Oh, didn't mean that.
Meant more discussing the topic itself later again civilly.
As in, generally the topic itself isn't banned, afaik. But perhaps im wrong.
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Meant more discussing the topic itself later again civilly.
As in, generally the topic itself isn't banned, afaik. But perhaps im wrong.
That's what I meant with "it depends".
It depends of the escalation, on the participation and on the general topic. If a topic gets too hot and if everybody is flinging poo at everyone it might be better to let it cool down a few days even if it's not among the banned topics.
And it depends if it's OT or a game forum. OT is a special place in many regards.
I am a fairly new Paradox Fan who is also a long time fan of forum werewolf/mafia games. When I joined the forum i naturally checked to see if yall had a community and it turns out you technically do. The problem arises though that they have become so despondent at being in a deeply "nested" sub sub sub forum that they've given up and become dead in side with no spirit. My question is there ever a possibility that OT Forum Games could become a main subforum of Fun Forums so it's visible and easily findable on the main page of the forum OR potentially even that werewolf/mafia could be granted it's own dedicated subforum in Fun forums?
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FWIW, I didn't know this existed, and it's so inaccessible I wouldn't ever have found it accidentally. I'm not at all invested in werewolf/mafia (I've tried to like these games many times, and failed), but I think @Chumley1 has a point here - it would be good to make the forum a little bit more visible (eg. as a subcategory of "Fun Forums" on the main page).
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Sometimes new forum members will ask why they can't post a link, and the answer is anti-spam features preventing new accounts from doing that because spammers have in the past abused that feature.
But there are some sites which should be white-listed, because links to them are never spammers but rather valuable community members.
Sites I'm talking about are:
- Steam workshop and the PDX mod repository (modders)
- PDX's own forums, wikis, and content sites (bug reports, tech support)
Today I helped a new modder add a link to a thread because it was his first mod and he didn't have enough posts to include a URL yet. This is a pointless frustration because the Steam workshop is not a place spammers could profitably link, and modders should be considered high-value community members who contribute to PDX games.
A small domain whitelist could remove a frustration for some of our most helpful community members.
But there are some sites which should be white-listed, because links to them are never spammers but rather valuable community members.
Sites I'm talking about are:
- Steam workshop and the PDX mod repository (modders)
- PDX's own forums, wikis, and content sites (bug reports, tech support)
Today I helped a new modder add a link to a thread because it was his first mod and he didn't have enough posts to include a URL yet. This is a pointless frustration because the Steam workshop is not a place spammers could profitably link, and modders should be considered high-value community members who contribute to PDX games.
A small domain whitelist could remove a frustration for some of our most helpful community members.
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Hi
I would like to suggest a color scheme with dark font on a light background. The “Paradox” color scheme is extremely tiring to read. “Paradox Classic” is better due to the lighter background, but is still tiring when reading more than one paragraph of text.
I would like to suggest a color scheme with dark font on a light background. The “Paradox” color scheme is extremely tiring to read. “Paradox Classic” is better due to the lighter background, but is still tiring when reading more than one paragraph of text.
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Well, pick any News website or have a look at Reddit, Discord, Facebook, Google, or just pick a book, they usually have a light theme with dark letters for a good reason. On such websites I can literally read books without getting tired. But light letters on dark background are killing my eyes
Yes, I wear good glasses
I'm asking for an additional color scheme without overhauling the existing ones.
Yes, I wear good glasses
I'm asking for an additional color scheme without overhauling the existing ones.
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A book is okay, although it can be a problem in the sun, but the light glare from a screen when 95% is white is killing my not so young eyes. Had I been a teen again, it would be otherwise. Discord is dark, gmail as well, fb I use less nd less and reddit is cancer.Well, pick any News website or have a look at Reddit, Discord, Facebook, Google, or just pick a book, they usually have a light theme with dark letters for a good reason. On such websites I can literally read books without getting tired. But light letters on dark background are killing my eyes
Yes, I wear good glasses
I'm asking for an additional color scheme without overhauling the existing ones.
Even my kindle is set to a less white background to spare my eyes.
Reddit, Discord and Google have dark mode available for a good reason too. And paper books are not screens.Well, pick any News website or have a look at Reddit, Discord, Facebook, Google, or just pick a book, they usually have a light theme with dark letters for a good reason. On such websites I can literally read books without getting tired. But light letters on dark background are killing my eyes
Yes, I wear good glasses
I'm asking for an additional color scheme without overhauling the existing ones.
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And PDX forums has no light mode at all, that's why I'm suggesting that.
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I'm sure what the following suggestion has been posted before, however, I badly need a way to change my username which doesn't reflect me at all anymore. It's a special bother to me when I upload to PDX Mods. Even if the original account username can't be changed, there should be a way to have a different name be shown in forum and other PDX platforms. (steam has this possibility)
Additionally, it would be great if we could upload our own thumbnail.
Additionally, it would be great if we could upload our own thumbnail.
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Post in thread 'Username changed by itself?' https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/username-changed-by-itself.1707405/post-29920080
A support ticket is the best way.
