How to improve this forum?

[cgutzmer]

But I LOVE generic non descript titles, if I knew exactly what the thread was about I might not look at it, but not knowing exactly I just GOTTA look I cant help it!

of course I am just being an ass heh heh, I think everyone can agree that better thread titles makes for a better forum experience. An occasional reminder like this is all we need though, I wont be going and banning/moderating/warning people because of it.

This next line is for you dave since I know how much you like it

Dave ur makin me ROFL m8
:(:p:D:o

[Gharbad]

Originally Posted by airdave

Sometimes the search will look through the post, not just the title.
...if this is the case here, then titles are not as important.
(but not all forums have this feature.)

but what about when you are just browsing New Post lists or Forum areas?
I prefer to see a descriptive title and not have to waste my time opening all threads just to see what they are about.
And a great thread might go unnoticed just because the name is non descriptive or irrelevant and people ignore it.

In the Lounge or Off Topic areas, this might be acceptable, but in a topic specific area, like say "Kit Announcement", the titles should be descriptive and applicable.
"Look at my new model" should not be a consideration.

Well now I think that becomes the thread makers problem. If they make great threads with poor titles they get less hits and make certain people who paint boats displeased
If I miss a thread I'm not too worried about it, I miss a lot of good things, I can't keep up with everything.

Don't get me wrong, I'm entirely for descriptive titles but bad titles either get me curious (like Chris!) or I just don't care about them. Doesn't really make a difference to me.
You can also hover over the title and you get a tooltip with a short preview of the thread.

[Wilfried]

Hello gentlemen,

let me say some words to the title of this topic; I like this place of cardmodeling like it is; all members have the capability to improve. Our community lives from the tolerance and accceptance of each other. Please no more regulations; here is the place for relax, leisure and fun ...

With lovely greetings
the Wilfried
PS: Don't ask what your forum can do for you - ask, what can you do for the forum...

[rjm]

I read this thread because of the subject. I suppose this means I must
to some extent agree that some improvement is possible.
I haven't got the time to read every thread. I have started to read
those that are a response by the originator as that is usually a
continuation of the build thread and not an "attaboy" from someone else.
As for quality of photos, I've started to ignore threads from some whose
photos are of poor quality, my poor eyes can't take it.

[Darwin]

Regarding the way the forum is structured and administrated,,,,,,,12,900 plus members. What we have works.....don't screw with it.

[rickstef]

Of course you were all waiting for me to chime in about this.

Well, my thoughts on this are the following.

If you are posting a build thread here on this forum, you can use the same format you use on your native forum, with all the same pictures, formatting and the like.
You do not need to change the format for this forum, it will help in searches in the future.

I do not agree with removing posts because they are old, I do not like to destroy history, and any post on this site is that, historic, I might want to go back to an aircraft or tank thread that was done when we first started, when I get around to building my kit.

So if you want, post the most detailed title you like, also in the correct forum to help me out, but if you make a mistake, just let me know, and i will move it.

I have in the past tried to clean up some of the forums, like the how to forum, I will try to clean it up more, and maybe even add a new forum, How do I....?

Rick