessible after that topic is removed.= I cant remove IL’s post
Wrong, I just came back to see you had posted in the demo thread. Â They both have disappeared along with the demo topic that I have now removed. Â They are not showing up in your post history. Â If you can link to them somehow, please do so as it might provide a way for others to retrieve their posts in other removed topics.
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It seems that the survival of this particular feces flinging thread is more important to RH than proving IL wrong… interesting.
If you remove this thread Red Harvest, we’ll all say you’re right and sing Christmas carols.
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@Young:
It seems that the survival of this particular feces flinging thread is more important to RH than proving IL wrong… interesting.
If you remove this thread Red Harvest, we’ll all say you’re right and sing Christmas carols.Â
You’ve got it backwards. I’m asking IL to demonstrate that I’m wrong and I actually hope that he can do so. I would consider it a win-win.
I created another thread “Demo for Imperious Leader.” He posted in it and I have removed the topic as planned. His posts there disappeared with it just as the Baron and I have been saying would happen and IL has been saying would not happen.
Now, there is an outside chance here that IL knows a trick, and can recover his posts to the topic. If he can do that and demonstrate how others can do the same in other topics it would be a useful tool to forum users, agree? If that is the case then I can recover the info that the Baron wanted, Kion and Baron could do the same.
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Somebody should just fry up some bacon
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Ok let me try this trick.
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You are not allowed to delete the first post in a topic.
If you want to delete this topic, click on the Remove Topic link, or ask a moderator/administrator to do it for you.
Harvest: the only way you removed the thread was having a Moderator do it for you. Just like i said before.
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@Imperious:
You are not allowed to delete the first post in a topic.
If you want to delete this topic, click on the Remove Topic link, or ask a moderator/administrator to do it for you.
Harvest: the only way you removed the thread was having a Moderator do it for you. Just like i said before.
No, that isn’t what happened. I removed the topic and it was from appearances instantly gone. I then went out and searched under your username for your posts in the thread and they were gone as well.
When you made your posts I had left the screen open, but was off watching some videos with my family. I came back to see you had posted, read them, and nuked the thread. Apparently your account works differently.
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If you can do that…can you remove a persons account too?
Check on that.
if you can do anything on that level, this site is bonkers.
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Hello friends
As I was part of the dicussion in the now deleted thread, here some thought and opinions from me.
First:
@Uncrustable:The thread was unilaterally my creation.
No it wasn’t. You may have started the thread, but the thread contained a discussion of several people and only one of them was you. And it was their discussion as well as yours.
Second:
I think it’s not a good function, that the creator can arbitrarily delete the whole thread without any warnings or moderator. He should be able to close the thread, after which he will slowly fade into the limbo of old threads. But in that case, the old posts would still be there and could be quoted. I’m quite sure neither the moderators nor the operator of this forum can change the software to forbid the thread creator the complete annihilation of any thread he started.Third:
@MrRoboto:Some of the posts deleted were incredibly insightful.
The posts made by KionAAA contained one of the most in-depths-analysis and one of the most sophisticated mathematics I’ve seen on this forum.@Baron:
He helped me thinks further deeper, and the maths was very original […]
Thank you for the praise blush
I’m working on a thread on my own with some mathematical backgrounds regarding unit strength, so it won’t be hidden in some thread about (just the) naval units.Forth:
@Uncrustable:Somebody should just fry up some bacon
Someone should always fry up some bacon, independent from context.
see you around
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Second:
I think it’s not a good function, that the creator can arbitrarily delete the whole thread without any warnings or moderator. He should be able to close the thread, after which he will slowly fade into the limbo of old threads. But in that case, the old posts would still be there and could be quoted. I’m quite sure neither the moderators nor the operator of this forum can change the software to forbid the thread creator the complete annihilation of any thread he started.There has been some confirmation (privately) by an influential member that this function could be really problematic and that individual is going to try to have it fixed. I’m hoping that person will post publicly about it eventually.
I don’t know whether it can be changed or not with current software. However, there appears to be some level of configurability already:
1. When you first start posting I don’t believe you can’t even create new topics without it going through a moderator–either that or there was some other limitation posting I discovered when I signed up. I don’t recall specifics as it has been two years. This goes away after a time.
2. Moderators have been granted other levels of ability to delete posts/lock threads, etc.So I have some hope that there is a way to reconfigure the capabilities of classes of user accounts. Different forum software seems to have different abilities, some forums allow various restrictions on specific groups of users and different levels of moderators. I don’t know what the capabilities are of this forum’s package.
