[Theforum] Re: Article cleanup issue

.jeff jeff at members.evolt.org
Tue Jul 23 13:15:40 CDT 2002


matt,

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> From: Warden, Matt
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> 1. It seems like this is just a status change. Just as
>    unapproved articles and denied articles are
>    accessible at the *same* urls, these archived
>    articles should be accessible at the same urls.
>    So, links won't rot. Is this correct, jeff?
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correct.

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> 2. Articles with the archived status won't be available
>    in category listings. correct? I remember being able
>    to browse denied articles when I was an admin. Would
>    this be possible for archived articles?
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one of the few things i didn't think to implement, but could be done.

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> Now, I'm *not* for removing/denying articles out of age,
> with the exception of job postings. But, I think that if
> the items are still browsable and links are preserved,
> it might be a good idea. People normally don't drill
> down beyond a page or two of the category listings, so
> I don't think we'd be losing much functionality.
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agreed.

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> But, simply removing articles from the 'approved' status
> is like using rocks to stop a river. The process will
> never stop because it doesn't solve the problem.
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agreed.  alot of things will need to be looked at and (ugh) discussed again when it comes time to implement the redesign.  one of those things will be how news articles are treated.

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> I remember we got rid of using a static html snapshot
> for the frontpage in favor of cached queries. If cached
> queries aren't doing it, maybe we should consider using
> the static html snapshot again.
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how is that going to fix it?

honestly that will only create bigger problems than we have now.

.jeff

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