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During the transition from having a Site Proposals category on Meta to having a separate Codidact Proposals community, there is a message at the top of the Site Proposals category with a link to th...
#2: Post edited
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trichoplax
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2023-06-30T20:13:17Z (over 1 year ago)
Link to general question
- During the transition from having a Site Proposals category on Meta to having a separate Codidact Proposals community, there is a message at the top of the Site Proposals category with a link to the introductory Meta post on Codidact Proposals:
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- However, for a user who doesn't read this message and immediately clicks on the "Propose Community" button, a red error message is displayed which doesn't make clear why the user lacks permission to post here:
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- This makes it sound like "You are not welcome to make proposals" rather than "Your proposal needs to be in the new home of proposals".
To avoid giving people the impression they can no longer make proposals, could the button link to the same introductory Meta post on Codidact Proposals that the description text of the Site Proposals category links to?
- During the transition from having a Site Proposals category on Meta to having a separate Codidact Proposals community, there is a message at the top of the Site Proposals category with a link to the introductory Meta post on Codidact Proposals:
- 
- However, for a user who doesn't read this message and immediately clicks on the "Propose Community" button, a red error message is displayed which doesn't make clear why the user lacks permission to post here:
- 
- This makes it sound like "You are not welcome to make proposals" rather than "Your proposal needs to be in the new home of proposals".
- To avoid giving people the impression they can no longer make proposals, could the button link to the same introductory Meta post on Codidact Proposals that the description text of the Site Proposals category links to?
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- Related more general question:
- - [UI question: how should the "post" button behave in restricted categories?](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/287836)
#1: Initial revision
by
trichoplax
·
2023-06-30T19:15:05Z (over 1 year ago)
Clearer community proposals transition for skim readers
During the transition from having a Site Proposals category on Meta to having a separate Codidact Proposals community, there is a message at the top of the Site Proposals category with a link to the introductory Meta post on Codidact Proposals:  However, for a user who doesn't read this message and immediately clicks on the "Propose Community" button, a red error message is displayed which doesn't make clear why the user lacks permission to post here:  This makes it sound like "You are not welcome to make proposals" rather than "Your proposal needs to be in the new home of proposals". To avoid giving people the impression they can no longer make proposals, could the button link to the same introductory Meta post on Codidact Proposals that the description text of the Site Proposals category links to?