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Title: Double-post (preferably Gandalf)
Post by: murdoxix on January 05, 2014, 07:43:46 am
Is the double-post allowed? A lot of times SugarD (and another guys too) said me that it isn't allowed, once time I asked SugarD why I can't do it and he said me to not be troll  :uhm:...

I always see Gandalf double-posting so I don't think it's prohibited.
Title: Re: Double-post (preferably Gandalf)
Post by: Kessu on January 05, 2014, 09:40:20 am
There used to be forum rules listed in one of the topics, but ever since the rules moved to wiki I guess forum rules were lost since I couldn't find them.

Anyways, it did say double-posting is not allowed. Also I'd guess the reason why Gandalf double-posts is because he doesn't read forums multiple times a day, so he checks the posts made while he was gone and answers to them one-by-one and sometimes it creates a double-post.

Hope this helped :D
Title: Re: Double-post (preferably Gandalf)
Post by: ~Legend~ on January 05, 2014, 11:44:25 am
I think it comes down to the reason why there's a double post.

Hopefully we have no bot admins who are clueless about what their job actually is. :)
Most when they say that double posting isn't allowed generally mean that you shouldn't be physically posting multiple times simply to say the same thing - 'spam' a topic or flood it with posts.


If you are double posting across a decent time lapse I would not say it is a problem.
Also, if you are just posting to convey an altogether different point or to update a topic there shouldn't be any problem with that.

So long as  the forums are used for relevant discussion and not in a disruptive, possibly offensive way then you will be fine, I am sure.
Title: Re: Double-post (preferably Gandalf)
Post by: Manoni on January 05, 2014, 11:45:14 am

Sounds Logic.

Even tho does not matter the double post because he is just answering our replies, theres a difference between a person giving answers than a troll posting useless stuff multiple times. This is also to prevent posthunters, and i don't think that Gandalf is posthunting. :D
Title: Re: Double-post (preferably Gandalf)
Post by: Kessu on January 05, 2014, 11:52:29 am
I have to agree with Legend, if the post you're about to make has two different points yet are both on topic I don't see a problem with double-post, as long as you don't continually do it in every topic. Reasonable double-posting has always been allowed.
Title: Re: Double-post (preferably Gandalf)
Post by: JDC on January 05, 2014, 12:00:34 pm
What Legend and Kessu said.

Maybe one of the reasons Gandalf double-posts is because of the amount of people who make posts addressed to him. I won't be surprised. That's something only he himself could answer though.
Title: Re: Double-post (preferably Gandalf)
Post by: Devin on January 05, 2014, 12:05:34 pm
Individual posts addressing each user separately makes it a lot easier for one to read.
Not only that but it is easier then having a single wall of text post that one would have to search through to find a reply to their question or post.
Title: Re: Double-post (preferably Gandalf)
Post by: murdoxix on January 05, 2014, 06:57:54 pm
Thank you all for your answers, I'm sure that I'll use this quotes:

Also, if you are just posting to convey an altogether different point or to update a topic there shouldn't be any problem with that.

So long as  the forums are used for relevant discussion and not in a disruptive, possibly offensive way then you will be fine, I am sure.

Individual posts addressing each user separately makes it a lot easier for one to read.
Not only that but it is easier then having a single wall of text post that one would have to search through to find a reply to their question or post.
Title: Re: Double-post (preferably Gandalf)
Post by: Huntsman on January 07, 2014, 04:50:45 pm
Is the double-post allowed? A lot of times SugarD (and another guys too) said me that it isn't allowed, once time I asked SugarD why I can't do it and he said me to not be troll  :uhm:...

I always see Gandalf double-posting so I don't think it's prohibited.

Okay, let me to put something up to you buddy :D

People who have to follow the rules: Players, admins, managers, developers and so on.
People who don't have to follow the rules: Gandalf, Aragorn, Sauron and other owners. Seriously man, it's their own damn server and they pay for it, they can do whatever they want :D
Title: Re: Double-post (preferably Gandalf)
Post by: Pandalink on January 07, 2014, 07:19:06 pm
once time I asked SugarD why I can't do it and he said me to not be troll  :uhm:...
Yea he likes to do that, just ignore it.

If you can keep all your content in one post, it just looks neater. That's all.
Title: Re: Double-post (preferably Gandalf)
Post by: murdoxix on January 07, 2014, 08:50:04 pm
Okay, let me to put something up to you buddy :D

People who have to follow the rules: Players, admins, managers, developers and so on.
People who don't have to follow the rules: Gandalf, Aragorn, Sauron and other owners. Seriously man, it's their own damn server and they pay for it, they can do whatever they want :D
It seems like something is wrong with your thinking...
Title: Re: Double-post (preferably Gandalf)
Post by: EliteTerm on January 07, 2014, 09:01:43 pm
Didn't we have a feature that merged the posts together if it was double post?
Title: Re: Double-post (preferably Gandalf)
Post by: Manoni on January 07, 2014, 09:04:30 pm
Didn't we have a feature that merged the posts together if it was double post?

Actually we did, maybe it got removed or something.
Title: Re: Double-post (preferably Gandalf)
Post by: murdoxix on January 07, 2014, 09:18:58 pm
The remove of this 'feature' proves even more that duble-post it's allowed, no? What do you think?
Title: Re: Double-post (preferably Gandalf)
Post by: Devin on January 07, 2014, 09:38:54 pm
The remove of this 'feature' proves even more that duble-post it's allowed, no? What do you think?

On the contrary, the feature was never re-added after the forum was re-installed.
Title: Re: Double-post (preferably Gandalf)
Post by: murdoxix on January 07, 2014, 09:49:50 pm
On the contrary, the feature was never re-added after the forum was re-installed.
I hope it wasn't re-added on purpose :).
Title: Re: Double-post (preferably Gandalf)
Post by: ~Legend~ on January 11, 2014, 12:54:13 am
Ahh... the forum's in a bit of a messy state right now. : (


The old merging feature, I think if you posted more than once within a certain time period it automatically merged posts.

At least now there's plenty more flexibility and we're not reliant on unintelligible bots.
We don't have a double-posting/flooding problem at least, on the plus side. :)
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