[CynicalUnicorn]

You know that thing in the footer? The section on the right? Those are the 10 most recent articles that have been posted. They are, as of now:

1. A guide about savings from PSU efficiency
2. A question that should go in the Intel forums
3. Something more akin to a discussion and therefore more appropriate on the forums
4. News article in the very wrong section
5. Guide and tips regarding a specific case
6. A piece about what Mantle is and how it affects you
7. Question about how to start overclocking
8. Op-ed on AMD's current GPU line-up and what they need to stay competitive
9. How to effectively cool a certain laptop
10. How to use an SSD to its best potential in Linux

Out of all of those, #1, #5, #8, #9, and #10 should stay. The other half are in the very wrong section. Either don't let new users post there (rep, post count, or length-of-membership requirement), lay out some ground rules for what is and is not appropriate, or police it a bit better. The oldest of those five that should be deleted/moved is from January 15th. It's March now.

 

[Techie007]

    This has bothered me for a long time, too.  I pretty much just stay clear of the Articles section now.  This definitely needs addressed.  Perhaps a 25 rep requirement?  (If the person isn't being helpful, they probably don't need to be writing an article!)

 

[CynicalUnicorn]

50 hours later... Is this just something that still exists but nobody really talks about or uses?

 

[shadman]

I see them sometimes, out of the corner of my eye really when I end up scrolling too far down. I completely forget anything is at the bottom here.

Honestly, I forget Articles exist here. It isn't obvious enough. Apart from GIANT, sometimes older links for threads posted by admin/mods (you know, the giant sliding banner..thing?), and the recent posts and recent news, overclock.net and overclock.net/f/ (forums direct link) aren't different enough. OC.net is definitely about the forums, so if we want articles, they will need to push for them more. I wouldn't mind if they changed the home page layout more, as long as the forums had an easy link.

 

[Shrak]

The article section really doesn't get the love it deserves, and it can definitely be improved upon. I go through it quite a bit and find the absolute most random posts, or people asking questions as the article, etc, etc. The whole system really needs a decent overhaul and to be made more clear about it's purposes, and to promote that it's actually there more to get more people in it.

 

[AlphaC]

The problem with the articles sections is people post articles as threads.

Part of that is formatting.

The articles section could be quite neat as it allows for multiple authors.

I'd like a draft option for articles, too

i.e.
http://www.overclock.net/a/superi-o-and-fan-control
Completely got out of hand with the amount of motherboards coming out. I'm trying to get time to work on that.

http://www.overclock.net/a/which-is-the-cheapest-state-for-electricity