Request for a seperate room for the backup loader

[Zantetsu]

Ever since the Waninkoko's Wii Backup Loader, many other versions and types of backup loaders have followed it. With these being released, there have been many bugs, questions, and problems posted all around the forum. For us who are interested in seeing homebrew other then the Backup Loader, it's hard to skim through the multiple threads about the Backup Loader.

My request is that we have a subforum here in the Wii - Hacking section specially for the backup loader. There could be many good uses for a Backup Loader room. To name a few...

• A fresh start on a stickies page allowing a lot of Backup Loader stickies without having to add on to the many stickies we already have in the Wii - Hacking room
• Other Homebrew threads will be visible in the Wii - Hacking room without having a flood of Backup Loader threads
• Separate Backup Loader Room moderators

If anyone agrees with my request, feel free to post showing the moderators our support. Thanks for reading and I hope the moderators will be able to take this into suggestion.

 

[Sir-Fritz]

Maybe make a subforum that only certain people can make topics in? Like a forum with purely tutorials/backloader releases.

 

[djtaz]

Id be on for that as well - not sure how these forums work , but i know the VBB ones give you the option to only leave people in a certain catagory create a new thread, but everyone can reply to a topic already created - i think this would also help if all the backup stuff had its own spot.

 

[BIG MOE]

Id be on for that as well - not sure how these forums work , but i know the VBB ones give you the option to only leave people in a certain catagory create a new thread, but everyone can reply to a topic already created - i think this would also help if all the backup stuff had its own spot.

I agree the control panel does have such an option , and should be done at least for dev purposes .

 

[djdynamite123]

Ever since the Waninkoko's Wii Backup Loader, many other versions and types of backup loaders have followed it. With these being released, there have been many bugs, questions, and problems posted all around the forum. For us who are interested in seeing homebrew other then the Backup Loader, it's hard to skim through the multiple threads about the Backup Loader.

My request is that we have a subforum here in the Wii - Hacking section specially for the backup loader. There could be many good uses for a Backup Loader room. To name a few...
A fresh start on a stickies page allowing a lot of Backup Loader stickies without having to add on to the many stickies we already have in the Wii - Hacking room
Other Homebrew threads will be visible in the Wii - Hacking room without having a flood of Backup Loader threads
Separate Backup Loader Room moderators

If anyone agrees with my request, feel free to post showing the moderators our support. Thanks for reading and I hope the moderators will be able to take this into suggestion.

QUOTEI totally agree this would be a great idea as then people that are here for the backuploader only they can go to the subforum without blocking up this one. I also am interested in other homebrew apps like Geexbox and bootmii etc and it would be easier to find the other apps if the backup loader had its own subforum.

I second the motion. Thanks Zantetsu

Thetonman

Totally agree with that, its all we hear about, usually nothing but backup loaders & problems & fixes, would be good if there was a seperate room called Backups or something, as its basicly took control of wii hacking. and there are too many threads over and over about the same old thing.
I'm sure it would make LIFE easier for those interested in backup loading etc.

 

[oligore]

it was, mods said it would just be filled with spam again, so it was denied

but i'm all for it

At least it will mean reduced spam in Hacking section

 

[Kyosys]

makes the non-loader people happy, makes the loader people happy. I like it

 

[djdynamite123]

makes the non-loader people happy, makes the loader people happy. I like it

Got it in one

Makes it easier for everyone

please organise it mods

and stop the new threads about loaders in this section.

 

[djtaz]

Im also sure that if the mods thought it would be too much work - someone else who is involved in the backup loader would volinteer to take change of that section and keep it tidy for them.

Its win win win win

 

[Hadrian]

I'm all for a sub-section so that it makes room for other none loader threads so that they don't get lost in the crap.

The problem is that like with all sections, people will still post the same questions and what not in this section as well. I'm always moving threads from one section to another due to people not paying attention, dumbness or whatever.

Just not sure if its worth the time and effort but I'll mention it.

Im also sure that if the mods thought it would be too much work - someone else who is involved in the backup loader would volinteer to take change of that section and keep it tidy for them.

Its win win win win

We need to be able to trust someone to do that and most of those involved in the loaders are pretty new here.

EDIT: Gonna move this to site suggestions.

 

[Cyberxion]

I've only been here a short time, but I think it'd be a fantastic idea. It might require a bit of attention from the staff to keep it tidy, but then it shouldn't be too difficult, being that everything would be centralized into that one section of the board. It should be easy to manage, and besides, it would clean things up elsewhere.

