The BioWare toolset forum is going to be closed down in 3 days or so. Change needs to happen here.
1. Allow more threads on one page by reducing the size of each thread (remove the icon of the last poster)
2. Search simply must work...the same question will be asked 100 times otherwise
3. Active moderators like Beerfish and Sunjammer need to be able to prioritise information in stickies
4. These forums should be accessible to google...I can't find any results for this site through google...with search not working, google not working, and so few threads on 1 page so that any question is bumped to page 2 within minutes, this forum is essentially useless
5. Most are here here for information, not to socialise
The illusion of activity is what this forum creates. Threads move quickly from page 1 to 2 to oblivion, many without answers. Most good posts are consigned to history, never to be seen again. No searching, no google. So whilst it seems this forum is busy and that people must therefore be achieving something, this forum is just an illusion of productivity. If it doesn't get fixed, I suspect that many potential builders who arrive here with enthusiasm and energy will quickly realise they have no earthly business with the toolset and leave.
With the closure of the original BW forum, it is only a matter of time before we see the consequences of relying on style over content. That is unless this site is bought up to scratch.
For this forum to work professionally, changes need to be made
Débuté par
indio
, nov. 12 2009 11:17
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Posté 13 novembre 2009 - 12:42
Allan Smith
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- BioWare Employees
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There are some good points in here that we need to try and address. If I could just jump in and comment on this one:
The post referred to is exactly the kind of thing to be putting into the wiki, and the main purpose of the wiki is so that good stuff like this becomes permanantly accessible, and updated continuously. Once it is in there, people can add to it, tweak it and make it even better.
This is the kind of thing that, even in a great forum can get frustrating because there is often a lot of posting before, after, and all around the good stuff. You end up having to read through entire thread to find out the latest and greatest, and a lot of other garbage inbetween. I would encourage anyone who finds good stuff like this that is useful to start moving it into the wiki. If something is wrong with the wiki posting, it will continously be updated and tweaked by the whole community until it is right.
I would encourage all of you to get involved in adding to and editing the wiki. I will start the ball rolling on this one by checking to see if the aforementioned post has been "wikified" yet, and if not will go make it happen.
indio wrote...
Agreed. But is info from this forum going on the wiki? I'll bet as it stands most of what's on here is awaiting a prune a few months from now and will never see the light of a wiki.
Example: This is from Page 5 of the forum, and is soon to be consigned to the dustbin of history.
http://social.biowar.../8/index/150840
The post referred to is exactly the kind of thing to be putting into the wiki, and the main purpose of the wiki is so that good stuff like this becomes permanantly accessible, and updated continuously. Once it is in there, people can add to it, tweak it and make it even better.
This is the kind of thing that, even in a great forum can get frustrating because there is often a lot of posting before, after, and all around the good stuff. You end up having to read through entire thread to find out the latest and greatest, and a lot of other garbage inbetween. I would encourage anyone who finds good stuff like this that is useful to start moving it into the wiki. If something is wrong with the wiki posting, it will continously be updated and tweaked by the whole community until it is right.
I would encourage all of you to get involved in adding to and editing the wiki. I will start the ball rolling on this one by checking to see if the aforementioned post has been "wikified" yet, and if not will go make it happen.
