# Forum with Q&A combined?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-with-q-a-combined/53388
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** rfc
**Created:** [26.Ноябрь.2016 03:39:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-with-q-a-combined/53388 "2016-11-26T03:39:50Z")
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### Author: ![Sara\_Noel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sara_noel/32/120857_2.png) [@Sara\_Noel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sara_Noel)
#### Post date: [26.Ноябрь.2016 17:50:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-with-q-a-combined/53388/8 "2016-11-26T17:50:25Z")

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> [@Two-layered conversations (shadow topic)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-layered-conversations-shadow-topic/11941):
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> Consider a community of “experts” on some topic. Experts would like to post articles or questions on this board, to be discussed only by the other members, who are also experts. For this part, they can use any reasonable traditional message board software (with membership restricted to experts). Here is the new part. For each topic opened by an expert for comments by other experts, there should be a “shadow” topic automatically opened for comments by “the public”. Say, the expert’s topic is vi…

Thank you for sharing this. I didn’t see this before. This is very close to what I mean, but I want it to be in question/answer only and not additional discussion/chit chat. Just the knowledge info, no discussion and separated out.

It’s the getting through the noise problem that I’m trying to solve, too.

ETA [Plugin: Ask me anything or Q&A format (threaded replies)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-ask-me-anything-or-q-a-format/44950)

This is also very close. Thank you!

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