h a l f b a k e r y
Please listen carefully, as our opinions have changed.
idea:
add, search, annotate, link, view, overview, recent, by name, best, random
meta:
news, help, about, links, report a problem
account:
Browse anonymously,
or get an account
and write.
Login
Create account.
|
|
|
When an idea is deleted from your account for a MFD or other reason it can be difficult to know which idea you lost especially if you have more than a few of them.
I propose an indicator in your account page that would contain a list of ideas deleted since your last visit that way you know which it
was.
An alternative or addition would be an auto-notice email with a copy of your idea and its Annos emailed out as part of the final destruction process on the bakery. That way you don't lose your inspirations and insights.
This would only apply to ideas deleted by someone other than the creator.
A list of MFD'd ideas.
http://www.halfbakery.com/view/MFD_27d
[nuclear hobo, Jun 19 2007]
[link]
|
| |
one of mine died in the last hour and I don't know which one it was. Any Help? |
|
| |
It was anyone except this. |
|
| |
Thanks Xen, 1 down 82 to go |
|
| |
It wasn't any of the other ideas that are still here either. That narrows it down to 1. |
|
| |
(Give me a couple of minutes and I might have a sensible answer |
|
| |
Edit: nope, sorry. I tried the Wayback Machine for your profile page but you've only got one entry there from last March. It looks sorted now anyway.) |
|
| |
You have had longer than a week to catch on. The deleted idea was a pun called "Lead Balloons". Its text, in full, is |
|
| |
"Manufactured by depositing a micro thin skin of lead onto a plastic balloon substrate that is later dissolved using solvent the lead balloon is sure to be a hit at your next party." |
|
| |
Outside the limited mfd process, I don't want to host stuff that I don't want to host; that includes an account of past deleted ideas, graveyards for people that I've kicked out, etc. |
|
| |
But it's true that there are many ideas with mfd's that are being ignored. It would be nice if there were "unfakable" mfds that represent a binding decision by the moderators, so that an author can look at his or her idea and truly know whether it's in danger of deletion or not, without having to guess which mfds are bogus and which ones aren't. |
|
| |
Thanks Jutta, I wasnt meaning to get all the details I was just surprised it went away. I dont remember it getting MFDed in fact I thought it got some votes, but oh well. |
|
| |
I was thinking this would be at most a temporary thing or a completely automated thing with no long term burden on the system, you just hit delete and its gone from the system for good. |
|
| |
It would be most beneficial when dealing with redundant ideas, as sometimes they are very well constructed and thought out but have the sad problem of not having been the first time something was considered, sometimes they can be reformulated into something new and original. |
|
| |
//It would be nice if there were "unfakable" mfds// |
|
| |
Could moderators place a [to-be-deleted] tag at the top of the main idea's body of text? |
|
| |
Since only the author and moderators have access, this would be unfakable (except by the author, but why would they?) and would retain anonymity for those moderators who don't wish to be identified. |
|
| |
I liked the Lead Balloons.... so would it
have been ok if it had been called
something else like: "Pb Dirigibles", then
there would have been no pun? |
|
| |
So the lead balloons would retain
antimony? |
|
| |
"Pb Dirigibles" would have been a pun too. A rather good one too. |
|
| |
Yeah, that would have gone down well. |
|
| |
I am not willing to take the lead on this one. |
|
| |
It would have been a plumb assignment. |
|
| |
This is a weighty subject, and I'm getting mad as a hatter just thinking about it. True, when an idea goes down the tubes, you're left with a heavy feeling in your stomach... |
|
| |
Uhh, I think that's enough puns for now. |
|
| |
Frankly, I suspect that the biggest problem here is that you are worried about having multiple ideas deleted between visits. Anyone who has a tendency to loose more than one idea between visits, either needs to visit more often, or needs to post fewer ideas to begin with... I could be wrong here, after all, everyone halfbakes differently,and despite my newfound status as a "dedicated halfbaker," the fact is I've not been here even one year, nor have I ever actually been welcomed into the community. |
|
| |
All the same, I've noticed a few people have an interest in deleted ideas, deleted annos, etc. Let's be honest, it hurts to have our stuff vanish without notice. It hasn't happened to me yet... I think... but some of the best annos other people put on my ideas seem to be missing. |
|
| |
The moderators, whoever they be, and the owner do a pretty good job of keeping this site true to it's original intent and purpose(lessness) So I'll not complain about the loss of offending questions and silly jokes too much. But the simple fact is that anything which is worth deleting is probably worth deleting from the halfbakery entirely, be it for badnwidth, or storage space or intent, or whatever reason. |
|
| |
Automatically transferring the material to the email address of the person who originally posted the idea might be good, if it is actually possible. Of course, if the Email isn't working that day, it would be lost anyway, but since that's what happens now, I guess you get what you can, right? |
|
| |
Its less about the content and more about knowing what changed. I also take exception to your comments; |
|
| |
//Anyone who has a tendency to loose more than one idea between visits, either needs to visit more often, or needs to post fewer ideas to begin with...// |
|
| |
I am regular contributor with over 80 ideas over the last year. From time to time I have projects at work which preclude me from making my daily visit to the bakery. From your statement I might interpret that you feel that I am a subpar baker and perhaps should not be posting here.(note i dont believe I have ever lost more than 1 idea in any stretch and the idea that triggered this idea disappeared while I was here, I just could not figure out which one it was!) |
|
| |
I have never felt that being a part of the bakery has anything to do with how often you visit or how many ideas you do or do not have. I generate Ideas in spurts, 2,3,4 ideas over 1 or 2 days then im shot for 2 or 3 weeks. sometimes it is difficult to remember every idea especially when its not there any more. |
|
| |
[Ye]!!! Will you never learn?! It's 'lose'! |
|
| |
I don't know why [theleopard] tends to loose his temper like that. |
|
| |
I hope he doesn't let the dogs lose on [yrx] |
|
| |
One of my ideas was deleted recently, one that I rather liked and was quietly happy with. |
|
| |
If an idea is deemed unsuitable for the site by a moderator then fair enough, the moderators have every right to delete it, but I agree with [jhom]'s idea to have an // auto-notice email with a copy of your idea and its Annos emailed out as part of the final destruction process //. That would be just swell. |
|
| |
I guess when you have an idea deleted, the best you can do is pick yourself up and solder on. |
|
| |
But I was never very good at that in my electronics class. |
|
| |
That was actually a reference to the deleted idea in question. |
|
| |
This has proven to be a highly charged issue. |
|
| |
MFD'd ideas actually get deleted? |
|
| |
It happens rarely enough that you should be proud. |
|
| |