Originally posted by Kane:

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If we need some $ for the possible changeover, I'll help out...

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Same! Would be more than willing to pay what $ is needed for a revamp of the site.
A little change would be nice as long as the forum info was retained.

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Originally posted by posthuman63t:

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So can we get an amount here...how much we have vs. how much more we need? I'd be willing to lend a hand.

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As was said, we raised just over $1200.00 at Spring Zing 05 which is ALL being donated to CEG to keep the site going. The money will be paypal'd to Lance in monthly increments.

Mark

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Originally posted by SVT PETE:

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Originally posted by Lance Kinley:

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I'm also mulling over the idea of abandoning the existing FAQ sections for a wiki, along the lines of wikipedia.

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As Ray stated, FAQ abuse would be an issue. The moderators have a difficult enough time policing the forums - how out of control would a wiki be and how much flaming would ensue in the forums as a result of such abuse?

I would prefer to see FAQs limited to the moderators of the respective forums. The forums I moderate have suggestion boxes that allow anyone to contribute anything. There is no "stagnation" in the forum FAQs.

There are only two problems I see right now:
1. the FAQ / How-to separation between the main site and the forums
2. moderators who do not keep FAQs and stickies up to date and clean

IMHO, change the forums, but leave the FAQs / How-tos in the hands of those who you (Lance) know you can trust.

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I also agree with you , Pete .

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Black & Tan 2000 SVT Contour #2137 of 2150

35,000 miles & counting !

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Originally posted by Aspire:

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I would like to take part in this board for some time to come so count me in for a donation when we get a concensus. In the meantime I have paypalled $20 to lkinley@contour.org

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I see you've been here for several months, but welcome anyway! Your offering is appreciated.

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Originally posted by Ray:

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Originally posted by SVTatGT:

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I don't think it will be abused, wikis tend to police themselves. Yes, anyone can write to them, but any one can delete too, so if someone says something stupid, then all it takes is another person noticing it and deleting it. And if it gets out of hand you can always lock them.

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The only problem is that all it takes is one person who thinks they know what is "correct" and what isn't, to decide to delete useful stuff. I've seen a couple "faq" posts that were so far off base they didn't warrant even remembering, much less a sticky. I'd hate for that person to be able to author a "faq" for all to read.

Ray

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I'm not up on alot of what's being discussed here, but I can see what Ray is talking about becoming a real problem. How many times have we seen threads that have mutated into something totally different from their original subject? I've seen simple subjects turned into flame wars. What if one of the posters simply decides to start deleting or changing what he doesn't agree with?

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