Porsche forum changes
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t. Bet he's somewhere in the fens falling off his bike 
sleep envy said:
Garlick said:
No problem.
As I say, and being honest, it was more something I want to see work (to reinforce our dominance of the sports car community) as opposed to reacting to any specific request. I see other forums carrying the more technical and specific content and could see no reason why we couldn't accommodate that too.
We tweaked the supercar section a little to reach a compromise, and I'm happy to tweak here too. I don't want to restrict Porsche to one area, but I am happy to listen to how it might work to achieve a mix of what I'd like and what you guys need.
With regard to technical content there's a fundamental difference here which I believe you've overlooked. PH was primarily a TVR site hence the very large, helpful and knowledgeable core to be found there. The site has grown organically around that into what it is today yet that TVR core remains. You occasionally see posts stating that members have never ventured outside of the TVR specific fora and TBH that doesn't surprise me.As I say, and being honest, it was more something I want to see work (to reinforce our dominance of the sports car community) as opposed to reacting to any specific request. I see other forums carrying the more technical and specific content and could see no reason why we couldn't accommodate that too.
We tweaked the supercar section a little to reach a compromise, and I'm happy to tweak here too. I don't want to restrict Porsche to one area, but I am happy to listen to how it might work to achieve a mix of what I'd like and what you guys need.
I personally don't see how you can replicate that in the Porsche forum as there simply isn't anywhere near the knowledge base, particularly in comparison to other Porsche specific sites. I'm sorry to say but if I have a technical issue PH isn't my first port of call, nor is it my second or third either.
The owners of the marques are worlds apart on PH. I can't recall in my 10 years anyone starting a thread documenting a ground up refurbishment or significant repairs/rebuilds in their own garage in the Porsche forum, the most common technical thread in there these days is about Rev Ranges.
As for specific content, there is a considerable amount of owners of one model who will hold an opinion on another model either out of pure nosiness or they're past/prospective owners. By carving up the forum into specific model format you'll lose that with the consequence that section will become insular. Whilst not every post will be deemed relevant or even popular it does spark debate which I think will be absent with this change.
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Garlick said:
No problem.
As I say, and being honest, it was more something I want to see work (to reinforce our dominance of the sports car community) as opposed to reacting to any specific request. I see other forums carrying the more technical and specific content and could see no reason why we couldn't accommodate that too.
We tweaked the supercar section a little to reach a compromise, and I'm happy to tweak here too. I don't want to restrict Porsche to one area, but I am happy to listen to how it might work to achieve a mix of what I'd like and what you guys need.
Hi Paul,As I say, and being honest, it was more something I want to see work (to reinforce our dominance of the sports car community) as opposed to reacting to any specific request. I see other forums carrying the more technical and specific content and could see no reason why we couldn't accommodate that too.
We tweaked the supercar section a little to reach a compromise, and I'm happy to tweak here too. I don't want to restrict Porsche to one area, but I am happy to listen to how it might work to achieve a mix of what I'd like and what you guys need.
Given what is, apart from one person called Jeremy, a unanimous appeal from the active Porsche forum users for a single-page version, as has worked perfectly for years, what's the logic for keeping it split?
Pistonheads shouldn't just copy other forums. We already have enough places to go for "technical and specific content", so why try to duplicate things already out there, at the risk of losing the one thing that makes PH different?
PH was the place Porsche enthusiasts came for a chat, an argument, an opinion. It's never going to be the first point of call for an article on "how to change a Boxster headlight". If it becomes more like that, I think people will stop bothering: we have plenty of established alternatives for that sort of thing.
Maybe the TVR owners don't have those alternatives, so it works for them, but it plainly isn't wanted by the Porsche forum users.
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