Friday, March 28, 2008

Obsolete Information

University notice boards contain an abundance of obsolete information such as out of date events or sold items. Due to the lack of administrative concern to the current system many irrelevant notices remain on the notice boards while applicable notices are often taken down in mass clear outs. This is not only irritating to both the people who post the notices and the viewer but is also very wasteful. Through the website we plan to set up a 30 day limit on all notices before they will be automatically taken down, the notice can be re-posted, but the 30 day limit will help to keep the number of irrelevant notices down. Dated events will be arranged to come down after the set date and sold items can easily be taken down by the seller.
Unipost will be university operated so to access the site university login will need to be used. This will stop offensive notices (for example the notice board in St David contained an advertisement for 'cheap porn') being posted. An administrator will be able to see who posted the message due to the login used and dismiss it. If the system is misused by a student 3 times they will be prohibited from using the site.

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