Last week @palexander raised the possibility of the moderating team raising an FAQ thread. The subject was given a good airing and the majority view was that it is a non starter.
The consensus view was that we are a discussion board, and posts get mixed up, crossed over etc etc, you name it. it happens. People just like replying to posts and sometimes just for the sake of it., that is what the forums are for. FAQ's would create just another minefield for us of moving, merging and generally looking out 24/7 for things that are not quite in there correct spot. If people have to wade through hundreds of posts that is their choice or not, and we don't feel we should "mother" the freedom of the board or the members. The Holmes saga was just that, a saga, so it dragged on, hardly our fault.
If we were sorting every subject into categories it would mean of course we would have to think like the members do and be on here 24/7 to do so.
The consensus view was that we are a discussion board, and posts get mixed up, crossed over etc etc, you name it. it happens. People just like replying to posts and sometimes just for the sake of it., that is what the forums are for. FAQ's would create just another minefield for us of moving, merging and generally looking out 24/7 for things that are not quite in there correct spot. If people have to wade through hundreds of posts that is their choice or not, and we don't feel we should "mother" the freedom of the board or the members. The Holmes saga was just that, a saga, so it dragged on, hardly our fault.
If we were sorting every subject into categories it would mean of course we would have to think like the members do and be on here 24/7 to do so.