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Make it Easier to Delete thread

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Pippin
Posts: 4846 - Karma: 661
Okay so ii just got finished deleting 30 some odd threads and have to click the [x] button every time and then having to wait for the page to reload is a bit tiresome so i was wondering if it could be made such that it is similar to e-mail. So there are boxes beside each of the threads under "my NS" then "my threads"  so that you could either click individually or click all without having the pg refresh each time. I think this would make the process much smoother. Thanks for your time and i'd like to hear what you guys think.
Jun 10 2008 12:14AM
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Karcher
Posts: 3788 - Karma: 1,934
i agree man it gets really annoying after awhile
Jun 10 2008 12:20AM
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dave44
Posts: 11052 - Karma: 113
Get those white boxes which when you select it makes a tick, and then get a delete selected button at the top or bottom, it would defintiely make life a lot easier for many...
Jun 10 2008 4:32AM
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skijunkiedtm
Posts: 9229 - Karma: 61
deleting your evidence?
Jun 10 2008 9:27AM
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Pippin
Posts: 4846 - Karma: 661
i dont know what your are talking about =)
Dont say anything!
Jun 10 2008 5:45PM
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BIG_SALTY
Posts: 574 - Karma: 34
That would be way nice. I hate having to delete some threads and wanting to keep others.
Jun 10 2008 5:49PM
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St.Steezy
Posts: 4228 - Karma: 20
there is a button at the bottom that deletes them all.
Jun 10 2008 7:34PM
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Pippin
Posts: 4846 - Karma: 661
and if we feel that 7 of the 30 need to be updated on someone posting in one of the threads? i dont think you comprehend the message i am trying to get through
Jun 10 2008 7:46PM
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eheath
Posts: 61603 - Karma: 123,072
At least you can look at it...
Jun 10 2008 8:42PM
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iggyskier
Posts: 10447 - Karma: 10,018
so now imagine having to delete 100+ threads one by one like that when someone wants to be a dick and decides to spam the forums and you will understand being a mod.  Fun times.
Jun 10 2008 8:50PM
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St.Steezy
Posts: 4228 - Karma: 20
no I'm too stupid
Jun 10 2008 9:14PM
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Pippin
Posts: 4846 - Karma: 661
sorry, i misinterpreted, i guess you went really stating a reply to my earlier statement
Jun 10 2008 9:20PM
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Pippin
Posts: 4846 - Karma: 661
so Mr. iggyskier can something please be done? im sure you agree with me when i say, deleting individual ones gets a bit overwhelming.
Jun 10 2008 9:22PM
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iggyskier
Posts: 10447 - Karma: 10,018
O.  We have asked.  Trust me.  but it is just one of those things that will get put on the list along with a bunch of other shit the NS staff is working hard to get finished.  I am sure it will eventually happen.
Jun 10 2008 9:37PM
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Pippin
Posts: 4846 - Karma: 661
what else can we do to make our voices louder than the other concerns on that list?
Jun 10 2008 9:50PM
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comeatmebro
Posts: 10720 - Karma: 66
obviously you just have to talk louder!
Jun 10 2008 11:39PM
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Grube
Posts: 962 - Karma: 14
at the bottom of your threads page it says delete all threads
Jun 11 2008 3:02AM
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snwbrdmilf
Posts: 22441 - Karma: 2,805
AND DO THIS BY USING YOUR CAPSLOCK! ITS LIKE YELLING!
Jun 11 2008 4:27PM
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toominator
Posts: 4792 - Karma: 120
Tanner Hall knows.
Jun 11 2008 7:57PM
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papasteeze
Posts: 12055 - Karma: 913
You do realize that that only deletes the thread for your "My Threads"  it will still be where ever you created it. Unless you are talking about deleting threads from your cults.
Jun 11 2008 8:17PM
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Pippin
Posts: 4846 - Karma: 661
im not talking specifically about ones that you create, but the ones you comment on, and then go into "my threads" if someone comments anytime after on that same thread, so the list in the "my threads" would be easier to downsize, and quicker
Jun 14 2008 8:50PM
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papasteeze
Posts: 12055 - Karma: 913
Ok understood.  Scroll all the way down to the bottom of your list and you will see "Delete all My Threads?"  click on that.

