Too Many Forum Boards - Outdated Threads - Let's Delete Boards

[Coin_trader]

Much less forum boards can give a lot more info for members, which is not so complicated and not outdated.
Hope forum admin give me higher rank for good suggestion. 

It’s a piece of history. Old boards can be used as reference to existing updates and it’s really good reading the old interactions way back the early days of Bitcoin since they have a lot of optimism for the current situation that is their future that time.

The forum will just save some space when the admin delete those which they can easily compensate if they upgrade their storage while deleting it is just like removing past history on Bitcoin.

Adding more board is appropriate rather than deleting. You can use ignore board preferences feature on your settings if you don't want to see specific board that you mention so that your own specific problem will be solve. We have no problem about that old board though.

[Joeyp]

Much less forum boards can give a lot more info for members, which is not so complicated and not outdated.
Hope forum admin give me higher rank for good suggestion. 

It's your problem if you have a limited capacity to accept information in your brain, If you have a limited capacity to learn then go on another forum where there are only 5 boards let's see if you can find one, and about your request of higher ranking, I think admin should create one for you and named it forever Newbie because of your limited thinking.

If you have all day to spend in the forum to find news and info, that's very good, but not all forum members have so much time for the forum. And admin can start to think, because when they put important thread in Important Announcements, chance is that just some members will look, because board is outdated. But if they put important thread in Bitcoin Discussion almost all members will know about it. So from here ( good advice ) admin can give me higher rank.

[o_e_l_e_o]

What a lot of abuse being directed at OP for what is an entirely reasonable suggestion.

The Press board is a cesspit of legalized plagiarism and should have been closed years ago. In Wallets we have a board for Mycelium which has had about a dozen posts this year, and a board for BitcoinJ which hasn't had a single post in over 3 years. The New Forum Software is a meme at this point. These boards shouldn't be deleted, but they should absolutely be closed/locked/archived/whatever.

Meanwhile we have had many threads over many years with almost unanimous support calling for the introduction of some kind of "Security and Privacy" board. There are literally hundreds of threads every month spread across multiple different boards which would fit more appropriately in to such a board.

Why should we have boards which get a dozen posts in a year but not have a board which would get a dozen posts in an hour? It makes no sense.

Funny how some forum members are asking admin to add more sub-board like Cybersecurity and NFTs to the forum and yet we have some that wants to remove some.

It's not at all contradictory to want inactive boards closed and want topics which are widely discussed across the forum such as security/privacy to have a dedicated board. That would simply be the forum keeping up with the times, rather than continuing to be stuck in the past.

[Woodie]

There are too many forum boards, which in fact not needed. -snip-
Good example - In Important Announcements first page newest thread is from 2018, majority from 2013.
Much less forum boards can give a lot more info for members, which is not so complicated and not outdated.

Might seem like a great idea, but then again for the purpose of the forums history

I think this should be kept unless server space is becoming a problem then these are boards to consider for retirement.

Better yet, maybe archive these boards then have them deleted to free up some server space so that whoever needs to visit such can find an archive for reference...

Hope forum admin give me higher rank for good suggestion.  

Nice try buddy 👏

But everyone has to go through the available ranks to get to the top and prove yourself you can learn the forums etiquette to avoid playing the I didn't know this rule existed when you get a higher rank.

[EFS]

There are many unused boards but there is no reason to delete them. Press and Meetups section used to be functional, they are no longer required. Maybe they can be moved to Archival.
Just because the Important Announcements section isn't used doesn't make it unnecessary. On the contrary, it's a good thing we don't use it because it means there is no emergency to announce.

[EarnOnVictor]

This is a good observation by the OP but I advise against it. We should rather find ways to make those less active boards to be better attractive. This is where I believe the CMs come in, they could help but not an obligation. If you've noticed, any boards the CMs regularly forbid in campaigns are the ones that suffer from much inactivity.

They could help in this regard even if the admin will not do anything about it. Reducing the forum boards is what I will never support, we even need more if possible.

[SamReomo]

I totally agree with the suggestion of @EFS and I must say that Important Announcements section is a useful one and those who call it unnecessary should better learn about it before saying anything. If there aren't many new posts in that board that really doesn't mean that we should consider it useless because if we view that board then we can see that only useful posts are present in that board. In that board only most needed announcements are made and I don't think that those kind of announcements take place everyday.

I also think that instead of deleting a board it's better to move those boards in archival because deleting of those boards in not going to be a good thing and it won't be any helpful at all. I'm also someone who mostly uses a few boards and that doesn't mean that all of the remaining boards are there without any purpose. I believe that each board of the forum is useful and if someone wants a board to be removed then that person is personally not a visitor of that board.

I we take @OP then he isn't a top rank member and posted something that isn't really a matter for newbie members. If @OP wants to get a better rank than he/she should learn about the ranks and merit system rather than creating a thread like this to get attention. Ranking up in this forum isn't difficult as long as someone is contributing good stuff to the forum.

