Context-sensitive topic templates

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ganncamp suggests implementing context-sensitive topic templates that appear as help text during topic creation, tailored to the tags a user selects — aiming to reduce back-and-forth by guiding users to include necessary background information upfront. While acknowledging the feature’s complexity and not expecting immediate implementation, they offer it as food for thought. Falco responds positively, confirming that the team is already working on form-like, context-aware topic templates — initially per category — and encourages users to stay tuned.

We have a community of product. I.e. largely Q&A.

In response to a new topic/question, I just pulled up a response template, edited (deleted) for context and posted.

At the risk of asking for Clippy (“It looks like you’re asking about X. Make sure you provide…”) it strikes me that if I were able to tie that topic template to the tags the user applied and show it as the help text while he was composing his quesiton, it might be helpful in getting the necessary background from users with fewer back-and-forth cycles.

I recognize that this is not a small feature & don’t expect to see it tomorrow. Next week is fine. :rofl:

More seriously, I know this is a big one, so it’s just food for thought.

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We are currently working on a feature for form-like contextual (per category at first) topic templates, stay tuned :wink:

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