February 21, 2010 at 3:23 pm
Hi all,
As a new poster, I feel wary about making suggestions on how the board could be improved, but it's sorely lacking one thing - an "Introductions" thread and/or "New Posters" section. Apart from making new members feel more of the "community" you've got here and becoming more involved (other than just asking questions and disappearing without replying once they get answers), it could be used for collating key info for them in respect to etiquette, e.g. advising new members on how to ask questions properly.
It's not a criticism as such - and I'm more than happy with the site as it stands - but if anyone wants to start an introductions thread I'll happily be the first mug/sucker/guinea pig (delete as applicable) to reply to it. 🙂
Cheers,
RF
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Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)
February 21, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Agreed. Oft-suggested ...
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February 21, 2010 at 3:50 pm
Yes - oft suggested. Difficult to implement. Not everybody would go looking for the "New Members" section.
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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February 21, 2010 at 3:53 pm
CirquedeSQLeil (2/21/2010)
Yes - oft suggested. Difficult to implement. Not everybody would go looking for the "New Members" section.
True, but many would, especially if it were put at the top of the Forums list.
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February 21, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Good point - location would help.
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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February 21, 2010 at 3:57 pm
And it shouldn't be hard, just make a new Forum Group called Read Me First, with one forum called New User's FAQ that only moderators can write to. Then we make a new thread for each of the dozen or so articles that we end up pointing everyone to. Finally, make a master FAQ posting to explain everything else and put it at the top. Because 85% of the articles that we need are already done, there's really not that much left to do.
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Proactive Performance Solutions, Inc. [/font][font="Verdana"] "Performance is our middle name."[/font]
February 21, 2010 at 4:45 pm
I'm probably not the first person to have had some bad Ikea-experiences, but the benefit of them has been that I've learnt the hard way that I should always read the instructions first. If new posters don't choose - or take the time and effort - to read the advice then, like me, they might find they've been trying to do the equivalent of screwing on two left-hand doors to a "smorgasbord" cabinet...
I must admit the idea of the dozen or so articles people get pointed to intrigues me; what areas do they cover?
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MAXIM 106:
"To know things well, we must know the details; and as they are almost infinite, our knowledge is always superficial and imperfect."
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)
February 21, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Actually creating a thread or forum is not the difficult thing by far.
The difficult thing is ensuring that people read it. Just like a Terms & Conditions Agreement that you must accept before proceeding in a software install. Many just skip over it and go about doing what they were going to do.
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
Learn Extended Events
February 21, 2010 at 4:47 pm
RainbowFfolly (2/21/2010)
...I must admit the idea of the dozen or so articles people get pointed to intrigues me; what areas do they cover?
Check the article by Gail Shaw in my signature for an example.
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
Learn Extended Events
February 21, 2010 at 5:09 pm
CirquedeSQLeil (2/21/2010)
Actually creating a thread or forum is not the difficult thing by far.The difficult thing is ensuring that people read it. Just like a Terms & Conditions Agreement that you must accept before proceeding in a software install. Many just skip over it and go about doing what they were going to do.
Again, put it at the top. There's a reason that we keep getting SQL 2000 questions in the SQL 2008 Forums.
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Proactive Performance Solutions, Inc. [/font][font="Verdana"] "Performance is our middle name."[/font]
February 21, 2010 at 5:57 pm
RBarryYoung (2/21/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (2/21/2010)
Actually creating a thread or forum is not the difficult thing by far.The difficult thing is ensuring that people read it. Just like a Terms & Conditions Agreement that you must accept before proceeding in a software install. Many just skip over it and go about doing what they were going to do.
Again, put it at the top. There's a reason that we keep getting SQL 2000 questions in the SQL 2008 Forums.
Yes, that accounts for a great deal of them. We also have the other end - threads for 2005/8 in the 7/2000 forums.
I do think that is well worth the effort though - new forum at the top for newby info.
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
Learn Extended Events
February 21, 2010 at 7:04 pm
I visit a lot of forums and they have similar issues. Most people won't read a "sticky" post at the top of the forum. They just don't pay attention. Those that do don't post in the wrong place.
I think we have a lot of posts in the wrong version because it isn't necessarily obvious that they are posting in a SQL 2008 forum, they don't want to scroll to find it, or they think "add topic" will allow them to specify the version.
What I'd rather do is have an "add" button, like ask.ssc.com, and then have them tag the thread. Now if I can just find a developer....
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