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***Lets split this bitch up!***

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Mr.Bishop
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Ok guys, I think its about high time that we address how fucked this forum has gotten.    Our quickest and easiest solution right now is to take all your suggestions from all time and split this forum into a couple of different ones.   Ski Equipment for gear advice, Buy thread, sell thread, trade thread... whatever you guys want. 

So throw your suggestions on how this forum should be split up in here, and we'll get to it super soon!


Feb 13 2008 11:51AM
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pDails
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900th that
Feb 13 2008 10:32PM
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masta_LE3B
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for trade/ sell/ buy all in one

gear talk  another thread

and for reviews on people, there should just be a little star thingy and people click the star ratings and rite a reviw about the person, and there should be a tally of negative and positive reviews for a person

Feb 13 2008 10:35PM
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ds.181.3
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great point
Feb 13 2008 11:29PM
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Jwalk
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equipment gabber
sales
trades
buying
and have it come up the three sections when you put the mouse on ski equipment
Feb 13 2008 11:43PM
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Schoening
Posts: 14332 - Karma: 1,268
please.
Feb 14 2008 12:01AM
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iggyskier
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and yeah, gear swap and tech talk. problems solved
Feb 14 2008 12:13AM
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PacificRimJob
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Gear Swap and Tech Talk.. for sure...
Feb 14 2008 1:10AM
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zerospinskier
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Hahaha
Feb 14 2008 1:13AM
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PacificRimJob
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No way dude.

The Boot sticky and the Proper B/S/T really need to stay...

the 09 ski thread can kinda go now...

the good buyer/sellers list needs to be changed into something like EBAY... have a separate karma thing for good buyers/sellers... like 5 stars or whatever...

^i know thats kinda hard to do, but if it could, it would make things better for sure.
Feb 14 2008 1:21AM
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link80
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word
Feb 14 2008 2:57AM
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wrenegade
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HOW MANY TIMES AND FOR HOW MANY YEARS HAVE I SAID THIS!

Fuck. finally.
Feb 14 2008 3:11AM
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johnkimchee
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yeah the way ebay has buyer/seller feedback is really well done
Feb 14 2008 9:14AM
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Schoening
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do people REALLY need a guide on how to make a sale or buy good boots?

go to a damn ski shop and try boots on.

pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee get rid of all them but the good buyers stuff
Feb 14 2008 9:17AM
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csfetter
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yewhh the way ebay has the good seller buying setup where u can leave feedback, and get a rating is so dopeee, would b a sik idea for NS, so everyone knows who's legit n not, def look into that setupp
Feb 14 2008 9:22AM
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SkierX
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Based on how many people still regularily post questions about if a boot is good or not, yes we really DO need a guide.
Feb 14 2008 10:20AM
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Jwenz
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Open ski equipment to find three tabs:

|||Ski Equip Discution||||       ||||||Buy/Sell/Trade|||||     ||||||Reviews|||||||

Having the reviews I think will increase the input into that, and it will ideally reduce questions like:

How do you like the SPKs?

-Jwennnz
Feb 14 2008 12:16PM
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Schoening
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i'de rather see a thread then a damn sticky.


Feb 14 2008 1:01PM
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SkierX
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Yeah, the searchbar is still painfully ineffective at the current time.

But that's a different topic. The boot sticky needs to stay.
Feb 14 2008 4:03PM
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Microcosm
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Agreed! Like a reference forum where threads can't be started but are moved to if they're deemed worthy. Basic, but overall very important things could go there, similar to an FAQ. And users should still be able to post in those threads. We could move Trick Tips.. the bootfitting thread.. those sorts.
Referring back to TGR's setup: they have "The Hall of Fame" It could be like that, just with helpful informational threads.

Basically:

Tech Talk (or similar name) for equipment
Gear Swap (or similar name) for buy/sell/trade..
Useful Info (for important reference threads that are of value to be moved to. users can still post in there too. ex: Guide to Freeskiing, Boot fitting, Grab Guide etc..)

TGR has it down and if NS uses/ changes their style to fit our needs, it could work out.


Feb 14 2008 4:58PM
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Luc.
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yes. sounds very simple but will be very effective.
Feb 14 2008 5:55PM
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WeK
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3 way split

