Forum etiquette FAQ + Moderator Enforcement

jochemd wrote:
Since despite the plethora of messages nobody is even attempting to provide any arguments or suggestions towards improving the FAQ, this thread is being locked. Since the only currently provided reason for changing the FAQ is rather pointless in light of the overal rules, I am not updating the FAQ.
The problem with this is that you're assuming that nobody new is going to come along with a question or addition that will put the thread back on topic--it happens all the time. So if someone comes along, sees the original post, and wants to comment--now they have to create a new thread like this. Why waste the time locking the thread?
Ramón G Castañeda wrote:
The Forum etiquette and best practices page contains something I had not noticed before. It may have been added recently.
Don't:
Personally attack people, their edits (including spelling or grammar)…
Actually I strongly agree with this rule (change?)*.
*(It was there last time I looked and it seems to me that it's a typical forum rule.)
I've been the witness and target of personal attacks here for awhile now, so yes it does need to stop, and moderators should be removing this type of offensive comment. But mods need to have the sense to detect good-natured joking around vs. an actual personal attack.
Really though, inappropriate behavior like this shouldn't be that difficult to most people with some common sense.
It's not that hard:
Questioning someone's intelligence? Unacceptable
Questioning someone's educational background? Unacceptable
Correcting someone's spelling, politely without implying that they're an idiot (a personal attack)? OK
Correcting someone's grammar, politely without implying that they're an idiot (a personal attack)? OK
Correcting someone's spelling or grammar in a rude, inappropriate, or condescending manner? Unacceptable
Criticizing person B for politely correcting (editing) person A's grammar or spelling? Unacceptable - according to the Adobe rule specified above
It doesn't say you can't correct someone's spelling or grammar, it seems to say not to attack people for (politely, obviously) correcting another's mistake. I think. It could use a little clarification, the "..." at the end hints that it's incomplete--but the rule itself is needed IMO.

jochemd wrote:
I have seen plenty of evidence that people are more then capable of creating threads With the diversity of people providing off topic input a lock was the best I could do. What I really wanted to do was put a chill-lock on the thread: a lock, some message and a counter counting down for 6 hours until the thread is re-opened. But this software isn't really abundant in moderation features.
And there lies the problem. What to one may be a good-natured joke (because some spelling / grammar errors are funny), to somebody else is a personal attack (becuase they studied very hard and long to learn a foreign language). Add to that that moderators need to make a judgement call on whether the comment will escalate or not, and a moderator has a hard decision to make. It is why I typically refrain from spelling corrections completely, except where pertinent to the problem (for example somebody writing IF (...) THAN ... ELSE ... ENDIF; in FormCalc).
To 1st paragraph (thanks Jive for making it sooo easy to break up quotes for a response):
It's not a temp lock, but there's another simple alternative that I've seen used many times in dozens of other web forums: post a warning that the thread may be locked if it continues to trail off into pointlessness.* If people really want the thread to stay open, they'll get back on topic.
*(To me this means posting random cat pictures, general goofing off, or other 'lounge' type activities. This doesn't include a topic change to an off topic but still productive conversation, as long as the thread creator is okay with it. IMO--leave it up to the original poster to self-police highjack conversations. The point of the forum is to be of service the user/customer, not to make sure they obey all the rules 100% of the time.)
To 2nd paragraph: I understand there's exceptions and that it's a subjective thing, but 99% of the time it's usually pretty obvious whether something is inappropriate. I guess to some degree you have to understand the mood and atmosphere of the forum's users, which can vary, but IMO as a rule it's best to default to the minimum possible moderation and censorship.
In this forum--there is goofing off. Too much at times. But it's going to happen, and after awhile it'll probably seem like too much work to be worth it. I can understand not having 5 threads on the first page dedicated to completely off topic sea kitten posts or "this place is jived up" complaints (assuming there isn't some specific problem being reported), but I hope this is not going to turn into a police state forum. Especially considering that honestly, there doesn't seem to be many new "forum comments" left to make, all there really remains is our frustration and a need to make sure Adobe doesn't start to think we've gotten used to this crap forum software.
I don't know for sure if you (jochem) agree with all this (been inactive the last few days or week) and I'm not targeting this at anyone so... I'm just sayin'.
Geez, too verbose. Basically-- a lazy (but not completely inactive) mod is best!

