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Hootenanny said:
I think "learning materials" is the most explicit title we can give the forums, personally, I don't know how anyone can interpret "Math & Science Learning Materials" as a place to post questions and/or request homework assistance. :confused:

In my opinion it's more a matter of laziness: "I can't be bothered looking for the correct forum so I'll just post it in the first one I see".

I was reflecting on the university library in which I spent a lot of time. They had a reference section.

I was thinking along the lines of Mathematics & Science Reference Room/Section. Basically it's for reading - not writing. But of course one can make a contribution - but that should be tutorials/lessons - not homework or other questions. That's what the other forums are for - and that is why I proposed restrictions on writing permissions. Set that section for -r--, except for approved contributors who get -rw-. But perhaps that too restrictive. AFAIK, the PF policy is to be as least restrictive as possible, but that also makes it easier for spammers and others who don't pay attention or otherwise.
 
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Hootenanny said:
I think "learning materials" is the most explicit title we can give the forums, personally, I don't know how anyone can interpret "Math & Science Learning Materials" as a place to post questions and/or request homework assistance. :confused:
I agree.
 
Astronuc said:
That's what the other forums are for - and that is why I proposed restrictions on writing permissions. Set that section for -r--, except for approved contributors who get -rw-. But perhaps that too restrictive. AFAIK, the PF policy is to be as least restrictive as possible, but that also makes it easier for spammers and others who don't pay attention or otherwise.
As I have said in previous discussions, I totally agree with restricting posting permissions to the Learning Materials Forums, either based on post count, or preferably restrict posting to HH's, SA's, Mentors & Admin. I know that Greg wants to keep PF as open as possible, with as few restrictions as possible, which is rightly his decision.

However, I would like to point out that the likelihood of a new user posting something useful in the Learning Materials forum is negligible. That said, even if a new user or non-HH/SA wishes to post something in the Learning Materials section users could be allowed to submit their contributions to SA's/HH's/Mentors via PM/e-mail. The proposed tutorial could then placed in the SA/HH forums for review or posted straight away in the Learning Materials Forum. Personally, I have no problem with users sending me PM's/e-mail, especially if they were willing to contribute something to the forums; however, I understand that this may not be the case with other SA's/HH's/Mentors. I also realize that this will increase the workload for Mentors rather than reduce it, however, restricted posting permissions would in my opinion increase the academic integrity of the Learning Materials.
 
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Evo said:
Now we've got to get Greg or chroot's attention and ask them if they will change the rest of the tutorial titles.
Damn your efficient Evo, I've just noticed that they've been changed :approve:. Thanks again for your efforts!
 
Hootenanny said:
Damn your efficient Evo, I've just noticed that they've been changed :approve:. Thanks again for your efforts!
Thank chroot, I saw him online and pm'd the request to him.
 
Hootenanny said:
In that case, thanks a lot chroot! :approve:

P.S. I'll send some more chocolates for you Evo when I get chance :smile:
Or, since Kurdt is taking Evo to Death Valley, you could take her to some place like - Pike's Peak, or if high places aren't a good idea, how about the Great Salt Lake, or Bonneville Salt Flats!? :biggrin:

If you like lower places, there's always the Dead Sea. :rolleyes:
 
Kurdt said:
I think we're going to Yellowstone now, or perhaps the Caribbean. :smile:
Oooh, let's do both! With the PF sister's Amphibious Supersonic RV, it'll be no problem. :approve:
 
Evo said:
Oooh, let's do both! With the PF sister's Amphibious Supersonic RV, it'll be no problem. :approve:
Umm - don't forget - we made it hypersonic! Next step is to upgrade it for orbital capability - for trips to ISS. Then after that - orbital transfer capability for Lunar missions - roundtrip of course. :biggrin:

The sky's not the limit for the PF Sisterhood. :approve:
 
I love space and stuff like that (thats why I did an honours course in it and am an absolute expert) but I'm not going there 'til the ships are of Starfleet standards. :rolleyes:
 
After a quick review of the LM forum, I count three moved posts using the redirects in the past six days since the sub-forum names have been changed. Is this accurate, or has the redirects been cleared within the last six days? Is three a week an improvement?

P.S. My apologies to the mentors for my wrongly reported threads (threads have already been moved from LM), I'm having a few cache problems :frown:.
 
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