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phumphries
Mon 13th Nov '00, 9:12pm
The Announcements forum is becoming pretty difficult to use (or always has been and I never noticed).

To me, it would be reasonable to make an announcement in a new thread, immediately close that thread, and then open a second thread to allow discussion. Then, if there is an ammendment to the announcement (updated release date, for example), the real announcement can be *bump*ed up with a reply indicating the ammendment. The fact that discussion rages in a separate, similarly named thread means that one can easily find the original announcement.

Perhaps the discussion thread could always be started with a message like:This is the discussion thread for the Version 2.0 (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=4193) announcement.

So, for example, there would be one thread called Version 2.0 Features and another called Disccussion - Version 2.0 Features.
JimF
Mon 13th Nov '00, 10:16pm
That's not all that bad of an idea. I actually kind of like it.

-jim
Chris Schreiber
Mon 13th Nov '00, 11:04pm
It's a wonderful idea :) You know those annoucements tend to go way off-topic pretty quickly, I think a system like this would make things easier to keep track of while still letting people comment on annoucements.

-Chris
Craig Antill
Tue 14th Nov '00, 11:23am
Why not prevent users from responding to the announcements - the feedback should always be in the feedback forum, after all!
phumphries
Tue 14th Nov '00, 12:11pm
Perhaps we can try it out when John makes his next announcement (which I hope will be very soon!).
chrispadfield
Tue 14th Nov '00, 1:01pm
I agree, although being one of those people who tends to make the annoucements go off topic (sorry) this would help. Also i definitely think James should make new annoucements when an old one is changed.
John Harrison
Thu 16th Nov '00, 1:55pm
They should be closed right away!
Susan
Sun 19th Nov '00, 1:40pm
I have to agree. I work away from home 20 hours a week, do stuff for Kathy and hystersisters about 20 hours a week, develop my personal site about 10 hours a week, and have a family to take care of too! Anything that can be done to speed up my ability to see if there are new announcements would be appreciated.