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Forum etiquette FAQ needs edit/clarification of (a recent? addition)

The Forum etiquette and best practices page contains something I had not noticed before. It may have been added recently.
Don't:
Personally attack people, their edits (including spelling or grammar)…
Their "spelling"?
How are you going to be helpful to people by neglecting to point out to posters that there are no are such words in the English language as "convertor", "seperate" or "seperations" and that's why they don't find the information they need on the Adobe DNG Converter or separations in the Help files or Google?

There is a difference between helping people by pointing out errors in spelling if it is relevant to their query and attacking someone by pointing out they don't know how to spell or use proper grammar.
Example: I have searched for information on coler management. I can find no information at all on coler.
Here telling the person that they are misspelling color would be helpful.
Example: I is having a problem with Color Management.
It is not helpful or appropriate to tell the person they should write I am rather than I is.
The second type of critique happens. It reminds me of the story about the English teacher that corrects the grammar of a student that writes her a love letter and hands it back to the student---neither helpful nor appropriate.

Forum Etiquette

I like the new Forum Etiquette stickies, but even after that post was made, I'm still seeing rude and hateful comments , mainly from one Senior Oracle DBA. It seems words aren't enough, do we need to come up with some sort of policing agent that expels, banishes, bans users, whom are being rude, mean and hateful.
Sarcasm is one thing, but being demeaning and hateful is just not acceptable. If you can't be nice and help people, don't help them at all. A lot of people come here for help, they are new, some may be lazy, but that doesn't make it open season on them.
Professionalism should be the word of the day. Would your boss tolerate you talking to a customer the same way you talk to the people in the forum?
Perhaps a rating system is in order, or a craigsist type policing system needs to be implemented. If the post doesn't contribute or its negative or off topic, its flagged and it's removed.

HI Hans,
Censoring-no, Banning-yes? Both are deliberate acts to curtail speech. That's an excellent point.
As a worldwide forum, Oracle must respect the laws of all nations, while trying to maintain a professional environment. For example, in the USA, even vile hate speech is allowed, while in other countries it can be a criminal offense. I have notes here:
http://www.dba-oracle.com/oracle_news/news_hate_speech.htm
While the US First Amendment generally protects racist hate speech, some countries are less tolerant of bigots. The country of India has blocked the Oracle usenet newsgroups because they allows hate speech.
In countries like Germany, publishing hate speech is punishable by a stiff prison term:
"A German historian who claimed that Auschwitz prisoners enjoyed cinemas, a swimming pool and brothels was sentenced to 10 months in jail.
In Germany and Austria, it's a crime to deny the Holocaust, even if you are living in America. Germany does not agree with what Voltaire said "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it".
Laurent Schneider notes the French Law Loi Gayssot which makes it an offense to question the Holocaust:
"[It is an offense to] question the existence of the category of crimes against humanity as defined in the London Charter of 1945, on the basis of which Nazi leaders were convicted by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg"
Should OTN censor free speech?

Forum etiquette and best practices

Do:
Respect others
Assume good faith
Share what you know
Be kind to newbies — we were all new once
Encourage others; recognize and praise good work
Attract and honor good, knowledgeable people
Ask for help, and help others in return
Set a good example
Add information about yourself to your forum profile
Visit the Forum FAQ
Don't:
Infringe on copyrighted material
Use obscene or offensive language
Personally attack people, their edits (including spelling or grammar), or their comments
Rant or otherwise harass, abuse, or intimidate others
Use multiple accounts to agree (or argue) with yourself
Post anything you don't want the world to see. This is a public space
Post content that violates Adobe community guidelines, adobe.com Terms of Use, or Adobe privacy policy in any manner
Post other people's confidential or private information without their express permission. This includes email addresses, street addresses, telephone numbers, content of private forum messages, etc.
Be afraid to identify errors or shortcomings in Adobe content. Your feedback is important!
Personal insults, verbal attacks, and generally offensive, disrespectful, or abusive messages will be edited or deleted by forum hosts. Repeated violations will result in temporary suspension of forum access, eventually leading to being banned from forums. Spam messages will be deleted immediately, and the user account will be disabled in the forums.
Self-promotion and signatures:
The Adobe Forums do not provide for automatic signatures in your messages. But you can put information, such as a personal web page, in your forum profile. When users click your name or avatar they will be taken to your profile page, where they can find your URL and a short bio. To edit your profile, click the Your Stuff link in the bar at the top of the forum, select Profile from the list, and then click Edit Profile.
If you have a link that is germane to the topic under discussion you can post that in your message. But we discourage links to commercial sites. Forum hosts may remove links at their discretion.

