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#1 2012-02-20 13:11:56

joletole
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Tips on how to Create a good Show and Tell Topic

These are Tips on How to create a good Show and tell topic.

Have a good Name

No one is probably going to read your topic if you don't have a good name. Names like these:

CLICK HERE! BEST PROJECT EVER!

YOU WONT REGRET IT IF YOU CLICK HERE!

Those names don't really appeal to me. You have to be more specific:

Game-Bouncing Boy

Animation-Cheese!

Learn how to make an Animation!

Those names will appeal to me and I will want to click on them.


A look inside the Topic

One of the most important thing about creating a topic is have a good description. If your description is like these:

Click Here!

Then you wont receive any feedback and your project won't get much views.
Something like this:

Hi everyone,
This is a game called bouncing boy. I spent a long time on it. Please tell me if I made the boy bounce high enough.
Thanks

Thats a project I will probably want to look at.

Getting it famous

What a lot of people have been trying to do is "bump" there project. DO NOT DO THIS! A good way to get your project famous is see how many people are on the forums. If there are a lot of people on the forums then its not a good idea to put something up because then it will get lost in the forums forever.

If there is about 10 people online then its a good idea because it will stay on the show and tell longer.

If there is about 2 people online then it is a horrible idea to post something because then no one will see it.

And that is my three step guide to creating a good topic.

Thanks,

-Joletole

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Last edited by joletole (2012-02-20 20:54:10)

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#2 2012-02-20 13:18:41

DaScratcher101
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Re: Tips on how to Create a good Show and Tell Topic

when gf clicked
say [this is a great guide!]
if [joletole online]
say [you are a great scratcher!]

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#3 2012-02-20 13:55:08

Borrego6165
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Re: Tips on how to Create a good Show and Tell Topic

If i'm being honest, something very similar to this was written a while back, and I swear the wording is similar too. Either it is pure coincidence, or this is copying-act 2. Still a good guide though.


Generation:4001 Build a beautiful city, with over 50 objects and over 10000 tiles per city! This simulates traffic, pollution, tourism, crime and more!

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#4 2012-02-20 13:55:21

joletole
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Re: Tips on how to Create a good Show and Tell Topic

DaScratcher101 wrote:

when gf clicked
say [this is a great guide!]
if [joletole online]
say [you are a great scratcher!]

Thanks!

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#5 2012-02-20 13:57:57

joletole
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Re: Tips on how to Create a good Show and Tell Topic

Borrego6165 wrote:

If i'm being honest, something very similar to this was written a while back, and I swear the wording is similar too. Either it is pure coincidence, or this is copying-act 2. Still a good guide though.

Really, Oh i didn't know about that.

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#6 2012-02-20 15:47:01

joletole
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Re: Tips on how to Create a good Show and Tell Topic

Hope this helps

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#7 2012-02-20 19:10:01

trinary
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Re: Tips on how to Create a good Show and Tell Topic

Good guide!


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#8 2012-02-20 20:49:33

ROSMan
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Registered: 2011-04-29
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Re: Tips on how to Create a good Show and Tell Topic

nice guide, also i have something to add. if your name doesn't really stand out, i recommend you title your topic something that will grab a person's attention, like

instead of "Animation Maker"
name the topic "Easily create animation in scratch!"


GENERATION 33: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment

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#9 2012-02-20 20:55:12

joletole
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Re: Tips on how to Create a good Show and Tell Topic

Heres a question: do you think this should get stickied!

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#10 2012-02-21 03:11:15

Borrego6165
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Re: Tips on how to Create a good Show and Tell Topic

joletole wrote:

Heres a question: do you think this should get stickied!

there's already one! It isn't stickied, but it has a link in the "List of helpful topics in show and tell" which I am sure you must have noticed at some point!


Generation:4001 Build a beautiful city, with over 50 objects and over 10000 tiles per city! This simulates traffic, pollution, tourism, crime and more!

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#11 2012-03-02 16:59:02

joletole
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Re: Tips on how to Create a good Show and Tell Topic

bump

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#12 2012-03-02 19:22:51

XenoK_Studios
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Re: Tips on how to Create a good Show and Tell Topic

reporting to be stickied!


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#13 2012-03-02 19:39:37

Borrego6165
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Re: Tips on how to Create a good Show and Tell Topic

XenoK_Studios wrote:

reporting to be stickied!

But one already exists! And it's got a link! Plus this isn;t that long tbh.


Generation:4001 Build a beautiful city, with over 50 objects and over 10000 tiles per city! This simulates traffic, pollution, tourism, crime and more!

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#14 2012-04-06 11:38:25

ROSMan
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Registered: 2011-04-29
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Re: Tips on how to Create a good Show and Tell Topic

joletole wrote:

These are Tips on How to create a good Show and tell topic.

Have a good Name

No one is probably going to read your topic if you don't have a good name. Names like these:

CLICK HERE! BEST PROJECT EVER!

YOU WONT REGRET IT IF YOU CLICK HERE!

Those names don't really appeal to me. You have to be more specific:

Game-Bouncing Boy

Animation-Cheese!

Learn how to make an Animation!

Those names will appeal to me and I will want to click on them.


A look inside the Topic

One of the most important thing about creating a topic is have a good description. If your description is like these:

Click Here!

Then you wont receive any feedback and your project won't get many views.
Something like this:

Hi everyone,
This is a game called bouncing boy. I spent a long time on it. Please tell me if I made the boy bounce high enough.
Thanks

Thats a project I will probably want to look at.

Getting it famous

What a lot of people have been trying to do is "bump" there project. DO NOT DO THIS! A good way to get your project famous is see how many people are on the forums. If there are a lot of people on the forums then its not a good idea to put something up because then it will get lost in the forums forever.

If there is about 10 people online then its a good idea because it will stay on the show and tell longer.

If there is about 2 people online then it is a horrible idea to post something because then no one will see it.honestly, this is not horrible at all. when more people get online, yours will be at the top, and they'll see it. I mean, it's not as good as 10 people, but hey, it's certainly not horrible.

And that is my three step guide to creating a good topic.

Thanks,

-Joletole

Read my comments in my quote.


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