Edit the WoW General Description a Little

[Verye]

Hey, this is just a suggestion that I think could help with all the questions that are constantly posted in the Exploits and Bots/Hacks sections.

The WoW General section is intended for all WoW-related questions, including Scams and Exploits. The current description says:

World of Warcraft General Chat
[All WoW Related Questions Belong Here]

And of course, all the non-question sections have big warnings in red and caps saying "NO QUESTIONS HERE!"

Both of these things are definitely good, but I feel you should go one step further. There are many people who simply have a question in their mind, look at all the sections, and think the WoW General section is just for talking about WoW character development or random in-game stuff, things that don't have to do with the "underground," or the rule-breaking things, like scamming, exploiting, and botting. I know the admins understand that they want the WoW General section to be for questions, which is why they put that message, but I just feel that the message is too vague in its current state, and therefore is not strong enough.

Yes, I know that there's already a huge warning saying not to post questions in those sections, but I do not think it would do any harm to maybe change the WoW General description to all caps so it says something along the lines of:

World of Warcraft General Chat
[ALL WOW RELATED QUESTIONS BELONG HERE. THAT INCLUDES EXPLOITING, BOTTING, HACKING, AND GENERAL RULE-BREAKING QUESTIONS.]

Many, many people overlook that section, and I feel like it's not getting enough love. They feel that they can only be helped in the "World of Warcraft" division of forums regarding rule-breaking activities, and not in the "WoW Discussions" one, which is considerably lower down on the forum list.

I feel this would reduce the number of questions posted in the rule-breaking questions. I've seen many people say "oh I didn't know I should post in WoW General about this." The section is underestimated and overlooked in general, and just changing the tag a little bit could help with that, I think.

I know that this seems like a minor fix to a big problem: people posting things in the wrong sections. However, appending the forum description would take maybe 30 seconds at most, and I just do not think it could hurt.

Thank you for reading.

[Palumir]

Palumir supports this message.

[Verye]

Palumir supports this message.

Don't want to be rude, but I believe it is against the rules to respond to threads in the Suggestions forum with "this," "signed," "agreed," or something similar. Constructive comments must be posted along with it.

Not trying to belittle your reply, just don't want to see you infracted or anything.

[Liquid Malfunction]

Hey, this is just a suggestion that I think could help with all the questions that are constantly posted in the Scams, Exploits, and Bots/Hacks sections.

The WoW General section is intended for all WoW-related questions, including Scams and Exploits. The current description says:



And of course, all the non-question sections have big warnings in red and caps saying "NO QUESTIONS HERE!"

Both of these things are definitely good, but I feel you should go one step further. There are many people who simply have a question in their mind, look at all the sections, and think the WoW General section is just for talking about WoW character development or random in-game stuff, things that don't have to do with the "underground," or the rule-breaking things, like scamming, exploiting, and botting. I know the admins understand that they want the WoW General section to be for questions, which is why they put that message, but I just feel that the message is too vague in its current state, and therefore is not strong enough.

Yes, I know that there's already a huge warning saying not to post questions in those sections, but I do not think it would do any harm to maybe change the WoW General description to all caps so it says something along the lines of:



Many, many people overlook that section, and I feel like it's not getting enough love. They feel that they can only be helped in the "World of Warcraft" division of forums regarding rule-breaking activities, and not in the "WoW Discussions" one, which is considerably lower down on the forum list.

I feel this would reduce the number of questions posted in the rule-breaking questions. I've seen many people say "oh I didn't know I should post in WoW General about this." The section is underestimated and overlooked in general, and just changing the tag a little bit could help with that, I think.

I know that this seems like a minor fix to a big problem: people posting things in the wrong sections. However, appending the forum description would take maybe 30 seconds at most, and I just do not think it could hurt.

Thank you for reading.

Sounds good all but one thing they shouldn't post scam questions in the WoW general,there is already a scam help section

[Verye]

Sounds good all but one thing they shouldn't post scam questions in the WoW general,there is already a scam help section

Oh yeah, I actually forgot about that, sorry! Thanks for mentioning it. Post updated.

[Hellgawd]

Sound's good, but a little wordy IMO.

[Verye]

Sound's good, but a little wordy IMO.

Yeah, I know it is, but I want it to be conveyed that the section is for those questions. Maybe just make it:

[ALL WOW EXPLOITING, HACKING, BOTTING, GENERAL RULE-BREAKING, AND UNRELATED QUESTIONS BELONG HERE]

That's pretty wordy too, but it's the best I think anyone could do.

[dkgnome]

if that work it's good

[Phygar]

This would be good because even I up until now didn't know where to post botting questions and the sort.

[KuRIoS]

not needed, they wont read it anyways.
good suggestion tho
/closed