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7/10/2010 18:15:14   
Valosity
Member

I was thinking: What if a guest has trouble signing up, or a question about the forums before signing up? Some users may want to be 100% sure about certain things about the forum before signing up. I was thinking it may be a good idea to allow a sub-forum or a new section that allows guests to post questions.
When a kid who is little (About 8 and under, or maybe a little older) or a older person sees the AE forums, they may have to go to their parent to ask permission (If they are not independant enough or their parents don't allow them to because it's run by the same company) to sign up. If a parent has a particular question about the forums and it cannot be answered by anywere the adult looks, they can post in a specific (Easy to see) section that clearly states guests can post there. There, their question(s) can be answered or have a link leading to the answer. That way, less people would wander around in the dark :)

~Valo
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7/10/2010 18:18:55   
coolboypai
Member

seems like an ok idea
perhaps just a FAQ post about the forums and signing up would be easier

< Message edited by coolboypai -- 7/10/2010 18:19:06 >
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7/10/2010 18:24:19   
Valosity
Member

That would help. But what I mean to say is sometimes FAQs aren't complete with every detail of information. Even though they have a load of information and have been worked on extremely hard, there are things other people who can't insert it into the FAQ pick up. There might be something that's a problem and no one has been notified about it because the Administrators cannot be reached. If the FAQ was inserted into the Guest Question asking part, it would clear up a lot (But not quite all) confusion :)

~Valo
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7/10/2010 18:54:52   
Kain
Chaos!


 There are certain problems when you allow Guests to post in forums. The first and biggest one, is the moderation problem: The possibility of being 100% anonymous to other users is not only dangerous, but unnecessary. While the idea of the board would be nice, the possibilities of it being used as a spam forum are too high. Then we would have the problem of punishing said guests, which would be another problem altogether.

Second, is the Terms and Agreements problem: A guest wouldn't need to agree with it (if he had, there would be no point in not making a forum account, as by my eyes the contract would be the only thing stopping someone from creating an account), so in technical terms, they can do things that while forbidden to certain users, would be allowed to them. Punishing Terms and Conditions violations would be troublesome, as stated above.

Third, the problem of the FAQs is being solved, as the Forum Rules and Resources section is being updated with more accurate posts and guides. Creating a board to counter the problem would only end up being a temporary solution, and as I said before, the cons of it would outweigh the pros in this case.

I understand your intention when suggesting this board, though the problems mentioned above make the implementation of such thing very unlikely, and I also don't think the situation you pointed as the main problems are so frequent to the point of requiring a board. While it is a well-intentioned suggestion, I don't see it being implemented due to the problems it could create.

< Message edited by Kain -- 7/10/2010 18:55:46 >
AQ DF MQ  Post #: 4
7/11/2010 9:33:46   
Valosity
Member

You have very good points there, Kain. If a complete FAQ/guide were to be made, and not hard to find at all,then I think that would probably solve many problems. And, if another user has a friend who has trouble signing up, they could always PM someone who has permissions to edit posts it that section - correct?


~Valo
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7/11/2010 12:06:33   
Kain
Chaos!


 You're free to give suggestions regarding new content to older guides, I'm sure the forum staff will appreciate. The ones with power in that forum are the Forum Administrators, so I recommend contacting one of them for your suggestion. If it's more of a question, you can either post in the Forum Support or ask a Forum Admin/Moderator, if it's something you believe only people with moderator powers on the forums would be able to answer.
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7/11/2010 17:02:56   
Valosity
Member

Ok. Thankies Kain :) Lockies requested

~Valo

Locked as requested,
-Kain

< Message edited by Kain -- 7/11/2010 18:33:37 >
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