Go for it.

I'm all for a sub-section so that it makes room for other none loader threads so that they don't get lost in the crap.

The problem is that like with all sections, people will still post the same questions and what not in this section as well. I'm always moving threads from one section to another due to people not paying attention, dumbness or whatever.

Just not sure if its worth the time and effort but I'll mention it.

Well then if you're already doing it, it wouldn't require any extra work.

Really though, you may be able to solve that with an announcement that lets people know where to put their questions. Well maybe that's me being too optomistic. I can't help but think that it's not an insurmountable problem though. You guys ought to be able to manage. You've done well thus-far.

 

[djdynamite123]

EDIT: Gonna move this to site suggestions

Hope it gets done, just create a big announcement at the top of page about section of all to do with backup loading. And not to post here in bold lol

 

[Hadrian]

Announcements are only worthwhile for existing members but most of the crap is from newer members, who won't see the announcement. We could also use stickies but then the "GBAtemp is not 4chan" sticky in the EoF hasn't exactly done much as people don't bother reading them.

I've personally suggested other sub-sections which are kinda like what we have in NDS - Flashing Hardware and Software to also keep the Hardware section clean as well as the Hacking.

This'll all depend on whether its worth it or not or if the higher ups have the time to do it. They've got a huge list of things to do already so its more about what is more important.

 

[Cyberxion]

Announcements are only worthwhile for existing members but most of the crap is from newer members, who won't see the announcement. We could also use stickies but then the "GBAtemp is not 4chan" sticky in the EoF hasn't exactly done much as people don't bother reading them.

I've personally suggested other sub-sections which are kinda like what we have in NDS - Flashing Hardware and Software to also keep the Hardware section clean as well as the Hacking.

This'll all depend on whether its worth it or not or if the higher ups have the time to do it. They've got a huge list of things to do already so its more about what is more important.

Ah, well then...is there some sort of way to force new members to read pertinent information before they can post? It's something I've been looking into over at EP for years, because to my mind there is absolutely no excuse for new members to have not read the rules before posting. I feel that it's rude and presumptuous, especially when they invariably cry foul when you have to call them on something they would have known not to do had they simply done what they ought to have.

But that's just me.

 

[Hadrian]

Ah, well then...is there some sort of way to force new members to read pertinent information before they can post?

When you join the forum you have to write in a box something like "I will not ask or post ROMS" and yet today I suspended two new members for doing just that.

I'd doubt there is anything we can do other than persist in modding the forums and respond to reports.

 

[BurningSpear]

Ah, well then...is there some sort of way to force new members to read pertinent information before they can post?

When you join the forum you have to write in a box something like "I will not ask or post ROMS" and yet today I suspended two new members for doing just that.

I'd doubt there is anything we can do other than persist in modding the forums and respond to reports.

I've been running another web forum for 10 years now, and I can tell you that these issues / problems come with the territory. It seems the more you box people in with rules and guidelines, the more they push against them to see how far they can go. Some folks just really are too impatient and just don't care about anyone but themselves.

As stated above, the best you can do is to moderate by the site guidelines and respond to abuse reports.

It's a thankless job, but I think y'all are doing just fine with what you got.

 

[Cyberxion]

I don't disagree. It is largely a thankless job, and really, there's nothing for it but to do what you can per the site's guidelines. So really, I sort of think that any trouble that might arise from creating a separate section for the backup loader would be part of the territory. It wouldn't introduce new problems. It would just be another section to moderate. So why not do it?

I don't know if I'm making sense. I just quit smoking recently, and I'm not adjusting well.

 

[ZenZero]

love the idea!

 

[Raestloz]

Ah, well then...is there some sort of way to force new members to read pertinent information before they can post?

When you join the forum you have to write in a box something like "I will not ask or post ROMS" and yet today I suspended two new members for doing just that.

I'd doubt there is anything we can do other than persist in modding the forums and respond to reports.

Really?

I didn't remember I have to write something like that

Why not try not permitiing users to post something with specific words on the title? like when the word "dump" and "yet" is present at the same time, they can't post

the problem lies on those ignorants, not mods, I'm sure

Ah, and before I leave thanks for maintaining GBATemp!

 

[ix300]

+1 for this

 

[raulpica]

Good idea.

I'm all for a "Loaders" sub-section.

Loader releases would be stickied, and all the "halp me plz loader nut wurkin'" threads would go there, leaving the poor "Wii - Hacking" section alone