Post #72924 by SugarCaddyDaddy on Tue, Jan 27, 2004 5:06 PM

Well boys & girls, let's count how many times I have given HINTS on using the [Search] feature, shall we?....
One,
Two,
Three,
Four,
Five,
Six,
Seven,
Eight,
Nine,
Ten,
Eleven!

Wow, and that was just a quick search on my part. :lol: :lol:

Actually, the redundant questions and topics will always be a part of TC I believe. TheJab's suggestion #3 of his post has been done by me as you can see from the above, and actually I don't mind doing the search for past discussions. It helps refresh my memory of the subject at hand too.

CultJam's suggestion of moving the post on to an older thread is good, but then there's the problem of WHICH of the past threads to tack it on to.

Maybe TC is growing to the point where we will eventually need sub-folders within the forums for topics that have been discussed multiple times. ie: in the "Collecting Tiki" Forum, the subfolders would include: Witco, Pufferfish, The Design Toscano/Resin Tiki's, CocoJoe's, Shag, Orchids of Hawaii, Fonts & Lettering etc., etc.. At least that way, those that are being intimidated by strumming through 30+ pages of past "Collecting Tiki" pages or not familiar with utilizing the [Search] button, can see that there are specific sub-folders of already discussed, popular topics that they can search through.

I still do believe that we (TC) should require a minimum of at least a verifiable email address for those posting to the boards so that if we (or really the moderators) DO move a post to an existing thread, the member can be emailed to be made aware of that fact so that (1)-they can read up on the past existing thread, and (2)-the member doesn't start a "Where's My Post" thread asking where their info/question was.

As always, just my 2 coconuts worth.