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I thought the reason why the tags and the search button was created so that people could search before asking.
It seems like this week, there has been a lot of thread popping up asking question that have been answered in 2006. I've search most of the same questions asked myself.
Is there anyway to prevent this. I know myg37 has a minimum of 45 posts before new members can post a thread. It seems unfair, especially those who only come here to sell parts, but it's the only thing I could think of.
It seems like this week, there has been a lot of thread popping up asking question that have been answered in 2006. I've search most of the same questions asked myself.
Is there anyway to prevent this. I know myg37 has a minimum of 45 posts before new members can post a thread. It seems unfair, especially those who only come here to sell parts, but it's the only thing I could think of.
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I thought the reason why the tags and the search button was created so that people could search before asking.
It seems like this week, there has been a lot of thread popping up asking question that have been answered in 2006. I've search most of the same questions asked myself.
Is there anyway to prevent this. I know myg37 has a minimum of 45 posts before new members can post a thread. It seems unfair, especially those who only come here to sell parts, but it's the only thing I could think of.
It seems like this week, there has been a lot of thread popping up asking question that have been answered in 2006. I've search most of the same questions asked myself.
Is there anyway to prevent this. I know myg37 has a minimum of 45 posts before new members can post a thread. It seems unfair, especially those who only come here to sell parts, but it's the only thing I could think of.
Maybe there is a way we can have the Search menu show up before you can submit a new thread..
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I'm not sure if I really think that is a good idea for all sections. It will lead to people getting frustrated and leaving. In most of the forums that I have seen do it keep the number farely low(10-20), so if they don't leave people do is create bs posts to hit the quota.
I'm planning on creating a comprehensive FAQ thread for the coupe section like Tim did in the sedan section. New questions can be added, threads on topics already covered can be merged into the thread. I did this with a "what mods should I buy" thread and it's been fairly successful so far. FAQ threads like this could cut down on a lot of the threads you are referring to. Even if they don't, when merged it cuts the number of threads down even if it doesn't cut the number of posts.
I'm planning on creating a comprehensive FAQ thread for the coupe section like Tim did in the sedan section. New questions can be added, threads on topics already covered can be merged into the thread. I did this with a "what mods should I buy" thread and it's been fairly successful so far. FAQ threads like this could cut down on a lot of the threads you are referring to. Even if they don't, when merged it cuts the number of threads down even if it doesn't cut the number of posts.
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A FAQ thread would be great! I can't really come up with a brilliant solution because I wouldn't want people to leave either. I also go to other forums to post or search questions so I guess you have a point there as well. Just putting the thought out there.
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