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Now that the new SCWF has been online a few weeks and most of you had had some opportunity to play with the new software, we wanted to get a rough idea of what kind of vision you guys have for the new forum. By knowing what you guys find important, it will help us guide future projects and content development.
Let me start with what our general vision of the forum is, and perhaps you can chime in with what you think and with your own ideas.
As mentioned in the forums Mission statement, our vision is to create a forum created by collectors for the benefit of collectors (as opposed to commercial sponsors). Our idea was to continue that long standing SCWf tradition of promoting curiosity, mutual collaboration and exploration of all things technical and historical of the brands we know and love. To do this we've created this discussion forum to be the centerpiece of the new SCWF, much like the old forum was (except for the layout of course), and created a bunch of archive sections designed to store valuable old and new posts for future reference. the idea is for all discussion and new posts to go through the main discussion section, just like we always have, while we copy or move reviews and substantive topics into the different archives. To expand on that we also plan on doing the same with the many years of wonderful archived posts in the mirror of the old site. We hope that the end result will give collectors the information and tools they need to educate themselves and expand the level of discussion beyond what we are wearing today or what we just bought, to include more technical and historical discussions.
We would love to encourage all members to take on the occasional research project or actively participate in the forum beyond just regular posting. If you see an ongoing project that you can contribute to, please go ahead and contribute. The idea is for the forum to reflect the best of what you all have to offer, and hopefully offer you a side of your chosen hobby you hadn't considered before.
Anyhow, that's our POV. So what is your vision for the new forum?
Let me start with what our general vision of the forum is, and perhaps you can chime in with what you think and with your own ideas.
As mentioned in the forums Mission statement, our vision is to create a forum created by collectors for the benefit of collectors (as opposed to commercial sponsors). Our idea was to continue that long standing SCWf tradition of promoting curiosity, mutual collaboration and exploration of all things technical and historical of the brands we know and love. To do this we've created this discussion forum to be the centerpiece of the new SCWF, much like the old forum was (except for the layout of course), and created a bunch of archive sections designed to store valuable old and new posts for future reference. the idea is for all discussion and new posts to go through the main discussion section, just like we always have, while we copy or move reviews and substantive topics into the different archives. To expand on that we also plan on doing the same with the many years of wonderful archived posts in the mirror of the old site. We hope that the end result will give collectors the information and tools they need to educate themselves and expand the level of discussion beyond what we are wearing today or what we just bought, to include more technical and historical discussions.
We would love to encourage all members to take on the occasional research project or actively participate in the forum beyond just regular posting. If you see an ongoing project that you can contribute to, please go ahead and contribute. The idea is for the forum to reflect the best of what you all have to offer, and hopefully offer you a side of your chosen hobby you hadn't considered before.
Anyhow, that's our POV. So what is your vision for the new forum?