Terminology confusion

[Joltizard1337 He/Him]

I'm relatively new to the 17th shard and keep seeing the term "necro'd"  and im really confused as to what this means

Edited May 14 by Joltizard1337
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[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

Nero'd? Or necro'd?

[Ink and Embers Any pronouns]

Necro'd, if it's that one, means posting on a thread that's been inactive for a long time (usually 8 months to 1 year since the last post, or more) and is generally considered bad practice 

[Joltizard1337 He/Him]

11 minutes ago, Ink and Embers said:

Necro'd, if it's that one, means posting on a thread that's been inactive for a long time (usually 8 months to 1 year since the last post, or more) and is generally considered bad practice 

okay. thanks for the clarification

 

[Ink and Embers Any pronouns]

5 minutes ago, Joltizard1337 said:

okay. thanks for the clarification

 

No problem! Welcome to the Shard!

[GG0z He/Him]

@Joltizard1337, if you are wondering, ninja’d means someone posted what you were going to right before you

[Treamayne]

17 hours ago, Joltizard1337 said:

I'm relatively new to the 17th shard and keep seeing the term "necro'd"  and im really confused as to what this means

Question was already answered. . .

17 hours ago, Joltizard1337 said:

okay. thanks for the clarification

 

Just for completion, it was defined in the Forum Policies

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Post Necromancy;

• Refers to reviving an inactive and out of date topic without a legitimate reason. If you wish to continue the discussion please make a new post.
• Generally speaking, a post is considered a necro if it’s been about a year since the last post.
• Forum games are okay to revive, and so are Roleplays if the person reviving it was active in that RP originally. 
• If you aren’t sure whether to revive a topic or make a new one, please contact a moderator. 
• Legitimate reasons for reviving a post could include;
  • New information has been released that directly relates to the central theory being discussed and creation of a new topic would not substantially differ from continuation of the original post.
  • Continuation of a forum game or roleplay
  • The topic in question is specifically meant to be ongoing (eg. Typo threads)
• Many old topics have been locked to prevent thread necro’ing--if you believe a thread should be reopened, please contact a moderator.

Hope that helps

[Joltizard1337 He/Him]

5 hours ago, Treamayne said:

Question was already answered. . .

Just for completion, it was defined in the Forum Policies

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Post Necromancy;

• Refers to reviving an inactive and out of date topic without a legitimate reason. If you wish to continue the discussion please make a new post.
• Generally speaking, a post is considered a necro if it’s been about a year since the last post.
• Forum games are okay to revive, and so are Roleplays if the person reviving it was active in that RP originally. 
• If you aren’t sure whether to revive a topic or make a new one, please contact a moderator. 
• Legitimate reasons for reviving a post could include;
  • New information has been released that directly relates to the central theory being discussed and creation of a new topic would not substantially differ from continuation of the original post.
  • Continuation of a forum game or roleplay
  • The topic in question is specifically meant to be ongoing (eg. Typo threads)
• Many old topics have been locked to prevent thread necro’ing--if you believe a thread should be reopened, please contact a moderator.

Hope that helps

thanks, i looked at your post in the 17th shard introduction thing but couldnt find a definition for this term. i didn't realize there was a detailed policy thing with all the rules... 

also one more question, how do i quote WoB? do i just do the spoiler thing an dcopy and paste it into that?

Edited May 15 by Joltizard1337

[Treamayne]

53 minutes ago, Joltizard1337 said:

thanks, i looked at your post in the 17th shard introduction thing but couldnt find a definition for this term. i didn't realize there was a detailed policy thing with all the rules... 

In the Sharder FAQ, the first section links to the Forum Policies (but I do not restate them):

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17th Shard - This section is for Administration of the Forums, Discord, Coppermind and Arcanum (Not book Discussion)

• Includes Policies and Code of Conduct for all Shard sites

 

55 minutes ago, Joltizard1337 said:

how do i quote WoB? do i just do the spoiler thing an dcopy and paste it into that?

In the arcanum, you will see a "Copy button" (please see below) - click that. On the forum, open a spoiler and/or quote tag and use Paste to add your WoB. 
By using the copy button, all needed formatting, including the link back to the original WoB will be preserved. 

Spoiler

You can, of course, use any copy/paste method you like, this just tends to be the easiest.

Hope that helps

[Joltizard1337 He/Him]

thank you so much