[senyorsimon]

I notice that I've repeated some questions in the posts, but it's taken me ages to search through the old ones and find info about the TBS.

What about a FAQ either directing us to the threads or summarising the info under headings?

Chassis
Wheels
Exhaust pipes
etc...

It would make this site an ever better resource than it already is

[ This message was edited by: senyorsimon on 2006-11-05 14:10 ]

 

[jimmyj900]

Good idea one way, bad another.

What happens when there's no longer a need to post a message?

The poster continues to lurk, the responders don't expand on what they've already done or add new insights to what's already there with no one to respond to.


I'm glad I don't have to decide on that. :-D


Jim

 

[senyorsimon]

I see what you mean, but this situation already exists except in a disorderely way. Nearly all the info is there probably anyway.

So, are we saying that it's better to keep people like me spending hours looking through old threads, finding or not the info and then writing yet another thread or question on the same subjects?

There will always be a doubt or new question to clear up based on the Sticky anyway. Which is the way it should be.

Example.
OK, you said I could put S3 wheels on, but...

It's not a case of if a sticky will be set up but when

 

[jimmyj900]

So, are we saying that it's better to keep people like me spending hours looking through old threads, finding or not the info and then writing yet another thread or question on the same subjects?

I'm playing Devil's Advocate a bit here but when you were searching for old threads, did you come across anything 'interesting' or perhaps glean some small bit of information you didn't have before? :wink:

I often find the best stuff by accident. A search for one thing turns up some small, unrelated fact that can open a new area of interest or provide an alternate or unique viewpoint on something.

Jim

 

[BadMouth]

The more I've searched, the better I've gotten at it. I doubt it takes me more than 10 minutes to find anything on here.
In fact, I often answer questions by providing a link to a thread that it only took me a minute to find.

 

[entropy]

i don't think a sticky is necessary.

when i first became a member of this forum all i did was search and search to gain knowledge and do everything i could to learn about something before asking a question. this way i had a good grasp on what it was i needed and i could ask the right question when the time came.

that is what the search function is for. i think... :-D

no disrespect senyor just my thoughts....

 

[Wombat]

On 2006-11-05 15:20, senyorsimon wrote:
So, are we saying that it's better to keep people like me spending hours looking through old threads,

So, are you saying that you are any different than any of us, (even though you do have the largest pic of a bike that you dont own in your sig file on this site)

Learn how to use this site and its search functions and you will be able to find all the info that you need.

The more time spent on here the more that you learn.

If you have a suggestion for improvement of this site, post it to the suggestions forum and not as a complaint in here.

BTW: any chance that you could make the pic of the '07 S3 in your sig file any bigger? :razz:

Man, I would hate to be on dial-up!

[ This message was edited by: Wombat on 2006-11-06 20:30 ]

 

[denny]

There is always the wiki site.

Go ahead and write a FAQ for the TBS and post it on the wiki.

 

[Bodger]

I think a sticky for the TBS is a good idea. Quite often i have asked questions in the past and didn't get much of a response. The subject was either discussed in an earlier post that i have missed, or the subject was too boring for the old guard with the knowledge to take the time to answer. I am afraid i have been guilty of that one my self.

I don't know if i am the only one but i can't get the hang of the search engine on this site. It still takes me a long time to find what i am looking for. How often have you seen a post that asks if any one remembers seeing this or that in a post and where it might be. Quite often the info i am looking for is in a post with a totally obscure heading.
There are separate sites on the tiger forum, one of which is bolt ons and mods. Maybe if a sticky is not a good idea then a TBS mods section.

 

[parrycm]

FWIW...

Too many sticky's at the top of a forum is a PITA - see some of the other forums. How about a rule that says "you can't create a sticky until you delete a sticky"

Browsing through really long threads takes as long as browsing through many short threads - and sticky's end up as really long threads. Still a lot of reading and a lot of clicks.

Why just a sticky just for TBS's? What about the other models? Oh wait a minute... there is a sticky for all the models - called known issues! We're sorted!

Even if you disagree with the above, someone with the knowledge still has to create or at least answer the FAQ sticky. If you're not happy with the responses now, what makes you think they'll do better with a sticky FAQ?

Actually Denny's point about the WIKI is spot on - WIKI's indexing and search abilities are great. But we're back at the problem of getting someone to do the work.

I for one, do not mind seeing the same questions asked again. As Jim says, it brings fresh insights to old topics and revives old threads. Plus it gives me opportunity to show off my (meagre) knowledge. I think there are two caveats - at least make an attempt to search the forum for info and say so, and frame/scope the question in such a way that folks don't have write War and Peace.

We were all new to this forum once, I've found a lot of pleasure in ferreting out the info over the years, by searching and asking questions (a percentage of which were no doubt viewed as dumb).

Again FWIW, using advanced search is much more productive than the ordinary search. Depending on the context, limiting your search to this forum, and selecting threads that contain ALL your keywords usually bring the most focussed results.

Finally... [start rant]

Please, please do NOT support fragmenting this wonderful forum into sub-forums. It's happened to other forums and it's SH*TE for several reasons.

1) Advanced search does NOT support searching several forums, it's either one or ALL. So, it will either make us repeat the search for each possible forum or get a flood of results from all forums.
2) People never know what forum to put their bl*ody posts in! Look at the Ride forums for example - why we have two defeats me.
3) Browsing becomes too focussed - you lose the happy finds and incidental info.
4) compensating for 1-3 means too many clicks - it's a chore.
5) Like Heinlein said, "specialisation is for ants"

[end rant]

Cheers

 

[jimmyj900]

I'd vote for a WIKI entry.

I think that makes much more sense than a sticky for each model of Classic.

Now if the WIKI stuff just made any da*mn sense to me...

Jim

 

[BadMouth]

I looked at Wiki, but there would be a learning curve.
I have a lot of the threads pertaining to FAQ's bookmarked.
I'd be willing to organize the information if someone else hasn't already started on it. From there, I can either copy and paste it to a post here or pass it on to a Wiki pro.

Has anyone started on this? If so, I won't bother.

I don't think it would make sense to have a seperate FAQ for only the TBS since almost every FAQ also applies to the other classic triple models.

 

[BadMouth]

I found this site which seems to be a lot more basic than wiki. I went ahead and scratched out an outline on it. I started out with headings in question form, but it seemed to make more sense to just categorize things.
Triumph FAQ at Wetpaint

You don't have any choices for font aside from bold, italic, etc, but you can add links and photos.

I set the site up to only let those with permission modify it because I was afraid of someone vandalising it if it were open to the public. If we decide to use it, I'll give the password to anyone who wants to contribute.

Let me know what you guys think. :huh:

(edit: think this would be too damaging to the conversation in the forum?)

[ This message was edited by: BadMouth on 2006-11-07 22:19 ]