Lots of section header posts need fixing

[Ballscrewbob]

About the Community category

(Replace this first paragraph with a brief description of your new category. This guidance will appear in the category selection area, so try to keep it below 200 characters.) Use the following paragraphs for a longer description, or to establish category guidelines or rules: Why should people use this category? What is it for? How exactly is this different than the other categories we already have? What should topics in this category generally contain? Do we need this category? Can…

There are many more also where some stickies etc. used to be but now look like that.

The short form HOW TO USE THE FORUM or similar would be more use than the current offering.
Some sections had more specific how to's which were also cut loose for unknown reasons.

A good deal of time was spent making and placing those "stock new forum" contents with suitable replacements.
When most of the stickie's were cut loose why were they not replaced with something better ?

[Ballscrewbob]

An example here was more geared to the online editor.

Welcome to the ONLINE EDITOR.pdf (649.2 KB)

There were more specific ones also for the MKR and NANO sections etc.

New to the NANO 33 BLE, SENSE, IOT please read this first.

The BLE SENSE, BLE, and 33IOT have TWO COM ports. The second COM port also often referred to as "BOOTLOADER" can be invoked by quickly double tapping the reset button. It can also be used to help clear out a sketch that does not behave. For that simply put it into BOOTLOADER mode then upload either BLINK or BARE MINIMUM from the EXAMPLES. The IDE knows and expects this type of action and can handle it. Most often there is no need to chase the new COM port or to force your OS to choose anothe…

I will not be updating them as it seems like a waste of time if they are to be allowed to sink into obscurity.
However they can still provide a good basis for anyone else wishing to do so.

@PerryBebbington ?

[PerryBebbington]

Hi Bob,
The first 3 I looked at are like that, not looked at all of them.

@pert,
Bob is right, the standard Discourse headers are there, do you have any plans to replace them with something more meaningful? Were you aware of this?

Thanks,
Perry

[pert]

@PerryBebbington

do you have any plans to replace them with something more meaningful?

Definitely. I think it is very important to clearly communicate the purpose of each category.

I have to fit this work into my limited spare time so I ask for your patience.

@PerryBebbington

Were you aware of this?

Yes. It has been that way ever since the forum migration in 2021. Discourse automatically generates this pinned topic for every category, with that default content.

[PerryBebbington]

@pert

Yes. It has been that way ever since the forum migration in 2021.

Which I never noticed and I'm guessing hardly anyone else did either. While I agree there should be something useful there, if no one notices then it's not a big deal.

[Ballscrewbob]

@pert

Yes. It has been that way ever since the forum migration in 2021. Discourse automatically generates this pinned topic for every category, with that default content.

No it was not always that way.
Had taken care of pretty much every section until something cut all the stickie's loose.
There was even a conversation about it.

[Ballscrewbob]

@PerryBebbington

if no one notices then it's not a big deal.

That was not the point.
There WAS useful info at the TOP of the sections.

In many cases it was a link to your readme's !
No idea how many problems it may have fixed or tempers it might have calmed ?