I would be happy if we could have "Sort by reaction score" not only in developer diaries but also in discussions, which would make searching easier.
When creating a new thread, the forum should automatically search for similar existing threads and warn the user this might be a duplicate if any
It would help reduce the amount of duplicate threads
It would help reduce the amount of duplicate threads
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What if the "duplicate threads" are outdated, old or not exactly the same ?
A few questions arise :
- "Warning" ? As a suggestion or limitation for the user ? If the latter, how should moderators (be allowed to) treat this?
- What exactly is a "duplicate thread" in your head actually ? Define. Afterall a forum logic would need to know too.
- This question only matters if it becomes 'law', so to speak. Are you going only by keywords ? What about circumstances and arguments ?
- Where and how are "duplicate threads" (even) a problem ?
Back to your point, what i could imagine is a thread title list for the user to look into and select to read in a new tab and make their own decision.
Pratical, simple and leaves the user the freedom to choose and the moderator to decide to leave it be or merge the threads.
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no limitation just a warning, up to the user subjective opinion
moderators do merge some threads when they deem it similar, the idea is juste to help the users know someone already made a thread
the suggested threads could just be using the search function already existing
duplicates anrt necessarily an issue, especially when the other one is old, but for example there has been severla thread created in a few days to talk about linux or mac support in eu5, there is not point doing several threads for that. Or when there are some controversial stuff there can be a lot of threads created to talk about the same thing and it can make it harder to argue about something when there are 3 threads about it
The games2gether forum model (amplifiers for example) has something like this, when you create a thread you get a list of potential similair threads based of your thread title
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This thread is a good example: some unlucky new CK3 user spent hours researching their issue and testing the suggested fixes in-game, only to discover that they were completely misled by old suggestions relating to an old version of CK2.
--- Yes, it was an old thread. They would have had to tick the box to certify that they understood the thread was more than 5 months old.
--- But "II" looks a lot like "III", and CK3 has been out for several years now, so reopening a year-old CK3 thread would not be unreasonable.
--- And this is a new forum user, who created their account specifically to post about this one issue. Expecting them to be familiar with forum etiquette is a little unfair.
--- Further, the time wasted by this user before they posted is of some concern - it suggests that the forum is not a good easily-searchable resource for new users who are unfamiliar with the interface.
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1. Update the "This thread is more than 5 months old" warning to show a better approximation of the thread's age.
--- Perhaps: >5m, >1y, >3y, >5y, >10y. (Or, if it's easy, you could add more granularity.)
--- For the very old threads, add extra highlighting - eg. "This thread is more than 10 years old." vs. the current "This thread is more than 5 months old." (bold & large & coloured vs. bold only).
Reasoning: There is an important difference between reopening a 5-month-old thread and a 10-year-old thread. And apparently people are very bad at checking the date on the final post on the thread, and doing that calculation for themselves. Doing the calculation for them, and highlighting it if the time is potentially egregious, might help to decrease the number of necros. IE: Less mod time spent on the issue, and less user time wasted accidentally posting in the wrong place (because they didn't realise the age of the thread).
--- For the very old threads, add extra highlighting - eg. "This thread is more than 10 years old." vs. the current "This thread is more than 5 months old." (bold & large & coloured vs. bold only).
Reasoning: There is an important difference between reopening a 5-month-old thread and a 10-year-old thread. And apparently people are very bad at checking the date on the final post on the thread, and doing that calculation for themselves. Doing the calculation for them, and highlighting it if the time is potentially egregious, might help to decrease the number of necros. IE: Less mod time spent on the issue, and less user time wasted accidentally posting in the wrong place (because they didn't realise the age of the thread).
2. Show prominent warning to users if they are probably viewing/posting on the wrong forum, based on the games linked in their forum profile.
Deciding if it's "probably the wrong forum":
--- The user is viewing/posting on a forum for {game}; and
--- The user does not have {game} linked to their forum profile; and
--- The user does have {some other version of {game}} linked to their forum profile.
Eg: A user with only CK2 in their forum profile is "probably wrong" to be viewing/posting on the CK3 forum, and vice versa. Ditto EU4 vs EU5, Vic2 vs Vic 3, C:S1 vs C:S2, etc.
Suggested changes:
(a) When a user is viewing "probably the wrong forum", or a thread in that forum: Include a brightly-coloured warning at the top of the page.
(b) When a user receives a search result from "probably the wrong forum": Put a prominent tag in the result. (Eg: A big red "wrong game?" icon.)
(c) When a user is attempting to post in "probably the wrong forum": Force the user to tick a box before posting (similar to the tickbox for 6-month-old threads).
(d) Finally, allow users to disable all of these warnings via a setting in their forum profile. (In particular, the tickbox may be annoying to some users.)
Reasoning: This is my attempt to improve the searchability/usability of the forum, particularly for users who play games which have old versions with active forums. (Eg: CK3 players, EU5 players in a year's time.)
