Dev Threads and Overusing

[Zef Halo]

I am not sure if we have a rule written down about dev threads and how many items can be produced out of one but usually as far as I remember it was 2 items per dev thread or something like that.

it's a bit difficult to find out if those threads have been used before

This quote about the dev thread titles gave me an idea that might be a bit of a hassle and weight to everyone of us and/or it might save us from people abusing dev threads.

Basically, create a thread in this forum that indexes dev threads and what they have been used for so people don't keep using dev threads for 5000 items. The database of dev threads' gathering would occur when a dev thread is used in a submission and (of course) not digging through the forums for anything that might be a dev.

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If there is a rule about 2 items per dev thread that is written we may index them in the thread this way:

Title of the thread - (1/2)

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I hate writing complicated shit in English, lol, but I hope what I am saying is understandable and makes sense. If it does, let me know what you think.

 

[Ellie Mors]

I am not sure if we have a rule written down about dev threads and how many items can be produced out of one but usually as far as I remember it was 2 items per dev thread or something like that.




This quote about the dev thread titles gave me an idea that might be a bit of a hassle and weight to everyone of us and/or it might save us from people abusing dev threads.

Basically, create a thread in this forum that indexes dev threads and what they have been used for so people don't keep using dev threads for 5000 items. The database of dev threads' gathering would occur when a dev thread is used in a submission and (of course) not digging through the forums for anything that might be a dev.

-or-

If there is a rule about 2 items per dev thread that is written we may index them in the thread this way:

Title of the thread - (1/2)

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I hate writing complicated poodoo in English, lol, but I hope what I am saying is understandable and makes sense. If it does, let me know what you think.

Ew, I am not keeping a list of the hundreds upon thousands of threads done on the forum just to make sure it isn't used a third time.

The idea of not writing down how many times you can use a development thread is to keep people from putting bare-minimum work to get more out of it. You won't be getting two submissions worth of beskar from really shoddy 10 posts, for example, but you could get two unique submissions out of 15 nice ones. Case-by-case, and it's better that way - but I can't tell if someone has used a development thread before at all if I can't find the thread via site-search, so the actual problem here is not listing the thread.

 

[Cira]

Aye, which is what we are working to fix right now.