Kath-H wrote:
is already in the sticky threads you find by clicking 'overview' - or otherwise stumble over by accident. Along with the FAQ.
Sometimes an extra reminder that people should be respectful of one another is in order. People have been clicking the abuse link on threads that are crossing their border. That is the reason I bumped it.

Is there a forum specific faq?

is there a thread somewhere that answers commonly asked questions?
Thanks
Kal

No, there's not. It has been suggested, however, you can utilize the forum search utility.

[Solved] Suggested clarification for "Forum etiquette-respect distros"

I bumped into this while reading one of the binned posts today, and took a second to parse it properly:
Maligning other GNU/Linux distributions, operating systems, or users thereof is prohibited.
May I suggest a small edit for clarity:
Maligning other GNU/Linux distributions, other operating systems, or their users is prohibited.
I have a wiki account, but I'm not about to edit this page without discussion given my quiet, low-key level of activity in the community.
Edit: Improved rewording implemented. n.b. title slightly modified to fit character limit.
Last edited by mike_r (2014-06-05 23:57:58)

That was quick! Unfortunately, the word which most added the clarity (to me) was the "other" before "other operating systems", which you did not include. When I first read the original text, my brain didn't separate the GNU/Linux distros from the other operating systems; i.e., into Linux, BSD, Windows, MacOSX, etc. By including the word "other" before operating systems, it makes it clearer that we definitely mean more than just Linux and variants thereof. I know its getting nitpicky, but that's the essence of the clarification I was after. Thanks.

Forum Suggestion - FAQ's

The same subjects keep coming up time and time again. Would it not be of help to such users and the people answering their questions if we could group some of the most popular questions?
e.g. Printing Problems
Black Screen
Primary problems
Managed vs. Referenced
Vaults
and there are more.
This would help reduce some of the clutter and focus on some of the more positive or adavanced aspects that people want to discuss.
Perhaps too a 'What's New' section could focus on new features and techniques.

The problem with those types of static topics/pages is they soon become old and out-of-date themselves, then you have folks relying on incorrect data for answers instead of asking the question and getting current info.
I once thought they were a good idea but technology seems to move too fast, so they are seldom of any real value.
Just my $.02

Blogosphere/forum etiquette

Here is a quick question. If a person is responding on a blog on this Verizon site do they have to disclose that they are being paid by or working for Verizon? I see a lot of criticism about specific valid issues with Verizon customer service, products and services and the same user names show up and respond with nearly the same exact “party line” that the company is pushing. I have noticed these individuals posing as “impartial” participants. Just wondering?

I totally accept that there are plenty of happy folks who love their Verizon, otherwise the company could not operate. I also freely admit that I am biased by a specific situation that Verizon as well as other providers have used to make extra money to the annoyance of a small group of customers who don't want junk on their phones they did not download or need. It just seemed a bit beyond the coincidental that there are folks out there who back a policy like this or, for example, additional charges on their bills they were not expecting? I point at the now defunct proposed $2 convenience charge, the $30 upgrade fee, the charges that show up from third party app providers that are not authorized (a problem that was solved by disabling the ability of people to place charges without my permission) and now the bloatware issue. My first smartphone was a droid 1 and I loved it now the junk appware quota has grown exponentially compared to my Droid 1.
Just to add one more thing...I respectfully disagree about multiple threads on the same issue. In my opinion, nothing gets changed in a company or life unless the pain of change is less than the pain of staying the same. The more people complain about specific business practices the more chances we have to see a change in a company. If eveyone who had a smartphone complains it is a sure bet something will break one way or the other. I work in customer service and companies that are large don't respond until their customer base complains enough to be heard.

ATTENTION: MODERATOR - ABAP Forum behaving badly? ;-)

Hello,
Please see my post in the ABAP forum.
ATTENTION: MODERATOR - Forum behaving badly? ;-)
The topic with incorrect count mentioned there is:
Raising custom events
Regards,
Ramki.
Message was edited by: Ramki Maley

Hi Ramki,
We are looking in to this. We see this happen every now and then. Not really common which makes it very hard to track down the cause.
BR
David

How to deal with often ask doc questions in Oracle forums?