[light_warrior]

OP, do you have a mom dad? Grandparents? Kids, grandkids? And probably have a family album and a family tree? How many times a year do you revisit your family album, if you have one? Once a year or once every five years? Why do you need it all? Throw it in the trash. It's unnecessary history of your family, junk. That's what I'm telling you. This forum is the history of cryptocurrency, its formation. Everything started here, and you want to erase the history of cryptocurrency (no matter how pathetic it sounds)? And if you don't have enough intelligence to learn how to use search or applications from respected users LoyceV, TryNinja, it's only your problem. The forum has nothing to do with it.

And yes, I'd like to tell you, first learn the rules of this forum, and then you will ask for merits and ranks. If you take someone else's text to post it on the forum, learn to link to the source, and not write all sorts of excuses that the link does not work. It works fine for one reason only, because you were able to steal the text from there. And the mind to copy and paste the link was not enough?

Look, I calmly open the link to the source. I even made you a picture.

https://telegra.ph/Trading-Bot-On-Auto-Mode---12-Profit-Per-Day---Invest-Your-Bitcoins-06-26



P.S. I apologize for being a little off-topic.

[Faisal2202]

Funny how some forum members are asking admin to add more sub-board like Cybersecurity and NFTs to the forum and yet we have some that wants to remove some.

It’s true that most of those boards don’t receive enough post update to consider it an active board but if the admin should delete the board what will happen to the thousands of threads that have been created there? To me, if a board is not useful to you or you don’t relate to the topics that are being created there then just ignore them and focus more in the boards that you want to learn from.

I was thinking the same. A few weeks ago, BenCodie, I think, was running a thread of votes for cybersecurity. And I really loved that idea because of the great topics it would bring to the table. You have made a valid point about posts that are made on some thread that the OP wants to be deleted. But those threads can be moved to another section. But I do not see any reaction to this post by the OP.

This means that the removal or addition of some boards is not as easy as it is for us to remove and add some topics. I hope you understand my point, dear OP. (Joeyp) And joker_josue has already explained a lot in his post which makes 100% sense.

[ZAINmalik75]

OP, do you have a mom dad? Grandparents? Kids, grandkids? And probably have a family album and a family tree? How many times a year do you revisit your family album, if you have one? Once a year or once every five years? Why do you need it all? Throw it in the trash. ........

Look, I calmly open the link to the source. I even made you a picture.

I think he already trashed them. No offense, dear OP, but we are all trying to emphasize the point that if some sections, topics, or boards are active but not consistently, then it does not mean we should ask moderators or owners to delete them. Because, first, they are not doing any harm to our posts. Second, their deletion will bring nothing, but yeah, it will free some space, but the topics created there are old, as Light_warrior tried to tell.

I did not know about his post history as I had not checked, but it is not surprising that a newbie just enrolled here and started to make some suggestions. I think it's one of the pick-up lines to get more attention, and dear OP, you really have one but try not to make posts like that that would encourage others to ignore you.

[nakamura12]

I did not know about his post history as I had not checked, but it is not surprising that a newbie just enrolled here and started to make some suggestions. I think it's one of the pick-up lines to get more attention, and dear OP, you really have one but try not to make posts like that that would encourage others to ignore you.

It's not wrong to ask suggestions but I do understand the point that there's no harm that a board or inactive threads to us and there's archival for that type of thread. If ever it will be deleted but In my opinion, I think it's much better if the board shouldn't be deleted instead temhe board should be renamed to another name like for local board if it's possible to move the board or other name that many people wants to discuss.

[philipma1957]

It's rather unique suggestion. But rather than delete, IMO it'd be better if certain inactive board under Archival board instead.

Maybe this is the first time I read someone ask to reduce the number of boards in this forum

It's not bad @OP, but I just always see a thread asking for adding more boards.

I think these thread aren't entirely for discussion, imagine if the thread in Important announcement moved to Bitcoin discussion board where it's really active everyday, no one will see that announcement except the administrator pin that thread.

Pin so many thread isn't really good too, so with the current boards we have is still fine.

If threads in Important Announcements will be moved to Bitcoin discussion board, which is active every day, it will be just fine, and everyone will see it, if it is important announcement. 

It'll be buried quickly, unless most recent important announcement pinned.

How about a stale thread board.

all old threads over 3 years without a comment go there.

Much like archive section but automatic after enough dead time.

[Etranger]

Yes, there are many boards on the forum, and it is often difficult to navigate between them, but this is done precisely so that users stick to a given topic of discussion, and not jump from one subject to another, losing the thread of the conversation. Fewer boards will cause even more spam and disjointed discussions.

[Bushdark]

I feel like this is a good suggestion but may not be necessary since those boards op had mentioned are still very useful and being utilized, even though people don't normally post there do not mean that they are useless.

If you think those boards are not important, it will be quite understandable if you ignore them and focus on the ones you think are more useful and frequently visited everytime. I believe those boards are created for a reason and even though we think that the reasons are not yet being utilize, I think it's a matter of time when we'll going to feel their usefulness.

[stompix]

What a lot of abuse being directed at OP for what is an entirely reasonable suggestion.
The Press board is a cesspit of legalized plagiarism and should have been closed years ago.
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These boards shouldn't be deleted, but they should absolutely be closed/locked/archived/whatever.

