Everyone - Please Read - concerning Absolute Beginners Board

[Chrissie]

Lately there have been a lot of threads started in the Absolute Beginners/ New Members board that don't belong there. That board really is just for folks who are completely new to e-cigs &/or for new members to introduce themselves

Although it is easy enough for the forum staff to move the threads to a more appropriate board, it could be off putting to new members to see the board full of locked moved threads And if a too techy thread is left there, that could also put new folks off from even starting to use e-cigs.

So from now on, threads will be moved from that board without a "this thread has been moved to..." link left. Instead the OP will be sent an auto PM informing them where the thread has been moved to

[lairey]

Just a thought Chrissie, but could it be worth re-naming the board as introductions, or something similar? Only reason I say this, is new members, me included, tend to consider themselves as beginners/newbies for quite a while, even if they are progressing through the various vaping stages at a fairly rapid pace... I know after 3 months, I still thought of myself as a beginner

[Chrissie]

lairey I've been wondering about that, but not sure where new members would then post with basic new member questions.

I was also thinking of splitting the board into 2 separate boards "Introductions" & "Absolute beginners" but I can't see how that would resolve the issues

[lairey]

How about the 2 boards above, but with a sub board in General for not-so-absolute beginners questions? Obviously thought would need to go into the naming of the board

It's a tough one Chrissie. Can you prevent anyone that's senior member or above, from starting a thread in the newbies' board maybe?

[Ripshod]

What about a limit? Is there a way to stop members starting new threads in the Absolute Beginners/ New Members board once they have, say, 50 posts? Obviously the actual number will need some discussion. I've seen it work on a few forums.

[Deleted]

Some new members are very advanced with their vaping set ups and have a lot to offer though. Just new to this forum

[Chrissie]

lairey & Ripshod - no, not unless I add every new member to a group & then move them out again after they have hit the target posts. As you can imagine, that would be very time consuming, however I'd be surprised if there isn't a way round this, so I will look into it further.

On the other hand it would be so much easier all round if non newbie type threads were posted on the General e-cig/vaping discussions board

[Chrissie]

Jun 10, 2014 20:53:16 GMT @spikeyfridge said:

Some new members are very advanced with their vaping set ups and have a lot to offer though. Just new to this forum

I completely agree @spikeyfridge & the best thing would be for them to introduce themselves as a new member on the board & then post in general vaping or tips & tricks etc.

[lairey]

Jun 10, 2014 20:57:01 GMT Chrissie said:

lairey & Ripshod - no, not unless I add every new member to a group & then move them out again after they have hit the target posts. As you can imagine, that would be very time consuming, however I'd be surprised if there isn't a way round this, so I will look into it further.

On the other hand it would be so much easier all round if non newbie type threads were posted on the General e-cig/vaping discussions board

Yes, I can imagine having to do that manually would be a major PITA, shame  I can't remember what the welcome email said, and to be totally honest, I'm not even sure that I read it properly, but could you maybe put something in that?

[decoy]

i was guilty of this sorry
once you have had a thread moved you get the idea but till then i didnt know
its a tricky one to sort

[ronaldo]

there will always be genuine mistakes that is what makes us human but I agree something needs to be done to take the pressure off admin after all they do a marvellous job and without them it would be chaos

[Chrissie]

lairey I doubt a lot of folks read the auto welcome PM & the more I put in it, the less likely it will be read

decoy nothing to apologise for Having a thread moved isn't something to feel bad about, it's just done to make the forum more useful for everyone

[lairey]

Well, that's me out of ideas for tonight hope you manage to think of a solution Chrissie

[ronaldo]

I still have my welcome pm I must have read it 5 or 6 times Tease-smiley

[Deleted]

Just make this a sticky at top of this board