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Andrew Neil
Super User
January 30, 2024
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Distinguish "information" posts from questions

  • January 30, 2024
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There's a lot of "information" posts appearing; eg,

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https://community.st.com/t5/stm32-mcus/how-to-obtain-and-use-the-stm32-96-bit-uid/ta-p/621443

This is all very good & useful but, in the activity listing, they are indistinguishable from user questions:

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It would be useful if these were clearly differentiated.

    Best answer by Laurids_PETERSEN

    Hi @Andrew Neil 

    We released an update today that marks articles on the front page activity feed with a little "book" logo. 
    When hovering over the logo, it states "Knowledge base article." 

    This should help distinguish articles from posts, see example below:

    Laurids_PETERSEN_1-1709030341470.png

    Best regards,
    Laurids

    3 replies

    Lina_DABASINSKAITE
    Community Manager
    January 31, 2024

    Hello @Andrew Neil , 

    Thanks for your feedback here. It is a very good point indeed. I will take it to discuss internally how we could distinguish Knowledgebase articles from regular posts. 

    If you have any preferences, please share! 

    BR,
    Lina

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    Tesla DeLorean
    Guru
    January 31, 2024

    Don't you already have a tag or sub-forum specifically for Knowledge Base articles?

    When logged in, what's displayed should track what you're subscribed too / following.

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    Lina_DABASINSKAITE
    Community Manager
    January 31, 2024

    Hi @Tesla DeLorean , 

    Yes, there is a separate section for it, but on the general activity feed, you can not tell weather a post is a questions or an article. 

    ​In order to give better visibility on the answered topics, please click on 'Accept as Solution' on the reply which solved your issue or answered your question.
    Andrew Neil
    Super User
    February 19, 2024

    Another couple today:

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    Really hard to tell that "How to add your spi flash into the STM32CubeProgrammer's External Loader" isn't a question.

    @B.Montanari 

    A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work.
    Laurids_PETERSEN
    Community Manager
    February 19, 2024

    Hi @Andrew Neil

    These titles are given to be more attractive to search engines. We are working on creating a solution that visually marks the post as an article, just like how a post with a solution has the green checkmark.

    Best regards,
    Laurids  


    Andrew Neil
    Super User
    February 19, 2024

    @unknown no need to quote the entire post - just 'Subscribe':

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    A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work.