I was thinking it would be great if there was a button next to the links to games in submissions that let users report broken links. Then admins could check the reports and remove the game by clicking a button (or however the TDC programmers would do it). That way, the chances of you trying to download a non-working game would be reduced.
I think the button the admins have to click also should send a DC mail to the game's owner telling him the game was removed due to a broken link.
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Pete Nattress Cheesy Bits img src/uploads/sccheesegif
Registered 23/09/2002
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8th January, 2004 at 14:49:27 -
problems: links might go down temporarily, MORE work for the admins, etc. we already check it when it's submitted. checking it again just on someone's say so seems a bit stupid.
But Pete look at that: someone sent you report about broken link... you save this information for example in notepad: DD:MM:YY - this and this (link) doesn't work...
Then... once a 10-14 days you open your beautiful notepad with notes about broken links. You look and say: "OK, this and this was reported two weeks ago, I'll check". You open link which you has written in the notes and check if it works... if not: that long time of unavailability means that it isn't tempoprary state, so you can delete it.
What do you think about that? It isn't much work.
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I'm not good in ASP but I think it isn't much work with it. If I'm wrong, just tell me. Maybe webmaster would find few hours to create that "report broken" option?
pete: "more work for the admins"? that talks a bit about the admins, in any case, you can always hire me as an admin, I'll do the work.
I think broken link checkage is an exelent idea: if 10 ppl report a broken link, its fair that 3 or 4 days it appears on some sort of automated list. You admins could personaly check if the link is truly broken, and then delete the problem from the automated list
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