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2011/09/28
Moderator List
Requested
Provide a list of moderators in each forum.
2011/09/29
Merge Non-Tech Forums
Merge the 'Feedback and Discussions', 'Using Forums', and 'TechNet Sandbox' forums into one group and place it at the top of the list to make it easier to find.
Default Leaderboard
Need More Info
Allow users to select a default leaderboard to be loaded upon page load. [Answer: Please explain this with more details and maybe an example.]
File Attachments
On Backlog
Users can attach code or other files to a forum post in order to better share information.
Tags
By Design
Browse tags within individual forums to navigate through more subcategory topics. [Answer: This feature used to exist. It was being considered, but rather a checkbox like system (like Answers and Stack Overflow) is being considered instead. Essentially it's equivalent to predefined tags.]
2011/10/03
Add Favorites
Provide a mechanism to Save threads in 'My Favorites' and be able to organize them.
Improve Search
Add date field to the results and also add sorting by date descending.
Unmark Answers
In Review
Provide a hyperlink or a button that we will be able to use to report incorrect answers marked as answer. This can be also used for any type of requests that require moderator's attention such as Duplicate Thread, Wrong Forum, Wrong Type and wrong answer marks. [Answer: Currently this is handled through the Report/Flag's "Other" item. But clarity can certainly be added to this process.]
2011/10/14
Browse Forum Users: Accuracy
Make sure the information there is current and everything is sorted properly.
Browse Forum Users: Paging
On "Browse Forum Users" page, allow paging so that all users can be viewed.
2011/10/29
Signature Size
Increase the allowed size for signatures, show the limit on characters, and how many characters the user is currently using. [Answer: What's the current size? We've heard more complaints about signatures being too long or containing inappropriate links than being too limited.]
2011/11/06
Default Code Language
Change default for Select Language in code blocks depending on forum. For example, in the C# forums, please default it to C#; in the VB Forums, please default it to VB.
2011/11/19
Contribution Info: Show Answers by Forum
Show more detailed statistics about answers by forum in a user's profile (e.g. 29 Marked Answers in Windows 7 General).
2011/12/23
iPad & iPhone Support
Provide the Forum users with the possibility to post question and answer to questions by using the Safari browser installed in Apple iPad. [Answer: The platform we're vending doesn't support these systems. They're working on a solution, and we're proactively discussing it with them.]
2011/12/27
Threads I've Started
Provide a way to find threads I've started and a way to show threads by forums. Posting as much as I do its hard to find things I've done or am involved in.
2012/01/06
Add nofollow in Signature Links
Add nofollow to signature links to avoid SEO spams. "nofollow" is a value that can be assigned to the "rel" attribute of an HTML element to instruct some search engines that a hyperlink should not influence the link target's ranking in the search engine's index. It is created to reduce comment spam in blogs but is also used by forums. SEO Spammers compile lists of forums that still do not add "nofollow" to user-created links in order to promote their customers' web sites, and the Microsoft forum is pretty high in the list. The time and effort spent on combating those SEO spammers could better spent on solving problems, if those spammers are discouraged after they found out they no longer benefit from spam posts.
2012/01/07
Filter by Abusive in My Forum Threads
Allow moderators who manage multiple forums to see reported threads within the forums on a single page, without going to each and every forum.
2012/01/18
Image Zoom
As customers usually insert full desktop screenshots, they’re becoming too small to see details. Current workaround is to “quote” message - in this case, you can see full-size picture. What we want is to implement pop-up zoom, i.e. like shown here: http://fancybox.net/ As I investigated, it’s the most convenient way for user to zoom in and out. [Answer: What currently exists? Can you click it to open it in its own window like some blogs?]
Mobile/PDA Forum Version
Allow customers to easily get help even they have traffic limits on their 3G/GPRS connections. They really want it. [Answer: The platform we're vending doesn't support these systems. They're working on a solution, and we're proactively discussing it with them.]
2012/01/27
Regulars forum
Please take a look at the reason here: Regulars forum
2012/02/03
Moved Threads
When moderators move a thread to a different Forum, the date of the thread is unchanged. This means that the thread can appear several pages down the list in the new Forum and it becomes easy to miss. Is it possible to change the date of a moved thread to the date/time it was moved?
2012/02/07
Scale up forum threads fonts
Forum font, used in threads, needs to be scaled up at least to 12pt. We have lots of negative feedback regarding small fonts and reading inconvenience because of it. [Answer: Is this still an issue? Which forums branding has this issue? We should double check before retiring this request.]
