Tired of inconsistency: pls don't move my Requests if other requests are allowed here

[theflow]

This is getting very frustrating. I really wish the Mods at vB would come to the conclusion that the current information design for the hack request & release forum is just not working. It's bad usability -- mixing requests and releases in multiple places.

If you truly want all Requests to be placed here, then be consistent: either all requests go there or not. But if you're going to selectively move requests from out of this forum, please be consistent here too.

I know everyone is doing their best, and moderators are also busy developing vB software. All the more reason I would think Mods would prefer to cut down on confusion and repeat questions by addressing and fixing the current usability problems with these hack forums.

Practically everyone who joins the vB help community ends up asking many of the same questions over and over -- I'm a great example -- simply because there is not a clear system established for FAQs. The How Do I? section has an FAQ sticky thread that does nothing to index the frequently asked questions. Instead it links to **another forum** which, in itself, has no well-crafted index. It too just displays a standard thread list in default chron mode. Yet over and over and over again the same questions get asked. Same here, in the hacks area.

There's a better way to do this, and I am willing to help if the Mods will agree to improve the usability. Take this example from an FAQ I have on my site re: Cookies & Privacy. The contents of one post includes links to all relevant details. Likewise, with a little bit of cooperative effort from Mods who are totally familiar with the barrage of repeat questions and topics, I would help construct this kind of Topic-based set of links to alreday answered questions.

Case in point: posted today, 8/25/01, in this forum:

Last xx Posts On non-vB page?
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...threadid=26374

User says he searched all over for this and couldn't find it. Tubedogg replies and helpfully says "see my sig file".

A "sticky thread" FAQ which contains many of the most frequently requested hacks/features with links to their respective released hacks would be a great benefit to users -- and to Mods -- cutting down on their repeat directives. This would also free up more resource time and bandwidth to maybe work out a couple more of the new requests currently in queue, for those inclined to do so.

The system now is just terribly inefficient. Seems to me everyone would benefit from some improvements here. But in the meantime, if there is going to be anarchy in this forum, then let it be and please don't move my requests. Thank you.