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These are some pretty good points, though I would have some commentary.

One I believe this has been suggested multiple times, yet for some unknown reason, it has not been implemented yet. Although I am usually against double ideas, I would agree with this here because seriously, it needs to be done. It is more important, in my opinion, than most of the ideas that have been enacted recently, and it would cut down on the 'double post' spam that occurs occasionally. It would also eliminate the 'sorry I forgot to say' excuse for double posting, and if someone accidentally double-clicked and double posted, they could immediately rectify the situation.

Two I believe this would be tricky, because of the opinions included. What would constitute "good" advice, or a "good" post. The game reviews at least have some sort of restrictions as to what can be there, but I think that this might be too vague or hard to rationalize. Also, this *is* a gaming site, it makes sense that the higher points are awarded to things that are relative to games.

Three Although this is an interesting idea, the only threads that get nearly this much activity seem to be the forum game threads, and I would not want anything to encourage most of those. Some are interesting and fun, but the more popular ones are generally full of one-word spam. Most of the good discussions on forums get finished up in 5-10 pages.

Good ideas though, keep thinking )

Very nice suggestions. The only thing that is wrong is that your first suggestion about editing is in the rules under "Popular site suggestions:" and here is what it says:

"1. Post editing -- the ability to go back and adjust a post after you have posted it. I think 1 chance to edit is enough. Then after the editing an automatic note is put in the post reading: [Member name] edited this post on date and time."

And that basically states that the staff thinks that you should review your post before you post it. And that they won't make that change at the moment.

You can find the rules here: http://armorgames.com/community/thread/645481/read-this-first-before-posting

The other suggestions are great keep coming up with those great ideas!

~Snowman1474

sorry I guess it cut it off.... here is the link:

http://armorgames.com/community/thread/645481/read-this-first-before-posting

Hope that one works

~Snowman1474

im not sure tho but i have 1

a place in the community with a place that we should put the people doing bad things

I would agree with 1) and 2), particularly because 1), I really hate it when the occasional typo slips in one of my essay-length responses, and 2) would mean that I'm apparently likely to score AP much faster :P On a more serious note it's a wish I've frequently heard.

As for 3) I tend to believe this is more an incentive to pointless thread bumping, which would create more work for the mods. Constructive contribution should be its own reward!

I like theese suggestions escesialy number 1 and 2 i think that at least number 1 woulden't be to tricky and i think theese are very good for the site.

Well, all these suggestions had already been made earlier.
You should check THIS topic (amongst others).

I have to agree with the 1st suggestion, but I disagree with the 2 others.
2: Merits are reserved for game comments, and I think it's as good as it can be. indeed, we don't want to generalize merits, we want them to stay an exceptional award for a really good review. On the forums, we would get loads and loads of merits in the politics section as many constructive discussions are going on out there.

3: I totally disagree with this, since the most popular topics aren't always the best (for example the True or False topic, which I find useless...). also, as DM said earlier:

Most of the good discussions on forums get finished up in 5-10 pages.

I almost agree with Calm here.

In reverse order:

3) Isn't a good idea, because long topics can just come from a short, almost thoughtless post. "What country are you from?" is more likely to generate 100+ responses than "What games should be promoted for the social good?" which is much more likely to generate good discussion.

2) Jeez guys, isn't being popular and often-responded to enough? I agree that Merits for game reviews only is a good thing. After all, this is primarily a gaming site, not a forum.

1) On some other message boards I frequent, edits are limited to one for typos. They don't let people have more so people don't change what they said after people respond to them, so they always look right, even if they aren't. I think this is a good rule. Heck, I make typos too and when that happens, I just smack myself and start reviewing my posts more.


Good ideas, but they would disrupt the balance here too much.

Anyone read my post lol?

Very nice suggestions. The only thing that is wrong is that your first suggestion about editing is in the rules under "Popular site suggestions:" and here is what it says:

"1. Post editing -- the ability to go back and adjust a post after you have posted it. I think 1 chance to edit is enough. Then after the editing an automatic note is put in the post reading: [Member name] edited this post on date and time."

And that basically states that the staff thinks that you should review your post before you post it. And that they won't make that change at the moment.

Personally, I like all of these ideas suggested. They are really well thought up and I have been thinking about a few of those same things suggested too.

thanks calm for the explanation I get it