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BYOAC Needs a Karma/Rep System
ChadTower:
I thought of something last night. Some forums have a "like" function for posts. It's not connected to post count in any way I can tell. Users are able to like individual posts. Their user profile displays how many likes they have received and how many likes they have given. There's no incentive, post count wise, to like anything.
Some others have a reputation function that operates mostly the same way. There's no negative button, just a positive one, and so long as it's not attached to post count somehow that can be a useful thing. Unfortunately I've seen a few forums where the REPutation button is right next to the REPort button and it's the REPort button that has REP on it. :dizzy:
Nephasth:
--- Quote from: Nephasth on June 13, 2013, 10:56:14 am ---Yes. Yes, it does.
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4 Month Bump!
Saint has still done nothing to fix the rep system. My PMs have fallen on deaf ears. When will the madness end?!
:lol
PL1:
It's on his "To Do" list -- right after wiki logins. >:D :lol
Scott
matt4949:
--- Quote from: Nephasth on June 14, 2013, 03:03:57 pm ---
--- Quote from: PL1 on June 14, 2013, 02:54:48 pm ---
--- Quote from: Nephasth on June 14, 2013, 10:50:11 am ---The wiki is too damned outdated and I see no point in even getting it working again. It'd just take a crap ton of time to get it up to snuff. You'd still have lazy noobs starting new threads asking questions instead of actually searching themselves. They all seem to want everything placed in their laps.
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So, instead we take a crap-ton-and-a-half of time typing up answers to the noobs instead of being able to ask, "What part of the FAQ/wiki didn't you understand?" which also sends the same, "Did you do your homework?" message to the lurking noobs.
If you look at just the posts I've done concerning VP Upper Flippers/MagnaSave, you'll see that some of the later posts had better info, some posts are better worded than others, I had to double back to earlier posts to correct a few errors, and some posts left out relevant details that were covered in some earlier posts in other threads.
Having the wiki working probably would have saved me about 5 hours of searching, consolidating, and re-typing posts on this one subject alone.
A functional wiki allows the basic concepts/techniques/methods of the hobby to be organized into a comprehensive logical presentation order that is almost impossible to achieve through thread posts alone.
A broken/outdated wiki and FAQ (currently only available via archive.org's Internet Wayback Machine) just encourages the noobs to ask the same old questions and makes it harder for us to pass along the fundamentals.
Scott
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The Two-Headed Beast was my first attempt at creating my own rig. Not once did I consult the wiki. The most valuable resource any new builder has is the Project Announcements section of the forum. You can learn from other people's mistakes and successes. You can also determine what you like aesthetically just by checking out other people's projects. The reason why noobs start a new thread to ask questions to which the answers can easily be found is because they're in too much of a hurry to read. Having a wiki won't solve that.
If you want to save yourself time from searching to answer a noob's question which you may have answered in the past, stop answering. The information is out there, let them go find it.
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I have been at this for about a year and I am definitely a noob. I have built a cab, one I'm happy with and I am definitely a noob. The Wiki sucks!!!! Getting answers from anyone about anything sucks. The FAQs and stickies are a great tool and I want to thank Saint and everyone who has had any part in that. Between Stickies and FAQs and YOU TUBE searches and trial and error and more trial and a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- load more error I am starting to kinda get my head around this fun satisfying and profitable (hahahahahahahahahaha) hobby. Any ways I feel bad for guys asking a simple look it up yourself question because I know they will get ignored until they go away. I really believe it is in the best interest for all of us to make things easier on the noobs. If we continue to be closed minded we will end up turning away some really interesting and fresh ideas. Anyways that's my 2 pennies and if you were wondering. VEGETABLE SOUP : it's what's for dinner.
yotsuya:
You lost me at VEGETABLE SOUP, bro. >:D
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