[wp-forums] Status of work on BBpress/Forum Titles

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Michael Bishop wrote:
> There is quite the discussion of things that can be done to alter the
> support forums, however I think the real question is what is realistic
> and what is not.  That is, someone who is on the development side of
> things with bbPress to weigh in and say what can and can not easily be
> done. 

Yes. Part of my wanting this list was forum development. Right now if 
you start a thread "How can be improve the forums ?" you will get all 
the usual junk trotted out - phpbb is better, we needs sig, avatars are 
cool, I want email responses so I don't have to come back, I want mavens 
banned, I want I want I want. All junk, all noise, all egocentric.
I wanted this list to be used by forum helpers and for us to consider 
and debate what improvements could /possibly/ be made and why they would 
help. We would make the case from a hopefully more neutral position. 
This means therefore that bbPress coders need almost ignore what we chat 
about until maybe we say this is actually worth discussing ? That way 
coders know we have debated it properly and the end result is a genuine 
attempt to make things better.

>   Regarding titles - I intend on continuing to answer questions as
> long as either I know the answer, know where to find it, or someone
> asks me to stop.

Same here.

   IMO, to give "volunteer" status to particular
> members would undermine the concept of volunteer. Unless a clear
> explanation was given about the title, I would be afraid of someone
> not offering up solutions or insight simply because they didn't think
> they could, not being a "volunteer" and all.

Possibly true - see my next post here.

    If you want to give
> monikers denoting continued and prolonged activity, how about "forum
> rat", or some kitschy tag.

I like this :)

   But again, that comes down to status
> symbolism, something I understood in the beginning as to be the
> antithesis of WP support forums.

Possibly true again - see my next post again :)

P.