Boy ain't that the truth! I enjoy discussing casting, loading and shooting a whole bunch, but try to find someone in you everyday runnings that shares the same interests as you! Very rare around here. This place gives us Boolitheads a place to meet to share our hobby. And I have to say I've learned a lot more from you guys than I've taught!Originally Posted by Blammer
I shoot so that I can handload.
So when are you leaving? Every post of yours is negative and insulting anymore. No one suggested radical change. And I get a good laugh at your personal attacks on me. Guess what, this forum could be improved upon. There is only one thing you can count on in life and that's that things will change. I didn't think asking for the stickies to be cataloged would warrant such a long winded hate filled response.
No surprise whatsoever that so many of the older members continue to leave.
Who are the mods to ask?
I'll bet there's a sticky for that!
Can we get a sticky on stickies? Or maybe a sticky that links to a sticky on stickies? How about we make all the posts stickies except for the stickies?
They can take my guns when they get past my IED's.
All you guys who do the work setting this up THANKS! You're doing a great job and I appreciate all your efforts. I have no problem with stickies or anything else. Great site.
Gary
Thanks and praises from me too!
It might be an idea to try something to streamline the sub-forums. A pull-down sticky section might be an idea. Just hold the cursor over the word 'Stickies' and the stickies appear.
I also like the idea of a 'Sticky Thread' which lists the stickies when opened. That way we can see at a glance if there is a new entry without even opening it.
However, having the stickies on top like we do has it's merits too. All in all, this is a very good site and works pretty well as it is. Some improvements could always be made no doubt. If someone had the time they could edit some of the old and inactive stickies to shorten them to contain only relevant information on the topic. That's hard work and would require volunteers. I'd take it a step further and ask some of our prominent members to consolidate their useful posts into a single thread, something like a manual. That's even more hard work!
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There is a "Classics and Stickies" forum on this site.
Only 5 of the 20 something stickies here have been posted in this month. It's now May 16 as I type this and some of the stickies have not been posted in in over a year. Is that a clue that something like 75% of the stickies are basically dead as far as day to day activity goes? Why not transfer the moribund stickies to where they belong: in the "Classics and Stickies" forum. Having moderated for over 10 years on an aviation related forum, I can tell you that this is not hard to do if you have moderator privileges.
Keep your powder dry,
Scharf
The stickies are sticky for a reason and exist where the do for a reason. They don't have to have daily activity for them to be NEEDED. Yes there are some that could be moved to the sticky forum.
I vote to use electrical tape if a bold line is needed to separate the stickies.
This thread should be stickied too.
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I agree that some should be held, but as I noted in my post, there is a "Classics and Stickies" forum. Why not use that forum for what it is apparently intended for? The search function will find the threads there as well as here.
Keep your powder dry,
Scharf
true and it would be an easy reference for the rest of us to point to, just post a link to one place instead of having to find the particular one you want. Like a Buffet at an all you can eat place "Here you go! Take what you want!"
Dead stickies need to be moved or let go.
Blammer---I must respectfully disagree! Just because a sticky thread is not accumulating more posts, which is what I think you mean, it does not mean that thread is "dead" and not being looked at, especially by new(er) members. Those threads made it into the sticky category due to the educational content.
R.D.M.
Have you looked at all the stickies? There are a good portion w/ little to no educational content.
I still want to see a sticky on stickies about stickies.
They can take my guns when they get past my IED's.
Scroll down to the first one that does NOT say STICKIE come on try, you can do it.
Several have little or no educational content, and yes many have not been posted to in a long time. So why not keep the active threads on the top, and combine all the sticky topics into ONE Sticky topic at the top. Like an Table Of Contents, click on the "chapter" you want to see and it will bring you to the thread to read.
Last edited by Blammer; 06-05-2014 at 10:06 PM.
btt
I am of the opinion that the worst thing you can do is post in a sticky. Let it be kept up to be read and learned from, posting in it just ads to the lenght, generally with out adding information. I also find it so easy to navigate down it is scary. For me the line is a non issue, just my opinion.
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