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    Posted: December 30 2011 at 20:35
^At MMA I do a similar thing, leaving it for a short time or until someone else posts in the thread and then I get rid of the icon; I think it's a bit redundant. 
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I very rarely leave the "moved" icon ticked because I am fed up with people starting threads in what is obviously the wrong place. I usually go down the first couple of pages of the Prog Lounge removing the "moved thread" icons after 24 hours.
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Originally posted by Man With Hat Man With Hat wrote:

Personally I think there should be a little more stability with the process of moving threads. Sometimes there are the moved arrow noticfications there for weeks and other times there isn't any at all (or at least seem that way). Would it be too difficult to make some sort of standard (like leaving the thread in the orignial place with the moved arrow notification there for 3 days, or a week, or some set time period)? Or is there a standard procedure I'm just unfamilar with?
 
 
Not meaning to have that question come across crass or anything, just curious. 
The default condition is a moved icon - we have to untick a box before we move the thread to prevent one being created.
 
No one and nothing removes them once a moved icon has been created because (and let's be brutally honest here) we're too damn lazy to keep track of each and every thread we've moved and we're all too damn old to remember to go back and change them even 10 minutes after we've moved them, let alone 3 days or a week.
 
If you look at some of the deeper pages in the main Prog Music Lounge (say page 309 for example) you'll see threads with moved icons dating back six years.
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Points: 166178 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 29 2011 at 17:40
Personally I think there should be a little more stability with the process of moving threads. Sometimes there are the moved arrow noticfications there for weeks and other times there isn't any at all (or at least seem that way). Would it be too difficult to make some sort of standard (like leaving the thread in the orignial place with the moved arrow notification there for 3 days, or a week, or some set time period)? Or is there a standard procedure I'm just unfamilar with?
 
 
Not meaning to have that question come across crass or anything, just curious. 
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Points: 1302 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2011 at 05:49
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by cannon cannon wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by cannon cannon wrote:

I've had a couple of my threads moved from the original sub-forum to another. I think it would be courteous if the mod who moves a thread to let the OP know through a PM(?).
I've tried being courteous in the past and all you get is whinging, lip or backchat.
 
I understand. It seems to be the norm around here.
It seems to be the norm everywhere unfortunately.
 
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2011 at 05:45
Originally posted by cannon cannon wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by cannon cannon wrote:

I've had a couple of my threads moved from the original sub-forum to another. I think it would be courteous if the mod who moves a thread to let the OP know through a PM(?).
I've tried being courteous in the past and all you get is whinging, lip or backchat.
 
I understand. It seems to be the norm around here.
It seems to be the norm everywhere unfortunately.
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Points: 1302 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2011 at 05:41
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by cannon cannon wrote:

I've had a couple of my threads moved from the original sub-forum to another. I think it would be courteous if the mod who moves a thread to let the OP know through a PM(?).
I've tried being courteous in the past and all you get is whinging, lip or backchat.
 
I understand. Can't say I blame you. It seems to be the norm around here.


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Originally posted by Easy Livin Easy Livin wrote:

Originally posted by cannon cannon wrote:

I've had a couple of my threads moved from the original sub-forum to another. I think it would be courteous if the mod who moves a thread to let the OP know through a PM(?).
 
If it is happening to you regularly Cannon, it suggests you are unfamiliar with the layout of the forum. Here's a thread which should help you to find your way around, and to identify the correct sections for your threads. (It's easy enough to find threads using the search facility.Wink)
 
 
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=13082
 
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Originally posted by cannon cannon wrote:

I've had a couple of my threads moved from the original sub-forum to another. I think it would be courteous if the mod who moves a thread to let the OP know through a PM(?).
 
If it is happening to you regularly Cannon, it suggests you are unfamiliar with the layout of the forum. Here's a thread which should help you to find your way around, and to identify the correct sections for your threads. (It's easy enough to find threads using the search facility.Wink)
 
 
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=13082
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Originally posted by cannon cannon wrote:

I've had a couple of my threads moved from the original sub-forum to another. I think it would be courteous if the mod who moves a thread to let the OP know through a PM(?).
If I'm being lazy I'll just leave the "moved" icon in the original sub-forum lounge, otherwise I'll make some tritely sardonic post in the moved thread so if the OP has emule notifications enabled they will get an emule of the new post. I've tried being courteous in the past and all you get is whinging, lip or backchat.
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Points: 65760 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 27 2011 at 20:41
An easy way to find threads you've started is to go to your profile page on the forum and click "Find Members Posts". You can change the search to "any date" to find older ones.
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"God asked me should he ought to put his world on the left, no
God asked me should he ought to put his world on the right, no
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Points: 22989 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 27 2011 at 19:17
Err, the curteous thing would be to be more careful about the sections you choose for opening threads. Wink
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Points: 1302 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 27 2011 at 19:15
I've had a couple of my threads moved from the original sub-forum to another. I think it would be courteous if the mod who moves a thread to let the OP know through a PM(?).
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