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So, let me give you a little critique, and maybe a little help...
So I just looked over this thread:
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/the-battle-of-baxter-springs-kansas-fort-blair.177139/
A very good first post indeed, very well written, good photos.
So here are the problems I see for making this post visible to members.... This is a photo tour, with a good general description of the events at this location, but the title doesn't tell the reader any information about that, so they are left guessing what content is actually in the thread, sure, we know it's about "this battle", but what about it?
A better title would be: "Photo Tour of the Battle of Baxter Springs, site of Fort Blair in Kansas"
Something like that....
In addition, and this isn't your fault totally, but this thread would do "better" in the Traveler's Discussion Forum, that's a much more popular forum than the Trans-Mississippi Theater forum, so you may have lost some view because of that. However, because this is 2021, I can now fix that issue, and put one thread in more than one forum, so the thread is now in both places!
Next, and I know you put plenty of photos in the thread, but this thread really screams for a great cover photo... a photo at the top of the thread that would be like the magazine cover photo for the story. This might be the best photo of your thread, or the photo with the most iconic scene, whatever you think would best represent the thread in photographic form.... If you are providing a photo that Ami can take and edit/transform into a fully edited promotional cover photo, that's even better.
Finally, this is probably the most important part, if you are writing great posts, Ami and I don't always see everything. Start a thread with us in the "Contact the Staff" forum, and let us know that you started a thread and you think it should be promoted on the homepage, and be sure to include the URL or the LINK to the thread you created so we can find it quickly and work on promoting it! If there is an issue with promoting it, or an adjustment is needed, we can discuss it in that forum.
I hope that's helpful!
So I just looked over this thread:
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/the-battle-of-baxter-springs-kansas-fort-blair.177139/
A very good first post indeed, very well written, good photos.
So here are the problems I see for making this post visible to members.... This is a photo tour, with a good general description of the events at this location, but the title doesn't tell the reader any information about that, so they are left guessing what content is actually in the thread, sure, we know it's about "this battle", but what about it?
A better title would be: "Photo Tour of the Battle of Baxter Springs, site of Fort Blair in Kansas"
Something like that....
In addition, and this isn't your fault totally, but this thread would do "better" in the Traveler's Discussion Forum, that's a much more popular forum than the Trans-Mississippi Theater forum, so you may have lost some view because of that. However, because this is 2021, I can now fix that issue, and put one thread in more than one forum, so the thread is now in both places!
Next, and I know you put plenty of photos in the thread, but this thread really screams for a great cover photo... a photo at the top of the thread that would be like the magazine cover photo for the story. This might be the best photo of your thread, or the photo with the most iconic scene, whatever you think would best represent the thread in photographic form.... If you are providing a photo that Ami can take and edit/transform into a fully edited promotional cover photo, that's even better.
Finally, this is probably the most important part, if you are writing great posts, Ami and I don't always see everything. Start a thread with us in the "Contact the Staff" forum, and let us know that you started a thread and you think it should be promoted on the homepage, and be sure to include the URL or the LINK to the thread you created so we can find it quickly and work on promoting it! If there is an issue with promoting it, or an adjustment is needed, we can discuss it in that forum.
I hope that's helpful!