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4. Here's an idea - can you implement some kind of 'tagging' of OPs...

Reply to EarlG (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 6, 2023, 10:49 AM

Sep 2023

that in essence allows a poster to choose to indicate with a check or other button that the item is a 'long read' article (or similar title), so that the OP can be made in whatever appropriate forum, but the tag applied so users can access such tagged articles by another subscribe or other means?

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So... a suggestion, if you're determined to zotz 'Editorials and Other Articles"? [View all] TygrBright Sep 2023 OP

Still here and you can subscribe...Is it going away? discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2023 #1

They are considering deprecating it (archiving, I guess) for the DU4 rollout. n/t TygrBright Sep 2023 #2

I'd say we're broadly on the same page EarlG Sep 2023 #3

Here's an idea - can you implement some kind of 'tagging' of OPs... consider_this Sep 2023 #4

Heh... okay. You know the value of it. I'll trust you... TygrBright Sep 2023 #6

Another vote here for EAOA LearnedHand Sep 2023 #11

@EarlG, thinking about where you said you'd like people to use more Topic forums LearnedHand Sep 2023 #14

Why not just add it to the left column the way it used to be? question everything Sep 2023 #16

I love the editorials forum. CrispyQ Sep 2023 #5

An article can be cross-posted - once in Editorials and again under a specific topic FakeNoose Sep 2023 #7

A question for everyone EarlG Sep 2023 #8

The name isn't what's broke... TygrBright Sep 2023 #9

If that's the general consensus, fine with me EarlG Sep 2023 #10

Long Reads is a well-socialized name for exactly this LearnedHand Sep 2023 #13

Agree! Nt LearnedHand Sep 2023 #12

However implemented and whatever name is used, crickets Sep 2023 #15