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11 years ago
I think some of us deserve recognition. Some members, not boasting about myself or anything Face with Stuck-out Tongue do know our science quite well. If we create an "Experts" membergroup, the level of trust increases when someone accepts our post as best answer.

What do you guys think?
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Donated
11 years ago
You could have badges denoting what you're best at. Like for someone who knows their chemistry, have a badge saying "Expert Chemist." Or "Expert Biologist," and likewise if you will.
savio Author
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11 years ago
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Very good idea.

If this is too hard, maybe add a field in profile edit where we can put our field of expertise and it shows on our mini profile when we make posts?

Never mind, I can see that being abused.
Biology - The only science where multiplication and division mean the same thing.
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11 years ago Edited: 11 years ago, connorp
You could also have it where if you get a certain number of best answer votes in a category, you get the "Expert" badge for that category. That would be easier than and fairer IMO than having the mods say who gets the badges.
Post Merge: 11 years ago

Or even have rankings to make it a bit more fun. Let's say we're talking about the chemistry category.

50 best answer votes (BAV)= chemist
75 BAV= advanced chemist
100 BAV= expert chemist

Or something of the sorts.
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Educator
11 years ago
Quote from: connorp (11 years ago)
You could also have it where if you get a certain number of best answer votes in a category, you get the "Expert" badge for that category. That would be easier than and fairer IMO than having the mods say who gets the badges.

This is by-far the best idea I've read.

Logic: If # of best answers exceeds (given number) in board X, automatically update user's member-group to board X expert.

While this is a brilliant idea, it's problematic because the forum isn't designed to work this way. I would have to create >20 new badges, each one saying expert and the name of the board (which won't fit in the image, see below)...


This would also require a considerable amount of coding, though it can be done. That's the beauty of coding,  everything is possible. What would be easier is this logic:

Modified logic: If # of best answers exceeds (given number) in board X, automatically update user's member-group to board X expert.

This is something I can do quite easily. I could also create a few new badges... Recall that badges and member-groups are two different things. For example, someone is awarded the science/math/physics/etc. expert badge. This would have to be a manual edition though.
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Donated
11 years ago
That sounds good Slight Smile
savio Author
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11 years ago
Quote from: bio_man (11 years ago)
Modified logic: If # of best answers exceeds (given number) in board X, automatically update user's member-group to board X expert.

Thanks man!
Biology - The only science where multiplication and division mean the same thing.
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Donated
11 years ago
So is this gonna happen?
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Educator
11 years ago
Modified logic: If # of best answers exceeds (given number) in board X, automatically update user's member-group to board X expert.

This is likely to happen, if that's fine...
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Donated
11 years ago
Sounds good to me. Keep us updated... Thanks.
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Educator
11 years ago
For sure, Connor.
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11 years ago
Excellent idea, savio Wink Face
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