All,
Lately the number of doc questions in the Database General forum and the SQL and PL/SQL forum seems to increase exponentially.
Also almost all posters never look up error messages in the on-line documentation, nor do they anything to resolve their own problem.
Need I to mention ORA-12154? Probably not.
While the Forums Etiquette post is clear you should be looking up, no one is actually doing that.
Also apparently no one reads the Forum Etiquette post.
The result of this is the Search Forum button has become fully useless and almost always turns up 1000s of non-relevant posts.
Which results in .... people asking that question again
I am quite aware the situation on http://asktom.oracle.com and many other sites is hardly better.
I am also aware Jives might be incapable of addressing this properly.
But can't something be done?
Eg: Jives automatically consults the on-line documentation or automatically consults Google or even Wikipedia?
I try to avoid answering doc questions as much as possible, but that doesn't work.
If I could, I would kick the poster, as this kind of laziness really annoys me.
When I started my career the Internet didn't exist. The only things available were manuals and the phone to call support, and it wasn't outsourced to Asia.
Regards
Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA

sybrand_b wrote:
All,
Lately the number of doc questions in the Database General forum and the SQL and PL/SQL forum seems to increase exponentially.
Also almost all posters never look up error messages in the on-line documentation, nor do they anything to resolve their own problem.
Need I to mention ORA-12154? Probably not.
While the Forums Etiquette post is clear you should be looking up, no one is actually doing that.
Also apparently no one reads the Forum Etiquette post.gang-faq 'em!
>
The result of this is the Search Forum button has become fully useless and almost always turns up 1000s of non-relevant posts.
Which results in .... people asking that question again
I am quite aware the situation on http://asktom.oracle.com and many other sites is hardly better.
I am also aware Jives might be incapable of addressing this properly.
But can't something be done?
Eg: Jives automatically consults the on-line documentation or automatically consults Google or even Wikipedia?When I've seen this (as in metalink), it has been more a waste of time than random guessing answers by newbies. Even the best neural network software would be stumped by the range of experience it would have to deal with.
>
I try to avoid answering doc questions as much as possible, but that doesn't work.
If I could, I would kick the poster, as this kind of laziness really annoys me.
When I started my career the Internet didn't exist. The only things available were manuals and the phone to call support, and it wasn't outsourced to Asia.You are making the same mistake so many newbie user interface designers make: You have to deal with the wide range of experience and expectations of the user population, not a small homogenous group of Dutch programmers who will follow arbitrary rules.
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/duty_calls.png

