As was brought up in the big "Future of..." thread, we need a proper resource library here. So.... Yay, I moved the unused resource manager from oldspower over to here, and now we need to decide what goes into it.
This particular forum section is a start, to be sure. But we need to decide what will go into this library, and how to categorize things in it.
The number one thing we should be after, imo, is fact, not opinion. Reference material, verifiable data, measurements, part numbers, etc.
We also have to steer clear of reproducing copyrighted materials. Unfortunately this means we probably can't post entire shop manuals in here. That would be ideal, but I don't think I want to invite any takedown notices, or other wraths of the internet gods. I don't see a problem with a few pages or diagrams here and there, much like has existed on MalibuRacing for a while without incident, but you know....
So, lets use this thread to figure it out. We need first to decide on categories, probably.
I don't have a problem reproducing or "mirroring" other reference materials out there, much like has been done with stuff like the "oldsfaq" ... I'd have to dig around but there was a G-Body mailing list for a long long time and I don't remember if they had a library of stuff similar to that.
Let's hear what you all have to say and lets get this thing built. Of course its going to evolve and fill with information over time, but we need a starting point...
This particular forum section is a start, to be sure. But we need to decide what will go into this library, and how to categorize things in it.
The number one thing we should be after, imo, is fact, not opinion. Reference material, verifiable data, measurements, part numbers, etc.
We also have to steer clear of reproducing copyrighted materials. Unfortunately this means we probably can't post entire shop manuals in here. That would be ideal, but I don't think I want to invite any takedown notices, or other wraths of the internet gods. I don't see a problem with a few pages or diagrams here and there, much like has existed on MalibuRacing for a while without incident, but you know....
So, lets use this thread to figure it out. We need first to decide on categories, probably.
I don't have a problem reproducing or "mirroring" other reference materials out there, much like has been done with stuff like the "oldsfaq" ... I'd have to dig around but there was a G-Body mailing list for a long long time and I don't remember if they had a library of stuff similar to that.
Let's hear what you all have to say and lets get this thing built. Of course its going to evolve and fill with information over time, but we need a starting point...