User Submitted News - Post Count Requirement?

Discussion in 'Site Discussions & Suggestions' started by Raiser, Apr 24, 2010.

  1. Raiser
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    Raiser I am mad scientist.

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    May 31, 2008
    Canada
    As you all may or may not've noticed, every once in a while some noob with a post count of 1 or 2 will post for help in the News section.

    Some of them go "oops, I didn't know", but it's CLEARLY marked as "News", not "DS Support".

    For example:
    http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=222757
    http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=218488

    etc etc

    I'm suggesting maybe a 20-25 post count requirement before one can make a topic in the News section.

    Not that big of a deal, but it'd help keep the News section a tad bit cleaner.
     
  2. prowler

    prowler Sony

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    Jul 14, 2009
    Zimbabwe
    Ragol
    Nay.
    Easily done by reporting said thread and waiting for a mod to move/lock/delete it.
     
  3. Minox

    Minox Thanks for the fish

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    Aug 27, 2007
    Sweden
    This, is all it comes down to. These posts do not appear often enough to require such a measurement. It's way easier to just report and move on and let the mods do their job.
     
  4. arecus2000

    arecus2000 GBAtemp Regular

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    Feb 4, 2010
    India
    India
    Bad idea any way after 25 posts they would again post the same thing.
     
  5. Overlord Nadrian

    Overlord Nadrian Banned

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    Jul 28, 2008
    Belgium
    Riviera
    Also, sometimes interesting people show up that start posting news the moment they sign up. That almost never happens, but still, it'd suck for those people if they had to make 20 posts before they could post news. Unless of course their only reason to post news is to increase their epeen.
     
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