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IL has posted on the fix.
@Imperious:
OK the problem is mostly fixed. The OP at this time can only lock but not remove topics. Never again can this crap happen.
Djensen will remove the lock topic button soon and get us those badges “customizer”
The “remove topic” tab has disappeared for me in this thread. I’m not sure where the lock feature is, it might be in progress. EDIT: Ah, the lock topic was only to be temporary until it was removed.
And that my friends is why it is important to suggest fixes when problems become apparent.
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Hello friends
As I was part of the dicussion in the now deleted thread, here some thought and opinions from me.
First:
@Uncrustable:The thread was unilaterally my creation.
No it wasn’t. You may have started the thread, but the thread contained a discussion of several people and only one of them was you. And it was their discussion as well as yours.
That was meant to be a joke for Red :P
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@Uncrustable:
Hello friends
As I was part of the dicussion in the now deleted thread, here some thought and opinions from me.
First:
@Uncrustable:The thread was unilaterally my creation.
No it wasn’t. You may have started the thread, but the thread contained a discussion of several people and only one of them was you. And it was their discussion as well as yours.
That was meant to be a joke for Red :P
Sarcasm*That’s the problem with sarcasm or irony,
we cannot ear the tone of the voice in the comments in a forum, like it is in a face to face conversation.And I think that sarcasm or irony with an emotikon, is no longer irony…
What a cunundrum…
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@Red:
IL has posted on the fix.
@Imperious:
OK the problem is mostly fixed. The OP at this time can only lock but not remove topics. Never again can this crap happen.
Djensen will remove the lock topic button soon and get us those badges “customizer”
The “remove topic” tab has disappeared for me in this thread.�  I’m not sure where the lock feature is, it might be in progress.�  EDIT:�  Ah, the lock topic was only to be temporary until it was removed.
And that my friends is why it is important to suggest fixes when problems become apparent.
I agree.
Thanks for you investment of time on this forum. And leading this topic on this specific problem.
Thanks also to IL and Djensen which are correcting this issue. And all the others for your participation on this thread.
I would just add:
Serenity prayer is not a prayer for immobility.There is two part in it: things which cannot change and things that can change.
Glad to see this issue belongs to the second part.
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Unfortunately, with the remove topic option gone, this particular thread will be around forever.
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Well perhaps… the moderator can remove it, but their must be a reason.
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@Imperious:
Well perhaps… the moderator can remove it, but their must be a reason.
How about the fact that new conscripts will come to this thread and see many members arguing about the problems of this site? Leaving this thread up only makes A&A.org look bad to new members. Besides, if anything it should be moved… it has nothing to do with G40.
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@Young:
@Imperious:
Well perhaps… the moderator can remove it, but their must be a reason.
How about the fact that new conscripts will come to this thread and see many members arguing about the problems of this site? Leaving this thread up does nothing but make A&A.org look bad to new members. Besides, if anything it should be moved… it has nothing to do with G40.
Unfortunately you’re right about new members.
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@Young:
How about the fact that new conscripts will come to this thread and see many members arguing about the problems of this site? Leaving this thread up only makes A&A.org look bad to new members. Besides, if anything it should be moved… it has nothing to do with G40.
You’ve been pretty eager to fling insults my way in it (you might call it slinging “feces”) rather than contributing to identifying the problem. You know what, I’m happy to leave it as it is. Your second post in this thread suggested you feel the same way, leave 'em be, work things out, rather than deleting the thread.
And yes, it does have to do with G40 as that was what the improperly deleted thread was about.
Hint: The thread will sink on its own soon enough since the problem that created it has been rectified.
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@SS:
It’s called enter thread at your own risk Red Harvest. It will come to the point of the Mods will tell you to knock it off or ban you from site or ( its probably already started now ) people will not respond to your posts anymore. His said he was sorry, come on lets move on.
I should have responded to this one sooner…
Uh, no, he didn’t say he was sorry to me. If anything he’s been more of jerk to me. No one who participated in the thread he deleted has agreed with his claim of a hijack.
If I’m going to be banned for identifying a flaw in the site architecture and helping to get it corrected, then I hope it is sooner, rather than later.
As for moving on, I’m all for that. The problem that was the source of this thread has now been addressed. This thread will sink on its own.
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