User blog:Colin687/Archiving

Hello all users of Dumbledore's Army Role-Play Wiki! :D

As you probably know, I'm Colin687, a Prefect and Rollback at the site. I have come to a certain issue known as Archiving. I notice that there are multiple pages on the site in which users Role-Play more than most, and then once they are complete, we move them into the Archive page. Well, the issue with archiving is figuring out when we (the Administration) need to Archive

Archiving isn't hard really, the hardest thing about it is finding out what needs archived and what doesn't, so I think I've found a solution to this problem.

A page right now needing archived is The Entrance hall, however I'm not sure which Role-Plays are still continuing. As I try and look through the posts I usually look for who is finished with conversation/RP. If the characters have left the area, I can conclude "OK, this can go in the Archive box."

With some other RP's going on, there aren't time stamps or people appear to be unfinished with the RP, yet it hasn't been posted on for what could be 5 days or possibly weeks even. In some cases it gets to about a month of people not posting on a still active RP.

So here is my Solution:

First, when you are done with the RP, possibly be sure to use this template: ✅

This shows the administration active in Archiving that they can put it into the Archive folder.

Secondly, please make sure on your character templates you have the time stamp (e.g.: ). This shows the amount of days/time that has passed sense the last post and can be useful for older Role-Play to be archived.

Thirdly, be sure to just finish Role-Playing when you start one.

If you would please try and do this, it would greatly appreciated by all of us admins wanting to Archive the posts. If you start now, it would be very simple and catch up fast. Thanks, and have fun :D