2012/02/08
Remove inactive moderators and answerers
Can we please implement a process to remove moderator and answerer privileges from forums if a particular moderator/answerer has been inactive for 3 months or more?
Award recognition points for connect issues
Can we look into awarding points for reporting and contributing to issues on Microsoft Connect .
Explain the "mark as answer/ helpful" process to newbies
Before someone can post his very first thread, present him a css-popup (or something else that they definitely can't miss) that explains how the marking works and especially why it's important. [Answer: Would this be too annoying? Would people read it or just instantly dismiss it?]
2012/02/09
SP 2010 Forum Descriptions
Please edit the Descriptions of the SharePoint 2010 forums so that they describe the intended purpose of each forum. Currently all 4 forums have the same description which is not very helpful.
2012/02/16
Add an option to limit the threads list to a given timespan
The Microsoft MVP program requires candidates to provide contribution data for the past year, such as average post and replies per month, and average answers per month.
Move posts higher, based on the helpful votes it received
2012/02/29
Award points for marking a post as "helpful" / "answer"
It would increase the usage of the 'mark post as helpful' and 'answer' feature, if people would be awarded a low amount of points (lets say 2 points) for the usage. [Answer: Doesn't this seem like it would be abused, though? Maybe if you only got points if the OP marked an answer you proposed as the answer? But even then, people would complain more about proposing your own answers and how it gives you additional points.]
2012/03/16
For Moderators: Show Thread's title and a start of the first message when moving a thread to appropriate forum.
Often it is hard to find the correct forum for the thread and so keeping it visible while moving will be very helpful.
2012/06/26
Answer verification
When a reply posted by asker is marked as answer, it would be entering some "waiting for review" status, and really become an answer if a moderator confirms it's really an answer. [Answer: This is arguable. First, who's mark are you verifying? If you disagree with the Asker's mark, you should discuss it and not change it. They are the client. If you disagree with another Moderator/Answerer's mark, then you should discuss that too before changing it. If a Moderator/Answerer is marking all the wrong answers, then a discussion needs to happen to change some behavior. Either way, a profile-based Personal Message system might help more than an extra administrative step, delaying marked answers further, potentially causing less answers to be marked (due to lack of diligence), and potentially causing hurt feelings and arguments that would eventually require discussions anyway.]
2012/9/10
Remove alert from My Threads page.
Provide an option to remove the alert of specific thread from the My Threads page.
2012/9/25
When a thread is split, link to the new new thread
Add a link to the original thread when the thread is split by a moderator (the same place where this post was placed before it was removed).
2012/10/10
Spell Check
Add spell checking to forum post editor to improve quality. [Notes: This used to exist, but it was removed when a new Editor was integrated. Also, do all the current Internet browsers already provide spellcheck?]
Add option to ignore users
It would be nice to have the option to ignore users. Other forum software do provide such an option. Instead of his reply you get a message that the user is blocked and you get a link to show his post anyway. When ignoring an user, the forums software should also no longer send a notification to my email address about activity of this user in topic that I monitor.
For example, there is no clear relationship between the "social" forums at http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/categories and [Community] Microsoft Answers at http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us; and many other "communities" are listed on http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/Page/forums.
Please provide ONE place with a comprehensive list [that includes summaries of the purpose of each site], and encourage those responsible for individual sites to display a link to the list [e.g. replacing the links in documents like the Announcement at http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/suggest/threads].
The following features have been added to the TechNet/MSDN Profile system and social platform tools. Requests that are marked as 'By Design' will also be moved here for informational purposes. "By Design" means that the request is closed and is intended to work that way. We'll try to provide a comment as to why.
The Leaderboards list the Most Active Contributors (Top 10 people to have completed the most activities within the last week), Most Popular Article Contributors (Top 10 creators of articles determined by amount of Recognition Points awarded from view milestones, within the last week), and New Articles Created (Top 5 people who authored the most articles within the last month).
Rich Prescott and Ed provided the original content (before edits and individual additions). This article is part of the Wiki series: MSDN/TechNet Forums.
Great idea Ed. I think I submitted more than enough feature requests to get you guys started.
Users don't have much to do on blogs but rate/comment, but I still think it is important to be alerted when people reply to your comments.
Thanks, great summary
C'mon Naomi! I know you have some suggestions for new features.
I added page views for Wiki articles. It's a classic. =^)
@Ed - Wiki page views would be a great feature. Thanks for suggesting this.
Nice Craig! I like profile embed code feature!
Rich, the list of moderators is a good one. Thanks! I just added a period.
Thanks for the update Sean! It's nice to see you guys taking feedback from the community and responding to it.
thanks Ed Price, your wiki is great.