New Years resolution

[Dell'Orto]

For the forum - to improve the place to something that we can all be proud to be a part of.
To this effect, we will have effectively a zero tolerance on spam/misleading answers in the tech section. I for one dont want to see anymore "My mate did this..." type of replies to questions. Unless the experience is first hand, its probably misleading.
There will be more changes in the upcoming year, which we hope will also improve the community as a whole.

Otherwise, I hope you've all made it into the new year safe and well - lets have a brilliant 07


Brad

[strap-on]

Maybe make it so people have to be recommended to have membership? kinda l337ism but means we wont have n00b's trying to answer all the tech questions

[solitaire]

I dont know about everyone else but i come on here cos its a good read and i love the trash talk...

If it was all robotic with single posts to answer it would be boring...

Is toyspeed a technical reference site or a community?

[vvega]

For the forum - to improve the place to something that we can all be proud to be a part of.
To this effect, we will have effectively a zero tolerance on spam/misleading answers in the tech section. I for one dont want to see anymore "My mate did this..." type of replies to questions. Unless the experience is first hand, its probably misleading.
There will be more changes in the upcoming year, which we hope will also improve the community as a whole.

Otherwise, I hope you've all made it into the new year safe and well - lets have a brilliant 07


Brad

for that you would need techincal based moderators for teh secion
my i suggest fivebob or perhaps anthony m :

"stirs teh pot "

v

[RomanV]

for that you would need techincal based moderators for teh secion

Agreed.

[misha]

Cozmo's been banned. My New Years resolution is to bring him back!

[BZG_UNIT]

Only thing i agree with in that post brad is;

Otherwise, I hope you've all made it into the new year safe and well - lets have a brilliant 07

I personally think thats what toyspeed is about .. guys offering different perspectives and everything. Toyspeed wouldnt be the same if we went al P.C

[misha]

Only thing i agree with in that post brad is;
I personally think thats what toyspeed is about .. guys offering different perspectives and everything. Toyspeed wouldnt be the same if we went al P.C

That's right.. I check it less and less these days because everyone's taking everything too seriously. Toyspeed is about guys that own/like Toyotas and therefore fun, isn't it?

[vvega]

Only thing i agree with in that post brad is;
I personally think thats what toyspeed is about .. guys offering different perspectives and everything. Toyspeed wouldnt be the same if we went al P.C

That's right.. I check it less and less these days because everyone's taking everything too seriously. Toyspeed is about guys that own/like Toyotas and therefore fun, isn't it?

so its ok to give shitty advice and have people hurt themselves or damage there cars
is that some sort of sick twisted enjoyment for you
talking shit is talking shit
but when people start asking questions were life limb and money are involved there has to be some sort of responsibility
if you cant grasp that then you need to(in chopper reids words) harden the $&#$% up toyspeed

v

[slighty_sykotic]

Cozmo's been banned. My New Years resolution is to bring him back!

Gota ask...

What'd he do?

--Sykotic

[TRD Man]

Totally agree Vvega. There are plenty of other places for people to talk crap on the forum. The tech section ought to be a place for reliable information.

Perhaps members could be graded on their perceived technical knowledge (rather than by number of posts) so we can judge for ourselves how reliable the advice given is likely to be.

[strap-on]

like one of the guys who has "real life mechanic" as his member status? i thpught that was a great idea

[vvega]

pft id never give up my grumpy old man status
i earned that $&#$% fair and square

[Dell'Orto]

Some of you seem to have missed the part where I said "tech section".
I'm not saying we're not going to let the babble in OT continue, thats what that section is for.
Toyspeed has always been fairly well known for its sound technical section, and thats the main focus - to keep it sound.

[pureadrenalin]

pft id never give up my grumpy old man status
i earned that $&#$% fair and square

How do I earn that status too

[no_8wire]

pft id never give up my grumpy old man status
i earned that $&#$% fair and square

You have been upgraded to Angry Old Man!

[Pies]

get rid of the $&#$%. i realise that by saying that i myself risk being "gotten rid of" but hey. if this place wasnt such a fuking spam show then maybe it would be taken a little more seriously by others and some of the members themselves.

good to see a few people got the big ban over night... brad... you really are a lifeless geek. thank god for fluffers like yourself.please dont ban me i love you

[solitaire]

What happens when the people that are qualified to comment dont have time to answer all the questions?

Better they remain unanswered or better that a pleb that happens to have experience in that particular scenario makes a comment?

Ban repeated idiots but let the people talk!

[vvega]

What happens when the people that are qualified to comment dont have time to answer all the questions?

Better they remain unanswered or better that a pleb that happens to have experience in that particular scenario makes a comment?

Ban repeated idiots but let the people talk!

id rather no answer than the wrong one
im not saying one or two people
im saying people that have proven themseleves to be the ones that will restrain rather that just make up random crap

and pies
you know i adore you but please dont make me run you over with a steam roller

v

[solitaire]

id rather no answer than the wrong one
im not saying one or two people
im saying people that have proven themseleves to be the ones that will restrain rather that just make up random crap
v

Then ban the people that make up random crap...

its a forum.

the only way you will have fresh experience coming in to make contributions is if they are free to do so. Or are you proposing everyone goes through a toyspeed certification program in order to prove they wont make up random crap?

either that or the tech questions section will turn into stagnant pool of people who are known to the mods to have the required experience to answer...

diversity man... this is a technically strong community of people... we all benefit from eachothers experience be it bad experiences or good experiences...

I look at these forums daily and i cant remember recently seeing bad advice given that wasnt identified as such fairly quickly... im sure if im wrong youll tell me fairly quickly