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T2W Guides to Trading!
The next big addition to the site will be the authoring of T2W Guides on all aspects of trading.
I think everyone would agree that there is a wealth of information to be found on these forums. The way we've structured the forums has hopefully helped members find the information they want on a given subject, and the ability to search the forums makes it incredibly easy to pinpoint more specific information.
However what has been lacking is a reference point on any topic that would act as a digest of information that could be easily and quickly absorbed by old and new members alike.
The idea of T2W Guides is to resolve this deficit.
The proposal for how this will work is given below. I'd invite all members to read the proposal and add your thoughts and suggestions to this thread.
The Basics
We've already broken down the aspects of trading into a number of forums so we already have our framework in place. The proposal is to create a 'sticky thread' in each forum that will be entitled "T2W Guide to ......", so for example the Forex forum will have a thread called "T2W Guide to Forex". When I say a 'sticky thread' I mean that that thread will always appear at the top of the forum, so any new member viewing the forum for the first time will be able to read it right away, and existing members will know exactly where to find it. We'll even add a thin separator to give it additional prominence.
The Editors
The task of maintaining and updating the guides will be the responsibility of a new 'Forum Editor' role within the site. Each forum will be assigned at least one editor (possibly more, if the task requires it). The editor role would be a voluntary one and open to any member of the site who feels they would be up to the challenge. I envisage that person will have a particular interest in that topic of trading, whether it be Forex, Commodities, Psychology or taking the First Steps - and so hopefully will not consider a chore, but a way to help them to progress in their given topic.
As well as moderating the guide the Editor will also have the ability to moderate the forum as a whole which will help to ease the burden of the existing site moderators, particularly as the site membership grows ever larger.
The Guide Itself
The Guide will not be a closed thread, members will be encouraged to post amendments and updates to it, as new posts on the threads. And the editor in addition to adding their own input, would have the task of merging the members posts within the Guide itself. Once the post has been merged or the editor has decided not to merge it because of duplication or whatever reason, the post will be removed. In this way I envisage there will only ever be a few posts to the thread - the main post, ie. the Guide itself, and then ammendments/updates that have not yet been incorporated into the guide.
What's in the Guide?
When the Guide is first added to the forum it will be in a template that T2W will provide. The template will be split into sections and look something like this (I've used Forex as an example):
a) The Body of the Guide (This will be written as a guide to the topic, with an ever growing body of information
- Introduction to Forex (The Basics)
- Topic 1 (eg. The Markets)
- Topic 2 (eg. The Brokers)
- Topic 3 (eg. Basic Strategies)
- etc...
Each topic will have original content, and end with a list of web links to further information (for example relevant articles)
b) FAQs
c) Glossary
- List of common terminology
d) Recommended Forum Topics
- List of recommended forum topics to read with a description about each.
e) Recommended Resources (with descriptions)
- Books
- Websites
- Brokers
- Software
- Seminars
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It will then be the job of the editor to slowly build up this body of information that hopefully one day become an extremely useful digest of information - wh
The Benefits
There will be a number benefits to the site, here are the ones that initially come to mind.
1. There are a lot of new members joining the site all the time, and inevitably they will post basics question that have been asked before a number of times. Rather than duplicate existing information, when they enter a forum the first thread they read will be the Guide containing all the information they need to get going, thereby raising the general standard of threads across the site.
2. Even for existing members, and more experienced traders, the Guides will provide a quick and concise road-map to the resources available to them, both on and off the T2W website.
3. With an ever-growing membership, this is a unique opportunity for T2W to harness the collective knowledge of all its members and channel it into a single place in each forum.
4. Eventually the Guides can be spun off to a separate section of the site to become a unique guide to the broad topics of trading.
Where do we go from here?
Well firstly I'd like to hear feedback about the above proposal whether you like the idea, whether you would make changes to the proposal and any other suggestions or comments you can think of.
Once the proposal has been approved I'll invite members to volunteer for the editor roles in the various forums. After consultation with the existing site moderators, the editors will then be chosen - and each Guide will then be created.
To help get the project off the ground I'll initially be editing one or more forums myself, with the intention of spending a couple of hours each day updating them.
