Fragmented forum...?

[Lee W]

Sorry Ron, I was not shouting, I have a (bad?) habit of using caps as emphasising. Others use bold, Italics or underlining.YOU WILL KNOW WHEN I AM SHOUTING.

lol

Ooo! Get you!!! Would you like a handbag with that hissy fit? :P

Lee

[Guest]

Think if you raise the question in the build thread and also start a new thread then you are going to get answers all over the place.Best I would think is. Start a new thread about your difficulty. Then in the build thread mention the problem and guide them to the thread about the difficulty.

Laurie

That's my preference. It would be essential, for efficient searching, for the problem thread to have a useful title. My current build thread spawned two specific topics: "Rolls Royce rear number plates question" and "A Tricky Masking Problem". I made them separate because I thought they would be of use to people making other models (although the number plate one could perhaps have been entirely in the build report because it is more specific to a certain type of model).

[Ian M]

Ooo! Get you!!! Would you like a handbag with that hissy fit? :P Lee

Simply showing how it would look if I was shouting. So we are all clear about that.

As for the hand bag... I am sure that you would miss it. :-P

Ian M

[Lee W]

Simply showing how it would look if I was shouting. So we are all clear about that.As for the hand bag... I am sure that you would miss it. :P

Ian M

Only on the weekend Ian :P

Lee

[Ian M]

Only on the weekend Ian :P

lol

Can we get back on track a little.

Without making any radical change can we all make an effort to at least link between a build thread and a Question thread. Ade Close enough has today shown it can be done simply by adding (HELP) to the end of the thread title, once the question was resolved he removed it again.

Maybe I can sort out a prefix flag...

Ian M

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

I just thought I would try it and see if it worked It relies on people having a look into the thread but that's not a bad thing

Adrian

[Ian M]

I have made a Help with... Prefix and used it on a thread.

Everyone seeing it? It should show in the new posts list.

[john i am]

That's a great idea problem solved I will be using the help ICON in future

[Guest]

I have made a Help with... Prefix and used it on a thread.Everyone seeing it? It should show in the new posts list.

Yes, I see it. How would that approach work with a build involving a request for help concerning techniques such as painting and weathering, gluing, use of materials or tools, sources of items such as WWII figures for a diorama, Israeli decals for a model plane or truck, how to model water or flames or snow, best material for thatch, making bricks, having trouble with superglue, etc. etc. If the answer is buried in a build report (as your Help with... post implies) how would anyone be able to search for the subjects listed in green above? There would not be a topic with those words in its heading? Searching for, say, "thatch" would not produce the build report where the help given is buried. When someone wants help in modelling thatch, it is irrelevant that it is in a diorama of a country scene including a cottage or a diorama of the Battle of Rorke's Drift or a WWII battle scene that incidentally included a damaged country barn. None of those models would have "thatch"in its title.

The request for help might helpfully include mention of the type of model involved but it would not be necessary. Thatch is thatch, bricks are bricks, wherever they are found (mainly anyway).

I still think that Laurie's recent post starting "Best I would think is. Start a new thread..." A search for "Thatch" would find the thread containing both the request for help and the help given.

Just my view.

[Alan 45]

Yes, I see it. How would that approach work with a build involving a request for help concerning techniques such as painting and weathering, gluing, use of materials or tools, sources of items such as WWII figures for a diorama, Israeli decals for a model plane or truck, how to model water or flames or snow, best material for thatch, making bricks, having trouble with superglue, etc. etc. If the answer is buried in a build report (as your Help with... post implies) how would anyone be able to search for the subjects listed in green above? There would not be a topic with those words in its heading? Searching for, say, "thatch" would not produce the build report where the help given is buried. When someone wants help in modelling thatch, it is irrelevant that it is in a diorama of a country scene including a cottage or a diorama of the Battle of Rorke's Drift or a WWII battle scene that incidentally included a damaged country barn. None of those models would have "thatch"in its title.The request for help might helpfully include mention of the type of model involved but it would not be necessary. Thatch is thatch, bricks are bricks, wherever they are found (mainly anyway).

I still think that Laurie's recent post starting "Best I would think is. Start a new thread..." A search for "Thatch" would find the thread containing both the request for help and the help given.

Just my view.

Steve it works by getting a header on your post that for help is shown at the top of the board instead of just a blue dot telling everyone a new post has been added to the under construction thread , it alerts everyone that you need help on something so members can see it

[flyjoe180]

The advanced search function works quite well I find.

[Ian M]

The idea Mr Kir, is that if you have a problem that is a part of a build thread, it is or could be an issue that will common to that particular model...or just a quick general question, then you could just use the "Help with..." prefix icon, then remove it once a satisfactory reply has been given.

Issues that are more general such as your mentioned bricks or thatch would be more suited to a new post in the relevant section of the forum. In that case you could include a link in both threads that will lead the reader from one to the other.

So in the build thread you could write something like: bla bla bla, but I am having problems with doing xxxxx, Please see the post in the xxxxx section her (Insert link to thread)

In the new thread you could start the post with something like; In my build of the Revell Roller (insert link) I have been having problems with doing xxxxx.

People following the build will follow the link and help with the problem and can then go back to the build again. This might also have the effect that people that only see the 'shout for help' might find the build thread and start to follow that as well...

Does that explain things? I think that this could be the simplest solution and one that we all can figure out how to do.

Ian M

[john i am]

For those who don't know how. How do you insert a link ?

[Ian M]

The easiest way I find is to open two windows. Find the thread you want to link to in the one and write the new thread in the other.Mark the www address in the browsers address line. copy that and then insert it in the thread you are writing

So a good old copy paste thing. it's much easier than faffing about with the insert link button at the top of the input window (where you type the message).

This is of course if you are using windows. as for all the iPhone/iPad/mac/apple/commador64 users I have no idea and will let one of them reply.

Ian M

[Guest]

The idea Mr Kir, is that if you have a problem that is a part of a build thread, it is or could be an issue that will common to that particular model...or just a quick general question, then you could just use the "Help with..." prefix icon, then remove it once a satisfactory reply has been given.Issues that are more general such as your mentioned bricks or thatch would be more suited to a new post in the relevant section of the forum. In that case you could include a link in both threads that will lead the reader from one to the other.

So in the build thread you could write something like: bla bla bla, but I am having problems with doing xxxxx, Please see the post in the xxxxx section her (Insert link to thread)

In the new thread you could start the post with something like; In my build of the Revell Roller (insert link) I have been having problems with doing xxxxx.

People following the build will follow the link and help with the problem and can then go back to the build again. This might also have the effect that people that only see the 'shout for help' might find the build thread and start to follow that as well...

Does that explain things? I think that this could be the simplest solution and one that we all can figure out how to do.

Ian M

Your "...if you have a problem that is a part of a build thread..." would have suited my recent question about the mounting of my Rolls Royce number plate, because it is specific to that or similar models. That's fine.

Your "Issues that are more general..." is exactly what I was wanting. Excellent! All clear now.