- squeak52
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- Noble Heroic Member
"I don't care if it's God's own anti-Son of a -blam!- Machine or a giant hula-hoop!"
We have all seen countless threads that have been in the incorrect forum. Mostly, they are extremely obvious. For example someone asks a question about Halo: Reach (having "Halo: Reach" in their subject) and they post it in the Community forum.
My idea:
For both people who have recently (within 2 weeks) made a Bungie.net account, as well as people who have never created a thread of their own, I think the following should happen.
When they click "Create New Topic", they should be directly linked to something like this article. At the top it, the new article, would say something similar to, "Welcome to the Bungie.net forums" (for people who have recently made their accounts) "Before you make your very own thread, please be sure to post in the correct forum. You will no longer be taken to this article once you have become acquainted with our website."
They would then click on the appropriate forum, and taken directly to the "Create New Topic" page.
Now I realize some people wouldn't take the time to read through the descriptions. I also realize that people will still create topics in the wrong forum. However, I feel as if this is a way to cut down on the frequency of this occurring. This idea directly targets the two groups of people who are most prone to creating threads in the incorrect forum.
Feedback appreciated.
EDIT: Another way to help this is to sticky the forum description article. (In thread form) The article currently, is not easy for new members to find and is often over looked.
[Edited on 07.23.2011 9:19 PM PDT]