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[PCpaste]

I'll start from the beginning.

There was a goblin army, in which I had my single macedwarf stand against on the bridge to the fortress. He killed them all.
(Also a Rutherer was caught in a cage, while a goblin was riding it.)
I ordered the bodies and clothing to be dumped in magma, however the dwarves didn't want to touch their clothes.
(Meanwhile, my macedwarf is in the battle room, battling prisoners.)
Seasons later, I noticed these clothes sitting there on the bridge, and I thought, "Oh, I wonder if this will fly away if I lift the bridge while it's on it..." (Meanwhile, my Macedwarf is combatting the Rutherer, and is taking a while...)
I went to pull the lever, however I had two, unlabeled levers next to eachother. One controls the main gate, and one opens floodgates in eight 3x3 pillars with magma in the center in the main meeting hall.
Of course, I pulled the wrong one, and waited to see what happened to the clothes. Nothing did.
Meanwhile, the meeting hall, most of my dwarves were standing around, wondering why it's so warm.
The many, many deaths created a tantrum spiral. About twenty dwarves went berserk, the rest either died or went some other kind of insane.
(Finally, my Macedwarf is done in the sealed battle room, and emerges to see the skeletons of hundreds of dwarves, ghosts, and a few wandering dwarves, either weeping or babbling.)
All but one dwarf survived.


Label your levers, kids!

[tivec]

Signed. I will never EVER put two levers next to each other after reading this, and if they're even close to each other I will label them.

[Oliolli]

I would have liked to see the expression on the macedwarfs face when he come out

[Lectorog]

I always put unlabled levers next to each other, for exactly this reason.

[billybobfred]

I put my levers near the things they control. It is very rare for me to decide that this is a bad idea.

[Quietust]

I'm suddenly reminded of Headshoots:
"The lever to open the gold hatch is the 2nd microcline one in the main hall I think. The other microcline lever releases all the cats from their cage."

[Calhoun]

Its a bit hard to explain, but generally I put my levers in positions relative to what they control, essentially a small-scale model. Usually stops confusion. Usually.

[Barnox]

For my Elf Springs Trade Depot, I have three levers in a row, and I don't need them to be labelled.

First one: Seal the elves into the Fun Chamber.
Second one: Release the Fun Springs.
Third one: Eject the Fun Springs.

[PCpaste]

I usually have all the levers in one room, because they get pulled quicker, and if I put on Christmas Alert, we can still close the gate while all the dwarves are cowering in the meeting hall.