Board Thread:Community Announcements and Events/@comment-5275700-20160314184502

Hi TES Wiki!

I wanted to give you guys a huge shout-out for your enthusiasm and feedback about Discussions. I know there have been some rough spots since there's been so much activity there, and since the feature is still in its early stages. The volume wasn't a big surprise -- we already knew that there were lots of app users eager to connect to one another and to the wiki/desktop community. Extra special thanks to those who have been moderating in Discussions.

We got some outstanding feedback (via Special:Contact) last week from Atvelonis, The Crusader of Truth and Ottomon Hold, and I know it was based on broader conversations that have ben going on. Later this week I will do a post to respond to some of the points in detail.

But one theme was very clear -- better moderation tools are needed! And I am pleased to say that we can deliver on that right away.

As of Thursday last week (as noted in your weekly update), there's now an option for users to "report" a specific post or reply to be reviewed by admins/moderators. You can see this in the web version of Discussions right now, and the app users will get this in the version 2.1 update that will be released any day now.

We're very excited about this and hope that the ability to "outsource" moderation a little bit will make the jobs of the admins/mods easier. More details can be found on the help page that was also just published last week.

With the 2.1 update, app users will also get the option to view all posts by a user in one handy list, which has been an option on the web version for a little while now. This is great for many reasons, but it may also cut down on repeat posts since the users there will be more able to follow up on (and even discover) older conversations.

Also for moderation, this week we'll release the option to lock conversations and to stop users from posting further replies (i.e. to close a Discussion thread).

Other things that are an upcoming focus for us are more customizable (and visible) guidelines for participants, and more structure to the whole feature, so not everything is all in one big feed.

Some more detailed responses to feedback are coming soon, as I said, but please reply here with whatever questions and feedback you have! Admins and mods, please let us know how the reporting functions work for you. 