Unofficial Forum Rules and Guidelines

I realize there is an official Community Guidelines thread, but I feel it should cover more topics than it does. So here is my attempt to have a thread I can point new users to, if they are unsure how forum etiquette works.
Before Posting a Question
Many posts have been made on the forums over the years and many topics have been covered. You are likely not the first person to attempt something, or having difficulty. Search the forums first for the question you would like to ask. NI's forum search works well but feel free to use Google to search the forums. Try searching with alternate terms, like "System Tray" instead of "Icon Tray".
Posting a Question
When posting a question you should first follow the guidelines linked earlier. In addition to those points I'd like to mention a few more:
Not everyone on the forums speaks English. If English is not your native language feel free to post questions in your first language, but be aware that there are several non-English speaking sub-forums. If you post a non-English question in the English forum, you may or may not get people who speak your language. Stick to forum for that language to ensure you get the help you need.
Post in the right sub-forum. Language is the first sub-forum to consider, but topic is another. If you are asking a question about LabVIEW exams, it is better to post in the Certification board, rather than the LabVIEW board. If you posted in the wrong forum ask a moderator to move it to the appropriate section.
Have a useful title. The title of your question should never be "labview" for "fpga". Your title should also not be a paragraph. It should be a quick summary of the topics your post is going to discuss.
Do not use caps lock unless you are really yelling. It would be rude for me to ask a question by yelling and the same goes for the forums. This goes for the title and the post.
Do not beg for help using words like URGENT, or LIFE AND DEATH. This is again rude, we are largely volunteers that like to help, but not when we are being yelled at.
Use words not letters "NEED hlp Plz R U labview xpert?" Use full English sentences. If you have trouble with this please refer back to speaking in your native language, or go back and take English class.
There is rarely a need to change the font size, color or style from the default settings. You are wasting your time, and likely making your post harder to read. Stick with the default font styles.
Try giving as much information about the conditions of your question. Things like: What version of LabVIEW are you using? What operating system are you using? What hardware are you using? and What sensors are you using? are a few common ones.
If you want to ask the same question on another LabVIEW board like LAVA, feel free to do so. One thing that helps collaborate efforts is to provide a link in your post back to the other place where the question was asked. This way someone on the NI forums can see what has already been said on another forum.
When posting code post the actual code not a screenshot. You wouldn't take a screenshot of a text file and post it on a text language forum. Upload the actual VI, or zip several files and upload the zip. The exception to this rule is when uploading a VI Snippet. This is an image with the VI embedded in it, so the source is still intact.
When you don't get the help you want
If you posted a question and didn't get any response, or didn't understand the responses you got, do not make a new thread on the same topic. Doing this will fragment the conversation and you will have two groups of people working on the same problem.
Don't simply BUMP a thread with a new post without more information. This is a sign that you don't want to put in any effort and are simply nagging others to help you. If a thread goes dry and you want more help, try getting more information on the subject, or try something and reply to the thread with this new information. This shows you are willing to work towards your goal, and aren't just looking for others to do your work for you.
When you get the help you want
Volunteers put in effort to help you and they want to know they are appreciated. The forums have several ways to say "Thank You" to those that have helped. Here are the preferred methods.
Kudos
You can thanks a person on the forum by giving them a Kudo. A user on the forums can Kudo a post by another user once, but multiple users can Kudo the same post which can highlight posts that a collection of users find useful.
Here is a thread discussion when users choose to give Kudos.
Marking Solutions
Any reply to a post can be marked as a solution to the post, if the sub-forum supports marking solutions. This is helpful because the thread will get a green check mark showing a solution to the question has been found. Threads can have multiple posts marked as a solution, but it is best to limit the number of posts that are the solution. Mark the posts that answer the question, not just helpful posts. A helpful post can be Kudo'd, but doesn't need to be marked as a solution.
Things Not To Do
Do not send private messages to a user asking a question. Forums exist so we can work to solve a problem as a group. Contacting someone privately causes that to not work.
Do not post personal information. This includes Email, or phone contact information. Spam bots crawl forums like this looking for your information. This also means don't make your user name an email address.
Do not have huge signatures. They waste space on the forum and can clutter the conversation. Signatures are okay, but large ones are discouraged.
Do not post homework assignments. We are not going to do your homework for you. You are welcome to ask specific questions about things you don't understand. But don't post your homework and expect someone to do it for you. You won't learn this way.
Do not resurrect old threads that have nothing to do with the new question. A post from 2002 about how to setup a DAQ task will likely not be related to your question about reading a serial port. Make a new thread asking your new question.
Looking For Free Training
Many times new users of NI hardware or software just don't know where to start. They will ask a question but without knowing the terms, or the intended purpose, they will not be able to form a proper question. Here are some free training tools primarily focused on LabVIEW and NI hardware.
NI Learning Center
NI Getting Started
-Hardware Basics
-LabVEW Basics
-DAQ Application Tutorials
3 Hour LabVIEW Introduction
6 Hour LabVIEW Introduction
Self Paced training for students
Self Paced training beginner to advanced, SSP Required
LabVIEW Wiki on Training
More general forum etiquette tips can be found here. Not all of these are relevant to the NI forums but there is very good advice in there. There is also the How To Ask Questions The Smart Way.
Unofficial Forum Rules and Guidelines - Hooovahh - LabVIEW Overlord
If 10 out of 10 experts in any field say something is bad, you should probably take their opinion seriously.

When attaching code:
Include all subVIs, typedefs, and global variables, etc.
Remove all passwords from password protected VIs.
Do NOT include anything from vi.lib or that is part of a standard LabVIEW installation.
Do NOT include libraries from commercial third party drivers unless you suspect them to be the cause of the problem.
If it is an entire project, zip everything up. (A "*.lvproj" file does NOT contain anything useful. All code referenced in the project needs to be included).
If you attach more than one VI, tell us the name of the toplevel VI.
Set all controls to typical values, then make them default before saving. Do not set indicators to new default values, especially e.g. graphs containing huge amounst of data.
Ideally, all we should need to do is open and run the VI to see the problem.
The default data should be typical and not biased in any way. If an input is a matrix, don't make it square or symmetric unless that is guranteed to always be the case.
Tell us how to demonstrate the bug (e.g. Run A, set control B to X, Indicator C is now Y while I expect it to be be Z instead, etc.). Include these instruction as diagram comment on the toplevel VI.
If the problems is with reading a file, include a sample file that demonstrates the problem.
If you run the newest LabVIEW version, you might want to downconvert to a lower version before attaching (file...save for previous...). This way there are more people that can potentially help. (Of course if the suspected bug depends on the version, you should attach the version that demonstrates the bug.)
If you make claims about speed or benchmarking:
Tell us what you consider fast or slow. "Seconds" could be fast for one problem while "microseconds" could be considered slow for another.
Include your benchmarking code.
Make sure the speed test is sound and not polluted by debugging settings. Keep the front panels of subVIs closed, watch for code running in parallel, and avoid front panel updates.
Make a distinction between slow code and slugginsh FP responsiveness.
LabVIEW Champion . Do more with less code and in less time .

