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Re: Suggestions concerning this forum

Post by chriswayg » Sun Nov 11, 2012 5:35 am

I would like to nominate / suggest Graham (grahamperrin) as a community moderator to the ZEVO Installation and General Discussion sections of the Forum.

He has contributed loads of information and has been consistently helpful as well as showing a broad understanding of the issues. This could take some load off Don Brady and the Greenbytes staff members who are currently listed as moderators.
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thanks, but maybe not at this time

Post by grahamperrin » Sun Nov 11, 2012 7:47 am

chriswayg, I'm touched. Thanks.

I'll echo a point that I made elsewhere:

> I don't have the temperament that's required for true moderation (I'm
> often biased, not always placid, and so on)

For those reasons,?and others that are private:

  • should an offer be made to me, at this time I should probably decline

??but thanks, the surprise nomination is truly appreciated.

IMHO this support community seems to be working very well as is :) and the existing moderators (thanks again!) do a fine job.

(Side note: increased moderator presence can only partly alleviate the effects of spam.)

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Back to business. At this time, I reckon one topic deserves special attention. Key?phrases Western?Digital?My?Book and probable hardware problem. It's a long topic, but from mid?page?twelve onwards should be relatively easy to digest and with care, it could be wrapped up before?page?fifteen?exists. (Some of the earlier pages were gentle, sometimes long-winded introductions to Terminal, Console etc..)

Since beginning the topic, the reporter has invested in a new external drive (same specification as the original) and new Mac?Mini, so attention is focused almost entirely on the original WD?My?Book. Power?surges etc. may have damaged something, but let's hope for the hard disk to be OK if/when it is removed from the WD enclosure. Additional opinion will be welcome; in particular I don't know which drive?caddy/docking station (if any) to recommend. Kid gloves please, as the probable hardware failure broadly coincided with the reporter's first experiences with Community?Edition; and as the reporter has shown great patience. Ladies and gentlemen, this way??
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Re: Suggestions concerning this forum

Post by chriswayg » Mon Nov 12, 2012 4:39 am

A few requests:
  • Please improve forum search: too many words are blocked. for example searching for 'ZEVO beta' yields nothing ('The following words in your search query were ignored because they are too common words: beta zevo.')
  • Have a FAQ forum section
  • Start pinning some important topics now, which could be moved to an FAQ section, when appropriate (for example the questions about moving from Zevo Beta to Community Edition as linked here: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=376 )
  • Could we have a forum section devoted to systematic bug reports and known issues (or alternatively a public bug tracker)?
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moves (from ZEVO installation, to general discussion)

Post by grahamperrin » Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:35 pm

in the ZEVO installation area I reported most topics (most opening posts), including one of my own, as off-topic with the following comment:

This is general discussion, not installation of ZEVO.


A handful of very early general discussions began before the general discussion area existed.

Topics that truly relate to installation of ZEVO include:


viewtopic.php?t=60 is borderline. Not about installation, it's about where to find a download. That's an issue with embedding a forum (not an issue with installation of ZEVO).
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Re: subject lines should be shown

Post by grahamperrin » Wed Nov 28, 2012 12:15 am

subject lines should be shown


Subject lines are shown whilst drafting a reply, but the order of posts is reversed so it's not a good workaround.
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Re: Suggestions concerning this forum

Post by jhartley » Wed Nov 28, 2012 9:19 am

Thanks for the suggestions, we'll try to put most if not all of them in place shortly.
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migration of content from the wiki

Post by grahamperrin » Wed Dec 05, 2012 12:52 am

grahamperrin wrote:… I don't foresee a collaborative wiki approach to the GreenBytes wiki for ZEVO, so I vote to transfer its content elsewhere then close it.

The fewer places to seek information, the better. …


Another gentle nudge for migration away from the wiki is in post 3 under Why the hell am I going blind!!!

(This is not a criticism. I recall Stephen O'Donnell's comment, before the first release of ZEVO, about web site developments.)
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question marks in restored topics

Post by grahamperrin » Wed Dec 05, 2012 2:40 am

Curiously placed question marks, in some topics, are a side effect of restoration from a database that's used for phpBB.

Originally we saw nonbreaking spaces, ellipses … and so on.

I might make corrections in affected posts, but there's no rush.
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Re: subject lines should be shown

Post by grahamperrin » Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:59 am

grahamperrin wrote:Subject lines within a topic are hidden when the topic is viewed.


Forum administrators/moderators: please, it it possible to show subjects?
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I'm working on this

Post by jhartley » Fri Dec 14, 2012 12:57 pm

grahamperrin wrote:
grahamperrin wrote:Subject lines within a topic are hidden when the topic is viewed.


Forum administrators/moderators: please, it it possible to show subjects?


I'm looking into this, but the suggestions I've seen imply a re-installation is needed. I'd like to avoid that at this point in time. I'll keep you posted.
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