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overdog		Posted : Sunday, 19 June 2011 9:28:13 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 2/03/2010(UTC) Posts: 418 Location: nelson Thanks: 69 times Was thanked: 82 time(s) in 68 post(s)		There seem to be a number of coil swingers in here... What do you think about a dedicated forum for the detector brigade?

Metal Kiwi		Posted : Sunday, 19 June 2011 10:03:24 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 19/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,210 Location: Auckland Thanks: 498 times Was thanked: 484 time(s) in 322 post(s)		Yeah why not?
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gavin		Posted : Sunday, 19 June 2011 11:20:08 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Administrators, Registered Joined: 20/02/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,326 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 736 times Was thanked: 535 time(s) in 287 post(s)		Done - http://forums.paydirt.co.nz/yaf_topics10_Equipment--Metal-Detectors.aspx ;)
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overdog		Posted : Sunday, 19 June 2011 11:55:58 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 2/03/2010(UTC) Posts: 418 Location: nelson Thanks: 69 times Was thanked: 82 time(s) in 68 post(s)		Gavin youre an absolute legend! May your detector never stop beeping and your pan always have colour!

gavin		Posted : Sunday, 19 June 2011 1:00:35 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Administrators, Registered Joined: 20/02/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,326 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 736 times Was thanked: 535 time(s) in 287 post(s)		Cheers Overdog ;) Actually - at some point when I have a little more free time on my hands I plan on asking forum members what they'd like to see on the forums... Simon pm'd me with the suggestion of having a private members only area not visible to general public, but not sure how valuable this would be myself and can think of downsides for all of upsides. Perhaps other members could think of reasons it might be good? I also figured we could have some fun medals that could be awarded to members: "Cankerous bastard", "Old fart", etc. Also the ranks could be customised to something a little more gold miner / fossicker orientated. Again looking for something fun. Gav ;)
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oroplata		Posted : Sunday, 19 June 2011 2:07:03 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered, Moderators Joined: 16/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,040 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 23 times Was thanked: 211 time(s) in 152 post(s)		A forum locked away from public view can be very handy for discussing things that you would rather not be spread globally via the great all-seeing google monster.
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gavin		Posted : Sunday, 19 June 2011 2:33:43 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Administrators, Registered Joined: 20/02/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,326 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 736 times Was thanked: 535 time(s) in 287 post(s)		But a the end of the day it still doesn't afford real privacy as anyone can sign up to be a member and view the hidden section. My worry is that people might get a false sense of security and post what they perhaps shouldn't and get themselves in to trouble.
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cavey		Posted : Sunday, 19 June 2011 2:34:23 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 19/01/2011(UTC) Posts: 145 Location: Ashburton Thanks: 42 times Was thanked: 22 time(s) in 18 post(s)		private forum sounds like a good idea to me your medal and ranking idea sounds good too gavin Cavey

Lammerlaw		Posted : Sunday, 19 June 2011 3:55:59 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 24/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 579 time(s) in 396 post(s)		gavin wrote: But a the end of the day it still doesn't afford real privacy as anyone can sign up to be a member and view the hidden section. My worry is that people might get a false sense of security and post what they perhaps shouldn't and get themselves in to trouble. I noted your points which have a great deal of merit but a members only area might also induce other people to strengthen the forum by becoming members rather than stalkers! Edited by user Sunday, 19 June 2011 4:01:28 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

gavin		Posted : Sunday, 19 June 2011 5:34:17 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Administrators, Registered Joined: 20/02/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,326 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 736 times Was thanked: 535 time(s) in 287 post(s)		Hi Lammerlaw, cheers for the input - thought of this one too. Wouldn't this simply encourage people to join but not participate which is just as bad? The number of users go up - but contributions stay the same. I'm also a little worried people will start posting exclusively to the members only part and it all becomes one big smorgasbord board of topics so hard to dig out stuff you might be interested in at the time. Another reason for not to hiding forum posts is that it's good for Google to index content. Someone who doesn't know about the forums is Google'ing "sluiceboxes" one day and finds the forums in the search results, they then think "cool" and join up after reading some of the wise advice shared by existing members. Anyone else have any opinions on this either way? I've not heard any arguments which have convinced me yet. But if the community wants it and enough speak up I'll probably add it. Edited by user Sunday, 19 June 2011 5:37:10 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified
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kiwijw		Posted : Sunday, 19 June 2011 5:41:12 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/03/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,152 Thanks: 92 times Was thanked: 658 time(s) in 324 post(s)		. Edited by user Saturday, 9 July 2011 2:34:25 AM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

