Fangamon Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Unlock the pinned topics please! http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=230083 http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=140085 Both are out of date and need new user inputs and entries! Quote Link to comment
+wmpastor Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Unlock the pinned topics please! http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=230083 http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=140085 Both are out of date and need new user inputs and entries! Is that because Elbonia built some new roads? Quote Link to comment
+T.D.M.22 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Unlock the pinned topics please! http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=230083 http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=140085 Both are out of date and need new user inputs and entries! Well the first sentance I the first link give you a good reason why to not unlock it. There are probably more threads on that than caches. As for the second- well, as noted above, people have no problems starting new threads that have already been covers multiple times. I think with the amount of GPS units and mobile devices- even a GPS running Android is available- it's best to let that info come in seperate threads now. Quote Link to comment
robertlipe Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Nominations, especially those including good discussions worth featuring and not "you should buy what I bought", are welcome. Post 'em here. Quote Link to comment
+Glenn Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 I noticed this too. Especially about the FAQ thread. The "FAQ" links bring you to a general description of the GPS and not really a FAQ. The eXplorist GC, arguably the most popular beginner GPS for geocaching, isn't even on the FAQ list! Although I guess it isn't surprising since the last time the page was updated was 2008. Two years before the introduction of the eXplorist GC. You would find more up to date information linking directly to the manufacturer's web page. The reason I put quotes around FAQ in the paragraph above is because while it being called a FAQ it isn't a real FAQ. FAQ is short for Frequently Asked Questions. A general description isn't a list of question at all. Instead of linking to descriptions of the GPS how about watching the forums for questions that come up frequently and make a list of those question with the best answer(s) provided. Quote Link to comment
+Glenn Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 (edited) This is just a nitpick but "Collection Of Existing FAQs" implies that there is a collection of nonexistent FAQs somewhere to be found. A Collection Of FAQs or just Frequently Asked Questions should suffice. Edited December 4, 2013 by Glenn Quote Link to comment
robertlipe Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Explorist GC FAQ was one click away. Direct link added. Title changed, though I think it was reasonably clear that page was meant to take you to other FAQs and not attempt to replicate existing work. The last time that page was updated was April of this year. I think that's when I added Montana. Quote Link to comment
+Glenn Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Explorist GC FAQ was one click away. Direct link added. Title changed, though I think it was reasonably clear that page was meant to take you to other FAQs and not attempt to replicate existing work. The last time that page was updated was April of this year. I think that's when I added Montana. The page that I was referring to as being out of date is the gpsfaqs.org page. On their home page the last update is dated "2009-7-05" and there is no direct link from their home page to the eXplorist GC. Until you put that direct link to the eXplorist GC page I was unaware that it existed. Thanks for updating the links. Here is a FAQ to consider adding. This is common to most GPSrs. Q: My battery meter isn't acting the way that I think it should. A: Make sure that you have the correct battery type selected. Quote Link to comment
Fangamon Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 I just find it strange that the pages are pruned away at 3-4 pages but the stickies that reside here eternally are locked and completely out of date. I would have assumed that those posts worth saving would reside in these eternal threads, but alas no! Quote Link to comment
+larryc43230 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 I just find it strange that the pages are pruned away at 3-4 pages .... You can display as many pages as you like, by using the "Click here to show filter options" link at the bottom of any forum page. Just change the setting in the Time Frame drop-down list. Just for fun, I just selected "Show All" from the list, which gives me 976 pages of threads. --Larry Quote Link to comment
+larryc43230 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 And for this GPS and Technology forum, I get 1,115 pages. --Larry Quote Link to comment
+Glenn Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Is there a reason that in the "What GPS should I buy?" pinned topic that only Garmin products are discussed? I see Magellan and other GPSr manufacturers discussed in the what GPS should I buy topics that aren't pinned. Shouldn't they be listed by model just like the Garmin products are? Quote Link to comment
robertlipe Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Five of the six links in the title include competing brands. If you have links to better threads (where "better" can mean either more comprehensive or more contemporary), include them here. I've said that several times. If you want to see better content highlighted, highlight it and I'll pin it. I won't write it. Frankly, there has been less of it to highlight here in recent years. Quote Link to comment
Fangamon Posted December 7, 2013 Author Share Posted December 7, 2013 Why not open up the topics and let other people write it! Quote Link to comment
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