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Well, we have a guides sticky which links to already produced guides. However, this is a rather.. more subtle way of having them.

The problem i see, is that we can't really have a "locked" subforum. How would the guides be updated/edited? How would readers provide feedback? Now, an open subforum would provide ample room for this, plus light disucssion. However, it just ahs to be kept clean of anything not related to guides.



Well, not too much. It's basically a subforum dedicated to guides that are technology related.

We could host guides on Car stereo setup, or Hardware modding, or Car engine tuning, or pretty much anything technology/computer related. Hell, even Xbox/ps2 mods..

A "nifty s**t" guide would even fit in.

The structure is so open, it's not going to add a lot of complications.



The same way we do now. Requiring all guides be spell/grammar checked, applying the BS rule.



Once again, strict application of the BS rule. If a guide has blatantly obvious bullshit in it, then the poster is notified, and it must be changed. If it is not, the guide is scrapped, and the user warned.



Well, I would assume that's up to the authors disrection. Take a look at www.gamefaqs.com.. Every guide there falls under the authors taste. Basically, as long as a guide is accurate, then why shouldn't the authors have free choice over how they write?




Well, many guides won't need a severe updating curve.. For time-intensive stuff, that gets fundamentally altered over time, then if it reaches the point of obsolecence, the guide is updated, or killed. smile



I wouldn't think so. C&T is quite well staffed. Besides, it would be easy. Anything not guide-related doesn't belong there, and gets scrapped. smile Tada.

Hmm, is it possible to 'lock' a forum so that it is possible to post in/edit threads in it, but not create new ones? The idea behind the 'lock' was to prevent the sort of thread duplication Q&A Guides forum has. Locking would also insure a guide would have to meet some minimum standards of completion before it could be moved into the guides area.

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