Is there really such a thing as a repost?

[Motig]

So the Kiwibiker forums can be closed down then? Because probably 90% of the topics have probably been on before (Sorry but I didn't do a search to check that). And then of course theres this constant repeating of the same words but in different orders...............

[canarlee]

So the Kiwibiker forums can be closed down then? Because probably 90% of the topics have probably been on before:

bingo, and that goes for just about every other web forum.




well thats it then isnt it, the internet is now useless. well we have seen it all before havent we.......?

[Conquiztador]

Had quick look at found this interesting:

Before 1/1 -07 4530 members joined (that is in 5 years)
After 1/1 -07 (as at now) 4410 members joined.

So close to 50% of the joined members are less then one year old on here.

And one would assume that there is a bigger drop off in the old members category then with the ones a year old here or less.

[boomer]

Had quick look at found this interesting:

Before 1/1 -07 4530 members joined (that is in 5 years)
After 1/1 -07 (as at now) 4410 members joined.

So close to 50% of the joined members are less then one year old on here.

And one would assume that there is a bigger drop off in the old members category then with the ones a year old here or less.

Are you feeling inadequate? You're making yourself look that way.

[Conquiztador]

Are you feeling inadequate? You're making yourself look that way.

Lol. I do give a flying fuck how you perceive me. I am just pointing out something that I was thinking would be obvious. But for you:

With 50% of the members less then one year old on here, most issues that are posted would be new to them.

[boomer]

Lol. I do give a flying fuck how you perceive me. I am just pointing out something that I was thinking would be obvious. But for you:

With 50% of the members less then one year old on here, most issues that are posted would be new to them.

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it's not a fookin chat room you muppet!





The attached will help you no end

[spookytooth]

then theres the likes of me who computors are kinda a new fangled thingy and search buttons are not my friend nor are keyboards that have no idea how the letters should be layed out {a dig at the speeling police}

[boomer]

then theres the likes of me who computors are kinda a new fangled thingy and search buttons are not my friend nor are keyboards that have no idea how the letters should be layed out {a dig at the speeling police}

in your case, the cruel bastads at your rest home should remove said pc and replace it with a xylophone.

[rwh]

it's not a fookin chat room you muppet!

It's a lot closer to a chat room than an encyclopaedia.

I think that's part of the problem - it's a forum, so no matter what the content, it's forced into a forum shape. And reading old threads isn't the best way to find stuff out. It's hard to index, too.

Perhaps it would be better if the site had a wiki section as well, that long-standing info could go in? After a thread, someone could edit it all up nicely and stuff it in the wiki - adding to previous articles if necessary.

Of course, there's work involved in that, so it probably won't happen ... but I think it's not very helpful to hassle people trying to find info in the wrong kind of medium.

[Edit: actually I hate wikis too, but they let the work be spread around a bit, so they fall somewhere in between a forum and a proper 'knowledge base' (hate that term too, but can't think of a better one)]

Richard

[spookytooth]

in your case, the cruel bastads at your rest home should remove said pc and replace it with a xylophone.

well they tried that but we stole em back no one had the wind to blow the xylophone. Opps you hit them not blow on them.

[boomer]

It's a lot closer to a chat room than an encyclopaedia.

I'm sorry; where did i state it was an encyclopedia?

... but I think it's not very helpful to hassle people trying to find info in the wrong kind of medium.

Richard

here...for you Richard ! Unfortunately, it's all too easy for people to ask questions first without looking; Imagine how annoying that becomes after a while?

[Edbear]

With 50% of the members less then one year old on here, most issues that are posted would be new to them.

[rwh]

I'm sorry; where did i state it was an encyclopedia?

You didn't, but the claim is that people should search it. I'm saying that the best thing to search for info in is an encyclopaedia, and that records of informal discussions aren't so good.

here...for you Richard ! Unfortunately, it's all too easy for people to ask questions first without looking; Imagine how annoying that becomes after a while?

I realise there is a search button. My point is that an informal discussion uses varied terms, and has them scattered all over the place, so the results of the search is somewhat mixed. A properly indexed encyclopaedia (for want of a better term) would let you look up (for example) 'cam shaft' without finding a post like 'I got shaft edat teh cam pings ite' which isn't very useful ... Not the best example, but hopefully you get my point.

Richard

[Conquiztador]

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it's not a fookin chat room you muppet!





The attached will help you no end

Thank you. For the nice colours. Now I understand why it took you so long to post that message.


"A site for all NZ motorcyclists" it says. Chat = easy familiar talk. So that then would mean that, as one assumes most bikers are familiar with motorcycling and would find the issues to be rather easy familiar to talk about, they have all come to the wrong place???

And in regards to you referring to me as a muppet, you must be a delight to have around for dinner...

[boomer]

...you must be a delight to have around for dinner...

I thought the Maori's stopped eating people a few decades ago ...