<div>Fair call Joceyln. I'd like to see SDN improved because you're right, it does offer a far wider scope. </div>
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<div>Maybe what would be useful would be an extra category for responses of 'Not Helpful" or "Not directly relevant" which you could easily filter out when viewing your own and others posts. That way the person who poses the questions can weed out the rubbish for the benefit of all.
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<div>I wouldn't go as far as to suggest negative points for such cases, but it's a stronger response than simply not giving points.</div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/28/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dart, Jocelyn</b> <<a href="mailto:jocelyn.dart@sap.com">jocelyn.dart@sap.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Ok folks,<br><br>Paul - if you "Watch this topic" or "Watch this forum" SDN is also delivered to your door and it's easy enough to direct it to an Outlook folder for review when I have time just as I've always done with WUG.
<br><br>Appreciate the issues with SDN but as one who has been on this forum since very early days I would like to remind everyone that we too have had many many many irritating beginner questions and vague "send me everything you've got on workflow" queries. For any forum the way to stop this traffic is via the diligence of the moderator and the forum community in educating fellow respondents on the quality expected. Sue has always been a fantastic moderator of course.
<br><br>I know SDN is comparatively recent, but perhaps Sue you could discuss some of these issues with the SDN Business Process Management forum moderator. I'm sure there will at some point be a time when it is not practical for you to continue with the WUG forum... even if that's not today as yet.
<br><br>Points - or the lack thereof - despite their foibles are a way to reward appropriate and also to punish inappropriate forum behaviour.<br><br>I also agree that the rules of engagement and frequently asked questions do not seem to be enough to stop the nonsensical stuff. Perhaps someone would like to send some suggestions for better approaches -
e.g. perhaps we could have a beginner/intermediate/expert rating on the forum member or forum topic so we could at least avoid the trivial gunk when searching? Or even a "points junkie" yellow/red card that could be awarded to disuade bad points behaviour.
<br><br>What do you think folks? I'm happy to pass on any suggestions to SDN or to go through Sue (assuming Sue has more direct contacts with the SDN moderators) - it's in all our interests that SDN also be a useful forum if only because it extends so much wider than just workflow.
<br><br>Regards,<br>Jocelyn<br><br>________________________________<br><br></blockquote></div>