Why you will get your post rejected, by a caring moderator

[matt]

I only want to help - but before posting, read here:

[pranay570708]

I am just replying to make this post visible in recent activities.

[matt]

I appreciate that!

[matt]

Bump.

[raymond_giuseppi]

Tilt?

[joachimrees1]

I do get the point, but does the cause really justify the means?

Ignoring names and status, to me it seems to come down to:

1. Someone starting a "discussion" that is actually only promoting one owns blog post.
2. further comments (by that person and others) do not add content, but are just intended for "bumping up" the "discussion" in some list.

We are probably missing the "sticky thread" function that other forums software has, right?

[I first thought about using "Alter moderator", but then realizes it's better to add something to the discussion itself]

[matt]

We're missing the sticky function.

I don't care about promoting my blog - I care about people reading it, so that they understand how to write posts that won't be rejected. Hence the intent is not promotion - but actually educating the assisting forum users - especially newbies.

This should improve everyone's experience here.

As I'm the moderator most likely to read your alert, alerting the moderators probably won't achieve much. If you were really concerned, then you could post here:

[Colleen]

SCN does sort of have some "sticky functions".

Within the communication stream and announcement can be set for users who follow the space. However, Moderators do not have that access. This might also appear at the top of the space page.

Another option is that Featured Content on the space page. This is managed by the Spaced Editors. Looking at the ABAP space there is quite a lot of Featured Content which looks a bit messy (most spaces pick 3 or 4 items at a time).

The Space Editor could also add the document to the Key Topics link on left side but it might not be noticed.

However, neither of this will show in the Activity Stream which is where some users may find the information.

Biggest challenge - those who need to read such a document probably won't see it until after their content is rejected.

Though, 1DX changes this

[matt]

Over the past year or so there's been an increase in people posting specifications, rather than specific technical issues.

Or having data in two internal tables and apparently without the programming skills to read those tables and merge the data into one internal tables.

Or even posting what is obviously their homework!

[Jelena]

Personally I appreciate the reminder. The volume of "spec dumps" and other "dumps" has been increasing, unfortunately. If this gets at least a few people to reconsider then it's worth it.