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4 Years of Service
As much as I like to bitch about shit, I try to at least hold back sometimes if I can't offer suggestions. The threads jumping to the top of LU because a mod edited the OP is annoying, although to be honest I have seen it bugs some others more than me.
But.. having just run into 2 more, I had an idea that might help. I know mistakes happen, especially if you have done the same thing 100 times and made it into a pattern/habit and now have to remember to change it. So what if you tossed in one new step that was required. If the mod/uploader wants the updated field to change, they have to also fill out a "reason" field. "What was updated?:". If that field is left empty, they cant submit, or have to clear out the "updated" (radio? checkbox? textbox? I don't know what you guys are using in the form) data to post, which would not update the updated field. If they did type something in there, it could be visible to admins (see why they felt that it was a valid reason to mark it as an update), and maybe even to normal users. The "Last updated by moderator xx/xx/xx" thing could say "for <reason>". This could give us a hint as to why.
Oh, the game hasnt been updated in 3 years, but the dev found a special version that is better? Ok, sounds valid.
"Adding new mirrors" - Nope. Not a valid reason. Lets all get our pitchforks and destroy them!
Actually... thinking about this now, the 2 I just saw didnt have the updated field changed. Just the OP update. But... I thought that had been removed. So maybe this was all a waste of typing.
But.. having just run into 2 more, I had an idea that might help. I know mistakes happen, especially if you have done the same thing 100 times and made it into a pattern/habit and now have to remember to change it. So what if you tossed in one new step that was required. If the mod/uploader wants the updated field to change, they have to also fill out a "reason" field. "What was updated?:". If that field is left empty, they cant submit, or have to clear out the "updated" (radio? checkbox? textbox? I don't know what you guys are using in the form) data to post, which would not update the updated field. If they did type something in there, it could be visible to admins (see why they felt that it was a valid reason to mark it as an update), and maybe even to normal users. The "Last updated by moderator xx/xx/xx" thing could say "for <reason>". This could give us a hint as to why.
Oh, the game hasnt been updated in 3 years, but the dev found a special version that is better? Ok, sounds valid.
"Adding new mirrors" - Nope. Not a valid reason. Lets all get our pitchforks and destroy them!
Actually... thinking about this now, the 2 I just saw didnt have the updated field changed. Just the OP update. But... I thought that had been removed. So maybe this was all a waste of typing.
