Hi Lily / Scottie & others

It seems to become a trend for new members to start a topic to introduce theirselves, often just to say "Hey guys, I'm here". I think it's nice new members introduce theirselves a little bit, but it kinda annoys me they all have to start a new topic for that, as these topics disappear after having no more then just a few replies. Some were started in the Locker Room, some in the Centre Court.

I was thinking maybe it's a good idea to create a special place for new members to introduce theirselves (a pinned topic or so) so that they don't have to create a new topic each time...

Maybe I'm the only one who gets annoyed by this... In that case, nevermind.
But I don't think I'm the only one.

Cya

you could crate a new forum or yeah a pinned post it makes life easier then having all these post floating about.

That's a good idea, Carole. :) Hopefully Scott will see this and agree because the Locker Room is his domain and I think that introductions should go in there.

Done.

It's called "The Locker Room".

Seriously, they're not that common, and they disappear after a few days, so it isn't an eyesore either. If they disappear that quickly, what's the point of making a board dedicated to a one-off introduction?

Alternatively, you may wish you create your own introduction topic and centralise everything in that one, as a sort of ongoing folio of members.

But it's not just in the Locker Room. Those topics are everywhere. I think the new members don't really have a clue where to introduce themselves, they just go with whatever comes on their way first. No offense to them, I just thought a few "guidelines" to help them out could always help.

But if that's your decision, then fine.

I think thats a pretty good idea carole. Loads of those topics are creeping up and they're irritating me too!! A pinned topic would be a good idea IMO. :)

Apart from the Guidelines link at the top of the forum plus additional guideline topics in the two main interest sections themselves?

Introduction topics are not tennis-related, so they don't belong in Centre Court. That's what the Locker Room was designed to cater for. If you want to centralise everything into one meaningful introductions topic, go for it. Otherwise, ignore them.

If you're seriously pushing for this, then I'm looking for a well-thought proposal outlining your intentions, the purpose of your idea and what you hope to achieve with it. Don't get me wrong, the amount of effort in creating a board is practically nothing, but there has to be an actual point to doing so.

Or you may wish to take the alternative option I suggested.

well i'd say carole's idea is a fine one..... i mean especially since it's not a hassle to create it... it's pretty pointless to have a million threads created just to say "hey i'm new" and have some people say welcome... if it was all under one board or whatever, it'd make more sense, i believe.

I don't see a need for a new board just for introductions. It'd be a waste.

This seems like the best idea to me. Board membership seems to have increased lately, but creating a new space just for people to introduce themselves is a little overkill.

Some of the boards I visit have centralized introductions topics within an off-topic area and they seem to work just fine. Other boards I visit have specialized 'Introduction Areas' but I always think of them as wasted space. They always end up with a bunch of random threads with like five replies per topic.

I agree that a bunch of random "I'm new!" topics can be annoying, but unless a sudden surge in membership (more so than we have now) results in so many "Hello, new member" topics that we all go crazy, a new area dedicated to introductions is a little much. A pinned topic might be something to consider though......

Just my two cents.

Then you're contradicting yourself. If a million "Hi, I'm new" topics are pointless, then a board with a million of those topics would be equally pointless.

not a board, now that would be pointless, just a sticky thread or something i'd say

Now that is exactly why I put it between "". There's a difference between 'rules' and 'guidelines'.

Exactly. But it's just not happening. It's a nice piece of idealism but it's not happening. I think new members who aren't totally familiar with this forum yet often don't know where to post it.

I agree on that one, a special forum part is too much.

I'd create a such a topic myself, but it'd disappear anyway, and new members would have to notice the thread in the first place. I can't really see that happening.
A pinned topic, however, might bother other members as much as those "Hi I'm new" topics bother me, it's pretty much of a two-sided story.

Anyway, if there's ever gonna come such an area... I reckon the best Idea would be a sticky topic in the Locker Room. There's still the problem of new members who have to notice that thread first, so I was thinking: Is it possible to like pass an automatic message to members once they join? An automaticly attached note or something? I was just wondering if that was possible... But I'd work, they could be told that if they felt like introducing themselves, that one sticky topic in the Locker Room is the right place. Otherwise... you could refer to it in the Board Rules but I doubt anyone actually reads them before posting. Maybe there could be just a little note, a few words like under the header? But others may think that's a little too eye-catching...

The short answer is: No.

But if you're not willing to make a centralised topic because you think it'll drop out (which won't happen if I pin it), then I'm not willing to do anything about it. It's your call.

If you actually read the guidelines, you might notice that page header states: "Rules and Guidelines".

If you find the topics annoying in Centre Court, lead me to them and I'll remove them accordingly. If you find them annoying in the Locker Room, ignore them. Not a hard thing to do unless they start appearing in the dozens.

If you're willing to do it just like that, why all this duscussion... Wasn't I just asking if such a pinned topic was possible? I thought I was.

I guess it's my fault (...) but you totally got me wrong in that part.

I seriously don't understand why this became such a drama, I was doing no more than just suggesting something in the "Suggestions" forum. Now I'd almost feel bad & incredibly selfish to start such a topic. Never mind. I'll get over.

The choice is yours. If you won't take the initiative, then someone else will. If not, then it won't happen.