As there's been a bit of interest in improving the FAQ sections on AHB recently I thought I'd BUMP this and throw the following idea in. It may help gather information for the 2 beginner FAQ's that have been started by Pint as well as the Wickipedia idea Dane came up with recently to consolidate info for all brewing levels.
I was thinking that a new thread could be started in The Common Ground called, 'Excellent Threads.'
There are so many well-written valuable posts that have been buried in AHB, I think it could work well if people who came across an excellent post could recommend it in the above thread using the following layout. I'll use a post I came across recently as an example and which Pint has since been able to use in the, 'Outline to Using AHB Website.'
SAMPLE POST
Just came across an excellent post by als-world!
Subject: How to post pictures to AHB and re-size them.
Where: It is Post#28 of
this thread
Who It Will Help/Comments: New AHB Members. This is a great post for those who have never posted pics on AHB before.
End of Sample Post
While the above sample relates to new AHB members, posts could also be recommended that related to first time AG'ers, experienced AG'ers, experienced Kits etc., etc.
Apart from being a handy way to gather great info which may in turn be placed into an FAQ section, it would also be the first thread that one could look at when doing a search on a subject.
I've read so many excellent posts on AHB on all subjects and it would be nice to give the writer credit and more permanently anchor their information.
Some Problems with This Idea: I realise that occassionally someone will recommend an average post rather than an excellent one. I also realise that people will post to such a topic with comments on someone's recommendations which would make the whole thread a mess.
To solve both these problems maybe a second thread could be started called, "Excellent Posts - Your Comments"? (Sure, some people will still post to the main thread when they shouldn't but hopefully these posts could be quickly moved to the, "Your Comments," thread.) Having this second thread will also quickly determine just how good people find an individual recommendation.
I've been pondering on the above for a few weeks now and I can't really see any downside to doing the above but I may have missed something obvious so I'll leave it to the powers that be to follow through on this idea if it does have value.
[For those of you who managed to glimpse my first attempt at bumping this before I quickly deleted it this morning, I hope you got a laugh! I couldn't even understand what I'd written!]