I hope I am in the right forum. I get so mixed up some times, but....

I am having a problem with Encore not recognizing by DVD unit.
One man here told me to check my Drive Numbers to see if they were in order. Here is mine:
C:/ OS
D:/ 2st internal hard drive (CS4 Work space)
E:/ DVD
F:/ 3nd internal hard drive (Storage/Backup)
G:/ External hard drive (Storage/Backup)
I realize they are not in order, but will these being out of order like this possibly make a difference with my problem?
AND will it destroy anything if I assign new numbers to get them like this:
C:/ OS
D:/ 2st internal hard drive (CS4 Work space)
E:/ 3nd internal hard drive (Storage/Backup)
F:/ External hard drive (Storage/Backup)
G:/ DVD
I really do need to get my projects burnt on DVD dics.
I have a file for my Cashes on F:/ so my C:/ does not get over ran. Not sure this matters, but I want to let you guys know all I can think of since it is usually on C:/.
I am running Vista 64bit if that matters.
(I was able to burn a DVD using a stock video from Media Player; it was the one with the bear.)
Thanks again, Jim

Hi Hunt, Jochem and all
I think I may have a clue as to how many folks end up posting here.
If one visits the main Forums entry page, off to the right is an area where one may view the FAQ and "Forum Etiquette and Best Practices".
Being good do-bees, they likely follow this link and end up reading a post in the Forum Comments forum. Having read the information, they then proceed to post their issue. The thing is, they are inside the Forum Comments forum, so that's where they end up posting.
I'm wondering if the issue could be alleviated by creating a read only forum where threads such as the Best Practices could be stored?
Just pondering... Rick

Link to Bug Report Forum on Forum help page is dangling...

The link Bug Reporting Forum (http://social.answers.microsoft.com/forums/en-us/reportabug/threads/) on page
Answers >
Forums Home
> Help (http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/help) is dangling. Makes it a bit more complicated than necessary to find this forum...
Cheers, Michael

Hello Brent,
unluckily I think you misunderstood Michael original point.
Because some time passed, I too would like to report same issue again but let me explain and guide you (or others) how I too reached same sentence.
As of now even from your own 'Forums preferences' profile page you should be able to find on right side a
'Help' URL that leading to an intermediate page stating :
"The Frequently Asked Questions has Moved
The Forums help file has been moved to the
Community Wiki. Please update any bookmarks you may have."
Now a part from correcting that 'Help' URL once you or anyone reach 'Forums
Help (FAQ) - TechNet Articles - United States (English) - TechNet Wiki' you can find 'How
do I report issues with the Forums?' question, and then there's this other sentence :
"How do I report issues with the Forums?
You can report bugs, suggestions, and other issues for Forums, by performing one of the following actions:
Bug: If the issue seems like a bug in the forums code, go to the Bug Reporting Forum and report the bug
by using the template provided in the top forum thread.
But once anyone reach that Forum, now called 'Forums Issues (not product support)' there's no real forum bug reporting template in the top forum threads (as of now I only found 'Verify Your Account 15' and 'How to report
spam') and also to find this post thread I really had to search for "report a bug".
Regards
Rob

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Something new (or not noticed by me before) then as this thread appears as normal discussion in
My Thread view.
Regards, Dave Patrick ....
New UI has this functionality i.e. if you reply on a sticky, it will appears as a 'Discussion' in thread view.
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Reg : Jive Forums Notification mail

Hi Experts,
We are in the process of configuring Jive forums in Portal.
I am facing the following challenges,
1.How to sending an email to group of users of a forum category on creation of a new thread (Notification).And where to configure the same.
2.Configuring the periodic moderation mail to the user based on the threads he created in a particular forum he is moderating.
Please request your help in addressing problems.
Thanks,
Regards,
Rudradev

Hi
thanks for your answers but that do not help...
The users are watching the tread and all of our users have the right mail adress in the profile.
i think i forgot some configurations?! Did i have to change something in the Visual Admin or so?
As i told.. i only changed the 2 configuration steps as you can see in the first post.
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