I’ve noticed on the G37 General forum almost half the threads are being moved elsewhere. Some of us are losing track of all the new locations where our posts are now found. It’s my sense that either we have too many sub-forums or there is too much moving activity.

For example, I don’t understand why we have a Got G ? forum at all; why a thread on G37 fuel use had to be moved to an off topic forum; nor why a question on G37 color choices had to be moved elsewhere (I’m sure it’s buried so far now very few will read or post in it again.). And for my two cents, the fact that we have separate ’09 G37 Coupe and ’08 G37 Coupe forums, where no one has yet to post anything, may suggest we’ve overdone it.

 

We're in the process of cleaning up things... The G37 General forum is entirely overused. We still have audio questions, intake questions, etc in the general.

What we really need is members to think before posting and not just post everything in General for lack of a better place to put it.

If there is anything you feel is misplaced, feel free to PM me and I'll take a look.

 

I'll clean up the links but need to remind everyone to post in the appropriate sub-forums and not to dump everything in the General section.

 

Yes far too often, people are posting in th ewrong forums. As Blackjack mentioned, think about where the posts should really go and that will minimize the frequewncy of posts getting moved and subsequent losing track of the thread.

 

Thanks Chekov for bring this out.

As a matter of fact I just had asked the staff to keep an eye on the threads that don't belong in there and to get them moved out of the general G section prior to your post.

Get your popcorn out bro ......

The 09 and 08 I set up for myself for some format testing and just happened to name them that I could of name one Chekov's Corner too. I have to be able to play somewhere lol If it is a concern of yours let me know and I'll move the sandbox and have to play somewhere else.

Got G sub forum was set up when the site was launched. It was set up for noobs who just got their G and took pictures of such at that time. It was a year ago that I did that and I believe I have some explanation to that up in that section. Since then noobs who put up a post with a pic of their new pride and joy got moved into Got G. Plain text introductions remained in the Noobee Corner which was set up for a totally different reason but has evolved to what it is now. When a person comes onto the site and registers but doesn't complete the registration process ( we get a ton of these peeps) they can't post in any other forum but the Noobee Corner forum. If you notice there are stickies pertaining to 'why can't I post' and 'why I can't see other fourms' to help guide them on their way and complete the registration process. That is what the Noobee Corner was originally set up for.

O'kay, now for moving posts out of the G general forum.

/rant starts

I'm looking at a thread title ' Porter Cable Buffer '. Before opening it up I know it's in the wrong area, ontop of that the poster says ' i know this doesnt belong here but ....' . Given the posting restrictions all new members have he couldn't post this where it belongs but why do I or anyother member have to look at a classified request in the General forum. We have an area for classified posts, not the the general area. If he is restricted to classified posting there is a reason for it.

' Fuel Capacity ' title. Poster is asking a technical question. We have a technical area just for that pupose. Why are technical questions in the general forum.

' iphone and g37 phone system ' title. Poster is asking a technical question. Again we have a technical area for this type of question but he threw it in the general section.

' Quick help please!!! ' Oh I just love these titles, it says nothing but we have so many threads with the same title and different text. Should of been ' Quick help please with xxxxxx w/e ' . Another tech question for torquing a wheel lug. We have a wheel and tire tech area for that but it's in the general forum.

Do you see the pattern......

By putting these threads in specific and proper sub forums they are all together in one place which serves several purposes. The answer to a question will come more rapidity and more accurately as the tech type people tend to hang out in the tech areas more. Someone searching for an answer lets say how many lbs to torque a lug nut, it will be able to look in the tire and wheel tech area and not have to search all over the place.

The staffs purpose is not to just move threads around all the time. They are all members of the MyG37 community and want to have time to enjoy the forums like everyone else. It's been suggested to just delete threads that don't belong where they are posted. It just might come down to it instead of taking up all the time in moving them when the poster could of been alittle considerate and put some thought into it before posting. There is an announcement at the top of every page, BEFORE YOU POST. Many of the violators probably have never read it. The announcement spells it all out.

/end of rant

Hope I answered your questions.

This is not the staffs first rodeo. Some of the staff are very expeirienced some are newer to this. As I have posted numerously before, if you feel something was not handled correctly feel free to pm me.

