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T thejab Grand Member (1 year) Tradewinds Apartments, Alameda, CA Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2992	T thejab Posted posted on Tue, Jan 27, 2004 12:07 PM I'm all for Locking a thread if it is offensive, about politics or religion, or if it has degenerated into a flame war. Moving posts into Beyond Tiki if they are not relevant. Suggesting a poster do a search before bringing up a topic that has been discussed at length before. But, I don't think that locking topics because they either have been discussed before or they aren't interesting to some people is necessary or helpful. I understand the complaints about the myriad of non-tiki posts lately but I don't think much can (or should) be done about it because people are going to discuss what they feel interests them, and everyone has different interests. As long as it stays in Beyond Tiki it's fine with me. It would be a shame if some contributors stopped participating but perhaps those folks have set their expectations a bit too high for this forum. There are going to be times when there is a lot of useful information here about tiki past and present, and there will be times when there isn't. I can give numerous examples of good relevant threads that have been posted lately: the posts on underdocumented tiki, underrated tiki, etc. I have noticed the search engine improvements. Thank you Hanford for those and other recent changes here.

I'm all for

Locking a thread if it is offensive, about politics or religion, or if it has degenerated into a flame war.
Moving posts into Beyond Tiki if they are not relevant.
Suggesting a poster do a search before bringing up a topic that has been discussed at length before.

But, I don't think that locking topics because they either have been discussed before or they aren't interesting to some people is necessary or helpful.

I understand the complaints about the myriad of non-tiki posts lately but I don't think much can (or should) be done about it because people are going to discuss what they feel interests them, and everyone has different interests. As long as it stays in Beyond Tiki it's fine with me.

It would be a shame if some contributors stopped participating but perhaps those folks have set their expectations a bit too high for this forum. There are going to be times when there is a lot of useful information here about tiki past and present, and there will be times when there isn't. I can give numerous examples of good relevant threads that have been posted lately: the posts on underdocumented tiki, underrated tiki, etc.

I have noticed the search engine improvements. Thank you Hanford for those and other recent changes here.

Post #72861 by thejab on Tue, Jan 27, 2004 12:07 PM