Weekly Newsletter has AskUbuntu Section - what can Forum do?

At the FC meeting yesterday pleia2 asked if we'd like to have a section similar to that which AskUbuntu does.

example - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeekly...ions_this_week

While it's unlikely that we could do the same type of thing, the forum working differently to the AU only one question allowed aim, we feel it would be a useful method to increase awareness in the rest of the community to the forum and your contributions to it.

However, we've no real idea as yet as to what we could do, so the question is

Have you?

http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/...18.01.log.html

The way things are, if the forums are being pressured into generating numbers, something like "support questions marked "Solved" during the week" may help.

We're not being pressured into anything - they asked - we're asking you ;)

It doesn't have to be stats :)

In fact I'm not sure stat's would work really. That's just my opinion though.

I'd say a weekly hot topic maybe.
Whatever issue gains the most posts or page views or something.
Of course most hot issues quickly deviate.

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Originally Posted by deadflowr

I'd say a weekly hot topic maybe.
Whatever issue gains the most posts or page views or something.
Of course most hot issues quickly deviate.

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Does that count games? :p

I don't really see any realistic way of doing it the way they have it set for AU.

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Originally Posted by CharlesA

Does that count games? :p

I don't really see any realistic way of doing it the way they have it set for AU.

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You'd probably have to set a few filters up to ignore games, and certain megathreads or sections.

But like I said, most hot topic threads start to deviate from the original issue, which become problematic.


Maybe shoot for a periodic section in the newsletter.
Maybe a once in a while part on forum happenings like the upgrade or new site features(like the os,linux chat section, or the reopening of the tips and tuts section).

Maybe forum member birthday shoot-outs.

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Maybe shoot for a periodic section in the newsletter.
Maybe a once in a while part on forum happenings like the upgrade or new site features(like the os,linux chat section, or the reopening of the tips and tuts section).

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Like once a month instead of weekly.

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But like I said, most hot topic threads start to deviate from the original issue, which become problematic.

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I agree.

One problem I see with noting "solved" topics:

Quite a number are marked "solved" because the OP has decided to just reinstall, or has decided that the problem ISN'T solvable. Other problems that are really solved don't get marked "solved".

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Originally Posted by Irihapeti

One problem I see with noting "solved" topics:

Quite a number are marked "solved" because the OP has decided to just reinstall, or has decided that the problem ISN'T solvable. Other problems that are really solved don't get marked "solved".

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Old threads too.

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Originally Posted by Elfy

At the FC meeting yesterday pleia2 asked if we'd like to have a section similar to that which AskUbuntu does.

example - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeekly...ions_this_week

While it's unlikely that we could do the same type of thing, the forum working differently to the AU only one question allowed aim, we feel it would be a useful method to increase awareness in the rest of the community to the forum and your contributions to it.

However, we've no real idea as yet as to what we could do, so the question is

Have you?

http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/...18.01.log.html

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We could do similar with regards to "hot threads" if Canonical looked at the vBulletin API.