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[Peter]

Any Chance I can get forum admin to help tidy things up/move relevant (irrelevant) stuff around a bit etc ?? - nothing too major

[Peter]

Allllsoooo

What would make finding stuff really easy, is if there was a separate forum for each version of Minecolony...

i.e a forum for Rc16, one for Rc15 and one for Rc14.. this way a link to the proper download version could be stickied at the top and all other useful stuff could be done..

[Vega Sera]

In my experience as a forum admin in the past, too much clutter from too many groups tends to drive people away. However a separate category for all older versions would be fine.

[Peter]

I'm trying to get it so that finding the most up to date version, and discussions about that version is easier.. Also the forums could be named

"Rc16 for Minecraft 1.0.0"

Making it obvious which one you need for which version... I know a lot of people (me included) are still running 1.8.1 because other mods haven't been updated yet !

[lonnome]

Sooo..
are you looking for revisions from the current admins or another admin for the better-organizing..ness?

[Peter]

Either the current admins have a clear up, or make me an admin so I can do it

[CoconutCurry]

I don't see any reason to make another admin at this time. However, I will gladly make changes, if we can be specific and agree on what to do. I don't want to *completely* re-organize the forum, because I set it up the way it is for a reason, but I agree that some tidying up is probably in order. Moving posts about older versions would be a good start. Locking old posts I think would be a good next step. A lot of people have been posting new problems on old threads instead of making new threads, which makes it harder to figure out what's actually going on and to figure out if it's a new problem, or an old problem with new symptoms.

Is there anything else?

[Peter]

I would like to see it very easy to find the relevant versions..

Whether this is a separate forum for the current version. or just being better at titling the sticky threads.. (Why not have a stickied "Minecolony RC16 for Minecraft 1.0.0" Thread with the relevant links in, plus a "Minecolony RC15 for Minecraft 1.9.5 Beta" Thread..

First post has the link to the download, updated as and when necessary, plus a link to a consolidated bug list, like the one I have done for RC16, plus a link to the Requisite version of ModLoader, Plus a link to the relevant YouTube installation vid..

Etc etc.. you see what I'm getting at

[CoconutCurry]

You realize I'm not the one creating the threads, right? I cannot change the titles. There actually aren't very many sticky threads in the first place, so I don't see why this is a problem.

So far, all the version threads have had the download in the first post. It's not appropriate to have a direct link to the ModLoader download, primarily because the people maintaining that mod may change their links at any time.

A consolidated bug list is nice, but most people aren't going to use threads like that correctly. They'll post problems that aren't bugs in the thread, or post bugs in places other than that thread. If you want to hunt down bug posts and add them to the thread yourself, by all means! I'm sure the devs will appreciate it. So far, the devs haven't had a problem with bug reports in the version's thread, though.

Installation for every version of MineColony is the same. There's one current vid, with links in the wiki and the FAQ thread.

tl;dr: I don't make the threads. I just sticky them. I don't see a reason to edit all these links into the threads, either.