 

I appreciate your detailed response to my thread, but let me give you my slant on this. When I log on to this site I have G37 General defaulted in my IE favorites. In this way I can quickly see new threads that would be of interest to me and browse around accordingly. With the amount of threads that you have moved, I am less inclined to hunt for dozens of other forums that could be of interest. The result is I miss out. From your end, total post counts, a meter of a site’s health, is lessened.

Certainly there is a need for sub-forums where specific questions and issues should be discussed. But IMHO, you have overdone it. For example, my own first post was initially in the Newbie Corner. The reason, as you’ve explained, is that was the only place I could post when I joined. In that I followed all registration procedures, this is a technical problem that you need to solve, but that’s another issue (It took me days and a plea to a moderator to be able to post elsewhere.). At any rate, the post was moved to Got G ?. Why? There was no valid reason in my view. Why not just have new members post in the G37 General forum? In this way we can all greet them, see their pics if they have them, and make them feel welcome to a larger audience. That’s not overdoing it in the General forum; rather, it’s making good use of it.

In another example I noticed this morning that two posts were moved to the Future Models forum. But they both pertain to G37’s. I would have kept them right where they were, as it could be of “general” interest to G37 owners, and again, many of us will not bother to bounce around looking for such threads elsewhere. The Future Models forum is another one I would eliminate.

There are more I would get rid of, but that’s your call. Just understand that some of us may find it cumbersome to search through so many forums when all we want is to share discussions with fellow G37 drivers.

 

LOL way to go Neil, post of the year award!

 

With all due respect, you are bookmarking one specific section of My37 and then not wanting to venture outside that section to view other threads. In one sentence you say that you understand why we have subsections, but in another sentence you say you are not inclined to look at the other sections, and hence miss out on threads. Not sure I'm following you.

Yes, we have a number of subsections here, but they all have a purpose.

 

Chekov,

The easiest way to solve your "not wanting to search through so many forums" problem would be to change your IE homepage to the "New Posts" link on the top banner. This will show you ALL the threads that have new posts since your last visit regardless of where they were posted, moved, or should be! For instance, I use IE7 too, my homepage is MyG37.com/Forums, once the forum has loaded I simply click the New Posts link and a list of new posts will show. I can scroll through the threads, choose the topics I wish to open (right click on the thread title and open in a new tab) just as simple as that. As soon as I have read all the new posts I want, I select the "Quick Links" tab then select "Mark Forums Read." Next time you visit, follow suit. I know there are a lot of people who are unfamiliar with vBulletin so I hope you will find this way much easier and I'll be posting another thread in the Newbie Corner for those too who are unaware. I hope you are able to broaden your clicks on this site, we have much more than some car info to offer to everyone! Check out the Off-Topic forum, we could use some good advice from a "Senior Citizen" every now and again!

 

Damn Neil... How long did it take to type that? You just wrote a freakin novel.

 

Yes DiamondG's suggestion sounds like it would work best for you Chekov. That way you get to see all of the new posts without having to hunt around.

 

^^I do the same thing. New Post link and then mark read when I am done.

 

What I was trying to say is that I am not interested in looking at some forums that are of no interest to me, like home cooking, DFW G35 Club, ladies only, etc., and I still think we're moving posts away from the main G37 forum a bit too much. But I’ll try DiamondGCoupe’s suggestion and see if it works for me. And I certainly hope no one is taking offense from my suggestions.

 

Checkov,

I agree with you on not even wanting to open most of the inane trash threads that are prevalent. The "New Posts" button is a great way to keep up with threads that you do have interest in and not bother with those you don't. It will only bring up threads with new posts since you last marked all threads as having been read. You can then peruse the titles of all the threads with new posts in them and avoid the ones that don't interest you. Or you can just subscribe to the threads you have interest in and check them each time you log in.

In agreement with O NO, it is insane how many posters just post in the first forum that comes to their attention and not actually take 10 seconds to think and decide where it should actually be. We live an an ADD world my friend.

 

Absolutely no offense taken from your suggestions at all.......after all this is what this section is for.

Keep in mind though, that just because a specific section of the forum doesn't interest you, there are others that it interests. Anyways, try using the new posts feature like Diamond suggested and see if that works for you.