Please vote your choice of whether Xweb 2.0's Discussion Forum (DF) and Workshop Forum (WF) should be COMBINED (contents of WF put back into the DF as on 1.0 and eliminate WF) or SEPARATE (contents divided between DF & WF as is currently the case). You must be logged in to vote, but logged/displayed results are anonymous (logging in only tracks whether you voted, not how)...
The arguments for either approach:
The argument for having everything in the DF (eg: no WF) is that, for one, that's how we've always done it. Also a lot of people have commented that they enjoy all the threads (general and tech together) in one section so you do not have to click around the site to visit some separate 'redundant' section, or have to wonder which one is appropriate for 'grey area' topics etc, and because you also sometimes stumble upon great interesting stuff mixed in together and this can be beneficial in that you might not otherwise have thought to go looking for...
The argument for having everything separate (eg: general only DF & tech specific WF) is that, for as long as Xweb has existed, the 1.0 archives have been very difficult to search and use when attempting to find some piece of tech info you need while actually working on your car, if no one put it in 'Best of' links or you can't find it in a search you're SOL, or, it can be a PITA to wade through general discussion to seek a piece of tech info. To have WF separate tech archive over time would develop into a 'friendlier' shop resource or a 'living best of'...
Thanks for weighing in I appreciate your inputs. Please also feel free to leave comments
The arguments for either approach:
The argument for having everything in the DF (eg: no WF) is that, for one, that's how we've always done it. Also a lot of people have commented that they enjoy all the threads (general and tech together) in one section so you do not have to click around the site to visit some separate 'redundant' section, or have to wonder which one is appropriate for 'grey area' topics etc, and because you also sometimes stumble upon great interesting stuff mixed in together and this can be beneficial in that you might not otherwise have thought to go looking for...
The argument for having everything separate (eg: general only DF & tech specific WF) is that, for as long as Xweb has existed, the 1.0 archives have been very difficult to search and use when attempting to find some piece of tech info you need while actually working on your car, if no one put it in 'Best of' links or you can't find it in a search you're SOL, or, it can be a PITA to wade through general discussion to seek a piece of tech info. To have WF separate tech archive over time would develop into a 'friendlier' shop resource or a 'living best of'...
Thanks for weighing in I appreciate your inputs. Please also feel free to leave comments