Would You Like To See This Feature On Warrior Forum?

I don't want to open up another can of worms discussion on whether the constant flood of repetitive threads by newbies that keeps clogging up the boards on WF is right or wrong. What I'd like to do is put forward an idea that could largely solve the problem.

You know the script. You log-on for a session and the main board is littered with the same newbie questions that have been repeated the day before, and the day before that, and the day . . . .

It ruins the whole WF experience for many and I personally know of two long term members who hardly use the forum any more because of this, with one of them having told me that: "It's morphed into a kind of kindergarten".

I do fully understand both sides of the equation and appreciate that we all had to start somewhere. Newbies want to learn and ask questions, whilst a lot of longer term members find the repetitiveness vexing to say the least. It's easy to say pass by the thread, but it's annoying scrolling up and down to find half decent threads, especially if you're only on for a brief visit.

Experienced members know that the answers to almost all of the "basic" newbie questions can be found simply by using the search button on the menu bar, going "advanced", and entering the keywords for your search term in the first box (using search titles only). The problem is that most newbies don't read the rules, don't know where the search box is, don't read all the stickies because there are loads of them, and are so overly excited at becoming a WF member that they head straight for the "new thread" button.

So if putting a sticky at the top of a forum doesn't work what will?

The answer is to have something above the Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum on the forum listing board. Another forum or whatever. It should be boldly headed with something like: NEWBIES - Use This Before You Post Anywhere!

When clicked it would take you to a links page that could say along the lines of:

BEFORE Starting a New Thread Visit These Links For Answers To Common Questions

Camtasia
Fiverr Questions
Free Traffic Ideas
Kindle Help
Wordpress - What You Need To Know


The links simply take them to the search results. The above are only a few examples and perhaps the top 50 questions could be alphabetically listed, or as many as is necessary. These would just be the most common and basic of questions but what a difference it could make.

This will not only encourage newbies to continue to use the search facility but they will be wowed at the wealth of knowledge available on WF, from day one. This will stimulate better discussions as slightly more advanced questions will be asked, learning will be achieved quicker, and it results in better relationships between members as it closes the gap a little on knowledge levels.

I'm certain newbies would benefit enormously if this were provided, and the WF boards would receive a huge boost in post count levels as novices felt better equipped to pose somewhat more demanding questions to further their fledgling IM career.

Would you like to see this feature on Warrior Forum?