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**Jimsolo**

n0t_u wrote:
Jimsolo wrote:The second thing is some kind of official proclamation in regard to bannings. I can understand forbidding the discussion of other users' account statuses, and I can understand the administration refusing to comment on banned users. It is when both occur together that I become confused. It gives me a creepy Orwellian feel, and I am always left wondering if my friends are just taking a break from Dakka, or if they've been black-bagged by the secret police in the middle of the night. And if I discuss it, then I risk being black-bagged myself. I'm not asking for a big to-do, just a short, simple, "User X has been banned." Then we (the community) would know what happened, and even if we didn't know the reasons, we could certainly piece it together in most cases.

Probably just having it added to their profile page will be enough.

That would be fantastic! Or after their user name.

Now that I think of it, something to mitigate the flamefest that is the YMDC section would be sweet. It seems like I frequently see people ask (reasonable) questions, only to be accosted for having the temerity to ask them. And when someone dares to advance an argument in the contrary, it seems like it only gets worse, with everyone taking "Well, I think that what they mean is X" to mean "You're an incompetent boob and should be sterilized for the good of the species." I know there's a cautionary line in the forum header, but still, if there was some kind of distilled, FAQ for the YMDC, that would be spectacular.

**Absolutionis**

It'd be nice, but in no way essential, to have a way of turning individual users' signatures off.
My Ignore list is getting increasingly longer and I'm afraid that one day I'll miss an important post that doesn't contain a link to a blog. Don't think it has happened yet, though.

**Foda_Bett**

I'm sure its been suggested but can there be a way to turn off the spoiler tag?
Often times people will post nothing but 12 spoiler tags in their post and I seriously can't be bothered to click any of them.
If that isn't possible how about "expand all" at the top of every thread?

**InquisitorMack**

MAP IDEAS:

#1) Could we have a map like the store finder for Dakka gamers?

#2) Is the store finder only usuable with maps of real world places? Or can it be changed to host campaigns of otherworld maps?

If that's not possible could Dakka support a fundraiser to pay for some service that would provide campaign maps through Dakka? I'm a Luddite, but some point-and-click method of coming up with campaign maps would be fun.

**Kroothawk**

d-usa wrote:Agree with having some sort of mass-upload function to the gallery. Would be very handy.

... for spambots

Seriously, if you can't be bothered to upload the pic, it is probably not worth it. Or at least not all 100 images you just want to post this second.

Oh, and I support some improvement and introduced modalities to the search function. Currently it is easier to use google.

**whalemusic360**

Kroothawk wrote:
d-usa wrote:Agree with having some sort of mass-upload function to the gallery. Would be very handy.

... for spambots
Seriously, if you can't be bothered to upload the pic, it is probably not worth it. Or at least not all 100 images you just want to post this second.

Oh, and I support some improvement and introduced modalities to the search function. Currently it is easier to use google.

Or for people with p&m blogs? It wasn't the lack of comments that killed my blog, it was that every post was a 20 minute upload session.

**pretre**

Kroothawk wrote:Oh, and I support some improvement and introduced modalities to the search function. Currently it is easier to use google.

This! Although it is hard to beat google for searches. Maybe just implement google searches when you click the search button.

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carlos13th wrote:Some kind of notification that tells you when a thread you have made or posted on has been replied to.

You mean like the 'Subscribed' section at the top?

**biccat**

I've suggested it before: but if you click on a link from the main page, it should take you to the first unread post rather than the first page.

**Eiríkr**

The ability to 'bookmark' and//or favourite a particular image in the gallery!

**DemetriDominov**

Split the Painting and Modeling thread into Models and Terrain.

IM's would be nice and to prevent spamming you could have it just between friends.

**Leo_the_Rat**

It would be nice to have a way to collapse the various general topic fora. That way if you're not interested in 40K you can just collapse that forum and save some time when you scroll down the list of fora.

**d-usa**

Eiríkr wrote:The ability to 'bookmark' and//or favourite a particular image in the gallery!

Maybe an option to Exalt! images, and then have a list of them?

**whalemusic360**

Oh, group pms would be aces.

