CADTutor Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 It has come to my attention that our User Titles may need some revision. Specifically the use of the title "Novice" to describe new members may not be appropriate because it could be construed to mean an AutoCAD novice, whereas we all know that some new members are actually AutoCAD experts. So, I'd like to change this to something like "Forum Newbie". Other suggestions will be considered - let me know. Quote
dtkell Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 What are the other categories of classification? Maybe 'plebeian' would be appropriate? Quote
CADTutor Posted January 4, 2007 Author Posted January 4, 2007 Curently the user titles are as follows: Novice 0-9 posts Junior Member 10-24 posts Full Member 25-99 posts Senior Member 100-499 posts Super Member 500-1999 posts Forum Deity 2000-4999 posts Luminous Being 5000 and above Any suggestions for changes to these or additional categories will be considered. Basically we can have as many as we like and decide how many posts are requited for each. Let me know what you think. Quote
zars Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 I think it's already clear. I mean it's well understood that the rank is related to the forum and not to ACAD skills although "Forum Newbie" would be fine. Quote
dtkell Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 Curently the user titles are as follows: Novice 0-9 posts Junior Member 10-24 posts Full Member 25-99 posts Senior Member 100-499 posts Super Member 500-1999 posts Forum Deity 2000-4999 posts Luminous Being 5000 and above ... With only over 9 posts required to get out of the novice category, it shouldn't be a problem. See, I did it. Quote
f700es Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 Not to nit-pick but I think something is broken. I lost my "Forum Deity" status when you switched over to the new board. Not a big deal but you might want to check some code to see that it is set correctly. I thought that you just changed them. Anyway, no big deal. Sean Curently the user titles are as follows: Novice 0-9 posts Junior Member 10-24 posts Full Member 25-99 posts Senior Member 100-499 posts Super Member 500-1999 posts Forum Deity 2000-4999 posts Luminous Being 5000 and above Any suggestions for changes to these or additional categories will be considered. Basically we can have as many as we like and decide how many posts are requited for each. Let me know what you think. Quote
CADTutor Posted January 5, 2007 Author Posted January 5, 2007 Yes, your Super Moderator status overrides your Forum Deity title in vBulletin. I'll see what I can do about that - only fair to give credit where credit is due. Quote
Cad64 Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 With only over 9 posts required to get out of the novice category, it shouldn't be a problem.See, I did it. You're right, we all did it, but some people have very fragile ego's and being called a novice just really bothers them. I think "Forum Newbie" would probably be a better title, it's much more obvious that the title refers to their forum status and not their experience level. I also think that having more titles, spaced out at maybe every 500 posts might be nice. Just to have a little more variety. It's a long haul from 500 to 2000, and even further from 2000 to 5000. Quote
CADTutor Posted January 5, 2007 Author Posted January 5, 2007 You're right, we all did it, but some people have very fragile ego's and being called a novice just really bothers them. That's exactly the issue. I also think that having more titles, spaced out at maybe every 500 posts might be nice. Just to have a little more variety. It's a long haul from 500 to 2000, and even further from 2000 to 5000. Well, if you can come up with an amusing naming scheme, I'll consider it. Quote
ReMark Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 Neophyte at the beginning and Grandmaster at the end. Or... Grasshopper at the beginning and Megasauraus at the end. No, that's not mega-sore-ass which is a completely different forum. Corporal at the beginning and Command-in-Chief at the end. Although I'd love to hang out for awhile at either Sargent-Major or Left-tenant ha, ha. Quote
f700es Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 Forum noob is not so bad. We all had to start somewhere Quote
eldon Posted January 7, 2007 Posted January 7, 2007 As a comparative newcomer to the forum, it is very apparent that "posts" do not equate with "prowess". Some posts consist of one word (or less), whilst others appear to be the result of considerable cogitation. Perhaps the post count should be limited to the posts on the public side of the forum? Quote
iain9876 Posted January 7, 2007 Posted January 7, 2007 Neophyte at the beginning and Grandmaster at the end. Or... Grasshopper at the beginning and Megasauraus at the end. No, that's not mega-sore-ass which is a completely different forum. Corporal at the beginning and Command-in-Chief at the end. Although I'd love to hang out for awhile at either Sargent-Major or Left-tenant ha, ha. what about ultimately achieving the status as a "Jedi knight?""..now that would be cool...obviously we would need to use the force...or at least try to use it for the better...!... ..and not migrate to the dark side...because that would be uncool! Quote