I don't know if it's the sun or the drink but I've read this as we can't regulate it so we should ban it! 

I'm reading a lot and do a bit of posting in the Mining section, it was heaven on earth while Frodocopper was a mod there, you wouldn't have had a single idiotic spammy topic, everything was clean, spammer knew their post wouldn't last 24 hours till their sig quota count but now that he is gone we have a dozen topics with the same question "is it worth mining?" Heavy moderation can clean any forum.

While I agree that subboards that serve no purpose anymore should be archived I don't think one should delete boards just because of the inability to clean spam, rather than delete it why not simply disable signatures there and create some Barad-dûr version of the Ivory Tower?

[hopenotlate]

It's rather unique suggestion. But rather than delete, IMO it'd be better if certain inactive board under Archival board instead.

Maybe this is the first time I read someone ask to reduce the number of boards in this forum

It's not bad @OP, but I just always see a thread asking for adding more boards.

I think these thread aren't entirely for discussion, imagine if the thread in Important announcement moved to Bitcoin discussion board where it's really active everyday, no one will see that announcement except the administrator pin that thread.

Pin so many thread isn't really good too, so with the current boards we have is still fine.

If threads in Important Announcements will be moved to Bitcoin discussion board, which is active every day, it will be just fine, and everyone will see it, if it is important announcement. 

It'll be buried quickly, unless most recent important announcement pinned.

How about a stale thread board.

all old threads over 3 years without a comment go there.

Much like archive section but automatic after enough dead time.

This is an interesting idea and could be useful to have only active threads/boards displayed when browsing the forum.
What about is some post is made in an "staled" thread/board? Would you put it back where it originally belonged or what?

[joker_josue]

These boards shouldn't be deleted, but they should absolutely be closed/locked/archived/whatever.

I don't think it makes sense to block them. First, because - fortunately - they are not suffering from spam. And it has a specific theme that can be used at any time.
Maybe moved to a less prominent location, but I still don't think it's something important at the moment.

What I think, and perhaps this changes the perspectives on boards and sub boards a little, is that there is more clarity about the subject to be addressed on each board. It's happened to me, and maybe it's happened a little to everyone, to have an idea for a topic and have difficulty choosing the right board to put it on. Therefore, I think the boards should be a little clearer in terms of what they exist for. Whether they are very or little active, young or old.

Either way, the cards that exist must continue to exist and not be blocked.

It's not at all contradictory to want inactive boards closed and want topics which are widely discussed across the forum such as security/privacy to have a dedicated board. That would simply be the forum keeping up with the times, rather than continuing to be stuck in the past.

That's why I say that we are not in a phase to eliminate boards, but to make more appear. This would help to better reorganize the forum, and make everything easier for everyone.

New times, new themes, so maybe it's time for new boards. However, the old themes are not over, and their boards must continue.


Either way, this is just my opinion.

[Lida93]

You're just new to the forum and what bothers you most are old and outdated threads in some selected child boards. Are you sure you know what you're here for ? We're asking to build (new needful boards) you're asking for breakdown of existing ones.

Those outdated thread are there mostly for the benefits of newbies like you OP, being informed about issues and announcements that are long before you in the forum should be regarded as a privilege.

Cause if we start deleting one board for being outdated we might end up deleting a whole lot of history from the forum, and where can we point to for reference  purposes if those sort of threads are needed to backup a claim if they get deleted as you've suggested.

[Mr.suevie]

Honestly speaking I know the forum is very varse and that they are Many boards and I haven't actually surfed most places as I only relate to where I fill comfortable with but something O_e_l_e_o really drawed my attention and that is the fact that a board here hasn't gotten any post in it for up to three years which if you ask is dormat enough to be deleted or moved to achieve like some users actually suggested because there is no substance or value what so ever that board provides.

[Ndabagi01]

There are too many forum boards, which in fact not needed. Like Bitcoin Dissussion - all child boards - Press, Meetups, Important Announcements. In Important Announcements - all threads are outdated. Or in Meta - New forum software and Bitcoin Wiki - threads are also outdated. And much more forum boards need deleted.
Good example - In Important Announcements first page newest thread is from 2018, majority from 2013.
Much less forum boards can give a lot more info for members, which is not so complicated and not outdated.
Hope forum admin give me higher rank for good suggestion. 

You have your reasons for suggesting that such boards be deleted, and I don't want to argue against it because those who think alike may support it. What I will say is that when I first joined this forum, I was told that Satoshi was the creator of both this forum and bitcoin. I was amazed to be here, but what I appreciated the most was being able to look through his profile and see his early posts in this site, which gave me more assurance that I'm in right place to learn more about bitcoin.

If those old topics or threads from those boards were no longer available today, I believe we would have lost a lot of vital information.  Most forum members continue to reference interesting old posts that are pertinent to the topic of discussion, even when those topics have long since died or engaged in. I would prefer that all existing boards remain, since each has a role to play in the forum when the time comes.