I participate in the Civ VI Ideas & Suggestions forum a lot. There are two sticky threads, one for Leadrs & Civ's Wanted and one for Ideas Not Worth Their Own Thread. I think it would be useful to have a thread for some other specific elements rather than anything not a civ or leader gets shuffled off to the "not worth own thread" thread.
Is There a Process for Proposing a Sticky Thread?
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PM the moderator of that forum and ask. State why you think this stickied thread is needed, as concisely as you can and how you think it would benefit everyone who participates in that area.
It would help to suggest a name for this thread and the kind of content you would expect people to post in it. As long as it wouldn't duplicate another established thread, there is a good chance the answer might be 'yes'.
If you think that a soecific thread is worth sticky-ing, then you can also use the report-function of the thread's OP.
You might need to follow up on that later though, since only limited amounts of threads can be sticky-ed, and the mod team might disagree with you, with each other, or might have different plans for the close future.
You might need to follow up on that later though, since only limited amounts of threads can be sticky-ed, and the mod team might disagree with you, with each other, or might have different plans for the close future.
The person asking this wasn't referring to stickying an already-existing thread. He was asking about having a stickied thread for certain types of posts (similar to a request for a separate thread for some topic that comes up in an OT serial thread if there are a lot of posts about it, and going the extra step of stickying it).
It could also be looked at in the context of having a separate stickied thread for a specific issue that comes up frequently in the now very-outdated FAQ thread in Site Feedback.
This is why I recommended the poster contact a moderator via PM. There's no separate thread to sticky; he's asking that one be created.
Edmund Ironside
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So if I wanted this thread to be a sticky thread:
https://forums.civfanatics.com/thre...eek-world-revived-download-v-1-3-here.633994/
Then am I best to report it (which feels kind of wrong) or to message a moderator, and if the latter then is there a particular moderator who tends to deal with deciding if threads should be stickied?
https://forums.civfanatics.com/thre...eek-world-revived-download-v-1-3-here.633994/
Then am I best to report it (which feels kind of wrong) or to message a moderator, and if the latter then is there a particular moderator who tends to deal with deciding if threads should be stickied?
That thread has been stickied (I'm assuming you really wanted that, and weren't just using that as a random example).
While most reports are for rule violations, you can (unless this has changed since my mod times) also report anything, which you think deserves moderator attention. E.g. misplaced threads, or...i think Xenforo made some other things obsolete, e.g. you can now change thread names, which in the old system mods had to do. Don't overdo it though
.Tl;dr: You can report anything which needs moderator attention.
Thanks everyone for your attention.
The "Not Worth Their Own Thread" sticky is used largely for throwing out a one or two sentence pitch for things like UI enhancements and mechanical balance improvements. What I would like to request is a sticky thread for featuring creative ideas for game elements, similar to the "Leaders & Civ's" thread .
Specifically, "Design Your Own World Wonder, Natural Wonder, or City-State".
The "Not Worth Their Own Thread" sticky is used largely for throwing out a one or two sentence pitch for things like UI enhancements and mechanical balance improvements. What I would like to request is a sticky thread for featuring creative ideas for game elements, similar to the "Leaders & Civ's" thread .
Specifically, "Design Your Own World Wonder, Natural Wonder, or City-State".
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In this case, since your request needs a bit of explaining, it might be best to find out who the moderator is for that forum, send a PM explaining what you've told us, and hopefully the moderator will agree that your suggestion is a sensible and beneficial one.
I looked at the link that Gedemon provided. It didn't show any moderators for ideas and suggestions forum, but I did send to some on the list and didn't hear back.
The problem with that forum is that it's underutilized. Maybe you guys have some way to view an aggregate of posting activity, but it sure doesn't seem like a lively place. I question that at least some types of ideas and suggestions would be fine for General Discussion.
I would hope that with some level of curation, like a modicum of sticky threads, Ideas & Suggestions would see some improvement in activity. But right now, a thread is posted in the hopes of getting a single response or a few likes, not a second page.
Or create such a thread on your own, see how it goes, and a mod might sticky it then
The problem with that forum is that it's underutilized. Maybe you guys have some way to view an aggregate of posting activity, but it sure doesn't seem like a lively place. I question that at least some types of ideas and suggestions would be fine for General Discussion.
I would hope that with some level of curation, like a modicum of sticky threads, Ideas & Suggestions would see some improvement in activity. But right now, a thread is posted in the hopes of getting a single response or a few likes, not a second page.
It happens quite a bit really. Allowing this only makes Ideas and Suggestions even more underutilized.
More activity comes from interest in the subject matter. If a thread is interesting and provides information for our members, will gladly sticky it. If it does not, then it should not be a sticky. Always like the idea of posting a thread and if it is interesting and informative then it gets stuck because it is of immediate value to our membership.
Am I wrong to be reading in some idea of thread darwinism? Let's put it like this, do you think there can be good books that people don't read? Can there be fantastic restaurants that people don't get a chance to enjoy before they go belly-up?
If people don't notice the subject matter, they don't get to drink in its quality. It's not like there's a lot of room for word of mouth in this scenario either. There has to be an entry point before quality impacts activity. That's where curation comes in.
I suspect what will happen should I post this thread to the Ideas & Suggestions forum, it will be just like any other thread in that forum. The same handful of folks will read and like it, maybe get a couple of replies before it slides away. It just won't have any way to gather initial momentum. That's not necessarily evidence of survival-of-the-fittest at work, that it wasn't sufficiently interesting or lacked value to be kept around for future discussion. It could just be the that the forum as a whole is currently a poor location for engagement.
As you say, Leif, we've seen this time and again. Someone posts a thread in the General Discussion forum, and it generates good enthusiastic activity--right up until the point a moderator shuffled it into Ideas & Suggestions. Replies noticeably dry up in a very abrupt fashion. What transpired? Its insight, its quality, its value to the community--its fitness to survive--didn't change by the act of moving it, did it?
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Ideas and Suggestions used to be a subforum of the Civ6 GD forum. We received many complaints that it did not have enough visibility in that position. We were asked to make it a separate subforum equal to Civ6 GD. That is why it is where it is.
If a thread is moved, all the notifications go with it. Whoever posted receives notification of where it is now. One would think moving a popular thread to Ideas and Suggestions from GD would give I&S more visibility, not less?
Thread Darwinism? I would suggest that every thread has a life, and a death. If it interests people, it will thrive, no matter where it is.
Sticking a thread in an unvisited forum does nothing to generate interest.
If you want a stickied thread, I am more than happy to do so with the understanding that we are not going to create a bunch more so that the forum is sticky heavy. Too many sticky threads just makes them common and demotes non-stickies.
If a thread is moved, all the notifications go with it. Whoever posted receives notification of where it is now. One would think moving a popular thread to Ideas and Suggestions from GD would give I&S more visibility, not less?
Thread Darwinism? I would suggest that every thread has a life, and a death. If it interests people, it will thrive, no matter where it is.
Sticking a thread in an unvisited forum does nothing to generate interest.
If you want a stickied thread, I am more than happy to do so with the understanding that we are not going to create a bunch more so that the forum is sticky heavy. Too many sticky threads just makes them common and demotes non-stickies.
So, someone actually did come along and post such a thread. I will use the report feature to request that it be made sticky.
