web-forums for railway (+ modelling) enthusiasts are here!

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#175

Author: C. Dewick
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 06:45

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Hi everyone,

I've set up the skeleton of web-based online forums for prototype and
model railway enthusiasts at my Railzone.org website. You can access the
forums by going to:

http://www.railzone.org/phpBB2/index.php

I'm open to suggestions for how to categorise and develop the forums to
suit the needs of the people who will use them.

The forums are designed and set up primarily from an Australian (and New
Zealand) perspective to support and prototype and model railway
enthusiasts in Australia and NZ, but they are open to anyone from any
country who would like to contribute to the discussions.

Please take the time to register for the forums and contribute during this
early development stage!

Everyone is welcome - nobody will be refused access to the forums unless
your actions are harmful or illegal. That's pretty much a standard
'disclaimer' will all the web-forums I've set up as it's unfair to
restrict access for particular people without very good (ie. completely
justifiable and legal) reason! 8-)

Regards,

Craig.

-- 
 Craig Dewick - