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Arantor:
--- Quote ---Automated removal of moved to topics is essential.
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And there's even a mod for it. It might need some work since I gave it away but it certainly works.
--- Quote ---I like the idea I've seen over on Simple Portal's site that extra field are added in the user's profile so they can at least state the forum and portal version. Might be possible to do something in that vein here?
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It's been done here. It didn't work, so it was removed. Part of the problem is that people don't go back and update it after upgrades.
Some people, for example, use their signatures for the same thing - and that's just as inaccurate and for the same reason.
Kindred:
users are lazy... they will either put the minimum details needed to finish the form - or, even worse, just make the first selection from the lists - which may be (will be) incorrect, and finally, as Arantor points out, they don't update the data when they update their system.
On the subject of evaporating moved notices... it's built into 2.1. Not sure if it's worth the bother to back port it.
Arantor:
--- Quote ---On the subject of evaporating moved notices... it's built into 2.1. Not sure if it's worth the bother to back port it.
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Then install the mod I wrote nearly 3 years ago to do the job in the interim then ;)
--- Quote --- they will either put the minimum details needed to finish the form - or, even worse, just make the first selection from the lists - which may be (will be) incorrect, and finally, as Arantor points out, they don't update the data when they update their system.
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I would point out, again, that this is not speculation on our part. This was done here on this site some time ago; I read about it when trawling through the entirety of the team boards back when I was on the team, and it was rather short lived for these exact reasons.
青山 素子:
--- Quote from: MrPhil on July 26, 2012, 12:18:40 PM ---There was mention earlier that practically every topic involves a post asking what SMF version and mods. Why not make (and use) a mod that requires entry of the SMF version and mods? Or at least, new topics are partly pre-filled with a template asking for the needed information?
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Requiring a fill-out of the version was a required thing back when I first joined. Most people just selected the first option in the drop-down so they could post. It didn't work then and it won't work now as SMF has gotten even more use by people with very little in the way of knowledge. It would be awesome if it did work, but that's just not the case.
MrPhil:
If the lazy slobs always pick the first available selection, don't use a selection drop down! Give a text entry field where they cannot proceed unless they type in a legitimate version number. Be sure to handle various RC and Beta levels with varying capitalization and ignore spaces.
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