Warning though.  Since I had thousands of threads, it took a long time for the hourglass thingy to disappear to allow the links to work.
Jun 14 2008 9:44PM
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Pippin
Posts: 4846 - Karma: 661
mhmmmm, well see what if i wish only to delete say 40 of the 50 threads in "my threads" because i want to know if say someone where to write something on a thread that i had previously written on, yes i was aware of the delete all, but then if you delete all thread feeds, you loose your updates which is the point of "my threads" (keeping tabs on threads you've written something in) Not sure how well i explained the problem, but look up earlier in the thread to where i also discussed this delete all thread vs leaving a few to show me updates. Thanks for your time though
Jun 14 2008 11:11PM
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powderhound100
Posts: 2510 - Karma: 144
sort of on the same topic. it would be really really helpful to be able to edit your posts. If you are selling a bunch of stuff you can edit out the stuff that have been sold. and if you want to say something else, you dont have to double post. not being able to edit is the one thing that is wrong with ns.
Jun 15 2008 7:47PM
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Pippin
Posts: 4846 - Karma: 661
as ilovesnwbrdmlf said earlier what exactly are trying to hid with changing your words and deleting your posts. But seriously, solid idea in certain situations, but it could cause a bit of chaos.
Jun 16 2008 12:03AM
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St.Steezy
Posts: 4228 - Karma: 20
an edit ability will not happen.. it would just not be the same.
Jun 16 2008 12:13AM
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Burkski
Posts: 859 - Karma: 524
NS should make it so you can delete your own threads too. i have some i wanna delete.
Jun 16 2008 4:22PM
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powderhound100
Posts: 2510 - Karma: 144
it could be so useful. So lets say I have a thread, and I am selling like 20 things. and I sell ten of them. I can just edit it out. makes it so much easier for the buyers, just see what is available. Yes some people will be lazy and not do it. but what is the negative aspect of having an edit button. I dont get it.
Jun 16 2008 11:01PM
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snwbrdmilf
Posts: 22441 - Karma: 2,805
Because then you don't get epic lulz from retarded fuck ups.

Ryno knows...we wouldn't be able to joke about his dyslexia due to lack of getting some on a daily basis, based on the reasoning of not having an edit button.*

*I know Ryno is a mod and can delete and then repost, but he's a lazy shit in that regard.
Jun 16 2008 11:09PM
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papasteeze
Posts: 12055 - Karma: 913
message a mod with the link to the thread you want deleted.  I am not positive but I believe deleted threads works against your karma.  or it should :)
Jun 16 2008 11:28PM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
I don't think it would be terribly difficult to make it possible to delete threads from My Threads without having to reload the page using some Ajax.
Jun 16 2008 11:32PM
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Pippin
Posts: 4846 - Karma: 661
Please?
Jun 28 2008 1:57AM
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Holte
Posts: 10740 - Karma: 7,814
I used to picture the mod forum being a mysterious and wonderful place. Now I just picture it being full of threads like this.
Jun 28 2008 4:04PM
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Pippin
Posts: 4846 - Karma: 661
Super please, this is getting rediculous
Jul 7 2008 12:11PM
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skiRay
Posts: 7558 - Karma: 926
im all for it...
Jul 7 2008 12:27PM
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FellowJibber
Posts: 476 - Karma: 12
yah that can get really annoying
Jul 9 2008 3:17AM
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skodeo7
Posts: 14949 - Karma: 9,234
Pretty sure thats not true. A few of us were definitely in advocacy of that but I think it never got added into the karmic equation.
Jul 9 2008 8:10AM
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dave44
Posts: 11052 - Karma: 113
Please make this happen. Some AJAX could make this site run so much smoother and faster. My Threads is a pain in the ass.
Jul 9 2008 9:02AM
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skiRay
Posts: 7558 - Karma: 926
bump this before i have to go delete some 100 theads....
Jul 22 2008 12:22AM
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ThaLetterM.
Posts: 8609 - Karma: 1,613
weird..my threads has ALWAYS crashed my computer, since i joined in 05..even after i built a powerhouse machine..but it just loaded in like 5 seconds, then took another second to delete probaly 1000 threads

wtf?
Jul 22 2008 1:56AM
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tommihq
Posts: 905 - Karma: 11
Ever heard of "Faunt got bigger", or even something new like "Poles in threads"? This site wouldnt be nearly as fun with edit button
Jul 22 2008 7:04PM
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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22708 - Karma: 76,635
Hah awwwwww guys yeah I know there's a bunch of things that could be changed about the forums. Believe me, I've had to delete spammers before and it makes me go bananas.

The thing that you have to remember, as one of the mods said is that there's a big picture of what needs to be fixed. We really do want to take a long look at the forums, and add a bunch of cool shit to them. NS forums are fucking awesome, and actually unique over many others. WE know there's changes to be made, but for the time being we've just got some higher priorities.

THere's some big shit coming out for this winter, and we've been developing like crazy all summer long but you can't see it until the new launch. Once we tackle all the major stuff, we're going to look at other things like the forums.

One of these days we're going to get all this shit dialed in and it'll fry your brain, but until then we've got to tackle problems one by one.

I personally would much more want a flash video section than the ability to delete threads, though admittedly I can delete threads to maybe my vision is skewed. :)

Be patient... i know I always say that but we really do listen to these threads and we really do take it very seriously and do our VERY best to make this site into what you guys want.

Jul 22 2008 11:42PM
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dingdang
Posts: 62 - Karma: 10

cool but hes tlking about deleting the watch in my threads though ey not the actual thread

Jul 26 2008 5:16PM
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Pippin
Posts: 4846 - Karma: 661
yes thanks for making that clear... i think it slipped a couple people
Jul 26 2008 7:23PM
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Pippin
Posts: 4846 - Karma: 661
not in the update eh

i just spent the past 10 mins clearing out old threads, i think i got about a 5th of them
Aug 5 2008 4:11PM
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Pippin
Posts: 4846 - Karma: 661
booooump
Aug 19 2008 8:51PM
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