CADTutor Posted January 7, 2007 Author Posted January 7, 2007 As a comparative newcomer to the forum, it is very apparent that "posts" do not equate with "prowess". Some posts consist of one word (or less), whilst others appear to be the result of considerable cogitation. Perhaps the post count should be limited to the posts on the public side of the forum? The vBulletin software has a Reputation system, which I haven't implemented but that basically does what you are suggesting. The quality of a members posts can be determined by other users and the more "good points" a member gets, the higher the reputation. This system can be used in parallel with the (rather crude) number of posts system so that it's possible to see both how many posts members are making but also how good they are. If members would like to see such a system implemented, do let me know, it's very easy. Quote
Starkey Posted January 7, 2007 Posted January 7, 2007 I don't think we would need a system like that here. Now I know I'm not a veteran member of the board, but being on as many car forums as I am, I would say that it's not that important here. Everyone here either knows there stuff or is here to ask questions and learn. With the car forums (and other forums that are larger) there is a lot of bull that goes around that I don't see here at all. Quote
iain9876 Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 As a comparative newcomer to the forum, it is very apparent that "posts" do not equate with "prowess". Some posts consist of one word (or less), whilst others appear to be the result of considerable cogitation. Perhaps the post count should be limited to the posts on the public side of the forum? I think eldons observation has a point, some people do seem to post a lot of non cad related topics and make their way "up the promotion ladder" (myself included). Perhaps we are looking too much into this, even those that post a lot of non-cad related topics still have a vast knowledge of cad and do help others. Afterall cadtutor, you can't please all of the people all of the time, so why fix something that isn't broken? Unless of course one could possibly become a "jedi Knight"...then ...well change the whole thing!!!! Quote
ReMark Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 One computer-related site I was a member of would actually have the responses graded by the person who asked the question. Therefore, if the response fully answered the question the grade of "A" was assigned. If, on the other hand, it fell flat, then the grade of "F" was assigned. Posts made just for the sake of posting, off-topic posts, derogatory or mean-spirited posts were automatically graded "F" and over time they tended to diminish in frequency. My personal opinion is we all had to start somewhere. Even with my several years worth of background in CAD I had no problem starting out as a novice on this site. In the long run, we prove ourselves not by the quantity of our posts but by the quality. Long time members of this forum, in the end, will recognize the difference. Quote
enthub Posted January 9, 2007 Posted January 9, 2007 as long as i concern....i aint got problem with that stuff....newbie..novice...super or etc...i found this forum 2find a solution and give a solution....learn alot,2make my CAD perfect...3d or 2d...and hope found a trick on CAD that i dont know... so GUY'S..thx 2all of u.... Quote
umop-3p!sdn Posted January 11, 2007 Posted January 11, 2007 Can we have alignments too? I'd like to be a level 7 Mage with a +20 Quill of Elvan SPLINEDIT. or somewhere between Newcomer and Oldtimer ... Or at least somewhere between Green and "Read". Quote
Ronrico19 Posted January 12, 2007 Posted January 12, 2007 I like the idea of having many differents so it's interesting to see. If it's easy to switch then I would have several themes to switch from at random. (ex.) 1-10 Cheesy User 11-20 Actually been here a bit 21-30 Starting to be Cool 31-40 Close to Cool 41-49 VERY Close to Cool 50 COOL 51-60 Just was Cool 61-75 Actually known around here 76-100 Quite Popular 101-125 Kudos Rising! 126-150 People Actually Listen to you Now! 151-200 You're Considered Smart! 201-300 King of the Block 301-400 Autocad Guru 401-500 Boss Hogg of Autocad 501-600 Cars:Lexus - Forums:You 601-700 Rockin' all to do with AutoCad 701-800 Why aren't you bowing to me? 801-900 I own you all 901-998 I drafted your mom last night. 999 I'm about to make a crappy post because I want 1000. 1000 My last post was crappy 1001-1250 I'm officially the King! 1251-1500 Treatin' Homies! 1501-1750 WARNING : HARDCORE POSTER 1751-2000 Ultimate Poster 2001-9999 Ultimate Poster+ 10000-up I need a life... (sigh) Quote
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