Forum, Articles & Reviews...How are they Different?

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Almost every day new "articles" show up that are more appropriate for a forum post (example: my duck is sick or what breed is this chicken type questions). Is there some way of making the following info taken from the FAQ more prominent so members, especially new members, can understand the difference?

How are Forums, Articles, and Reviews different?
With so many options, which medium is appropriate for what type of content? While we believe it's ultimately up to you to decide, here's a bit of guidance.

First, forums, articles, product pages (and reviews of those) are all separate features and different ways you can interact with the site and its members. They are tied together across the site to make related information easier to find, but there are in fact many differences.

Type & Suggested Use

Forums
ideal place for group interaction
here each user can start new threads, respond to existing threads and posts, etc.
ask questions to the community
post links to interesting articles and start a conversation

Articles
articles allow you to author an article on your own to share information
"How-to" instructions and guides
informational articles

Reviews
personal opinions of products AFTER having personal experience with those particular products
candid and respectful personal opinions

 

[casportpony]

 

[Kiki]

Unfortunately we can't move the articles that were mistakenly created to a thread right now. Hopefully that option will be back up and running soon.

 

[skullgrrrl]

How do you post on a member's page rather than in a forum or as an article?

 

[casportpony]

How do you post on a member's page rather than in a forum or as an article?

Try this:

 

[skullgrrrl]

Try this:
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I clicked on profile and I am limited to a 140 character post. How do I post a full length post with photos that are more suitable as a member's post than as an article?

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

I clicked on profile and I am limited to a 140 character post. How do I post a full length post with photos that are more suitable as a member's post than as an article?

Do you mean like starting a new thread in a certain section of the forum? Profile posts on individual profile pages are limited 140 as they are designed as short notes to each other.

 

[skullgrrrl]

Do you mean like starting a new thread in a certain section of the forum? Profile posts on individual profile pages are limited 140 as they are designed as short notes to each other.

I posted a tour of my coop and birds in 'articles' and someone responded that it was more appropriate to post in members' pages. So how do I do that? I know how to post queries in the forums.

 

[CarpCharacin]

I posted a tour of my coop and birds in 'articles' and someone responded that it was more appropriate to post in members' pages. So how do I do that? I know how to post queries in the forums.

So you want to move the article to the member pages category? Member pages is a category in articles. What is the article?

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

I posted a tour of my coop and birds in 'articles' and someone responded that it was more appropriate to post in members' pages. So how do I do that? I know how to post queries in the forums.

So you want to move the article to the member pages category? Member pages is a category in articles. What is the article?

All done, I just moved the article to member pages