Have your say - SAU forum categories

[PranK]

This has already started. Its going to take some time so we can continue to discuss in here as I get stuff done. 

The R35 GTR For Sale and WTB sections are now gone. I have tagged the topics with migrate-from-277-r35-gt-r-wtb and migrate-from-276-r35-gt-r-for-sale. I'm keeping a spreadsheet which I'll share at the end. If we think we made a mistake the tags will allow us to further refine the setup.

 

[PranK]

migrate-from-158-cefiro-parts-classifieds

 

[funkymonkey]

Yeah the order was intentional. I had a mental model of user engagement:

new user

gets to know their car

gets to know their local community

gets to know wider community

[PranK]

The first round is complete!!

You'll notice a lot of merged and migrated forums.

I havent touched Australia yet and theres some others I haven't made a decision on.

Any feedback welcome.

[PranK]

I really need to work out better tagging for location or model specific content. The default tagging system is woeful. 

[GTSBoy]

Prolly need a post in here where you can keep tabs of what got moved where. So, for example, 146 drivetrain and transmission just got dealt with. It would be good to know where you can find the content that used to be in there, and same same for the others that got shifted.

I mean - I can see where 146 ended up, with suspension and all, but not all such merges might be so easy to parse.

Edited September 15, 2024 by GTSBoy

[PranK]

Yep will do. I have a spreadsheet here of them all. I'll post soon.

[PranK]

From section title	To section title	Tags added	Complete
R35 GTR For Sale	For Sale (Private Car Parts and Accessories)	migrate-from-276-r35-gt-r-for-sale	Yes	https://www.sau.com.au/forums/tags/migrate-from-276-r35-gt-r-for-sale
R35 GTR WTB	Wanted to buy	migrate-from-277-r35-gt-r-wtb	Yes	https://www.sau.com.au/forums/tags/migrate-from-277-r35-gt-r-wtb
Cefiro Parts Classifieds	For Sale (Private Car Parts and Accessories)	migrate-from-158-cefiro-parts-classifieds cefiro	Yes	https://www.sau.com.au/forums/tags/migrate-from-158-cefiro-parts-classifieds cefiro
Euro discussion	General Automotive	migrate-from-302-euro-discussion	Yes	https://www.sau.com.au/forums/tags/migrate-from-302-euro-discussion
Evo Discussion	General Automotive	migrate-from-297-evo-discussion	Yes	https://www.sau.com.au/forums/tags/migrate-from-297-evo-discussion
Other Nissan Imports	General Automotive	migrate-from-81-other-nissan-imports	Yes	https://www.sau.com.au/forums/tags/migrate-from-81-other-nissan-imports
Drift and Drag	Motorsport	migrate-from-17-drift-amp-drag	Yes	https://www.sau.com.au/forums/tags/migrate-from-17-drift-amp-drag
Naturally Aspirated Performance	Forced Induction Performance renamed to Engine & Forced Induction	migrate-from-53-naturally-aspirated-performance	Yes	https://www.sau.com.au/forums/tags/migrate-from-53-naturally-aspirated-performance
RB30 Conversions	Engine & Forced induction	migrate-from-184-rb30-conversions	Yes	https://www.sau.com.au/forums/tags/migrate-from-184-rb30-conversions
Car Detailing & Paint Care	Cosmetic, Styling & Respray renamed to Exterior & Interior Styling	migrate-from-242-car-detailing-paint-care	Yes	https://www.sau.com.au/forums/tags/migrate-from-242-car-detailing-paint-care
Drivetrain and transmission	Suspension, braking and tyres	migrate-from-146-drivetrain-and-transmission	Yes	https://www.sau.com.au/forums/tags/migrate-from-146-drivetrain-and-transmission
Stagea parts classifieds	For Sale (Private Car Parts and Accessories)	migrate-from-145-stagea-parts-classifieds	Yes	https://www.sau.com.au/forums/tags/migrate-from-145-stagea-parts-classifieds
Four Door Family	Combine Wagoneers & Four Door = Four Door Family & Wagoneers	migrate-from-83-four-door-family	Yes	https://www.sau.com.au/forums/tags/migrate-from-83-four-door-family

[PranK]

Hopefully that helps.

It doesn't include the forums that were only renamed, I didn't keep a log of those.

[GTSBoy]

Is good.

[MBS206]

You know how I know I'm getting old? Because I feel this quote jells with me and SAU Forums, ha ha ha. I've gotten lost a few times as I had muscle memory to scroll to where I wanted on my phone and just click, now I'm lost... Ha ha ha

 

 

"I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary."

[GTSBoy]

After a few weeks with the new layout, I'm thinking....

Change "Engines & Forced Induction" to "Brooom brooom pssht!"

Change "Suspension, braking, tyres and drivetrain" to "Rattle rattle, shriek, crunch".

Will be better.

[MBS206]

6 hours ago, GTSBoy said:

After a few weeks with the new layout, I'm thinking....

Change "Engines & Forced Induction" to "Brooom brooom pssht!"

Change "Suspension, braking, tyres and drivetrain" to "Rattle rattle, shriek, crunch".

Will be better.

"Rattle rattle shriek crunch", could really be RB26 Engines though...

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

Can we unpin a bunch of dead / irrelevant threads from:

https://www.sau.com.au/forums/forum/8-engines-forced-induction/

New players at home will scroll and think this forum is dead.

[GTSBoy]

19 minutes ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

Can we unpin a bunch of dead / irrelevant threads from:

https://www.sau.com.au/forums/forum/8-engines-forced-induction/

New players at home will scroll and think this forum is dead.

Hmmm. that's a tough one. There's a lot of history bundled up in that lot.

Perhaps instead we can create a new pinned thread, called "Legacy Pinned Threads" and provide links to the these ones that will be unpinned in there. And maybe put the names of the pinned threads that are linked inside in the tags so they can seen from the outside? Or something like?

I mean, it's half a step back towards having a more complicated forum structure, without actually having it. But there's a reason that heirarchical architectures exist. They are logical, and if executed properly, make it easy to find something without having any upfront knowledge of where it would be , and without using a search function.