Placeholder topics

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Maenad wrote on 2012-11-22 23:14

I've seen a few of these lately, and I'd like to speak against them.
Placeholder topics should simply not be allowed - a minimum amount of info should be required prior to posting a topic.
Others might have alot of info on the topic and be forced to post into the bare topic and possibly have their post buried.

For example, the first topic about the quiz event quite literally gave no information other than 'it exists'.

Placeholder POSTS should still be allowed, especially when writing large guides and dealing with the character limit.

Alternatively, if a topic is posted that has much more info than a placeholder topic, the placeholder topic should be merged with that new one under no penalty.
Claudia wrote on 2012-11-23 00:20

I mean, it's...honestly not that big of a deal. Something is going to go there eventually.
After all, if you can make placeholder posts, why not threads?

It's just not something I ever think about as being a problem. Or at all.
Reptile wrote on 2012-11-23 18:32

I don't see the problem here
Taycat wrote on 2012-11-23 18:48

Neither do I.
Just something to gripe about, Maenad?
Kingofrunes wrote on 2012-11-26 16:23

Quote from Mythical Detective Loki;985896:
Neither do I.
Just something to gripe about, Maenad?

I think it goes back to a skype chat Maenad, me, and 3 other mabination members were having where a certain mabination member had a lot more information about the G17S4 update and he was upset with another member for posting a simple placeholder topic with very little info when he had a lot of information regarding the subject at hand.

Not going to say what who or what publicly but I'll be willing to mention it to a staff member if requested.
Claudia wrote on 2012-11-26 21:23

So what? The person with more information can post a topic about it with a header like (Additional Information).

Jeez, people. Making a mountain out of a molehill.
Kingofrunes wrote on 2012-11-26 22:15

Quote from Claudia;987320:
So what? The person with more information can post a topic about it with a header like (Additional Information).

Jeez, people. Making a mountain out of a molehill.

Personally I don't care either way. I honestly don't think it's a big deal and the member's argument for that was...

Member 1: Post your own
Member 2: its annoying and stupid
Member 1: nothing stopping you
Member 2: ill get hit with
Member 2: duh theres already a topic
Member 1: Not if you have more info
Member 2: then theyll be all like
Member 2: just post it in the first topic then
Member 2: basically i just feel like
Member 2: there needs to be a min amount of info
Member 2: before you can go posting crazily
Member 2: sure if its a teaser
Member 2: you can post only the image
Member 2: but meh
Member 2: but seriously at this point i can see a topic made by him
Member 2: and nearly expect it to have no infomation
Member 2: at least ill post stuff like patch notes or intel
Member 2: anyway
Member 2: thats the end of my rant
Murasaki wrote on 2012-11-27 17:54

If people have information relevant to a topic...they can just post in the topic...?