A new User Education

[Zack]

This is what should happen..the user education never gets any way of grabbing people interest so, I decided that there should be a way which might help..

NOTE THIS IS A REPOST OF WHAT I POSTED IN THE PRIVATE STAFF AREA:

Here is what I had in mind.

Turning User Education into something more than a project.
Things that are helpful.
Things that the Sythe.org community actually wants.
Things that are unique to Sythe.org.

Examples?

Specific lists of games, with pictures and descriptions (All freeware, all RPG, etc.)
Tutorials on how to get free stuff (club.live, Cashcrate, etc.)
Tutorials on how to do cool things on the computer (Turning your computer into Alienware-esque, etc.)
How to use BBCode (I personally created a tutorial like this, and is particularly helpful when someone wants to know how to link an image)
How to Setup forums and mods (Creating a request thread where people could ask how to install mods and VB/PHP/IPB/SMF, etc.)
Guides on How to Use Runescape Cheats (ow do i use aresbt?)
Those are just examples.

Remove User Education, not the basis behind it. Turn Deacon and WoW_sucks into sectional mods, but remove User ED. as currently they aren't staff, and shouldn't be. I can give you some examples of successful things.

http://www.sythe.org/showthread.php?t=252804
http://www.sythe.org/showthread.php?p=1754057#post1754057
http://www.sythe.org/showthread.php?t=252978

Those are useful.

Not "Pimpin' Myspace" or 'How to download a game'.



So basically, heres what I had planned.

Deleting the whole section other than the guides. Removing all the ranks, instead making WoW_sucks and Deacon both sectional mods of a New Section called, "Beneficial Learning". Where anyone may post guides, and they are to be rated, using the "Digg" feature, and we have a GOTW, where the winner gets to wear a custom made (weekly) GOTW Userbar, and is given Halfop on the IRC (Abuse = dehalfopp'd). Also, we should advertise the new guides whenever possible, and when people ask stupid questions like "how do i put linkz into my imageszz", we direct them to the guide, instead of explaining it to them/telling them to google.

Ideas? Comments?

As I looked at this idea this brought me to another conclusion that this site is for runescape users people like them will not be going on sythe looking at this section so, I was thinking in adding a Gaming forum to our ue section so, people will want to join the ue

Another Idea I had was to make it like yakov said but, a little different..have the section be renamed to the Official Guide Writers and the Un-Official Guide Writers so, people can express there guides too but, if you want to not be nagged by the Guide writer mods about your un-official guides you can then try applying to the official guide forums..

I also think people may also request guides so, if someone wanted a guide about stink bombs then either one of the officials or un-officials will write it for you

Please know un-officials will not have a rank just posting like a regular member

One last thing maybe have a rewards guide forum in the official which has one of my free domain guides ect.. and this will attract people in applying also..


This User Ed needs to change and this might be the easiest way of doing it..


-Zack

 

[Quhx]

Hmmm, don't know if it'll work though.
So delete entire User Education, and replace it by Beneficial Learning?
Whats the point of that then? Internet/programming guides only?

 

[WoW Sucks]

Are you actually serious about the 'official guide writers' you saw what happened when thorpe ripped the the verified system from Zamorak everything went to hell. RSF have the official guide writers rank and im sure they would do something similar.

As for the unofficial guide writes, they dont have to have that name, as you said, they are normal members.

'Requesting a guide' forum has been suggested by me, it was turned down because i was pointed to the caption under "Help and Requests". Take a look.

The reward system was also suggested to me by Boom Headshot while on our way to tennis a few days ago

I was talking to Unknown this morning and he is going to hand UE over to someone while he is away. I suggested certain person, but im not saying just yet. Feel free to put your name forward (not likley going to happen) but there is always a chance

I believe in fairness. That will be all.

 

[Phil]

I will agree with whatever, anythings worth a try.

 

[Zack]

Are you actually serious about the 'official guide writers' you saw what happened when thorpe ripped the the verified system from Zamorak everything went to hell. RSF have the official guide writers rank and im sure they would do something similar.

As for the unofficial guide writes, they dont have to have that name, as you said, they are normal members.

'Requesting a guide' forum has been suggested by me, it was turned down because i was pointed to the caption under "Help and Requests". Take a look.

The reward system was also suggested to me by Boom Headshot while on our way to tennis a few days ago

I was talking to Unknown this morning and he is going to hand UE over to someone while he is away. I suggested certain person, but im not saying just yet. Feel free to put your name forward (not likley going to happen) but there is always a chance

I believe in fairness. That will be all.

kk I just pmed unknown hope to see the results

 

[Puzzle]

oh thats sounds great. Just strip all the existing UE's whove worked their asses off writing guides to get in here of their ranks. And give Deacon and Wow_sucks a sectional mod rank. Sounds terrific, used us to write guides and then kick us out.

No this is stupid

 

[Nathan III]

Why don't you just change the name? Beneficial learning is basically no different than User Education, other than less guides...

 

[Zack]

Why don't you just change the name? Beneficial learning is basically no different than User Education, other than less guides...

well, just changing the name will not help this section grow as I said we need to have some ways to grab the peoples attention like the rewards forum wow, boom and I came up with