[wp-forums] B-Coded user

[Paul Kaiser]

Moving away from the Andrea situation, but staying on topic of policies:

It would be neat if there was a way we could be more sure folks even
read the policies first, though.
Top 3 things I see in the forums:
1. Asking for help on premium themes / plugins (and pushing the issue
and acting bruised when rebuffed.)
2. Pasting code without backquotes or pastebin
3. Bumping posts

If I tell folks nicely about pastebin, they usually go ahead, and even
apologize.
ETC... folks just don't read the policies.

Would it be silly to require they pass a little 5-item multiple-choice
quiz before they could sign up?
Paul

On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Joni Mueller <joni at jonimueller.com> wrote:
> I have always loved CMS Made Simple's policies. They aren't as tolerant as you guys are, far from it. I particularly like their "How Not To Ask For Help" section here. Maybe you can add some of these "gentle suggestions" to the forum "rules" section?  :)
>
> http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=2661&sid=c560395d9814b029a4a87b2ec6017062
>
> Joni Mueller
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On Jul 28, 2012, at 5:40 PM, "Francisco de Azevedo" <frandeazevedo at gmail.com<mailto:frandeazevedo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Yeah, I guess it is a little overkill and it might alienate users more than
> anything else.
> My concern had more to do with contributors / users ratio: it is already
> low enough as it is to allow people to discourage contributors with their
> attitude.
> But I guess there is little one could do about this, other than keep
> politely requesting that people abide by the Forum Rules.
> Enjoy your weekend, everyone.
> Cheers!
>
> Marv
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Andrea Rennick <andrea at ronandandrea.com<mailto:andrea at ronandandrea.com>>wrote:
>
> What Jan said. :)
>
> a.
>
> On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Jan Dembowski <jan at dembowski.net<mailto:jan at dembowski.net>> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Francisco de Azevedo
> <frandeazevedo at gmail.com<mailto:frandeazevedo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Do you mean a list if usernames, as a public shaming?
>
> Yeah, something like that, a hall of shame of sorts. It doesn't
> necessarily
> have to be tied to the bozo list actually.
>
> While that may be (temporarily) satisfying, I think that'd be counter
> productive. People misbehave sometimes and we've all sent out
> communications that later on we thought "WHOA. What was I on that
> day??"
>
> Everyone should get at least one second chance, preferably many. ;)
>
> The b-code just puts them in the timeout room. It doesn't block or ban
> them, it just means a moderator has to approve their post before other
> people can see it.
>
> If they fly straight then they'll get to play with the other kids
> unsupervised. If they don't, then any new offending posts will/can be
> deleted and they stay in the timeout room longer.
>
> Having a public shame list won't encourage people to behave and would
> possibly just start more fights. We wouldn't want that.
>
> I mean really, WordPress has got a cool community and we want to
> encourage people to play nicely using pleasant means.
>
> Jan Dembowski
>
> PS. That doesn't mean I'm opposed to banning outright repeat
> offenders, there are limits after all. But that's a last resort IMHO.
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