pool to tag: Column Like You See 'Em

pool #1874. It's a simple, objective concept. If we're moving ahead with this, what should the tag be?

This was brought up in the Pointless Pools thread two days ago, but since it hasn't gotten any response yet, I figured it might as well get its own thread.

How about column_lineup?

I like columnar_arrangement, but that may just be my vocabulary talking.

I'm going ahead and tagging them column_lineup for now. The tag can be mass edited later if someone has a better name.

+1 for column_lineup

Finished tagging. The pool can be safely deleted. Although an idea just occurred to me: how about, instead of deleting pools like this, we just empty them, mark them private & inactive, and update the description to point to the replacement tag? That way people have a chance to migrate their bookmarks / tag subscriptions and such.

The only problem I see with that is if the pool creator decided to re-open the pool his or her self. Granted, it wouldn't really hurt anything (beyond being annoying) and swift justice (or just a warning) could be delivered if this did happen.

evazion said: Although an idea just occurred to me: how about, instead of deleting pools like this, we just empty them, mark them private & inactive, and update the description to point to the replacement tag?

Agreed and done, though we need a better way to empty large pools. Delete Mode in the pool is really slow. Tag script for -pool:1874 does not work. Mass edit for the same does not work either.

jxh2154 said:
we need a better way to empty large pools.

Browse the history, revert to an earlier version.

parasol said:
Browse the history, revert to an earlier version.

Ah yeah, that would work. Just grab the earliest and that should do it. Thanks.