Great Newbie Posts! Thank you's
 

I'd just like to send a Thank you to: Emily B :biggrin: , and BCOrchidGuy! :biggrin:

Both postings were informative, simple, and I believe a great start to our newbie forum.

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Van

Thanks Van, I hope anyone who feels they have more to add to mine will feel free to do so.

Hello,

The Newbie Creation forums allows experienced aquarists to post their experiences and articles they write. This mean originally I didn't anticipate to have real newbies to be posting questions there as well, until the actual newbie section of the site is implemented.

Now, should I create a Category for newbies, where there will be one forum for the existing Newbie Creation articles, and another forum for actual newbie to post questions?

Titus

Titus, I don't think you need to do that. New members can ask questions inthe main reef forum without risk of being overlooked. We still have a small volume of posts compared to places like RC, and creating too many forums might distract from the board. JMO

Hello,

I saw a few posts by newbies in the new forum so that's why I asked.

Titus

Titus, I think the important thing is to let them feel welcome in the main area. I used to frequent another board and if a new person asked a question that was fairly simple (to us) they were insulted, flamed etc.... This board stands as an example of how people can share information with out calling every second person a dummy or a lame brain.

Perhaps just change the name of the newbie area to, starting out, or learning the ropes.... something along those lines.