This is just a thank-you thread for the new Articles section on this forum. I recognize the large amount of work that I expect went into it, and I do not want the changes to go unapplauded.
Thank goodness, I still can't figure out why people were attracted to posting in the Articles section like flies. The new articles section on the forum is nice, but I can't find the articles that were on the old on (before it redirected to the Articles forum, and the redirect was probably why people posted there)
My my. That article section looks mighty fine. I'll have to go and beautify all of my articles now (especially the ones that had misleading info, etc.).
Great improvement, but perhaps the articles in teh Articles section should feature a 'discuss this article'/'follow the discussion' button? Yes, you guys did a great job writing them but most of the times the discussions your articles generate are worth reading too :-)
p/s the new edit feature does not update the edited comments immediately, did anyone else notice this?
I had that too, but it's a fairly tolerable problem IMO.
EDIT: On my articles, I say at the top that I am open to discussion my PM OR email and if bits were interesting, I would of course add them to the article.
If you really wanted, you can discuss it by making a suitably named lounge thread.
I like the new Articles section, however I am less keen on the scoring system. I think that you should be able to give a negative feedback if the contents is bad.
'discuss this article' +1
Since the update I have experienced:
having to refresh after an edit.
login problems (I have to go into a forum an view a thread before I get logged in).
404 error (tracking code for-P40) when I click on the 'last' link of a multipage thread that I have participated in.
It would be it it was universally accepted that only 4 and 5 stars signified 'good'. If you replaced the stars with faces ranging from very unhappy to very happy then it is clear that one and two are on the unhappy side. Stars indicate a positive so one star would signify the bare minimum of usefulness. Giving a low positive is no way to express a negative view.