[wp-hackers] GSoC Proposal: Ideas Forum

[Stas Sușcov]

În data de Lu, 22-03-2010 la 13:53 -0400, Jeremy Clarke a scris:
> I've been playing with the Ideas forum lately and really enjoying it,
> a lot of these ideas came to mind in the process.
> 
> This feedback would apply to anyone proposing to improve the ideas
> section, or to Automattic if they ever do it themeselves.
> 
> One feature that I deeply want but isn't mentioned here is insanely
> obvious and just plain missing: email updates. I REALLY REALLY want an
> email to tell me if someone comments on my idea, and I want to be able
> to subscribe to an idea. This is not controvercial, this is not
> complicated. Install subscribe-to-comments or IntenseDebate and it
> would be done. While you're at it do so on the WP Forums too ;)
> 

I think this is more like an idea to be part of the bbPress core. Both
forums, and ideas apps are using bbPress afaik.

> 
> On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 8:41 PM, Justin Shreve <justin.shreve at gmail.com> wrote:
> > *Promote/Demote System (Promote/Demote)
> > *
> > The new Ideas Forum would contain a promote/demote system instead of the
> > current star rating system. Users would click a thumb up icon to show their
> > support for a specific feature or a thumbs down if they think it is a bad
> > idea.
> 
> I don't really see why this is better than stars. # of stars + total
> reviews gives a pretty good sense of things, and personally i like
> being able to give things 2-3 stars as a way of lowering the average
> to show that someone thought about this but didn't have a strong
> feeling either way (i.e. sounds okay but who cares, or sounds useful
> but complex and bug-generating).
> 
> Maybe +1 -1 style is more popular and inspires more people to use the
> feature, though I'm not convinced the effect overall is a good one
> (see: Digg)
> 
> > *Visual Posting Editor + Attachments
> > *
> > Not everybody that uses WordPress knows HTML. A visual editor like the one
> > included with WordPress (TinyMCE) would make it easier to add some
> > formatting to the idea posts.  Only tags like the ones allowed now would be
> > allowed through and the editor would degrade if JavaScript was not enabled.
> >
> > The posting screen would also allow users to post some kind of screenshot
> > with their posting so they could propose a UI screen or show visually what
> > they are talking about.
> 
> Very good idea. I had this exact need yesterday when posting a
> screenshot of a mockup I made for a feature. Since I turned the visual
> editor back on in WP and realized it works now I've lost my taste for
> editing HTML directly. If it could be implemented in a simple and
> elegant way that also allowed editing raw HTML I'm all for wysiwyg
> editing fo comments on extend.
> 
> Actually, an awesome theme-capable version of tinymce that could be
> activated for comments would be an amazing GSOC project I'd support!
> I'm sure there's already plugins for it.
> 
> > *Improved Comments System (with Solutions System)
> > *
> > A new comments system would be included that would allow two types of
> > comments:
> >
> > 1) A normal comment giving general feedback on the Idea or additional ideas.
> > Just text with some possible formatting or link.
> >
> > 2) A specific solution to the Idea which would be displayed above regular
> > comments. See Ubuntu BrainStorm. A solution would allow attachments and
> > would have the ability to be voted up and down just like the main idea.  An
> > example use: A user suggests better export/import with a couple feature
> > ideas. A second user votes the idea up and has a specific solution in mind.
> > They mockup a screen quickly and want to post it as a solution for the Idea.
> > Other users can come in and vote this solution up and down or post their
> > own.
> 
> I like this too. Stack Overflow uses this methodology and I think it
> makes a lot of sense.
> 
> That said, what is even more important is the ability to modify the
> original idea as time goes on. As the owner of an idea all I can
> currently do is add a new comment at the end, which is pretty annoying
> since people will just see my first post. If I could either modify the
> original post or add an update section to the bottom of it to account
> for considerations brought up in comments that would cover a lot of
> ground. Even better would be some kind of system that allowed other
> people to propose edits to the main idea that clarify it. I often find
> good ideas that are terribly written by someone who barely understands
> the issues, being able to reword the idea would make me much less
> tempted to rewrite it  (and start the star count back at zero on the
> new  idea).
> 
> > *Integration with Trac*
> > *
> > *Once a ticket reaches a significant amount of feedback, solutions, comments
> > or popularity there should be a way to automatically generate a trac ticket
> > with a link back to the idea. This feature could be either for moderators or
> > for the creator.
> 
> I'm not sure how useful this would be. IMHO the trac ticket needs to
> be written by someone who understands Trac as well as the culture of
> WP trac. If anything this is a job for the moderator to do by hand at
> the point when an idea is acknoledged as a version-dependent "task".
> 
> That said, I think a field for 'track url' would be nice on each idea,
> so that if there is a related/matching ticket in trac people can go
> read the technical details and/or vote for the idea in that locale as
> well. All it needs to be is a url with the trac logo next to it. This
> would also serve to show that the "idea" for this idea is kind of
> irrelevant, as trac is where the real magic happens :P
> 
> > *Idea Statuses*
> > *
> > *Currently there are about 10 different types of ideas (implemented, under
> > consideration, etc). I propose condensing them into the following:
> >
> >   - Latest Ideas
> >   - Popular Ideas
> >   - Ideas in Development (If they have been finally posted to trac, may
> >   have a patch or if a plugin or theme developer is working on it)
> >   - Implemented Ideas (For ideas implemented either in core, a plugin or a
> >   theme)
> 
> Latest and popular aren't types like the others, they are types of
> queries. They should be seperate.
> 
> IMHO 'under consideration' should not be abandoned. In my use in the
> last couple days it seems like it is a curated list by Jane or someone
> else who has decisionmaking power within WP and that curation is the
> value. I think human-orginzation of the list will be more effective
> than any automated heuristics.
> 
> > Only a moderator can change a status but users can “suggest a change” if an
> > Idea has been implemented but the status is not updated. This is the
> > equivalent of adding a “modlook” tag on the current system.
> 
> +1
> 
> > *Popularity Weighting*
> > *
> > *The system would take into account the number of up votes, comments,
> > solutions and views for a popularity score. The ideas with higher popularity
> > would be show on the popular section and home page of the Ideas section.
> >
> > If an idea is linked to in a blog (track-back) then the popularity will
> > raise.
> 
> Sure. I'm sure the heuristics could use improvement.
> 
> > Additional Idea: A tweet this option where retweets would be included in the
> > popularity rating.
> 
> This makes sense. Could also be more of a share this with a few
> options for how to share it.
> 
> 


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