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How to encourage emerging users in forum to give better solution:?

View Poll Results: How to encourage emerging users in forum to give better solution:
Giving them a reward/appreciation if they are continuously giving good answers 0 0%
Encourage them more by sending them PM that they are doing well or they can try more to give good solutions. 0 0%
By creating a new option named "Moderator/admin's like" which can let user know how he is doing in providing solutions. 3 16.67%
Make a “STAR of the MONTH award” etc for monthly basis b/w all users on their performances of handling/answering/helping/learning/advising users. 1 5.56%
The current "Thank You" system is working fine. 14 77.78%
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# 15  
Old 12-04-2014
A lot of sessions are like teaching "how to write a requirement 101". Diagnosing the asker's communication difficulty is the first challenge. It can be very off-putting, especially if they are mired in brand-speak. We would get better answers from better questions!
# 16  
Old 12-04-2014
Pushed the thanks button on Ravinder's post, since it got this nice thread going. In general, think there should be more thank you's for good first posts.
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 12-04-2014 at 08:52 PM..
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# 17  
Old 12-05-2014
We might rate original questions 1-10 for lack of ambiguity, form, clarity.
# 18  
Old 12-09-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by hicksd8

Perhaps the Thanks button should be more prominent (eg, a different color, flashing or something). There is plenty of instructional text on the forum about what NOT to do but I can't find much about issuing thanks when a reply is really useful.

Thanks aren't mentioned in the forum rules, a search of the general forum for Thanks yields no search result, and searching FAQ's for Thanks yields no search result.

How does a newcomer find out that the polite thing to do is to press Thanks when he/she finds the information really useful? Have I missed something?
Very good points. In response, I will do the following:
  1. I'll move the Thanks button to the far left where it stands alone to make it more noticeable. (DONE)
  2. I'll add a bottom guideline to the rules asking people to use the Thanks mechanism when the see posts they like or appreciate, etc. (DONE)
  3. I'll also add a general FAQ page on this as well. (FIRST DRAFT DONE)
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# 19  
Old 12-09-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by DGPickett
We might rate original questions 1-10 for lack of ambiguity, form, clarity.
As in increase the already existing thread rating from 5 to 10?
# 20  
Old 12-11-2014
OK... added a new forum additional guideline "E" to the rules.

Quote:
(E) Show appreciation to other forum members for their contributions by clicking on the "Thanks" button (located at the bottom of each post) when you see excellent posts, questions and answers.
Please feel free to post your suggestions for changes or additions to the wording of "E" above.

Thanks.
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# 21  
Old 12-11-2014
OK.. "Thanks" button moved to the far left... Smilie


Admin Note:

Added align="left" to the post_thanks_button template
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