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Sep
2007

Been reading through some old advice articles

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Very helpful articles indeed.  I think they should be brought up a little more often so they aren't just forgotten about.  Perhaps a section that brings up random articles would be useful? Maybe there is one and I haven't found it yet.

What got me a little upset though was that some of the comments were given low ratings! I know it doesn't matter, but it really struck me that even comments such as great article thanks for sharing, or I can relate to this, thank you for sharing, were given 2 or 3 or 4 stars! I really feel there is no need for it.  Is there a reason that comments need to be rated anyway? I know why the advice does, but honestly I think the way these comments are graded is rediculous and can see why people would take it personally.

Once again though I think that if older articles that were 4 stars or above popped up as random links every so often they wouldn't just be left like they are.  There are lots of wonderful advices on here that I would never have found except for going to advice then clicking a random page number to see what's there.

Just my thoughts on it anyway.

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stacey79
5.00 (Excellent) | September 2007 | stacey79
Re: Been reading through some old advice articles
hi great idea
its been going on for a while and most of the time now we just ignore it the best we can its univoidable that some people dont get on and vote down comments and articals just because they dont like some one.
good luck
stacey xoxoxo


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simba1
5.00 (Excellent) | September 2007 | simba1
Re: Been reading through some old advice articles

Very well said, I started to write in your blog page, lost it when I stupidly went to paste into your minti mail and forgot to copy.....gggrrrrr, any way, I'm going to write an article to administration, post on Advice.  I'm so ticked about all the women who have left in the past two weeks, so frustrating.  Just going to send off some ideas, and request other members do so as well, to assist with a positive change!~

Take care, Simba1



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      Flicka
4.45 (Good) | September 2007 | Flicka
Re: Been reading through some old advice articles
Good on you.  I'm not too sure what happened in the last couple of weeks exactly but have read blogs, etc and read in the Q&A page of all the people who have left.  3 of them I think that were saying they were leaving that I read.  The ranking of advice is a good idea, I'm not even reading anything below 3 stars and only the ones with 3 stars if the title sticks out.  But those with 4 or 5 stars are very deserving of those ratings and it saves people going through every piece of advice looking for something that's worth reading too.


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Flicka
3.50 (Good) | September 2007 | Flicka
Re: Been reading through some old advice articles

Perhaps if we voted on the article, but left comments as just comments without rating them, it would cause far less friction among members here.  It's sad that a person can say that it will happen to everyone at some stage.  We are all different and the comments on articles are great for letting people know that their article has been read and what people thought of it.

I never realised how big this site was! There are so many advice pieces to get through and not enough time in the day to read them all in between children, work and housework! Oh the day needs to be longer to fit in Minti hehehe.



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mumof2b
5.00 (Excellent) | September 2007 | mumof2b
Re: Been reading through some old advice articles

Yep......this is a huge bugbear with a lot of us. Some people have been voting each others comments despite being a good or bad on whether they like te person or not....it will happen mostly if an argument happens on a topic that is sensitive....but yes it also happens on random articles also...it's happened to most of us, you just have to learn to ignore those stars....I have...!!!!

Amanda



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hermy
5.00 (Excellent) | September 2007 | hermy
Re: Been reading through some old advice articles
good on you for  doing that,.....have to agree with you, i too think some of the great articles should pop up randomly......and yes there are quite a few very good ones......don't worry too much about the comment rating as long as the article is good.......we are all different and we all have different opinions, yet we all do a great job in bringing up our children don't you think........have a great weekend....regards Sandra xxx


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