New Forum Guidelines - Level 3 Trust

[Stupandas-zuljin (Stupandas)]

@Toskosa-darkspear

Also where does it show your current trust level anyway?

The current way is not very user friendly. Click on your View Activity page and replace “/activity” with “.json”. So yours would look like:
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/u/Toskosa-darkspear.json

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/u/Toskosa-darkspear.json

Then look for “trust_level”. The highest number is your level. If your trust level is 1, you’ll see both “trust_level_0” and “trust_level_1”

[Toskosa-dentarg (Toskosa)]

@Stupandas-zuljin

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/u/Toskosa-darkspear.json

Ah thanks a lot for that, I am pretty interested in the new forums system. hopefully they make it easier to check alter on.

[Velara-gilneas (Velara)]

In searching the thread, I found an earlier post of mine with a reddit link:

World of Warcraft Forums

I can click on my own link, but I cannot “click” on others’ links… I have to highlight and open in new tab. But at least I could post the link

PS Just in case the above link takes you to the beginning of the thread, the page I’m referencing is 169. (Won’t be able to do that in these new forums )

And I still don’t understand why you can post YouTubes, (external links) but not a hyperlink!!!

[Vixie-burning-blade (Vixie)]

? Run that by me again, Vixie?

Uhh. If you highlight and click the "Quote thing, this is what you get. You can see everything by hitting the down arrow in the quoted part (after you post)

If you hit the Reply icon the far right, you get a blank reply window.

Once you post, the Reply icon with the poster’s picture (top right in your post) will show the entire post you replied to. It’s just not there while you’re composing your reply so you have to adjust your window to see that post on your screen. It’s minor but tough for an old forum dog’s new trick learning.

ps. that link you’re referring to is on the Blizzard forums somewhere. That’s why you can post it as a hyperlink. Others are going outside probably.

[Velara-gilneas (Velara)]

? Run that by me again, Vixie?

Uhh. If you highlight and click the "Quote thing, this is what you get. You can see everything by hitting the down arrow in the quoted part (after you post)

If you hit the Reply icon the far right, you get a blank reply window.

Once you post, the Reply icon with the poster’s picture (top right in your post) will show the entire post you replied to. It’s just not there while you’re composing your reply so you have to adjust your window to see that post on your screen. It’s minor but tough for an old forum dog’s new trick learning.

If you click “reply” you can click the “talk bubble” icon on the upper left of the reply text box to quote the post to which you are replying.

[Vixie-burning-blade (Vixie)]

? Run that by me again, Vixie?

Uhh. If you highlight and click the "Quote thing, this is what you get. You can see everything by hitting the down arrow in the quoted part (after you post)

If you hit the Reply icon the far right, you get a blank reply window.

Once you post, the Reply icon with the poster’s picture (top right in your post) will show the entire post you replied to. It’s just not there while you’re composing your reply so you have to adjust your window to see that post on your screen. It’s minor but tough for an old forum dog’s new trick learning.

If you click “reply” you can click the “talk bubble” icon on the upper left of the reply text box to quote the post to which you are replying.

Ohh…cool.

Learn something new erryday!

[Stupandas-zuljin (Stupandas)]

@Velara-gilneas

And I still don’t understand why you can post YouTubes, (external links) but not a hyperlink!!!

Youtube is a trusted site. You can hyperlink trusted sites at Level 1. You can’t hyperlink other sites until level 3. There’s a few other trusted sites like Blizz sites and Wowhead.

Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker

[Velara-gilneas (Velara)]

@Stupandas-zuljin

@Velara-gilneas

And I still don’t understand why you can post YouTubes, (external links) but not a hyperlink!!!

Youtube is a trusted site. You can hyperlink trusted sites at Level 1. You can’t hyperlink other sites until level 3. There’s a few other trusted sites like Blizz sites and Wowhead.

https://www.wowhead.com/item=19019/thunderfury-blessed-blade-of-the-windseeker

AHA! I guess this is because you formerly had to quote the posted link text on the old forums, while here, your post is formatted as a hyperlink. Ok, makes “sort” of sense now. Thanks!

[Levíathan-aerie-peak (Levíathan)]

I can click on my own link, but I cannot “click” on others’ links… I have to highlight and open in new tab. But at least I could post the link

That’s how the link to the article acts for me as well. I can’t click what you pasted.

Youtube is a trusted site. You can hyperlink trusted sites at Level 1.

