my idea of a question forum...

[Ken Leung]

Great points Andy.

About the who, I didn't mean to only have the people I mentioned. The way I imagined it, there would be plenty of people answering questions. I already know at least 10 people just in WRRF who would love to help out, and that's just a small region across the country.

I understand your point about not limiting to the "experts", but at the same time, I am worry about opening it to EVERYONE. It is very easy for some random trouble maker to come in and give false answers.

Having a selected group of people will make sure we have good valuable answers and organized short discussions. Al was saying how the question forum has to be believable to teams, and that means getting people others trust, and I agree. I think having a selected group of answerers would give the forum a good reputation by showing teams that only good people are giving answers.

The way I see this, is the answerers won't be limited to the original group of people we ask for help. We will have a good number of people to start with, including the names I mentioned as well as lots of experienced people who post on CD. Only answers from those people will show up. Mean while, others are allowed to submit answers, and only displayed when moderators approve. As we go along, it will be more apparent who are potentially good and who aren’t.

Again, having a selected group of people is to make sure we have good people giving good answers. The most important thing is to give people responds they need as soon as possible. All the free-for-all discussion can happen in CD.


As far as category goes, I agree that it should follow what Brandon had in CD. At the same time I would like to see some "regional" forums, for people asking questions only teams from around their area could understand/answer. It would be divided into forums like: "Bay Area, California" for specific area, then states like "Texas" or "New Hampshire" that include all areas, and regions like "Midwest" and “West Coast” to sum up the states.


Also, I like your idea of a hot topic page. It would be great for publicity, and a quick mean of looking for important questions.


Last thing, this question forum will be closely moderated, to make sure questions get answered ASAP and moved to the right category, and make sure it don't get clogged up by many threads.

Thanks for replying!