[wp-forums] Introduction

[it's EMG]

Related to tagging:

Could someone post a list of mod-related, organizational-related, etc tags
that we use in the forums to denote certain threads (like modlook) along
with how-to-use?

I remember some but not all; the comment about the tag for wpcom was one I
had forgotten about, personally - ooops!

On Thursday, May 8, 2014, Mark Riley <mark at automattic.com> wrote:

> > Kathryn at Automattic has then been picking up these when she can.
>
> I didn’t know that - still learning about what is where and who is who.
> wordpress.org has changed sooooo much :)
>
> > Just a thought but would the tag ‘podz' be better?
>
> It would indeed, yes.
>
> And thanks for the welcomes - my overall aim is to ‘be useful’ so if you
> feel I can help at all please do let me know.
>
> Mark.
>
>
> On 8 May 2014 12:29, esmi at quirm dot net <esmi at quirm.net <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > on 08/05/2014 11:59 Mark Riley said the following:
> >
> >  One area I would like to look at is the questions that the people who
> have
> >> moved from wordpress.com to self-hosted are coming to the forums with.
> >> If wordpress.com can better prepare them then they should need to take
> >> less
> >> of the forum time and if they have specific needs then docs could be
> >> prepared around those which helps them, helps others and therefore helps
> >> the forums and WordPress as a whole.
> >>
> >
> > Personally, I see a lot of wp.com-related posts about:
> >
> > - moving followers and/or stats over to their new self-hosted site.
> > We usually ask them to go back & ask for a transfer via the wp.comforums.
> >
> > - failed xml imports
> > Common causes are an export file that is too large & timing out or huge
> > images (say about 4-5M each).
> >
> > Other less common issues:
> > - concerns that the theme available on wp.org isn't exactly the same as
> > the wp.com one.
> >
> > - "I used to be able to..." where the answer is "You need to install X
> > plugin now that you're self-hosting".
> >
> > Other than these, I think that most wp.com users are pretty well
> prepared
> > for self-hosting compared to their "never used WP at all" peers.
> >
> >
> >  I am not saying that I want to answer them all. In fact where questions
> >> involve themes I probably do not have the answer.
> >>
> >
> > We already have a system in place where, if a theme is available for
> > download via wp.com but is not available via wp.org, we tag that topic
> > with 'wpcom-theme'. I also try to leave a message to the effect that the
> > people that they need to speak to aren't around atm but someone should be
> > along shortly. Kathryn at Automattic has then been picking up these when
> > she can.
> >
> >
> >  Could I ask that if you see an issue from a
> >> former wordpress.com user that you tag it for me? I suppose the tag
> >> ‘mark’
> >> would do.
> >>
> >
> > Just a thought but would the tag 'podz' be better? I can see you getting
> > quite a few false flags on the tag 'mark'.
> >
> > Welcome to the forums anyway. :-)
> >
> > Mel / esmi
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