Cleaning up of threads in Help Me section

[satyenpoojary]

Originally Posted by rossiter

Sure.. another good idea. I think next time around, we'll do this. Probably to clean up the What Bike category. Again, another point to be discussed with the other mods.

Dont do that, just lock the "help me section"!
Blocking the website will scare a lot of paranoid members

+1 on the Which Bike section as well!

Do tell, if you need any help... Yappy to yelp!

[ken cool]

Originally Posted by mithun

The locking of threads is a stupid idea. If that is the case; for example, what if a member who logs in after a week or so wants to contribute his part to the thread what would he do

Most of the threads we are locking have not been clicked since the past 4 months to 14 months!!! And the original poster has not even logged back in! Ever!

We do not think that it is as stupid an idea as you make it out to be.

Originally Posted by Puneet1

what happened to freedom of speech ken ?

Have we proved to be an impediment to your freedom of speech?

Originally Posted by rossiter

We are only locking the threads which are more than 3-4 months old, and which have less than 3 replies.

Amen.

[chaman19]

Lock or delete this thread !
Karizma Front fairing on Hunk!

Problem has been solved!

[yellowspunk]

sorry if i sound so naive, but why are you taking up the task of locking these threads? they are going to be dormant anyway even if you dont lock them since you yourself said the original poster himself is inactive. Isnt it a waste of time?

[TheRedPill]

^^^ People who have the zeal of making their presence felt will resurrect these threads with their comments which is useless anyways as the author (help seeker) might not even see the posts. It just adds up as server space......

[yellowspunk]

locking threads isnt gonna save space is it?

[PRANAV D]

Free Flow exhausts
I has started this thread but now my query has been solved. So this thread can be deleted or locked.
Thanks

[Dessfox]

Just a suggestion, you can give the person who posts the issue the option to close the thread once he feels that his issue solved/his query has been answered. While some people wont do this, majority of regular users will do so.

Another option would be to have an auto lock feature once there is a considerable amount of time from the last post to the thread. It will make things much easier for you :-)

[pavanchirmade]

One thing that will help this forum is deleting and disapproving all threads regarding K&N,HP,Uni,Pipecross or any other Goddamned free flow air filter that's available in the market. The help me section sees atleast 2 threads per day about K&N and the heating issue. I don't get why mods approve similar kind of threads everyday?People just don't seem to be using the search function on the forum. One thing i had observed on other forum is that if a thread about a similar topic already exists, the new topic guy is bashed for not using the search function and for creating a mess.
Instead of approving such threads the topic starters of such threads should be redirected to a sticky but locked thread containing all the information about installing free flow intakes on all the Indian bikes as the process for all of the bikes is more or less the same. Locked because people post without going through the information on the previous pages. Its really annoying to see the air filter queries every time the help me section is accessed.
It also makes the help me section look n00b-ish. I am ready to start such a thread anywhere mods suggest. I just need to gather the jet size information for the usual bikes eg ZMA, the pulsars, the unicorn,etc.

[sheelpriye]

There are simply too many P-220 vs ZMR/Karizma/R15 threads, if they can be rolled into one, people can have a better idea if they go through the pages(no pain, no gain), as you have to really repeat everything almost every week