Trainee Section - Low Traffic... Why?

[GMES]

Loki, look above at my posts before this one

 

[Loki]

Loki, look above at my posts before this one

lol beat me to it

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

Could the forum software not be configured so that trainees when logging in to the site 'land' in the trainee section so that is the first thing they see?
If they want to navigate to the main section then fine.

 

[Silly Sausage]

Perhaps the Trainees generally post on the main forums because they all also want input from the various intellectual and knowledgeable giants who are just regular members that have no access to the TF?

More opinions, if they're not totally crazy, have to be a good thing.

 

[FatAlan]

Must admit that when I come on to the site I look at ‘new posts’ first. I have placed a few items on the trainee section but when I generally have a question I’m quite happy to advertise my ‘incompetence’ on the main forum as the stupid questions are always the best.

 

[static zap]

Is the procedure to to register -Quite snappy ?
( My son is definitely has a short attention span ..at that age --KEVIN-- )

 

[123]

I've seen a lot of posts on the main forum for questions being asked by non signed up trainees - with the advice to apply for access to the trainee section. Perhaps on the registration part of the forum there could be a question for this that is immediately sent for approval for them?

Also could change the forum order so the trainee forum is at the top, so it's the first thing they see when on the forum?

 

[Nigel]

I will still be posting in there so don’t worry.

However if it is just an Essex Echo-chamber then that is not fun for anyone.

So ‘Forum Mentors’ need to earn their badge if you ask me. There were a few that popped into my thread to offer guidance but compared to how many mentors there are on here that is rubbish.

The mentor badge should be a privilege and if members just want it for jewellery then it should be taken away.

Also a ‘Trainee’ badge in the ‘New Posts’ list would help. There is one for ‘domestic’ and ‘commercial’ and it draws the eyes but nothing for trainee questions.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

I appreciate you have the mentor badge to help trainees but could you not open the trainee section up to arms members aswell? With the rules being any unhelpful replies or mocking the trainees abilities etc then you are warned, and blocked from that section.
It would likely generate more traffic on that section.

 

[marconi]

I wonder if the mentors (and others) might post stuff which is 'bite-sized' learning perhaps wrapped in a narrative from real-life. As an example - someone posted recently about how many issues could be seen in a picture of a meter cupboard. Another was about new electric ovens tripping the RCD and how to rectify the problem. The indicator of success and usefulness would be the trainee view count.

If one could plot trainee view count against time (say days) it would be easy to see when trainees are engaged in a post - the plot goes upwards - and when it has run its course the plot levels off to a maximum. It can then be removed.

There could then be a running total view count kept for each mentor - and points mean fame and prizes.