xxscaxx Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 that wouldnt work because not all newbies are stupid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99CiViCSi99 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 POST WHORE!! haha yup thats me.. whoring it up with 200 posts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolLesHonda Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 I remember the days of Hung, Sexy, XSCarAudio and I doing almost 200 a day. Ah, the good ole days. I'm a senior, bitches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 ban for typing vtech, vtek, v-tec, vtak, etc. Actually, I think I can set it up so that it will auto correct all those misspellings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Yeah, i've been thinking for a while about how to do an FAQ section or an area for information. I'll need to look into it further and put it on my todo list, along with a million other things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolLesHonda Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Definitely would be a good idea. We should have a noob section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99CiViCSi99 Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 lol what would u call it? "NOOB SECTION"?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolLesHonda Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Yes. Or we should say, "Got VTECH? Post here" And then anyone who goes in there gets immediately banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99CiViCSi99 Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 +1 idk though... kind of harsh... dont u think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphries Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 remember that tard in the accord section filling every thread with his question disregarding anyone elses question they made the thread for? people posting for no reason should be warned trolls should be dealt with more rash and actually banned because it gets annoying. there is an FAQ section.. it says what not to ask.. CivRacingGirl7 stickied it after she posted it. i think it would be a good idea for Vtech, V-Teck, VTAK, vtec, v-tec, vtech, v-tech.. etc to be auto-edited like the word f*ck and pootang are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleanGSR Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Another forum that I'm on, when you join, your first 8 posts have to be approved by a moderator before they are visible to all the other members. This is awesome because it filters out a lot of the first few stupid questions that a new member asks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolLesHonda Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 That is pretty cool, but the mods would have to be here like every second the way we get dumb questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleanGSR Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 No they wouldn't. There would just be a section for the mods to review the posts (only they would see it) and each time a mod came on they could approve or disapprove the posts. The post wouldn't actually go through until a mod showed up to approve it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99CiViCSi99 Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 That is a pretty good idea... Because seeing all these daman repeats are kinda gay. I dont know though.. 8 posts is alot... maybe bring it down to like 3-4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolLesHonda Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 What do you care? You're already past 8 posts. So it wouldn't apply to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99CiViCSi99 Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Because i know it wont happen, although it should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Another forum that I'm on, when you join, your first 8 posts have to be approved by a moderator before they are visible to all the other members. This is awesome because it filters out a lot of the first few stupid questions that a new member asks. This is an option and is easy to add to the site, however as others have mentioned, it would be a lot of work for the mods. But then you have to ask: Is it up to the mods to decide which posts are dumb and which aren't? If a member asks "what is vtech?" is the mod just supposed to delete the post? How do you draw the line between a dumb post and a semi-dumb post? Another option is to restrict newbies to a specific forum until a certain post count. Like the GD and Intro forums only. Maybe we should put a 20 question FAQ in the welcome email that new subscribers receive and that way most of them will read it. Or we can make an FAQ section and have links all over the place to it and call it the "Newbie FAQ'S!" and we can all refer to it every time somebody asks a question that is already answered on the list. I don't know, just throwing some options out there. I certainly don't want to make a lot more work for the mods and the ideal solution is to make whatever we decide streamlined to the point where it doesn't cause more work for any of us, including the members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolLesHonda Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 I definitely like the Newbie FAQ list. I really think instead of us all getting pissed all of the time, we can just place the link. Because noobs don't search anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRG7 Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 If we can throw up some FAQ pins in each of the model forums, then it should help, so long as members direct the noobs to the thread, rather than telling them to search or flaming them. I started to create one in the Civic forum, if I get some extra time tomorrow then I'll see if I can get at least one more compiled in one of the forums. If anyone wants to save me some time in digging through the forums, then please feel free to begin one and I'll pin it up tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleanGSR Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Drew - you would delete the post when they ask what is vtech, but you would also send them a message with a link to the faq thread. I know this would be more work for the mods, but would clean up the forum quite a bit. Also this would help filter out trolls and stuff too. If you guys are still thinking about adding another mod to the forums, then you could make this the main responsibility of that new mod. If you added a mod and all they were mainly responsible for was filtering the noob threads, it wouldn't be so bad. On the ones that are approved it would be a matter of clicking approve, so it's not like every single new thread would have to be "dealt" with. The other forum is 8 threads, but 4 might be better. I'd say after 4 threads, if they haven't gotten the dumb question out of the way, they never will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90IntegraC1 Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 on my other forum, teckademicseast, i had to be approved after about 30 constructive posts. They used to have it set at 15 posts then your verified, but too many people would post b/s then flame the forums. oh, and before you're verified you can only post in the intro thread. works great, no flaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH6TunerDaniel Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Im still not verified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90IntegraC1 Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 ahhahahha that's cause you live in big spring texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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