About the youtube thread...

[Van Hellseek]

Isn't 200 pages a little much? It's impossible to post a link without knowing wether or not it's been posted dozens of times already. Unless we are expected to read 200 pages and watch god knows how many videos.

Time for a new solution to the "watch this, it's lolz!" issue perhaps?

A sub-forum is the obvious solution, although I don't see that happening here any time soon. But I think something needs to be changed.

 

[Van Hellseek]

you can paste a you tube link into the search field, if its been posted already it will return a match.

It will only return a match if it's the same upload. If you link to the same video, but from another uploader, the link will be different.

 

[Van Hellseek]

Can YouTube thread entries be forced to have a description *snip*

Yes. At least technically speaking. vBulletin is highly adaptable. It just comes down to wether the admins can be bothered. But to answer your question, yes it is possible.

 

[Van Hellseek]

Perhaps we should create the:

About the You Tube "About the youtube thread..." thread about the You Tube thread and complain and winge in the new You Tube thread about the "About the youtube thread..."

Or we could create the "cheap sarcasm that doesn't help anything other than increase my postcount" thread.

 

[Van Hellseek]

And you thought this thread would get anywhere?

I was a little hopeful. It would be nice to have a system for posting/discussing video links which works. I think it would be possible (at the very least to improve the current way). It just needs a few people to bother doing something about it.

 

[Van Hellseek]

It needs one person to do anything about it. Me, or any of the other admins/mods.

Well if you think a single person has all the answers then yes. But generally admin problems require discussion and problem-solving amongst several people.

The Youtube thread is going to be deleted soon anyway. It is completely unmanageable.

That's exactly why a new system is needed though. A stricter thread would be a good start, but I don't think it's a solution.

 

[Van Hellseek]

BTW a subforum will not happen.

Never expected it to. But just out of interest, why is this place so allergic to them?

 

[Van Hellseek]

Then what is your solution? Do you have one or would you like us to generate one for you?

Nope, I don't have a solution any more than anyone else here does, but I thought that if people could voice their opinions on it we could find one between us. Community spirit at it's best.

Although on a serious note, a small hack to force people to enter a meaningful description of their links doesn't seem too unrealistic? Although a new thread with more 'shouting at people who don't' might also work, as you suggested.

 

[Van Hellseek]

I'm afraid any hacks whatsoever are a no-no. The reason for this is very simple; security.

Isn't the trust system a hack?

 

[Van Hellseek]

Fair enough then, it looks like a tightening of the rules could be the only realistic improvement, if no hacks allowed and no saintly mods are on hand to volunteer.

Simple rule: If you post a vid DESCRIBE IT.