Suprauc wrote:

I think its a great idea.

Although we would have to make a very conscious effort to avoid spam.
And we need to have some verification of the information within, to avoid people being misguided.

Basicly, i think if one wishes to post information in such a thread, they need to list the source's of the information as well.

A Wiki Thread would be a good Idea, as a relatively new user. when I joined I saw people asking questions and some where not getting much help. Others where linking to old threads. Which to me seemed outdated and were not really that much help.

If you had some mods who knew each model ie Gen1-Gen4, and knew specifics, on the right mods to add. You would posibly even need someone from each state/area ie Canberra, Brisbane, Sydney, Newcastle etc. Who know the right places and where to find good deals.

Along with alowing the users to post requests. If you could implement this sort of idea, making it easier for a new user to visit, maybe in the welcome pm, send the wiki link to the user, get them to read through when they want to modify their car.

Any thing is good mate.
Its just an encyclopaedia.

SOO081 wrote:

Also, the wiki pages would naturally be free from spamming.

I always though Googling yourself meant the other thing...

Good idea. We need to have a minimum amount of information required which a few guys have already mentioned. I'm only thinking along the lines of DIYs so here's a few things which I reckon should be mandatory for all DIYs:

Car model / year / transmission
Tools used
Parts used including part numbers
Cost
Time Taken
Difficulty rating (1-10)
Suitable for (Beginner / Backyard Mech / Pro) - Can extend that to 5 levels perhaps

Before modification - some blurb about the car before the mod
Results - results after mods

Vendor / Parts supplier information

Thats a starting point anyway

Out of interest has anyone come across this site before?: subiwiki.com

Maybe bigger than what Ozlib wants to create - but surely it would make sense to develop what they already have, even if you want it to be AUDM specific.

turtlez wrote:

If you had some mods who knew each model ie Gen1-Gen4, and knew specifics, on the right mods to add. You would posibly even need someone from each state/area ie Canberra, Brisbane, Sydney, Newcastle etc. Who know the right places and where to find good deals.