Academic and Career Guidance Forum

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The discussion centers around the "Academic and Career Guidance" forum, where a new mentor expresses enthusiasm for the platform while suggesting the addition of ZapperZ's "So You Want To Be A Physicist" journal series as a sticky post. This series is proposed to enhance visibility and provide valuable insights to users who may not have specific questions. The mentor also points out an issue with existing links to the journal, which do not direct users to individual entries, suggesting that copying the content into separate posts may be a more effective solution.

PREREQUISITES
  • Understanding of forum management and moderation practices.
  • Familiarity with sticky posts and their purpose in online discussions.
  • Basic knowledge of linking and content organization in forums.
  • Awareness of academic career paths, particularly in physics.
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  • Research best practices for forum sticky posts and their impact on user engagement.
  • Explore methods for linking to specific entries in forum threads.
  • Investigate effective ways to present academic resources in online communities.
  • Learn about the structure and content of ZapperZ's "So You Want To Be A Physicist" journal series.
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This discussion is beneficial for forum moderators, academic mentors, and individuals interested in enhancing user experience in educational online communities.

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I'm now mentor for the "Academic and Career Guidance" forum?

I'm not complaining- I think it's a worthwhile forum but I would have like to have had some notice beforehand!
 
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Thanks for listening, everyone. And sorry if my actions inadvertently put you in a tough spot, Halls. :shy:

Now that the forum is here, I think it would be great if we could post ZapperZ's "So You Want To Be A Physicist" journal series as a sticky. It could probably answer many questions before they are asked, and be beneficial to someone who isn't browsing the forum with a specific question in mind. And of course, it'd be much more visible and perfectly at home as a sticky in this forum. Of course we'd have to get Zapper's permission. What does everyone think? Worth posting and worth stickying?
 
Greg, I noticed you posted a sticky linking to Zapper's journal, but the links don't seem to actually pick out individual journal entries, so they all wind up just linking to the top of the last page of Zapper's journal. If there's not a way to link directly to the entries, it might be better to just copy the text from the 5 entries and paste it into 5 posts in the thread.
 

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