The next big addition to the site will be the authoring of T2W Guides on all aspects of trading.
I think everyone would agree that there is a wealth of information to be found on these forums. The way we've structured the forums has hopefully helped members find the information they want on a given subject, and the ability to search the forums makes it incredibly easy to pinpoint more specific information.
However what has been lacking is a reference point on any topic that would act as a digest of information that could be easily and quickly absorbed by old and new members alike.
The idea of T2W Guides is to resolve this deficit.
The proposal for how this will work is given below. I'd invite all members to read the proposal and add your thoughts and suggestions to this thread.
The Basics
We've already broken down the aspects of trading into a number of forums so we already have our framework in place. The proposal is to create a 'sticky thread' in each forum that will be entitled "T2W Guide to ......", so for example the Forex forum will have a thread called "T2W Guide to Forex". When I say a 'sticky thread' I mean that that thread will always appear at the top of the forum, so any new member viewing the forum for the first time will be able to read it right away, and existing members will know exactly where to find it. We'll even add a thin separator to give it additional prominence.
The Editors
The task of maintaining and updating the guides will be the responsibility of a new 'Forum Editor' role within the site. Each forum will be assigned at least one editor (possibly more, if the task requires it). The editor role would be a voluntary one and open to any member of the site who feels they would be up to the challenge. I envisage that person will have a particular interest in that topic of trading, whether it be Forex, Commodities, Psychology or taking the First Steps - and so hopefully will not consider a chore, but a way to help them to progress in their given topic.
As well as moderating the guide the Editor will also have the ability to moderate the forum as a whole which will help to ease the burden of the existing site moderators, particularly as the site membership grows ever larger.
The Guide Itself
The Guide will not be a closed thread, members will be encouraged to post amendments and updates to it, as new posts on the threads. And the editor in addition to adding their own input, would have the task of merging the members posts within the Guide itself. Once the post has been merged or the editor has decided not to merge it because of duplication or whatever reason, the post will be removed. In this way I envisage there will only ever be a few posts to the thread - the main post, ie. the Guide itself, and then ammendments/updates that have not yet been incorporated into the guide.
What's in the Guide?
When the Guide is first added to the forum it will be in a template that T2W will provide. The template will be split into sections and look something like this (I've used Forex as an example):
a) The Body of the Guide (This will be written as a guide to the topic, with an ever growing body of information
- Introduction to Forex (The Basics)
- Topic 1 (eg. The Markets)
- Topic 2 (eg. The Brokers)
- Topic 3 (eg. Basic Strategies)
- etc...
Each topic will have original content, and end with a list of web links to further information (for example relevant articles)
b) FAQs
c) Glossary
- List of common terminology
d) Recommended Forum Topics
- List of recommended forum topics to read with a description about each.
e) Recommended Resources (with descriptions)
- Books
- Websites
- Brokers
- Software
- Seminars
--------
It will then be the job of the editor to slowly build up this body of information that hopefully one day become an extremely useful digest of information - wh
The Benefits
There will be a number benefits to the site, here are the ones that initially come to mind.
1. There are a lot of new members joining the site all the time, and inevitably they will post basics question that have been asked before a number of times. Rather than duplicate existing information, when they enter a forum the first thread they read will be the Guide containing all the information they need to get going, thereby raising the general standard of threads across the site.
2. Even for existing members, and more experienced traders, the Guides will provide a quick and concise road-map to the resources available to them, both on and off the T2W website.
3. With an ever-growing membership, this is a unique opportunity for T2W to harness the collective knowledge of all its members and channel it into a single place in each forum.
4. Eventually the Guides can be spun off to a separate section of the site to become a unique guide to the broad topics of trading.
Where do we go from here?
Well firstly I'd like to hear feedback about the above proposal whether you like the idea, whether you would make changes to the proposal and any other suggestions or comments you can think of.
Once the proposal has been approved I'll invite members to volunteer for the editor roles in the various forums. After consultation with the existing site moderators, the editors will then be chosen - and each Guide will then be created.
To help get the project off the ground I'll initially be editing one or more forums myself, with the intention of spending a couple of hours each day updating them.
approach.
