Allow a thread to be featured from the Moderation Actions drop-down (image below)
Inline
moderation featuring has been suggested previously but there are a few issues with it.
The current inline moderation tools don't allow for individual actions to be taken on multiple threads selected.
For example, let's say you select five threads and then want to feature them, you would have no way of editing the title, content or expiry date for each thread.
It wouldn't be possible to show separate overlays for each thread as is currently the case when featuring.
It could just use the existing title and content, with no editorial control, and the default expiry date, but would anyone actually find that useful functionality?
I can't really see a good use case for it personally.
What might make more sense and is more in line with how individual threads are handled, is having a new Feature/Unfeature link adjacent to the Edit text on the forum view.
I haven't thought of a phrase for "editing a currently featured thread" yet