Titles

I've realized that the titles we get have a relationship with the number of posts we do. I get a little curious about this numbers, could you tell me?

if you want to hit the stars,shoot to the sky.

Newcomer (<25)
Freshman (25+)
Regular (50+)
Centurion (100+)
Junior Contributor (200+)
Contributor (400+)
Senior Contributor (800+)
*pick your own name*

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HOOOaaaaa! Semper Fi!

the current rankings are:

Newcomer (0 to 24 posts)
Freshman (25 to 49 posts)
Regular (50 to 99 posts)
Centurion (100 to 199 posts)
Junior Contributor (200 to 399 posts)
Contributor (400 799 posts)
Senior Contributor (800 1599 posts)
*pick your own name* (1600 + posts)


"AAAHHHHHHH!!!! I can't stand this "junior contributor" title. Self esteem is going down....

whatever happened to the fine plans for tiles to be indicative of how usefull your comments were to other forum users as opposed to just hitting 'Continue' 1600 times??...


"He who dares my son!.. He who dares.." - Del-Boy Trotter

There wasn't an automatic, reliable way to determine "quality" of "quantity", so the decision was made to use the titles to indicate quantity, and badges (like my 'M' badge or Thinker's 'A' badge) to indicate Moderator and Admin approved quality. The badges, however, are still being worked on but there are a few that have had their titles temporarily changed (The Hand) as a stop-gap measure.

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HOOOaaaaa! Semper Fi!

Don't forget Mill (Guru) and ChiefRedBull (Expert) images/icons/wink.gif

-<font color=purple>The Hand</font color=purple>

<font color=green>All your code are belong to us...</font color=green> images/icons/tongue.gif

*SHAKES HEAD* You were just the easiest one to remember, Hand. I wonder why? ;)

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HOOOaaaaa! Semper Fi!

Not forgetting - dcl3500 is an *Expert* too!!

While we're on this topic - when do we get a better <font color=red>color?</font color=red>

Chief

"How are we to learn, if those that know will not teach... ?" - Me.

None of us could agree on a color for expert. Since you can't have red,
green, or purple, what would you like?

I think therefore I am... sometimes right. images/icons/wink.gif

I guess this should be a joint decision eh dcl3500?

Chief

"How are we to learn, if those that know will not teach... ?" - Me.

In addition, it needs to be "darker" color (no white, yellow, etc.) -- maybe black (actually, that's what color *I* want to be!)?

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HOOOaaaaa! Semper Fi!

Black's a bit close to the normal color i think.

Chief

"How are we to learn, if those that know will not teach... ?" - Me.

After a brief consultation - we would like orange.
A "nice loud" orange as dcl3500 put it. lol images/icons/wink.gif

Is that alright?

Chief

"How are we to learn, if those that know will not teach... ?" - Me.

<font color=orange>PUMPKINS!!!</font color=orange>

How festive and in season.

Regards,
-<font color=purple>The Hand</font color=purple>

<font color=green>All your code are belong to us...</font color=green> images/icons/tongue.gif

Yeh - just like that!!

<font color=orange>Chief</font color=orange>

"How are we to learn, if those that know will not teach... ?" - Me.

UURGGGHHH! yuk! I like the purple..... *hint*

Expert color has been changed to Orange for the time being.

JDT

What comes after Mega contributor ?
Hyper contributor ?
Holy contributor ?
Freaky contributor ?
...

<font color=green>Do or do not
There is no try</font color=green>

Wooohoo! I'm <font color=orange>ORANGE</font color=orange>

Chief

"How are we to learn, if those that know will not teach... ?" - Me.

Whoever thought up the orange idea should be, well, embarrassed, or something..... its terrible! images/icons/frown.gif

Oh yeah, and another thing. I think when you reach a certain level, where you are answering WAY more questions than asking, then perhaps below your name and title you could have your top 3 key areas of VB, your areas of expertise, in order. Minw might be:

DirectX
Winsock
User Controls

and someone like The_Hand might be:

User Interfaces
Subclassing
API

...... whatdya think?

(why do I always underscore the space between The_Hand ??)

There is no Mega Contributor. I gave that title to myself (yes I cheated images/icons/smile.gif) Senior Contributer is the highst title you can get but when you get to 1600 posts, you get to choose your own title.



JDT

<font color=orange>Whats wrong with orange? Which colour would you prefer to see Squirm?</font color=orange>
And yeh - i agree, we should have some sort of obvious forte... i would also be Winsock.

Chief

"How are we to learn, if those that know will not teach... ?" - Me.

I thought of that too....but I thought it would be too hard to implement.....maybe it's worth another look.


"I have a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel!" - Edmund Blackadder

For those experts and gurus that want it, I wouldn't mind helping in that department (changing titles). However, it would probably be best to use some kind of short-hand unless there's a way I don't know about to give multi-lined titles.

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The problem with shorthand is that us regulars here know who is good at what. Newcomers who would need to use the proficiency indicators would not be able to read the shorthand very easily. By the time they learn what they mean they would probably know the people anyway.

Ok, lets say once you reach Contributor, in your Edit Profile options becomes 3 new textboxes, where you can enter your top 3 areas of VB. For people who have filled in the boxes, their expertise will be listed underneath their title, in place of the avatar/picture (which is just a gimick IMHO). Of course, there will be a downside. No doubt it will attract more PMs from newbies with questions specific to our 'top subjects'...... LOL images/icons/wink.gif