Post #644717 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Jul 19, 2012 9:59 AM

The triple posting of this points again to the dilemma of Tiki Central: It is just too diverse for that to not happen. It is a social media site, an event site, a collector's site, a sales site, and a cultural research site all in one. Result is: People think of a subject under different headers, like here:
General, Erotic, and Locating.

The advice is: Do not assume any header, simply put the SUBJECT that ties it into Tiki into "Search", and Voila, the thread pops up...yet, as in this case, spelling can mislead you: If correctly spelled "Tiki Theater" like it is on the marquee, it would not come up as easily as the misspelled header of the thread "Tiki Theatre".

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=26718&forum=2&start=15

I am resigned to the fact that newbies will come here and not take the time to search, or simply will not know the rules, to the fact that the "Search" itself is not perfect, and that the choice of thread is subjective. This should not diminish the importance of the valiant attempts of DustyCajun and others to keep things in line though. When you're new to a site, you are liable to make some mistakes. Don't take corrections personal, just try to do better next time.

I chose the specific Tiki Theater thread because it is the best in terms of photos AND description of the interior. But I am assuming that many folks here regard "Locating Tiki" as a nerd corner for the researchers. Just be reminded that without all that research and cultural context, there would be no Tiki party and drinky drinky today.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2012-07-19 10:00 ]