**jordanis**

most other forums i have been on (bartertown, automotive-related forums, local forums) all have the ability to see when someone you have messaged has read or at least opened the message you sent them, i received an offer from a member on my for sale thread, i said his offer was acceptable and to send payment to my email address. whether he is ignoring me or just hasnt read my message (in 3 days) is beyond me, so my question to the mods is why dont we have the "read/unread" text box in the sent messages page? (or alternatively, am i logically-challenged and just didnt see an option to enable that in some settings thing somewhere?)

**Kroothawk**

whalemusic360 wrote:Oh, group pms would be aces.

... for spambots

**MrMerlin**

two things:
a gallery comment count next to the vote count.

and maybe a small box on the bottom of a users profile page that shows where on dakka he is most active. Like
"P&M blogs - 31%
"P&M general - 9%
"Off topic -......" and so on

**kitch102**

The ability to create sub threads.

Ie, here we are talking about Space Marines in generel, Someone comes along and asks about Silver Skulls. Instead of taking it the original thread, be able to create a linked sub thread on silver skulls that relates back to the original thread.

You know how family trees appear with peoples names and link lines to their descendants? Same thing but for thread topics

**Castiel**

Not a tech feature, but how about an inter-subforum painting challenge similar to the ones on the B&C? Users vow to paint a certain number of models within a certain time frame and the subforum with the highest percentage completion wins. Anyone failing the vow must provide an article or somesuch as penance for failing.

**kronk**

jordanis wrote:most other forums i have been on (bartertown, automotive-related forums, local forums) all have the ability to see when someone you have messaged has read or at least opened the message you sent them, i received an offer from a member on my for sale thread, i said his offer was acceptable and to send payment to my email address. whether he is ignoring me or just hasnt read my message (in 3 days) is beyond me, so my question to the mods is why dont we have the "read/unread" text box in the sent messages page? (or alternatively, am i logically-challenged and just didnt see an option to enable that in some settings thing somewhere?)

I second this.

**Absolutionis**

Kroothawk wrote:... for spambots

If we let the enemy control our freedoms, then the terrorists have won.

**Morathi's Darkest Sin**

Oh, any chance of a 'successful trades' indicator somewhere, on the profile maybe.

I noted Warseer had one while I was there, and it seemed a useful way of gauging potential trading partners. As the positive trades thread in the forum, seems a mite unwieldly.

**Wyrmalla**

I don't know if this has already been mentioned, but a feature that would allow us to filter threads to show only posts that contain images. Much like we can filter them just to show the thread creator's post, it would allow for quick surfing of "show us your models" type threads. =)

**Chowderhead**

Wyrmalla wrote:I don't know if this has already been mentioned, but a feature that would allow us to filter threads to show only posts that contain images. Much like we can filter them just to show the thread creator's post, it would allow for quick surfing of "show us your models" type threads. =)

There is a super secret way to do this.

I forget how, though.

**SickSix**

How about a POLLs subforum? So people can spam all the repetitive polls they want and not muck up the core forums.

**kronk**

SickSix wrote:How about a POLLs subforum? So people can spam all the repetitive polls they want and not muck up the core forums.

There already is one! It's right here.

**SickSix**

kronk wrote:
SickSix wrote:How about a POLLs subforum? So people can spam all the repetitive polls they want and not muck up the core forums.

There already is one! It's right here.

Dangit forgot about that. I never scroll down past the 40k area lol.

I now change my suggestion to banning polls in all other forums! LOL

There are some nice suggestions in this thread.

**Kroothawk**

Absolutionis wrote:
Kroothawk wrote:... for spambots

Kroothawk wrote:... for spambots
If we let the enemy control our freedoms, then the terrorists have won.

Still no reason to make weapons of mass destruction available to everyone

Tools whose only function is to facilitate spamming are not a good idea IMHO, even if only used by humans.

**Zarren Wevon**

This may be crazy/previously suggested:

Paint chip emoticons that correspond with the colors from various paint ranges. This way people who use citadel paint and the like could directly add a color reference to their posts.

I think that this would be a useful feature that no other Tabletop forum has. Crowd source the paint-chips and it's basically already done!

**Bla_Ze**

Something like this maybe? Thumbnails that you can mouseover for a preview, maybe even getting a gallery popup preview if you mouseover a username?
I dont know if its even possible to implement.

(ps i used LutherMax pictures for an example here, send me a pm if you want it removed)

**Bullockist**

Cake.