Just thought I'd mention it...

[jimberg]

Dan,

Would it be possible to add a feature that allows users to mark a post as useful in only the technical forums? Nothing more or less than that. Then you could rate a user based on how useful other people find their posts. I'm sure that Chris will rate very high in that respect. You could also use the same information to have a list of posts that are found to be the most useful. It may actually develop to be an automatically generated FAQ. Just an idea.

[302 LX Eric]

jimberg - I think your idea, in theory, is good. However, we already have the 'star' rating system thingy and it seems to be used very infrequently.

E

[tireburner163]

Originally posted by Mach 1
Im glad you did it. There was too much garbage out there. Hopefully this will help clean it up.

Great idea!

It's not gonna clear up jack crap. I see a lot of people talking about SOOO many people posting just to rack up a post count. I've only seen that from one memeber and he's stoped now. If anyone knows of anymore just PM me. Perhaps your refering to some posts that Me, Marty, Chris, and other's made, where we were just goofing off. Well hey guess what boys and girls, taking away post count isn't gonna change jack sqat about that. I can't speak for Marty or Chris, but me doing stuff like goofing off and making cracks on the fourm will continue because that's the way I am in real life. I act on the forum simmilary to the way I do in real life. If you consider some of my posts "garbage" then too bad, so sad.

No offense to you intended Mach.

[Mr 5 0]

Originally posted by jimberg

Dan,

Would it be possible to add a feature that allows users to mark a post as useful in only the technical forums? Nothing more or less than that. Then you could rate a user based on how useful other people find their posts. I'm sure that Chris will rate very high in that respect. You could also use the same information to have a list of posts that are found to be the most useful. It may actually develop to be an automatically generated FAQ. Just an idea.

jimberg:

Thanks for the input.

Rather than increase competition for some sort of subjective rating that places one member above another based on a vague criteria of their posts 'usefulness' I would prefer to allow individual members to simply make their own judgements on any members posts based on what they see for themself. We don't need popularity contests and no matter how you try to structure it, marking posts as 'useful' is akin to doing just that.

As Eric stated, we have the 'star rating' system and it's infrequently used, as you know.
I'm sure everyone is aware of PKRWUD's expertise and trust his advice. I do. Same with a few other members; one builds a reputation here and that should be the main basis of judgement, as I see it. Popularity contests are not trustworthy guides to anyones expertise.

[Mach 1]

Originally posted by tireburner163
It's not gonna clear up jack crap. I see a lot of people talking about SOOO many people posting just to rack up a post count. I've only seen that from one memeber and he's stoped now. If anyone knows of anymore just PM me. Perhaps your refering to some posts that Me, Marty, Chris, and other's made, where we were just goofing off. Well hey guess what boys and girls, taking away post count isn't gonna change jack sqat about that. I can't speak for Marty or Chris, but me doing stuff like goofing off and making cracks on the fourm will continue because that's the way I am in real life. I act on the forum simmilary to the way I do in real life. If you consider some of my posts "garbage" then too bad, so sad.

No offense to you intended Mach.

I said "hopefully" clean it up. What I mean is that it could help eliminate some of the posts just to get a post count. I dont expect people to stop being themselves and saying what they feel, and dont expect a drastic change in "garbage posts", just think it will help eliminate some wasted space....not much, but some. It might not affect anything..but the reason it was done is for the reasons I mentioned..to stop the "post war", and therefore I think its a good idea.

[Dark_5.0]

I could care less either way....The losers will still stick out like an import in a drag race.

[StangFlyer]

jimberg - what you are describing will be supported in the future version of vBulletin 3.0, which is now in development and alpha testing. It has a system built into it called, "Karma" ratings. It allows members to "rate" other members on the forums. In essence, I would guess that it is kind of like how you can rate sellers on eBay or even rate posts here now with star ratings. All the member input is probably averaged together to come up with each person Karma rating.

I will definitely upgrade the forums to 3.0 when it becomes publically available. At that time we'll (the staff) will evaluate the system and decide whether we are going to use it. It just depends actually how it works and how useful the ratings meaning is. Any ways, other features coming include (pulled this from vBulletin's site):

This is by no means exhaustive, and should not be regarded as perfectly accurate: not everything was recorded in the todo and some things were changed too.

Added Features:

--to the user interface

General

* Quick registration system...username, password, email and any required custom fields and timezone
* Pop-up auto-refreshing buddylist with ICQ-style alerts when new buddies come online. You'll find a link in the temp buttons top right in the nav bar.
* Show the title of the last posted to thread for each forum on index.php
* Subscription to Threads/Forum without receiving e-mails
* Favorite threads - you don't get email from these either.
* User rating - Karma
* User ranking
* Password break-in watches -- too many failed attempts warning with a preset wait after too many failures.
* Threaded view
* Password protected forums
* Similar threads display
* Send an email "thanks for registering and welcome to .." on user registration (welcome email)
* Validity check for homepages
* Search engine friendly archive of open forums
* Happy b'day emails
* Much improved calander system (too many changes to mention)
* hit counter on announcements
* Digests: new posts/threads in selected forums daily/weekly/monthly
* "excerpt of message:" are now in the new reply email notifications
* 'report post to mod' sends anonymous copy to the original poster of the message
* Restyled FAQ section now looks similar to a forum