Juggie		Posted : Sunday, 19 June 2011 5:51:05 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 4/11/2010(UTC) Posts: 32 Location: Wellington Was thanked: 14 time(s) in 9 post(s)		I've run various forums in the past ... Gavin is right ... private forums can become a distraction resulting in the rest of the forum getting neglected. I also disagree with the seperate Detector forum ... I myself don't have a detector, but have found the threads here interesting to read. Forcing me to look at a different forum ... it just won't happen ... I already do enough reading researching places to go looking. As for the ranks / medals ... totally agree. Edited by user Sunday, 19 June 2011 5:53:36 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

madsonicboating		Posted : Sunday, 19 June 2011 7:49:17 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 21/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 674 Thanks: 187 times Was thanked: 157 time(s) in 127 post(s)		gavin wrote: I also figured we could have some fun medals that could be awarded to members: "Cankerous bastard", "Old fart", etc. Gav ;) LOL
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oroplata		Posted : Monday, 20 June 2011 3:05:27 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered, Moderators Joined: 16/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,040 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 23 times Was thanked: 211 time(s) in 152 post(s)		HI Gavin, I was wondering if you could bump the forum software up to v1.9.5 - this might fix the RSS problem (RSS updates keep coming through all the time rather than just when a certain topic has updated) and will give us CSS3 themes would look rather pleasant. Cheers.
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overdog		Posted : Monday, 20 June 2011 3:28:38 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 2/03/2010(UTC) Posts: 418 Location: nelson Thanks: 69 times Was thanked: 82 time(s) in 68 post(s)		Rankings... Greenhorn,miner,old timer. Just a thought...

gavin		Posted : Monday, 20 June 2011 3:41:43 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Administrators, Registered Joined: 20/02/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,326 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 736 times Was thanked: 535 time(s) in 287 post(s)		oroplata wrote: HI Gavin, I was wondering if you could bump the forum software up to v1.9.5 - this might fix the RSS problem (RSS updates keep coming through all the time rather than just when a certain topic has updated) and will give us CSS3 themes would look rather pleasant. Cheers. No worries - on my list of things to do - just not had the spare time to chuck at it though as will need to give a good test after the update to make sure nothing broken ;)
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gavin		Posted : Monday, 20 June 2011 3:42:54 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Administrators, Registered Joined: 20/02/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,326 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 736 times Was thanked: 535 time(s) in 287 post(s)		overdog wrote: Rankings... Greenhorn,miner,old timer. Just a thought... Not bad... maybe add "fossicker" between "Greenhorn" and "miner" too?
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kiwijw		Posted : Monday, 20 June 2011 4:46:04 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/03/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,152 Thanks: 92 times Was thanked: 658 time(s) in 324 post(s)		. Edited by user Saturday, 9 July 2011 2:34:44 AM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

gavin		Posted : Monday, 20 June 2011 5:49:51 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Administrators, Registered Joined: 20/02/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,326 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 736 times Was thanked: 535 time(s) in 287 post(s)		Cheers JW :) Think I'll have to compile a few options and put it to the vote of everyone else ;)
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Maverick		Posted : Tuesday, 21 June 2011 4:57:01 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 7/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 78 Location: ChCh Thanks: 2 times Was thanked: 9 time(s) in 9 post(s)		rankings can be fun. as for private rooms, they can be a two edged sword. other forums/message boards i have been on have had them. they are good to give the frequent posters somewhere to have a quiet word, but seldom get used beyond that as most post was done in the 'public' rooms. on some they don't show all the rooms until you are signed up and others have had rooms that open up as the post count of the member increases. in all cases the posting did on the whole remain in the main public rooms. 'hidden' rooms don't remain secret though as it's easy to let slip sometimes and there isn't always a mod' handy to clean up quick enough LOL!