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I have updated the first thread with more resumed suggestions:
Resumed and updated suggestions:
1. Add a limit when creating threads on the Advertisment section (register-time limit or post count limit)
2. Punish more severly rules infractors
3. Give benefits to community contributors (priority on advertisment, special badges, elite*gold, etc.)
4. Add a plugin for show similar threads when creating a thread on the ask the experts section (for avoid asking the same question 9999 times)
5. Make a must-follow, clean and clear template for the Advertisment section
How this will help?:
1. The limit will avoid the spam of short-life servers or scam servers, will make the section a trust-worth source of information related to active and reliable servers, and overall will improve the quality of the section and his users.
2. By punishing users that break the rules intentionally (creating an account and posting his server on the discussion section for example) we avoid crappy and messy situations where server owners get more than a account ban punishment, for example, making his server not be able to get advertised ever on the advertisment section.
3. People rarely help if nothing is given in exchange, giving rewards for helping people will make the help section a better place. Currently many threads are ignored, I even ignore some that I could perfectly answer because it would take me some time to explain how to fix or do something and in the end for me is not worth it.
4. There are currently lots of duplicated threads on the ask the experts section. Many threads are answered there by posting a link to the previous thread with the solution, showing threads about the same theme when creating a theme can make the user get his problem solved instantly without need to wait for someone to answer or post the link to that thread.
5. Every thread on the Advertisment section has his own structure, having a common template for every server posted there will help the users on finding, understanding and getting the information they want about the server being advertised. If the administrator doesn't follow the template the thread should get deleted and the mod should PM the creator reminding him about the template structure, if the server owner is serious about his server he shouldn't mind taking 3-4 mins filling the template.