1) Sales/Buy/Etc
2) Geartalk
3) Feedback. Sellers start their own threads, or buyers, regardless, anyone who deals in the sales/buy forum, ppl who deal with them post in that thread so that it can easily be found by those wishing to do business, or always linked to by whomever it belongs to. Also keep that thread up top in this area for people who haven't dealt for a while
Feb 14 2008 5:55PM
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EL_FINRE
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she doesnt look very happy
Feb 14 2008 7:23PM
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JGP.
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that sounds like a really good idea. then people could link to their feedback thread in their sig or profiles. people could also search the username and find their feedback thread. much better idea than the karma system or that ridiculously long everyone on newschoolers buyers/sellers thread.
Feb 14 2008 8:37PM
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tjski
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i mentioned something like this like a year ago and people got pissed at me for even mentioning it.....but i think that the selling and trading threads should go in the same forum cuz some people usualy are willing to trade in addition to selling thier stuff... but the want to buy stuff should be in a different forum...its too bad the classified thing never really worked out..
Feb 14 2008 9:07PM
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WeK
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I think that splitting sell/trade, and buying is a bad idea just because it'll decrease traffic. I think it just makes sense to keep it simple, let all exchanging of items occur in one thread, so people can just post one thread in which they can ask to buy something if so needed, but just in general i feel like splitting into buying and sell/trade is just unnessessary as there really isn't THAT many buy threads to warrant a completely seperate subforum which will likely receive much less attention.

i say keep all exchanging in one forum, so if anybody is looking to exchange they can see the other threads, helps both those looking and those trying to sell/trade/trade.
Feb 14 2008 10:07PM
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skiizy
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well i say gear swap and tech talk, but also when are we looking to see this bitch split up?
Feb 14 2008 10:27PM
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=nick=
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word word word
Feb 14 2008 10:37PM
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straightjibbin
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split it up into,
Sell/buying equipment
advice
and trade
Feb 14 2008 11:15PM
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-justice-
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sell/buy/trade

advice

seller/buyer feedback
Feb 15 2008 11:52AM
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strode
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ski discussions
ski transactions

and make one sticky thread CONTAINING links to all sticky-worthy threads.  perhaps the title of the sticky should include a "last updated" date that mods can change when new sticky-worthy threads

ie

STICKY - READ ALL INCLOSED THREADS BEFORE POSTING IN THIS FORUM (2/14/08)

or as you canuckistanians would call it, 14\2\08
Feb 16 2008 3:48AM
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strode
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^on second thought, "ski discussion" wouldn't work at all.

perhaps "gear gabber"?
and "buy/sell/trade""

i dunno......
Feb 16 2008 4:46AM
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solitaryman
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as stated before pbnation.com is the most well formatted web forum that i have ever seen my favourite site of all time except im banned on site till i get a new IP adress for posting celebratory porn threads on new years lol


oh and a feedback forum would be amazing
Feb 16 2008 6:49PM
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435kid
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I agree with you, we need to split it up.  But i dont think we need a diferent forum for buying and another one for trading.

I think it ought to be:

Gear talk
WTB/WTT/Sell
Feb 16 2008 7:50PM
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Yosh
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simple but I think would clear things up.
Feb 17 2008 11:25AM
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chrismoJBEATS
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works perfectly.
Feb 17 2008 1:37PM
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coolhandluke
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just the big two:

gear trade

gear talk
Feb 17 2008 4:27PM
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cobra_commander
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And call it:
Shit that you really should read if you don't want to make an ass out of your self.

yes it should be called that.
Feb 17 2008 8:18PM
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BIG_SALTY
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Ya for sure your idea is sick
Feb 17 2008 8:54PM
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tBatt
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hmm, i think there should be just gear talk and then a for sale/trade/wtb

Feb 17 2008 11:00PM
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Literature
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I jump on the TGR suggestion bandwagon.
Feb 18 2008 1:01AM
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currentwestman
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1. B/S/T
2. Equipment Discussion

also (its been said a bunch of times) but some sort of program should be made to legitimatize the who goodbuyer/seller thing. i'm not sure how it would be done or how long it would take but that would be ballin. basically what i'm saying is that i second it

Feb 18 2008 2:16PM
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.Capn.
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I actually dont have a prblm with it right now. I think that if we seperated it then one forum wouldnt get as many views and a person may not get their question answered/thing sold. Ppl just bump their shit ne way when the forum gets too many threads.

But if we do split it up keep it simple and go gear sale forum / gear gabber forum
Feb 18 2008 2:29PM
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3ski6guy0
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i think just 2 sections, one for questions and one for selling shit is enough
Feb 18 2008 8:27PM
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messplay
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^^ yeah
Feb 19 2008 12:20AM
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Sholte
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im thinking
buy stuff
sell stuff
talk about stuff.
Feb 19 2008 12:24AM
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Silence
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perfect.
Feb 19 2008 12:28AM
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Caveman.
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rather than a feedback forum, why not a section of a person's profile to post buy/sell feedback ebay style
Feb 19 2008 1:14AM
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tjski
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thats perfect..... it would be way way way way way way WAY!!! easier than searching through the hundreds upon hundreds of legit buyer/seller list....
Feb 19 2008 1:19AM
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St.Steezy
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just add a forum called "The Shop" or something. But yes a specific area for selling and buying would be effective as stated a million times already.
Feb 19 2008 1:56AM
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Mr.Bishop
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Sounding to me like the bulk of people want only 2 forums.   One for discussing one for all things related to selling/buying/trading. 

So I move that we split into two forums and see how that works. 

Vote "aye" or "nay"


Feb 19 2008 2:16PM
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