Suggestion of Sorts

[TheCrew07]

I'm having a heck of a time going through the draft pick thread and finding the new articles on the players.

 

My suggestions, which are things that worked well in the past.

 

1. 1 thread that just lists the draft picks, the first post above

2. 1 thread for each 5-10 players with the picture and player info. It's not so bad when you guys are updating the list into bold signed players, but when information is added to a player I have a heck of time finding the player post that was edited.

 

I realize it doesn't make it as easy to archive in the future, as you'd have to archive multiple threads instead of just 1 so feel free to disregard if it's too much trouble.

[Brian the Automator]

In the future, I plan on having it as more of a feature of the site, and not just purely a function of the message boards... that way, you can sort by round, date added, etc, etc.... The plan is to have the next version of BF allow you to slice and dice everything just about any way you want it.

[Mass Haas]

For players yet to sign, any article that is added to the Official Draft Pick Thread is also placed in the Discussion Thread for that round.

 

For players that do sign, they are then Brewers and not draft picks, and those articles appear in the Minor League Forum in the Transaction thread.

 

Right now, when you see that the Official Thread is listed as "updated", it's only because we are placing in bold the signed picks, or adding the big red "Signed" on to their post.

 

Basically, the only reason to check the Official Thread for new updates is to check the bold in the very first post.

 

If you've been keeping up with the Discussion and Transaction threads, then you haven't missed a thing.

[TheCrew07]

Ahh I get it now Mass, I was wondering why here and there as well, but didn't know how to qualify it. Thanks.

[igor67]

So are you planning on keeping a running tally of articles about the minor leaguers over the years Brian? That would be an incredibly awesome resource.

[Mass Haas]

Article threads such as all the "Your 2007 _______" ones are archived in the Link Report Archive Forum. There we currently hold over four years' worth of updates, as only May 2003 is rolling off now.

 

Anything beyond that time frame isn't being held into perpetuity, unless Yuku will have greater archiving capabilities or Brian builds "archive forums for archive forums".