Suggestion: Add Thread Prefixes

I think wc3c should implement thread prefixes for certain forums, such as the T&S forum.

Why do I suggest adding thread prefixes? I think it would make wc3c look more organized, and it would help the mods, in the sense that they wouldn't need to check to see if a problem was solved.

Suggested prefixes for forums

T&S
- JASS
- GUI
- Solved

Artist Discussion and Queries
- Request
- Completed

Site Discussion
- Suggestion

Any thoughts or comments?

TheDefiled

organization is incredibly overrated, but we were going to implement those and some other things, it requires some work though, I don't want to code it just away, I'd prefer to just upgrade vB, but this requires to first make sure all our hacks would work there, right now I'd prefer to have 'disorganization' in a forum in which all threads really are about the same topic rather than lose the resources section...

I have an idea this came from the hive, amrite? i disagree with everything because we are not a hive clone and it is not nessecary. Fuck i suck at spelling

EDIT
damit Vex, you type too fast

I suggested it to Vex long before I suggested it to Ralle, Ralle just implemented it first. He also took it way overboard with the whole "Solved / Unsolved" thing, that never works. (Look how terrible it's already failing over there) All we would use the prefixes for is to distinguish GUI from JASS in the trigger area and they would never be changed after the thread is started.

I only really thought it was implemented in a good fashion on the Helper site. In the members projects section, they made map types prefixes.

e.g. [AoS], [Arena], [RPG] etc.

it may have come from you but i think he got it from the hive.

Lol, forget the Hive, that place is a disgrace.

Vex, I know how to add prefixes in vb3.6, but yes, upgrading to 3.7 would be easier. I could see if the systems here would work with 3.7. I have a server and a vb license.

TheDefiled

This is much older than vb 3.6, no upgrading to 3.7 is not easier, it is just a better long term solution, and don't worry, the migration is close to start.


It is not an idea whatsoever. It is just a recent vB feature that's the reason so many forums lately are beginning to use it.

What version are we using? Upgrading to 3.7 isn't that difficult. The only hard part is converting the systems so that they're compatible with 3.7.

The_Elite, I haven't visited the Hive for at least 6 months. I didn't spend much time there due to how ignorant and rude they were, and I don't remember thread prefixes, 3.7 hadn't even been released.

Oh, Vex, if you're upgrading to 3.7, you may have some problems with the resource system. You might not be able see a members resources in their profile.

ok fair enough

It is for this very reason why we are taking special precautions to test things thoroughly before we unleash some new vB onto the world of WC3C.

It's apparently caused by the otional profile editing system in 3.7, but it may be a combination of other factors as well.

TheDefiled

Well alot of the wc3camp, features are/were manually coded by Vex, like Thumbnails, Attached Images as previews next to threads, the reputation extras etc. etc.
Upgrading to 3.7, they'll most likely, all have to all be recoded/adjusted.

(Atleast I think so).

I really don't think thread prefixes such as [Solved]/[Unsolved] and [GUI]/[jass] are necessary at all, and I also think they would just look downright stupid on thread names.

The main downside I see (mostly for the 4 tags I mentioned) is that there is a wealth of information people gain simply by reading threads, and if forumgoer X reads something helpful he needs to know in a thread he just happens to click on, then it will probably be one less dumb question asked. It seems to me that tags would probably be more detrimental than helpful because they would discourage people from clicking on threads!

Honestly, I think most of my latent knowledge about the World Editor, JASS, or GUI comes from clicking on a thread, reading through it to see if it is still unresolved, and picking up weird little tidbits that, say, Ammorth posts. Now, say random forumgoer X was to look at the General Development forum and see a whole bunch of threads with "[Solved]" next to them. D'you think he's going to click on those threads anyway? Probably not.

I don't check threads to see if they need to be solved... I check threads to see if I can help out somehow, so it's not like not having tags is a hassle or anything.

Again, just my opinion here.

I would kinda like having a "Request" and "Completed" prefixes, if at all.

Can't imagine how that would impact me earth-shatteringly, though...