can't quote from a closed thread !

[PeterP]

It is sometimes really annoying to bring through some important info.

 

It is not possible to quote a post that is in a closed Thread .

...

Most of the posts in the Official Updates are closed....

 

 

Here is a example quote of mine :

Mission generator issues

 

my answer looks maybe OK , but it is a crazy copy'n'paste job while having two browsers at the same time open to make this posting/answer - just because the Original thread/post is closed.

 

Please FIX This. - its for your own advantage to spread your news/info!

 

 

EDIT:

And please answer not somthing like:

But you can just copy and quote...

 

In this way are important infos missing like the author and where it was original posted - something that is essential when passing "true" news...

Edited April 25, 2012 by PeterP

[EtherealN]

Hm. I agree this can be a problem, but afaik it's not a simple thing to fix - it's a vBulletin function. My initial though is that this is something that would have to be brought up with the vBulletin devs centrally, and I'm not sure about how to make it so that the close function stays sacrosanct - it's usually meant to be a "close" and allowing the quotes can be perceived as undermining that moderative function. Unfortunately, the function is also used for other purposes due to convenience.

 

Not really sure I can think of a way where a fix is "worth it", unfortunately.

[PeterP]

Thanks!:)

 

Its not such a great problem for me... But someone in my back was asking what I'm doing at the console... (crazy-copy'n'paste) - and I told her It just takes longer when the thread is closed... (and I want to match the lowest journalism standards...)

And she said: "that's stupid!"

I agreed and realised that I did it already a thousand times - and I have also enough of it! :)

 

as I said:

Most of the posts in the Official Updates are closed....

Edited April 25, 2012 by PeterP

[Grimes]

 

We've published a short guide to the DCS Mission Generator for those who may want to explore the in-depth settings available in creating combat templates and formation nodes for randomized mission creation.

 

You can find the file here:

 

English: http://files.lockon.ru/en/144312/

Русский: http://files.lockon.ru/en/144313/

 

If you would like to discuss the document or the MG itself and possible further improvements, please check the discussion thread here:

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.ph...37#post1381437

 

It can be done manually. :D

[PeterP]

It can be done manually.

let me guess -

(crazy-copy'n'paste)

+ even more witchery ?! - like looking up the post-count? ;)

 

Goodness Gracious.... has it to be really that way?

_ I know so many posts where someone post/quotes something - and the next 3-5 posters are only asking "where have you got the info from/is it legit ?!"

...

 

 

Not really sure I can think of a way where a fix is "worth it", unfortunately.

"wroth it" ?! in a media/source addicted world as we have it ?!

Maybe not for me, but for companies that need every little notice... - I would say YES- it's worth it!

 

keep in mind that every quote that has a linkage gives the receiver the possibility to dig his own back to the source directly and instantly - instead leaving him guessing where to start for a search.

And the short annotation-span of a consumer is a marketing factor today .

And it's not advisable to mess witch it.

Satisfaction and frustration where never so close as today.

Edited June 22, 2012 by PeterP

[PeterP]

Excuse me :

here comes again one of my "brilliant ideas" :D

 

When a Producer or whatever makes an "new" update to a closed thread...

(and I understand that this sticky threads are closed for obvious reason)

 

They should at least open a thread with a copy to allow the community to response to it directly and post this link at the end of this Update .

So the feedback is canalised and not spread among similar threads.

 

So you can also observe the direct feedback better and this will also prevent members to open more than one thread at the same topic.

 

I hope you get my point.

 

Please visit this posting to understand what I mean:

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=90353

 

 

BTW: I think that the DCS Forum really needs a "front-page" similar like it is done in SimHQ >>>http://www.simhq.com/index.html . And this page should be also connected with the News-site of digitalcombatsimulator.com.

 

Sorry, please don't get me wrong - I don't want to tell you how you should run your businesses - but it is sometimes more complicated as it has to be to gather "news". - just because it seems to me that it is lacking of some "guidelines" here and there.

 

I know that this sound first like "more workload"...

But you also know that when it's done right from the beginning it will be much easier for you to maintain things and it will be a relive for the Moderators and You. - and much less workload in the end.

 

 

Thanks for reading.

Edited June 23, 2012 by PeterP

[EtherealN]

That one is actually possible, potentially even easy. I'll bring it up. Thanks.

[Daze]

:music_whistling:

 

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[PeterP]

Sorry daze,

- I don't get your point -

please elaborate a little more than only with a emotion-icon.

:)

[Daze]

Sorry daze,

- I don't get your point -

please elaborate a little more than only with a emotion-icon.

:)

 

Sorry I didn't read the entire thread (only really the title :D). I thought you were asking if and how to quote from a closed thread? If what I posted is what you're looking to do then it can be done quite easily.

[PeterP]

Thanks for your response . Now I get you point!:)

and I know how it's done... - but I expected to not have to do it after 2010 any more....

 

Yeah - "easily" can be a widespread term sometimes ;)

 

and

 

Sorry I didn't read the entire thread (only really the title ).

That's exactly what I meant when writing this:

And the short annotation-span of a consumer is a marketing factor today .

 

And I'm by no means free of it ! ...sometimes it happens once a day that I do it the same.

:D

Edited June 23, 2012 by PeterP