That!

[Velara-gilneas (Velara)]

I can click on my own link, but I cannot “click” on others’ links… I have to highlight and open in new tab. But at least I could post the link

That’s how the link to the article acts for me as well. I can’t click what you pasted.

Youtube is a trusted site. You can hyperlink trusted sites at Level 1.

That!

Thanks, Leviathan (sorry don’t know what your asciis are). And, yes, the “trusted site” explanation seems to explain why we can’t post a hyperlink. But why can’t we type in a link that appears as text to others, as it did on the old forums? I mean, couldn’t you elect to post it NOT as a link?

It’s a head-scratcher…

[Stupandas-zuljin (Stupandas)]

But why can’t we type in a link that appears as text to others, as it did on the old forums? I mean, couldn’t you elect to post it NOT as a link?

You can if you surround it with apostrophes (or highlight and click the </> button):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRr-vNfMViA

[Velara-gilneas (Velara)]

@Stupandas-zuljin

@Velara-gilneas

But why can’t we type in a link that appears as text to others, as it did on the old forums? I mean, couldn’t you elect to post it NOT as a link?

You can if you surround it with apostrophes (or highlight and click the </> button):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRr-vNfMViA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRr-vNfMViA

Thank you !!!

[Iratio-aggramar (Iratio)]

I suppose it’d be nice to be able to embed pictures from wow_zaming_com\uploads\screenshots - but I’m ignorant of what kind of moderation they have on their uploaded images.

[Alacialuun-lightbringer]

I suppose it’d be nice to be able to embed pictures from wow_zaming_com\uploads\screenshots - but I’m ignorant of what kind of moderation they have on their uploaded images.

Just use your best judgement and consider things such as:

• Profanity filter - Don’t use pictures to bypass the profanity filter so make sure it doesn’t have words that would otherwise be filtered if you typed them.
• Things that are or are not appropriate for kids and/or work places.

If you think it is in a gray area, then better safe than sorry and not embed it. Otherwise, see what other people post to get a feel for what is acceptable or not. (When people reach level 3)

[Siearapewpew-turalyon (Siearapewpew)]

We should also be able to link images from the actual wow site, like icons. = p

[Siearapewpew-turalyon (Siearapewpew)]

Keep in mind the trust system is highly customizable and we’re likely going to be making changes to it. It’s something that we can tailor specifically for World of Warcraft so it’s likely to see some revisions as we get used to what we can do with it and it’s impacts on you guys.

It’s still early so keep letting us know what you guys think of it so we can continue making the forums a better experience for all of us

Since you’re blue and responding could you please please please ask if they would split recruitment into two categories? <3 I would really appreciate it and it would make everything so much better.

Player & Guilds

Probably have a better way to word it but one definitely needs to be for player posts and the other for guilds. Currently we’re swimming through tons of posts of guilds trying to find the few posts from the players who are looking. Some of them get buried, never to be found again. Others are more easily found, but just in general, it would clean it up a lot.

Thank you! <3

[Ríoghnach-kelthuzad (Ríoghnach)]

@Midgette-stormrage

I am going to guess however - sadly that it is clever use of Forum Mechanics and that it’s not

They did actually tell us this here: New Forum Guide - Syntax and Features

So i assume it’s acceptable.

Use a code line to post a URL as most users will be at “Trust Level 1” or less. Note that Overwatch forum trust levels do not pass over into the BlizzCon forums. Attempting to post a URL without wrapping it will result in an error.

HOWEVER I agree blizz needs to improve the recruitment forums!

[Ríoghnach-kelthuzad (Ríoghnach)]

@Stupandas-zuljin

@Velara-gilneas

And I still don’t understand why you can post YouTubes, (external links) but not a hyperlink!!!

Youtube is a trusted site. You can hyperlink trusted sites at Level 1. You can’t hyperlink other sites until level 3. There’s a few other trusted sites like Blizz sites and Wowhead.

https://www.wowhead.com/item=19019/thunderfury-blessed-blade-of-the-windseeker

Would be nice if Blizz could make Raider IO, warcraft logs and wow progress trusted sites, considering a huge percentage of the raiding and mythic plus populations use these these sites for their data.

Most people are looking to post links FROM those sites.

[Pandapriest-turalyon (Pandapriest)]

This is some good info.

[Pandapriest-turalyon (Pandapriest)]

This is still good info