[wp-forums] suggestion for Wordpress forums

[Mika A Epstein]

I think a banner at the top would be better, like with plugins.

Otto, can we pirate Scott's code from Plugins?

Daniel wrote:
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> That's a really good idea, I won't go as far as deleting then but
> maybe hide those threads by default? Tagging then would work as well.
> Regards,
> Daniel Fenn
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> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Dylan Kinnett<dylan at nocategories.net> 
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>> In keeping with the "search first" guideline, it may help to be able to
>> flag, or otherwise update any old forum threads, which may have become
>> incorrect over time. Here is just one recent example from my own 
>> experience.
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>> Let's say you want to regenerate your post thumbnails. You search, 
>> and one
>> of the first things you find is this thread:
>> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/rebuild-thumbnails-1?replies=3
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>> It says "WordPress does not currently give you an easy way to do 
>> this" and
>> mentions one method from about five years ago, with no reference to a
>> plugin like the handy "regenerate
>> thumbnails<http://wordpress.org/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/>"
>> plugin.
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>> Older plugin pages carry a warning about their age. Would it be 
>> possible to
>> add something like that to older forum threads, perhaps along with a 
>> way to
>> down-rank the item in a search? Features like that might go a long way to
>> reward users for following the "search first" guideline.
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>> Just a suggestion :)
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>> dk
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