Hi,
"I've heard about using Canola oil, where do I start"
"What sort of engine do I need"
"What is a home filtering system"
Don't we groan when we see postings like this? I do and at times patience wears thin. "It's just so easy to find this stuff out, just use the search function" we say or think.
But is it that easy?
There are a lot of threads that have poor titles and drift way off topic.
I'm thinking greater use of stickies might help alleviate some of the pain for the regulars and actually be useful for the lazy and bewildered.
Of course, there is a certain pleasure one gets from actually learning something new after having working hard for it, so should we be denying the lazy and bewildered the joy of this experience by making it easy for them?
I hang out only on the WVO forum and some of the useful stickies might be vehicle specific issues - Mercedes, Landcruiser, Nissan etc
Other might relate to different parts of the process - Heating the oil, home filtering systems, purging options, equipment options and things that work and don't work for example.
The sticky could be one well informed article approved by the moderators or maybe even having a vote, is there a voting function in the forum??, of forum users to say 'Yes, we agree this is a fair and factual description".
Or the sticky could be a page of links to pertinent and sensible threads. Now and again the sticky moderator would add a new pertinent and sensible thread to the sticky, which over time would build into the 'bible' for that issue.
Does any of this appeal as a good idea that is feasible?
Tim
"I've heard about using Canola oil, where do I start"
"What sort of engine do I need"
"What is a home filtering system"
Don't we groan when we see postings like this? I do and at times patience wears thin. "It's just so easy to find this stuff out, just use the search function" we say or think.
But is it that easy?
There are a lot of threads that have poor titles and drift way off topic.
I'm thinking greater use of stickies might help alleviate some of the pain for the regulars and actually be useful for the lazy and bewildered.
Of course, there is a certain pleasure one gets from actually learning something new after having working hard for it, so should we be denying the lazy and bewildered the joy of this experience by making it easy for them?
I hang out only on the WVO forum and some of the useful stickies might be vehicle specific issues - Mercedes, Landcruiser, Nissan etc
Other might relate to different parts of the process - Heating the oil, home filtering systems, purging options, equipment options and things that work and don't work for example.
The sticky could be one well informed article approved by the moderators or maybe even having a vote, is there a voting function in the forum??, of forum users to say 'Yes, we agree this is a fair and factual description".
Or the sticky could be a page of links to pertinent and sensible threads. Now and again the sticky moderator would add a new pertinent and sensible thread to the sticky, which over time would build into the 'bible' for that issue.
Does any of this appeal as a good idea that is feasible?
Tim
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