I wasn't even talking about the FAQ idea. I was saying give your idea a go.

U mad bro?

I gave up on FAQ 5 hours ago

I was, and still am, trying to clear up what the things are that you feel need improving. No reason to try out solutions when the goals aren't yet understood.

The intent behind the "FAQ" idea seems like an odd mix of trying to filter out the mass of "theory" topics (the actual FAQs by definition) and/or group together the "decent discussion" topics (a minority selection of posts by whatever criteria that is judged). The Golden Quill awards was a regular post designed to highlight a group of "decent discussion" posts, but ran into issues as people felt jilted by not having their contributions "officially" recognized. Which makes sense - why should one user's "Scientific Nature of Spells" discussion be more "valid", "valued", "important", or "superior" to someone else's extensive and highly-participated-in roleplay? What does highlighting and awarding one type of post over everything else accomplish other than to alienate the fans of and contributors to the mass of entertaining, fun, casual, and demonstrably most popular topics?

It seems there is little to be gained by "officially" choosing the "best" posts. However, fans of these different interests can self-organize and create their lists of own favorite posts any time they want. Again, if user(s) wants to create a "Decent Discussion" club and organize topics, they are welcome to do so. But to try and have some official ranking or categorization of posts as "better than others" does not appear to be supportive of, or productive for, the fandom as a whole.

ETA: No, not mad at all. Sorry if it seems that way, just trying to sort out what was intended as many of your posts on this topic are laden with value judgments about what is "decent discussion" - as this is only your opinion, who would know what posts qualify other than you?

Mate.

I'm more than happy to let it go.

I've only ever wanted to help out, and that's why I stick my neck out on a hunch.

I see similar sites with ten times the content and upvotes in the thousands.. where are we going wrong? I don't know- but at least I'll have a go.

You don't need to be angry. It's totally not worth it.

Sigh... As I said already, I'm not angry though I do grow tired of repeating myself. This tendency to goad and prod doesn't serve you well.

You feel there is something wrong with Discussions - okay. Yet the problem for you seems to be there are too many posts to scroll through to find something you like? So Discussions appears to be working fine for many other people. If there are topics you'd like to see, please add them. Everyone is equally able to make posts that reflect their Harry Potter interests. I'm sure there is a contingent of users that also share those interests and would contribute, although they are unlikely to outnumber the vast population of casual users who are just here to have a bit of fun.

I wasn't goading or prodding, but whatever.

Your ETA was an edit that I didn't see at first.

When you throw in your "a mature discussion on how it would be used best" comment and try to repeatedly cast my replies as being angry simply because I'm trying to sort out the contradictions in the suggested change, it certainly appears you are trying to goad and provoke. Perhaps leave such aspersions at the door next time? It should be clear they are not going to be well received.

That said, I look forward to whatever new topics or contributions arising from this conversation that help improve Discussions.

ETA: I wouldn't have to constantly ETA my replies if you didn't keep editing your posts either... :)

This is a question, can I talk about religion on this wiki?

As long as topic is related to the HP franchise and doesn't violate any of the guidelines, I don't see why not.

Can I post off topic posts long as are appropriate?

Your question has already been answered on the Minstry of Moderation thread :)