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DanL911sc DanL911sc is offline
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Santa Monica, CA
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As a newbie here with projects in my future, I have to say the forums are a great resource, and a wiki won't replace them. If the search function were faster and better (possibly run by Google?) it could solve most problems better than a wiki.

That said, a wiki is a better place for unchanging, well hashed, controversial, or basic subjects. It is also a better place to get good overviews of often discussed sujects.

What would the page the discusses the pros and cons of the 915 vs the G50 transmission look like? The forum posts on that subject cover almost too much ground and are packed with opinion and infighting. A wiki page, if gardened well, might give a better, more concise, and more neutral overview of the subject.

What about the page for mounting race seats? Of course it would immediately mention the dangers of welding next to the center tunnel, and it could have links to forum posts that describe success stories. It could be a huge time saver.

The page discussing various shifter mods would be good, but it could be susceptible to astroturfing from the various aftermarket shifter manufacturers.

It all comes down to promulgating good gardening practices, and good support from the wiki software.
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