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Postby Dav the wheel nut - Sun Feb 19, 2012 1:09 pm

When someone asks for advice or help on the forum I don't understand why people reply with 'use the search' or something similar.

I'm sure the majority of people asking are aware of the facility and have been unsuccessful in their search.

If the answer is so easy to find why not just post the link instead of stating the obvious.

It seems even more ridiculous when more than one person replies with the same statement :headbang:
This is not aimed at anyone in particular just a general observation. :|
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Re: Forum etiquette

Postby Taz x - Sun Feb 19, 2012 1:12 pm

i suppose for some members it must become tiresome answering the same old questions time after time

i often use the search facility without success
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Re: Forum etiquette

Postby doofus4000 - Sun Feb 19, 2012 1:14 pm

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Re: Forum etiquette

Postby Dav the wheel nut - Sun Feb 19, 2012 1:14 pm

Taz x wrote:i suppose for some members it must become tiresome answering the same old questions time after time

i often use the search facility without success


Then why bother answering at all?
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Re: Forum etiquette

Postby Taz x - Sun Feb 19, 2012 1:16 pm

i'm not disagreeing with you
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Forum etiquette

Postby ranski - Sun Feb 19, 2012 1:19 pm

I disagree - the forum has been going for some years now, longer than I have been here.

This coupled with the 'limited' number of mods available, most if not every mod and 'problem' has been covered in great detail (except for the rarer E89) In some cases by people who have moved on and so their knowledge is only available in old threads.

I am not saying the admins should be more proactive, as managing duplicate posts would be unsustainable. However, I do think we should all use the search feature more and keep relevant information under a few, instead of many threads.

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Re: Forum etiquette

Postby Finisterre - Sun Feb 19, 2012 1:19 pm

did you search for an answer before you posted?
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Re: Forum etiquette

Postby Zed_Steve - Sun Feb 19, 2012 1:26 pm

Im only too happy to offer help or advice where possible to new, or existing members.
But when a subject is raised that has been done to death, they either dont know, or more likely too lazy to use the search function to find the relative information.
Do agree posting a link of a past thread is better than just saying "use the search function"
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Re: Forum etiquette

Postby ColinP - Sun Feb 19, 2012 1:29 pm

Zed_Steve wrote:Im only too happy to offer help or advice where possible to new, or existing members.
But when a subject is raised that has been done to death, they either dont know, or more likely too lazy to use the search function to find the relative information.
Do agree posting a link of a past thread is better than just saying "use the search function"


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Re: Forum etiquette

Postby markeg - Sun Feb 19, 2012 1:32 pm

As a 'newbie' to the forum (but not forums in general), first impressions do count. A polite "did you try using the search facility" or "try this link" works far better than an abrupt "use the search" - just in any walk of life, gentle coaching brings dividends, abrupt direction breeds discontent.

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Re: Forum etiquette

Postby doofus4000 - Sun Feb 19, 2012 1:32 pm

Imo the search function is s**t and if you don't have anything useful to post other than use the search page then don't post..simples. rant over!
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Re: Forum etiquette

Postby ranski - Sun Feb 19, 2012 1:42 pm

doofus4000 wrote:Imo the search function is s**t and if you don't have anything useful to post other than use the search page then don't post..simples. rant over!


Its all about how you use it..

An Example which always pops up - Wipers that stop half way up the window from grease build up on the sensor

Now if I just put in wipers into the search box it will bring back over 68 pages with 938 posts :thumbsdown:

If I enter wipers + stop I get back 34 posts with the fix being post number 4 :thumbsup:
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Re: Forum etiquette

Postby srhutch - Sun Feb 19, 2012 1:52 pm

perhaps the mods could post a thread on how to get the best out of the search facility and make it sticky.
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Re: Forum etiquette

Postby doofus4000 - Sun Feb 19, 2012 1:55 pm

srhutch wrote:perhaps the mods could post a thread on how to get the best out of the search facility and make it sticky.


Now that's good thinking!
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Re: Forum etiquette

Postby bluestreak56 - Sun Feb 19, 2012 3:13 pm

ranski wrote:I disagree - the forum has been going for some years now, longer than I have been here.

This coupled with the 'limited' number of mods available, most if not every mod and 'problem' has been covered in great detail (except for the rarer E89) In some cases by people who have moved on and so their knowledge is only available in old threads.

I am not saying the admins should be more proactive, as managing duplicate posts would be unsustainable. However, I do think we should all use the search feature more and keep relevant information under a few, instead of many threads.

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Use the + symbol on searches as this will cut down results considerably



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I agree - not just for this forum but all forums on the tinternet
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