discussion Time for a tidy up. part 2 PLEASE READ

[Ian M]

The GB section has since its conception grown into a tree with to many branches. It is time to trim it a bit. Where did I put the Chain saw...
The proposal:
This is what it looks like right now:

In as short a way as I can think of, is this. ALL the GB blogs in the old GB section are to be removed. and the section deleted.
What is now The New Group builds (2017 on) be renamed Group Builds and will have a rolling lifespan. The hard part is how long. Five years? Ten?
A rolling lifespan? I hear you ask... Well as an example if we say five years you would have the current year and four years back, if we said ten years, you would have the current year and nine years back. As a new year starts another gets chopped off the front...

Why? First and foremost to try keep it a bit fresh.

Secondly DATA. GB's are normally photo heavy and photos take a lot of room on hard drives. The more data, the more hard drives, the longer it takes and costs.

Lastly, hand on heart, how often have you gone back and looked at the old GB's?

I would like to hear what you all think. Hopefully in a calm and civil fashion please.
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[PaulTRose]

1....it is a shame to lose stuff from a long time ago......i have been known to look at old gb just to look at ehat i built way back when......and also to see if we have had a certain gb before i go proposing one and everyone shouts 'we did that one a few years ago' lol.....perhaps a list of previous gbs for such a purpose?

2....fully understand the data thing.....5 years is long enough i reckon.

 

[Ian M]

..perhaps a list of previous gbs for such a purpose?
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You mean like the spreadsheet I keep and share on the forum that has all the GB's on...

 

[PaulTRose]

You mean like the spreadsheet I keep and share on the forum that has all the GB's on...

Erm ......yes



Damn......forgot all about that

 

[scottie3158]

I agree keep a record of what group builds there have been, but as to keeping them I agree how many times do we go back and look. To be honest I have enough trouble keeping up with present builds.

 

[yak face]

Yes five years seems right to me Ian , theres always the spreadsheet to see if its been done before( although I think theres a couple that have been done twice , or very similar themes )

 

[Andy T]

Seems like a good idea to me, and 5 years sounds about right.

Maybe any memorial builds, such as the one for Simon T, could be spared from the rolling cut off somehow?

 

[langy71]

5 years sounds good, and deffo save the memorial GB's

 

[PaulTRose]

Talking of memorial gbs......is there anything in the pipeline for Alan?

 

[Steven000]

Sounds like a Luftwaffe fighter GB or something, would be nice

 

[Tworrs]

I too would think that 5 years of GB's should be enough.

 

[Si Benson]

I think that’s a great idea

 

[flyjoe180]

A 5 year life for the GB build threads seems reasonable to me Ian. Many completed GB's do not get posted in their appropriate completed sections, so those results will be lost. Maybe there is a way for an appropriate completed section to be linked at the top of each GB page to remind us?

 

[Ian M]

A 5 year life for the GB build threads seems reasonable to me Ian. Many completed GB's do not get posted in their appropriate completed sections, so those results will be lost. Maybe there is a way for an appropriate completed section to be linked at the top of each GB page to remind us?

A good idea Joe, with the link. however... THe GB's are often outside the lines of a single genre. Sure we have the well defined single Genre GB. Build X tank or Y aircraft. However there are a good portion of the GB's where the builds are not so generic and contain al kinds of subjects.
It would be better if the thread owner could remember to put the finished build into the correct section in relation to their subject.

 

[Ian M]

He had a very big interest in the FW 190 fighters.

 

[flyjoe180]

Yes, I see the issue, Peter's non-injection GB is a classic example.

 

[Ian M]

IMPORTANT INFO:
If you have any photos in the old GB section that you wise to save start downloading. I intend to pull the plug on them at the end of October. They will be gone. Vapourised. Shredded. No more. Just so we are clear about that.

 

[Andy the Sheep]

Seems like a good idea to me, and 5 years sounds about right.

Maybe any memorial builds, such as the one for Simon T, could be spared from the rolling cut off somehow?

I fully support Andy T. suggestion about memorial GBs.

 

[minitnkr]

....okydoky.....

 

[Ian M]

After "an exchange of words" with John I have learned that "when you delete a thread all that happens is the post is removed from view, the text gets deleted but the photos are there FOREVER. Totally unusable, but still there. Just hidden away for eternity, Totally unattached they just float around the data storage like Dandelion seeds on a summer breeze until they land a random place. Stripped of their given name and given a utopian world random code that deems them useless and unrecoverable for all time. How sad. Great news if you own a Server farm. Talk about a waste of space. And energy....

Anyhow I will start to "just hide the old stuff" later.