Re-Numbering of Posts in Moderated PPRuNe Threads
 

Question for PPRuNe lords and masters. In a heavily moderated thread - such as the current AF 447 - when a post is deleted by the mods, all subsequent posts are renumbered. So if post 512 is deleted, post 513 now becomes 512....

Is it possible - perhaps even desirable - to maintain the original post numbers, for ease of user reference? So, if post 512 is deleted, then the visible sequence just goes 511, 513...

Although there is a Permanent Link option available, many posters refer to something in a numbered previous post - but that number very often changes within a hour or so of it being posted.

AGB

The forum software is not custom written for pprune - it is open source BBS software being re-used. Such a change would require re-programming of the queries to the MySQL database from the PHP code.

Jofm5,

The Vbulletin software is not open source, it is owned and licensed out by Jelsoft - who also happen to be owned by Internet Brands, who own the PPRuNe website.

SD

So, within the software, do the Mods have a "reset / don't reset numbering" option when they delete posts? If they do have such an option, is there some particular argument for having it set, as now, as "reset"?

AGB

No.

SD

Ah-ha! Thanks.

AGB