Just about every day, more and more questions are asked, and even more answers to throw at it. I would love for there to be an extra feature in the Newcomer's Forum.
Make it an answering sort of forum, where people can ask questions and experienced users can answer for them. When the thread creator thinks a user has answered his/her question, there will be a giant button under the armatar/name, with a statement that says "Did this user answer your question? If so, click this button!" (or something smaller and simpler). Multiple replies cannot be answered, only one.
When this happens, the thread is automatically locked, and the thread is sent to a special split forum (that is still in the same page) that contains already-answered questions. This way, users can just look there before they ask a question. With this, the thread titles are in bold.
Alternatives:
A split forum where it shows the list of answered questions, un-answered questions, and introductions, that way things are organized?
Give the answerer to the question 1 AP for their efforts?
I don't think the 1 AP thing will happen; if it does, the AG staff will have to give everyone who has posted in the Newcomer's Forum however many posts they've made there. And that could get complicated...
What's the point of getting 1 AP for every post? That would make it even worse. Leave it the way it is AP-wise.
Agree. It makes more sense.
I don't think the 1 AP thing will happen; if it does, the AG staff will have to give everyone who has posted in the Newcomer's Forum however many posts they've made there. And that could get complicated...
It was just going to be for the speshal question thing, not the entire NC Forum, there'd be no reason to mess with the AP values in that forum.
