04-15-2016, 02:39 PM
Just filed PR#10.
And I agree with tkaiser. Having one or two forum moderators/editors doing their job right would be very beneficial:
- write down important things in a way that they will be found easily (->wiki)
- refer to wiki articles instead of repeating the same answer again and again
- direct unexperienced forum members to 1. read first the wiki articles and 2. search the forum for similar threads before 3. raise a question the n+1 time
- keep the wiki articles up to date
- do some housekeeping (e.g. watch if issues are marked as closed if they are solved (& decide if something is worth to be mentioned in the wiki), stop x-posting, move mislead posts into the right category, stop highjacking posts, ...).
- ...
And I agree with tkaiser. Having one or two forum moderators/editors doing their job right would be very beneficial:
- write down important things in a way that they will be found easily (->wiki)
- refer to wiki articles instead of repeating the same answer again and again
- direct unexperienced forum members to 1. read first the wiki articles and 2. search the forum for similar threads before 3. raise a question the n+1 time
- keep the wiki articles up to date
- do some housekeeping (e.g. watch if issues are marked as closed if they are solved (& decide if something is worth to be mentioned in the wiki), stop x-posting, move mislead posts into the right category, stop highjacking posts, ...).
- ...