Changes to our corolla section !?!?!?

[94_Rolla_Guy]

lately i have noticed we have alot of traffic and also alot of new members, and im seeing two groups

- the repair questions from new members directed from Autoforums or where ever

- and the Corolla veterans, the guys that have been around since the birth of the internet!

lately i think it would be beneficial to divide the board or create a veterans section or something, at times i get real frustrated sorting through all the amateur hour stuff to find the good stuff..

I donno just an idea.

[REN69]

I thought about this earlier, but dividing the board into AE86, AE92, AE101, ZZE110, ZZE112 (?), etc..

Other sub forums (Camry, Truck, etc) have been divided into their different generations due to the high traffic for each one.

[PhatRoyale]

Originally Posted by 94_Rolla_Guy

lately i think it would be beneficial to divide the board or create a veterans section or something, at times i get real frustrated sorting through all the amateur hour stuff to find the good stuff..

I donno just an idea.

This would be a great idea, but would it be possible?

[HL2k]

Generation specific forums is not a bad idea

ae## is however, not everyone knows their body #, but they would know
Gen # 19xx-19xx

and theres nothing stopping from adding aeXX afterwards, I remember I didn't know my ST # on my Celica, but I did know it was a Gen5

[Buurin]

Originally Posted by REN69

I thought about this earlier, but dividing the board into AE86, AE92, AE101, ZZE110, ZZE112 (?), etc..

Other sub forums (Camry, Truck, etc) have been divided into their different generations due to the high traffic for each one.

They're TE/KE, AE82/85/86/87(?), AE92/95, AE101/102/111, ZZE110, ZZE130/131 (!)

But as HL2k said, they're better known as Gen 1-4, Gen 5, Gen 6, Gen 7, Gen 8, Gen 9 respectively, and don't forget the Gen 10 dawdling on the horizon.

But do we have enough traffic to warrant such a fine division? It'd be more like

TE/KE (Gen 1-4)
AE (Gen 5-7)
ZZE (Gen 8-9)
And maybe one for newer models.

And I should mention that guys asking really simple maintenance questions should be referred to either a FAQ here or Corolland. I am a member there (so am Bitter, 01loadedLE among others) and there're a few gurus there very willing to answer these kind of questions.

And these kinds of questions are what wore 94_rolla_guy down until my manual swap project came along!

[ea8631]

my ae is belong to gen4 ........since mine is a ae72 (not TE72 since mine have a 4ac instead of 3tc). So I think code name is not work that will since there are at least several code name for each gen.

But I'm more like HL2K's idea, Gen. # with year or just simply gen. only.

[Flashmn]

I dont think age related division would be in order, it makes things a hassle. maybe so that one are just for the questions from newbies. Also maybe make the forums so that the first 5 days, newbies cant start new threads, that way they'd have to use the search function.

[wiccanferret]

I agree with splitting it via generation. Noobs don't know they're noobs, so splitting it that way won't work.

[Buurin]

Originally Posted by wiccanferret

I agree with splitting it via generation. Noobs don't know they're noobs, so splitting it that way won't work.

Some would rather not ADMIT they're noobs.

[tashirosgt]

There may be many visitors who don't know the 'gen' classifications. The art of subdividing the messages would be not to subdivide them so fine that certain sections ended up with almost no traffic.

An interesting idea, that I have never seen tried, is to create some subdivisions, including an initial "unreviewed" subdivison and let the moderators classify the messages and move them to right section. Moderators on forums do move messages now and then but they are conservative about doing this. It would be interesting to see a forum where they did this as a routine matter. It would make the poster wonder "where did he put me?" and he would have to learn how to find his own messages. But a certain amount of suspense in life is interesting.

[Flashmn]

Noobs don't know they're noobs

if you just join, then you damn well know you're a noob.

[eage8]

I think splitting it by generation would be a lot better, I could care less about most threads involving newer corollas (no offense, I just don't care for them) it would also make the more specialized people more inclined to read certain threads in a forum. because they know which car it pertains to.

in regards to what to label them I think by year would be fine, then the chassis code(s) in parenthesis.

[Flashmn]

Techincally the AE82, 92, 100, and some of the 111 series are the same (ones with the A series engine). RWD and the newest gens would be different.
So you'd basically have multiple threads about the same issues that could be answered with one thread, thus you'd use up alot more server space than just using a general forum.

[Buurin]

Originally Posted by eage8

I think splitting it by generation would be a lot better, I could care less about most threads involving newer corollas (no offense, I just don't care for them) it would also make the more specialized people more inclined to read certain threads in a forum. because they know which car it pertains to.

in regards to what to label them I think by year would be fine, then the chassis code(s) in parenthesis.

Yup my eyes would light up when I see a thread on ZZE(110) Corollas.

[FinalGear]

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