Hi Friends,
I just added a new feature for the forum. Now in your profile, you can choose which Inkscape version you use.
I don't know if this will help much, for all those newbies who we have to ask.... Hhm, but there might be a way to make it work.
Well for now, go to Profile tab > Forum Profile. At the bottom, you'll see this new option. It already is showing that you're using 0.92.x, but you have to click the Change Profile button to make it take effect and start showing up in your profile. (Or choose a different version, but either way, don't forget to click Change Profile.)
The only way to make sure that new members set that option, is to put it in the registration form (which is entirely possible). But since it would be too overwhelming (imo) to list all possible Inkscape versions, I've just used the major versions. However, there may be cases where knowing more than the major version is important. So we might still have to ask sometimes.
Another option would be to use major version numbers for the past stable versions, but only use the bug fix releases (what are they called, "point releases"??) for the current stable. But still, using 0.48 as an example, that could add as many as 5 more radio buttons.
Oh, but I see there's a dropbox option. Maybe that could work? Let's see if I can figure that out