James Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Perhaps putting something like this in a sticky could help?: Transfer Speculation/Debate The Completed Summer Transfers Thread’08 Realistic Summer Targets Other Clubs’ Summer Targets Edgar Davids Amara Diane Richard Dunne Bafetimbi Gomis Louis Saha Mauro Zarate Current Players/Staff Habib Beye Steve Harper Charles N’Zogbia Michael Owen Alan Smith The Board Other Teams Other When they're all about football, I don't see why they can't all go in the 'Football' forum? Or have I misunderstood? Over-complicating things imo. Basically a way of helping people find what they are looking for, hopefully some topics being split between several threads. Less regular users would also be able to find and follow the better threads rather than have to use the search function which isn't great if you don't know exactly what you are looking for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I think it would only be fair to go with the majority otherwise it would have been completely pointless asking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I think it would only be fair to go with the majority otherwise it would have been completely pointless asking. Token gesture. Give me 5 mins to rig the voting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Sorted. Majority rules. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Nothing would surprise me after last time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Sorted. Majority rules. What a Maoist Stalinist Mugabist Parkyist Nazi you are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Sorted. Majority rules. What a Maoist Stalinist Mugabist Parkyist Nazi you are. Imagine if we were really like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I think it would only be fair to go with the majority otherwise it would have been completely pointless asking. That's pretty much my line of thinking tbh. However... I'm coming around to the idea that there won't be much discussion going on outside a transfer forum. Transfers are the only subject, really. So why split it out? Mixing up a few different ideas from several people, my proposal is this: Rumours get their own thread, with significant title editing going on to update the situation. EG: 'Rumour: I saw Kaka eating in Greggs'. Any Kaka stuff (new or old) would be merged into there, and if new developments occur, it goes into the title. Like the match threads. The 'rumour' bit would be changed to 'talks', or 'completed'. So that example would change to 'Talks: Kaka confirms NUFC interest - from page 19', then 'Talks: Mort confirms Kaka bid - from page 137', then 'Completed: Kaka joins Newcastle United'. When a deal becomes permanent, the original thread is locked, and a new thread started with confirmation of the fee/contract, and any statement from the club in the OP. This allows detailed discussion of the transfer without having to be in a fucking massive old thread. A stickied thread (to replace the one there now) with links as James suggests, but only to confirmed deals. Similar to the 'currently happening' sticky I did last year. The same can happen for outgoing rumours/talks/deals. Suggestion threads stay separate, and untouched. Non-transfer threads stay separate, and untouched. Thoughts? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Aye man, it's what Jesus would do. If people don't want to read the threads, then they won't... or they will, and they'll post to tell us that they didn't want to read them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I think it would only be fair to go with the majority otherwise it would have been completely pointless asking. That's pretty much my line of thinking tbh. However... I'm coming around to the idea that there won't be much discussion going on outside a transfer forum. Transfers are the only subject, really. So why split it out? Mixing up a few different ideas from several people, my proposal is this: Rumours get their own thread, with significant title editing going on to update the situation. EG: 'Rumour: I saw Kaka eating in Greggs'. Any Kaka stuff (new or old) would be merged into there, and if new developments occur, it goes into the title. Like the match threads. The 'rumour' bit would be changed to 'talks', or 'completed'. So that example would change to 'Talks: Kaka confirms NUFC interest - from page 19', then 'Talks: Mort confirms Kaka bid - from page 137', then 'Completed: Kaka joins Newcastle United'. When a deal becomes permanent, the original thread is locked, and a new thread started with confirmation of the fee/contract, and any statement from the club in the OP. This allows detailed discussion of the transfer without having to be in a fucking massive old thread. A stickied thread (to replace the one there now) with links as James suggests, but only to confirmed deals. Similar to the 'currently happening' sticky I did last year. The same can happen for outgoing rumours/talks/deals. Suggestion threads stay separate, and untouched. Non-transfer threads stay separate, and untouched. Thoughts? Looks familiar... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 There you go, I've started already. Edit - Midds: 'Mixing up a few different ideas from several people...' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 It's the only way to go, common sense really. Am I stamping my feet loud enough here? Or should I get the big shoes out? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 There you go, I've started already. Edit - Midds: 'Mixing up a few different ideas from several people...' I'd take Kaka. Any more news? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I don't mind what the final decision is so long as I get to make it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Just delete the thread and ban anyone who asks what happened to the idea. Would probably be easier. End of next season I would go for the 2 yes options, it worked last time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I'm coming around to the idea that there won't be much discussion going on outside a transfer forum. Transfers are the only subject, really. So why split it out? That's pretty much what I feel. There's nowt else to talk about other than transfers and transfer rumours, so seperating the transfer stuff out seems foolish to me. This forum would be like some kind of ghost town if that happened with threads taking about a month to disappear off the first page. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Either way, there's always going to be some idiots (Deep, Hindu) who decide to create new threads because they found a trible article on newsnow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Either way, there's always going to be some idiots (Deep, Hindu) who decide to create new threads because they found a trible article on newsnow. We merge the threads, easy. Or we take away their thread-starting capability. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Either way, there's always going to be some idiots (Deep, Hindu) who decide to create new threads because they found a trible article on newsnow. We merge the threads, easy. Or we take away their thread-starting capability. The latter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Am I the only one amused by Enrique having the gall to call other people idiots? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Am I the only one amused by Enrique having the gall to call other people idiots? i'm still working on the "deep hindu" bit. maybe when i've conquered that i'll find the rest funny. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Am I the only one amused by Enrique having the gall to call other people idiots? i'm still working on the "deep hindu" bit. maybe when i've conquered that i'll find the rest funny. Maybe when you realise capital letters come after full stops you will Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 A seperate thread for each potential transfer in or out sounds good to me. We don't need a seperate forum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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