Posting


* WYSIWYG Editor for major text input fields (IE 5.5+Only)
* Minimum number of characters in post
* Insert smilie/vB code where cursor is (IE 5+ Only)
* Preview on edit
* Ability to add attachment when editing a post instead of just when creating
* Reason for editing
* Reason for deleting(for admins and mods)



User CP - Profile

* User Pictures - user can upload a personal picture. This picture is shown in the profile of the user.
* Completely revamped PM system (currently in work)
* Longer signature field with optional limit


Search

* Get daily for just one category
* Search only in subscribed forums
* A list of ignored words or words used in a search are added to the results page
* Option to find only started by 'username'
* Display matching forums in results
* Support for searching custom profile fields
* Search for exact username (e.g. turn off wildcards)


Polls

* Option for users to see who voted for which option (public vote)
* When you vote your name is highlighted when viewing results
* Poll results ordered by most to less voted
* Ability to post a poll AFTER a thread had started


Usability

* Hitting the back button no longer necessary when you have too many images
* Option to save cookie *on this computer* when logging in
* Login/logout ability in all pages, with user/pass form -- single login system

[Mustangbelle306]

Originally posted by tireburner163
Well hey guess what boys and girls, taking away post count isn't gonna change jack sqat about that. I can't speak for Marty or Chris, but me doing stuff like goofing off and making cracks on the fourm will continue because that's the way I am in real life. I act on the forum simmilary to the way I do in real life. If you consider some of my posts "garbage" then too bad, so sad.

Yep! I'm GLAD that MWers act on the boards how they do in real life...*shudder* can you imagine if the Corral was that way??? Lock most of the regulars in a room all day, and 80% will murder each other within 48 hours . I appreciate the silliness of our members, and those who don't (you know who you are) I hope you'll decide to leave soon after the "filth" just becomes unbearable *sob*

I've just learned to tune out the people that piss and moan about garbage posts, because hey...isn't that really a matter of opinion?? The best ones are the "losers" that complain about worthless threads, then contribute on the next silly one...you really can't win either way with these people, its best to pretend they aren't there, or even better---utilize your IGNORE function!

[andy669]

Originally posted by Eric4Nitrous
Umm..did anybody Mention your name Chris???? I don't think so. And why are you so defensive over something so stupid?

I'm sorry, but that response is just plain wrong. Whether he overreacted or not, Chris deserves more respect than that. I would sure think MW expects more from their moderators, but maybe not.

In the suggestion category, I would like to see more emphasis put on searching previous threads. Alot of questions have been answered time and time again. I think its kind of silly to have 2 "How do I check my TPS" threads going at once, when a simple search would bring up several threads explaining exactly how to do it.

Andy

[inferno]

I still want my custom text...I have nearly 600(or more...not sure really) so I should be able to have custom text under my name....600 posts for a guy who doesn't own a mustang on a mustang message board is a hell of a lot!!!

[induction]

Is a Spell check option still in the works?

[RBatson]

Originally posted by andy669
I'm sorry, but that response is just plain wrong. Whether he overreacted or not, Chris deserves more respect than that. I would sure think MW expects more from their moderators, but maybe not.

I agree.

[mustangman65_79]

The only reason why I even noticed that post count gone was the fact like ppl here like RBatson who didn't have pic avatar, I noticed that the writing was too small in that space. When I looked at it closer, thats when I noticed.

Hey Mach 1, is that a Pantra that I see in your avatar?!?

[Godslayer]

I for one enjoyed the post count. I haven't seen many post wh0res around here in my travels, so I can't comment on that. I do know this... I have been here for quite awhile and when the board got reset or whatever happened, I lost all 1300 of my posts. Now I have like less than 100 I think. I don't care if people judge me by my post count because I don't post unless I have something relevant to say. My number will never be really high because I am too busy to post 20x a day. In any case, if it ever comes to a vote I'd like to have the counter back on the messages.

Bob

[Mach 1]

Originally posted by mustangman65_79

Hey Mach 1, is that a Pantra that I see in your avatar?!?

Why yes, it is a Pantera. I want one.....now!

[mustangman65_79]

Originally posted by Mach 1
Why yes, it is a Pantera. I want one.....now!

Every now and then , I see one for sale. I also saw one at a car show, man I was so happy. But I havn't seen one like the one in your avatar up close yet.

[jimberg]

I had the change to race one down the highway back in 90 or 91. It wasn't that fast and boy did it stink up the highway. It looked real cool, though.

[mustangman65_79]

Originally posted by jimberg
I had the change to race one down the highway back in 90 or 91. It wasn't that fast and boy did it stink up the highway. It looked real cool, though.

Stink up the highway? What, did it run bad or something?

[jimberg]

It was running really rich at WOT and emitted some serious, eye-watering fumes. My Mustang was stock and we pretty much stayed even.

[Mach 1]

I believe the one in my avatar is specially moddified for racing. Your average Pantera doesnt look like that.

I have a personal love for the 351 Clevland with closed chamber 4v heads. Awesome engine with awesome potential, and to have it in a car like the pantera, in mid engine format, well, lets just say I would love to have one.

As far as being "stinky", probably because of the no emmissions, catilytic converters, poorly tuned, etc...
If Jimberg could hang with one in a stock mustang, you can count on it being poorly tuned or in need of an overhaul.

I dont know how much horsepower they were rated at, but my 71' mustang fastback had a completly stock 351C, rated at 280 HP, and that car was very fast.