--- The user is viewing/posting on a forum for {game}; and
--- The user does not have {game} linked to their forum profile; and
--- The user does have {some other version of {game}} linked to their forum profile.
Eg: A user with only CK2 in their forum profile is "probably wrong" to be viewing/posting on the CK3 forum, and vice versa. Ditto EU4 vs EU5, Vic2 vs Vic 3, C:S1 vs C:S2, etc.
Suggested changes:
(a) When a user is viewing "probably the wrong forum", or a thread in that forum: Include a brightly-coloured warning at the top of the page.
(b) When a user receives a search result from "probably the wrong forum": Put a prominent tag in the result. (Eg: A big red "wrong game?" icon.)
(c) When a user is attempting to post in "probably the wrong forum": Force the user to tick a box before posting (similar to the tickbox for 6-month-old threads).
(d) Finally, allow users to disable all of these warnings via a setting in their forum profile. (In particular, the tickbox may be annoying to some users.)
Reasoning: This is my attempt to improve the searchability/usability of the forum, particularly for users who play games which have old versions with active forums. (Eg: CK3 players, EU5 players in a year's time.)
3. For every thread where the last post in that thread was more than 5 years ago AND more than 2 years before the "last major gameplay update", lock the thread and add prominent warnings
Definition: "Last major gameplay update" = The most-recent patch which substantially altered gameplay.
--- For ongoing games, this is really easy: every time you do a patch, decide whether it's a "major gameplay update" and, if so, run a batch process on all of that game's forums.
--- For old games where development has ceased, this is a batch process which only needs to be run occasionally (eg. once per year), on all of that game's forums. The exact choice of cutoff date is somewhat subjective but, since this can only impact threads more than 5 years old, moving your cutoff date a few months either way won't have any material impact.
Suggested warnings:
(a) When a user is viewing an outdated thread: Show a banner across the top of the page.
(b) When a user receives a search result from an outdated thread: Put a prominent tag in the result. (Eg: A big red "outdated thread" icon.)
Further suggestions:
(c) The banner text should explain how to request that a thread should be unlocked. (Eg: How to contact a mod for this particular forum.)
(d) Add the "outdated" flag to threads which were locked due to necro, where the last post before the necro was >5 years ago and >2 years before the most recent game update. (Although automatically detecting these threads may be difficult.)
Reasoning:
--- Prominently marking outdated threads would help anyone who is searching the forums for a resolution to an obscure issue (by directing them to more recent threads, which are more likely to be useful).
--- For ongoing-dev games, locking 5-year-old threads shouldn't be a problem.
--- For ceased-dev games, locking all threads from the dim distant past, 2 years before the last major change and probably far more than 5 years ago, shouldn't cause an issue.
--- For ongoing games, this is really easy: every time you do a patch, decide whether it's a "major gameplay update" and, if so, run a batch process on all of that game's forums.
--- For old games where development has ceased, this is a batch process which only needs to be run occasionally (eg. once per year), on all of that game's forums. The exact choice of cutoff date is somewhat subjective but, since this can only impact threads more than 5 years old, moving your cutoff date a few months either way won't have any material impact.
Suggested warnings:
(a) When a user is viewing an outdated thread: Show a banner across the top of the page.
(b) When a user receives a search result from an outdated thread: Put a prominent tag in the result. (Eg: A big red "outdated thread" icon.)
Further suggestions:
(c) The banner text should explain how to request that a thread should be unlocked. (Eg: How to contact a mod for this particular forum.)
(d) Add the "outdated" flag to threads which were locked due to necro, where the last post before the necro was >5 years ago and >2 years before the most recent game update. (Although automatically detecting these threads may be difficult.)
Reasoning:
--- Prominently marking outdated threads would help anyone who is searching the forums for a resolution to an obscure issue (by directing them to more recent threads, which are more likely to be useful).
--- For ongoing-dev games, locking 5-year-old threads shouldn't be a problem.
--- For ceased-dev games, locking all threads from the dim distant past, 2 years before the last major change and probably far more than 5 years ago, shouldn't cause an issue.
4. For all old games where development has ceased, review the pinned/sticky threads on their forums, with the aim of reducing it to 2-4 per forum.
If there's an active "quick q&a" thread, it should probably be a pinned thread. (Sometimes, it slips off the first page. Which is a shame because, if it's active, it's usually a great place to get quick answers.)
For reference-type threads (eg. literally all of the pinned threads on the CK2 forum): unpin them, and create a single new "reference" thread with links to each previously-pinned thread, and pin this reference thread. (To reduce the clutter of pinned threads, which encourages you to skip over them.)
Reasoning: If there are radically fewer pinned threads, and those threads are all fairly relevant, users may be more likely to pay attention to them.
For reference-type threads (eg. literally all of the pinned threads on the CK2 forum): unpin them, and create a single new "reference" thread with links to each previously-pinned thread, and pin this reference thread. (To reduce the clutter of pinned threads, which encourages you to skip over them.)
Reasoning: If there are radically fewer pinned threads, and those threads are all fairly relevant, users may be more likely to pay attention to them.
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