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| Thread ID: 49422 | 2004-09-18 13:13:00 | New Ideas for PF1 | george12 (7) | Press F1 |
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| 273532 | 2004-09-19 00:23:00 | > Um, yes, we could cure sleeplessness (some would > argue we already do). > We would need to do some serious editing before that > happened. It's a thought though. > robo. Robo, Would not some of the more "well intentioned" of your posters be available to help with this, a set of tabbed H/T and the growing FAQ would probably reduce the repetition of certain issues, and could attract more casual traffic to the site, if simply accessible. The Just Linux site states its intention to become the largest collection of online information for Linux learners. But those people are entrenched in the command line and are "unpleasantly" American. To be seen as One of, or the Prime supplier of free information and advise, easily accessible, in Australasia, must be to the advantage of I.D.G D. AND WOULD ATTRACT MORE TRAFFFIC |
Dianne2 (6160) | ||
| 273533 | 2004-09-19 00:31:00 | > No. Just plain no. Thread bumping is an irritating > practice. People can browse themselves - if they find > a thread worth responding to they will respond. All > bumping does is increase the post count of the few > people (Stu and Mrs Bump) that repeatedly do it. Oooh! That's a tiny bit mean Mr Foxtrot. I only bump forgotten threads that look like they could really use an answer. Most times it helps, and I can't give technical advice so I think it is a nice thing to do to help others. Anyway, what, pray tell, is the significance of a postcount? Do we get prizes for getting to 100 or something? Best wishes Mrs Bump |
Mrs Bump (5694) | ||
| 273534 | 2004-09-19 01:04:00 | Dianne is right, searching some topics comes up with an unmanagable list of results. However we tend to forget that this is a free site, managed largely by volunteers and PC World staff when they have a few spare moments. We are lucky it exists at all. To have posts sorted into "good" answers would require a lot of knowledge and I suppose an hour a day from someone. The FAQs are very good - perhaps they could be added to. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 273535 | 2004-09-19 01:50:00 | There is a effort to sort and organise the FAQ's underway at moment. As FAQ's are added, I think it would be nice to split them into categories to make searching out "your" answer easier to access if they get to a size where more than 3 pages are required for the topics. I agree, the search function for the board isn't the best. If you get too clever with it spits the dummy. Maybe a time limited editing function would be handy. Would an email address for our Mod be appropriate so that such requests could be made before the Mod stumbles on them and have things got out of hand (I'm thinking more the posts you regret). Mrs Bump, nothing wrong with bringing an orphaned post to the attention of would be helpers, help is after all, primarily what we are here do. If someone's issue gets resolved because you've bumped it, IMO, your contribution sits up there with the ones that resolve it. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 273536 | 2004-09-19 02:06:00 | > Maybe a time limited editing function would be handy. > Would an email address for our Mod be appropriate so > that such requests could be made before the Mod > stumbles on them and have things got out of hand (I'm > thinking more the posts you regret). > it. > > Cheers Murray P Murray, An edit that showed "what" and "that" the post had been edited would be Excellent, with itallic would do, and a date at the end. Stops peolple changing the rules in "He said". An Email for "Request Moderator" to edit my post would be excellent, people make mistakes. "She/He who has never made a mistake, has never made anythig" D. |
drb1 (4492) | ||
| 273537 | 2004-09-19 03:29:00 | I'm with Murray and the others who agree with "bumping" and signing your posts. "bumping" is great, because a post can easily slip to the next page and not be seen. Signing your posts adds a friendly human touch to an otherwise sterile computer environment. Also the person who makes the post is usually at the end of their tether and really need a friendly ear. Also I like the way people pick up on a new poster and welcome them to PF1. Keep it up PF1'ers. Regards, Marg :-) |
pulling hair out (4493) | ||
| 273538 | 2004-09-19 03:44:00 | Murray I think an email address for the Moderator is an excellent idea. Although I am a virtual non-contributor to PF1, I have been reading for a long time and I can think of any number of occasions when problems would have been better handled one on one than in public on a thread that has gone sour. Ray |
Raymondo (5284) | ||
| 273539 | 2004-09-19 07:30:00 | > An Email for "Request Moderator" to edit my post > would be excellent, people make mistakes. There already is one. Check out the "The Rules" (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) sticky thread at the top of the homepage. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 273540 | 2004-09-19 07:33:00 | > Would not some of the more "well intentioned" of your > posters be available to help with this, You will be lucky. :-) |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 273541 | 2004-09-19 22:55:00 | An upgrade to the forum software that would include things like post editing is currently being looked into. | Biggles (121) | ||
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