Australian Club

[U WERE MINE]

i reckon we need a silhouette of a naked chick somewhere

[red900ss]

well the tail lights do look a bit like boobs...:crazy:

[U WERE MINE]

dino.. ure a genius buddy!!!!

[MarkZ]

First of all a huge thanks to skyzerr33, PranK, and so many others who are getting this club going :jump:

I would love to see an FAQ linked to DIRECTLY FROM THE FORUM, perhaps through a sticky in each section.

I've seen SAU (already), SDU, and other forums suffer from having too many newbie posts over and over and over and over again on the same topics.

There's nothing wrong with newbies, or the fact they need basic information, but spam kills forums.

**Lots of people browsing SAU, etc, would be prospective buyers of Skylines looking for info, or recent owners looking to do their first bit of basic maintenance **

BUT, after the tenth time you see "what oil should I use" or "what's the difference b/w specI/specII 33's", you kinda don't bother replying, let alone reading the thread. That lack of response can look unwelcoming to newbies.

After the club admin/forum admin stuff dies down, I reckon we need to address this and build up helpful information. Then its just a matter of saying "look here and get back to me if that doesn't help".

And if anyone *does* discover a fantasic new oil, or whatever, post it, get people's reaction and then modify the FAQ accordingly.

Cheers,

Mark.

PS - SAU and SDU (in the spirit of co-operation and friendship) could easily share the FAQ. I don't like the idea of a members-only guide, and SDU's mods page is fairly disappointing.

[GraemeWi]

Great idea! I've been maintaining a FAQ for the SDU NZ for a while - trouble is not everyone who asks questions reads it. I put a sticky post at the top of the technical forums giving the link to the FAQ and links to useful online resources.

The FAQ I look after is here

There are some great FAQ ideas on the net, one of the best is a vote to FAQ feature in forums. Anyway, food for thought.

GW

[U WERE MINE]

graeme, i was always wondering who ran that faq.. its the best collection of skyline info on the net.. and sadly not enough ppl use it.. congrats on a faq well done..

[MarkZ]

Thanks Graeme. Seen it

To clarify, I'm not only interested in tech stuff, but also all the oft-repeated stuff that clutters up the forums.

[GraemeWi]

Originally posted by MarkZ

Thanks Graeme. Seen it

To clarify, I'm not only interested in tech stuff, but also all the oft-repeated stuff that clutters up the forums.

Yip, no worries. I agree it needs some of the other extra bits in there like diff between series 1 and 2, etc. The FAQ is pretty easy to add to and I intend to sink a little more time into it once I get some time off work (says he at home with a SAP session running)

There is another resource thats available thats is a bit different, The Sky is The Limit book. I quite like the tactile feel of paper and designed the book to be printed out and read. That has some stuff that doesn't really fit into the FAQ type structure. It's hosted in a couple of places: here and here

Again that need a bit more time (got to finish off the history of Skylines in the ATCC and Bathurst...got to use that Jim Richards quote somehow!)

GW

[Nismo_Boy]

what happened to all of ryan's pics??

[two40]

ryan has deregistered and he took of all the pics he was hosting. don't ask why cause i won't tell you. that is up to him to tell you if he wants.

[Nismo_Boy]

righto then.