Hello, im making this guide becouse many times, i notice topics on forum, where it took just 1 person to answer and solve problem or even the creator of topic, just after few hours, answered his own question by himself.
Those topics are polluting forum sections and are just attracting potential necrotopicophiles.
There is a way to "DELETE" your topic after your problem is solved or you dont want to have ppl answering on it/seeing it anymore. You can achieve it by moving topic to GRAVEYARD. How to do it?
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Firstly, you must go to your topic and then edit your first post, by clicking "EDIT" button.
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Next you must choose from a list, just under "Forums:*" headline, a new forum section instead of the one you currently have. You must "GRAVEYARD"
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If you want to, you can select "Leave shadow copy" tickbox to leave a shadow of your topic in old forum section (it will appear as a link and will lead to your topic that will be in GRAVEYARD) but its strongly advised to do not leave shadow copies.
When you have selected GRAVEYARD as new forum section, scroll down and press "SAVE" button
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And pof! You just moved your topic to Graveyard. Thanks to that, forum is now cleaner place. Thank you. (remember that its not allowed to move topics back from graveyard if you dont have any new constructive informations that are topic related)
ps. In same way you can move your topic from ex. general section to bazar section (if you by mistake posted your thread in wrong forum section)
Oh hey, I didn't know about the removing from GY thing. I think I did it one time, oops. ;o
I think something like this, alongside How to Change Your Forum Picture, should be stickied up top. Even if a lot of people don't read stickies, some will and that solves a lot of the forum clutter.