Guru Q&A - Guild Wars Forums

stevedallas · Jun 01, 2007, 12:38 AM // 00:38

Hi

I see a lot of sticky notices posted by people who I assume are Guru admins about forum rules, notices of policy changes, etc. I have no problem with complying with the terms of service the Guru has in place however, those of us who are new to php forums and those of us who feel that some policies are suddenly very relevent to our usage of the site may have questions about where to go to learn how to do something. An example is the trade forum policy restricting us to only one active post in a given forum: how do we determine if we have an active post? How long does it take for a post to become inactive? Does a post every become inactive automatically?

If this exists already, I can't find it and would truly appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction.

Thanks

Coridan · Jun 01, 2007, 12:44 AM // 00:44

I would assume that after 2 days of non posting or bumping a thread that you could start another one...it maybe longer than that....or if you edit your original post...and put please close in the body...then start a new one the next day that would be ok too.. but again i am not an admin

makosi · Jun 01, 2007, 12:52 AM // 00:52

If you have a Sell thread in the Ventari subforum you can effectively close it yourself by typing:

"*** Closed By Seller***"

...at the top of your opening post. To do that, you click 'Edit Post'. Alternatively you can send a private message to a moderator within Ventari's Corner and ask them to close it for you. Threads become inactive over a reasonable time scale. As Coridan said, 2 days or more and you can assume that your thread is dead or dying but to be safe I recommend you close it before creating a new thread. They're pretty strict.

Never bump early or risk decapitation.

stevedallas · Jun 01, 2007, 01:24 AM // 01:24

Hi

Thanks for the info but, I have two questions still:

1. What does it mean to "bump" a thread? The last time I used forums that I didn't control was some time ago, I'm not familiar with that term.

2. I'll sometimes get caught up in work for a couple of days or weeks or whatever and will forget if I posted something. With these php forums, can I see a list somewhere of my active posts?

And let me apologise now if this is something obvious. I havent been on the Guru forums for a few weeks and am having some connection issues tonight resulting in page loads timing out (lousy cable modem, lol) so if this is obvious then I'm sorry for asking such a noobish question, it was probably on a page that connection flaked out on while loading.

ryanryanryan0310 · Jun 01, 2007, 01:45 AM // 01:45

Bumping: Posting in your thread which makes it jump "bump" to the top. Only post in your sales thread after every 24 hrs.

Lotrfish · Jun 01, 2007, 01:46 AM // 01:46

1. Bump is a post with no substance meant to "bump" your thread up to the first page.

2. You can somewhere in options choose to subscribe to every thread you post in which will be in a list on your User CP.

Also, this site is really slow sometimes and I have a pretty decent connection and get lots of page cannot be displayed messages here, so it's not just you.

stevedallas · Jun 02, 2007, 01:43 AM // 01:43

Hi Everyone!

Thank you so much for the information! I appreciate the time you've spent answering my questions.

Thanks!!

Jun 01, 2007, 12:38 AM // 00:38	#1
stevedallas Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NY Guild: The Ebon Vanguard Profession: W/	Guru Q&A Hi I see a lot of sticky notices posted by people who I assume are Guru admins about forum rules, notices of policy changes, etc. I have no problem with complying with the terms of service the Guru has in place however, those of us who are new to php forums and those of us who feel that some policies are suddenly very relevent to our usage of the site may have questions about where to go to learn how to do something. An example is the trade forum policy restricting us to only one active post in a given forum: how do we determine if we have an active post? How long does it take for a post to become inactive? Does a post every become inactive automatically? If this exists already, I can't find it and would truly appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction. Thanks

Jun 01, 2007, 12:44 AM // 00:44	#2
Coridan Forge Runner Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: US Guild: Old Married Gamers {OMG} Profession: W/	I would assume that after 2 days of non posting or bumping a thread that you could start another one...it maybe longer than that....or if you edit your original post...and put please close in the body...then start a new one the next day that would be ok too.. but again i am not an admin

Jun 01, 2007, 12:52 AM // 00:52	#3
makosi Grotto Attendant Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: "Pre-nerf" is incorrect. It's pre-buff. Guild: Requirement Begins With R [notQ] Profession: Me/	If you have a Sell thread in the Ventari subforum you can effectively close it yourself by typing: "* Closed By Seller*" ...at the top of your opening post. To do that, you click 'Edit Post'. Alternatively you can send a private message to a moderator within Ventari's Corner and ask them to close it for you. Threads become inactive over a reasonable time scale. As Coridan said, 2 days or more and you can assume that your thread is dead or dying but to be safe I recommend you close it before creating a new thread. They're pretty strict. Never bump early or risk decapitation.

Jun 01, 2007, 01:24 AM // 01:24	#4
stevedallas Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NY Guild: The Ebon Vanguard Profession: W/	Hi Thanks for the info but, I have two questions still: 1. What does it mean to "bump" a thread? The last time I used forums that I didn't control was some time ago, I'm not familiar with that term. 2. I'll sometimes get caught up in work for a couple of days or weeks or whatever and will forget if I posted something. With these php forums, can I see a list somewhere of my active posts? And let me apologise now if this is something obvious. I havent been on the Guru forums for a few weeks and am having some connection issues tonight resulting in page loads timing out (lousy cable modem, lol) so if this is obvious then I'm sorry for asking such a noobish question, it was probably on a page that connection flaked out on while loading.

Jun 01, 2007, 01:45 AM // 01:45	#5
ryanryanryan0310 Desert Nomad Join Date: May 2006 Guild: Scars Meadows [SMS]	Bumping: Posting in your thread which makes it jump "bump" to the top. Only post in your sales thread after every 24 hrs.

Jun 01, 2007, 01:46 AM // 01:46	#6
Lotrfish Krytan Explorer Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: 1337ville, California Guild: Generic Name [Tag] Profession: R/	1. Bump is a post with no substance meant to "bump" your thread up to the first page. 2. You can somewhere in options choose to subscribe to every thread you post in which will be in a list on your User CP. Also, this site is really slow sometimes and I have a pretty decent connection and get lots of page cannot be displayed messages here, so it's not just you.

Jun 02, 2007, 01:43 AM // 01:43	#7
stevedallas Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NY Guild: The Ebon Vanguard Profession: W/	Hi Everyone! Thank you so much for the information! I appreciate the time you've spent answering my questions. Thanks!!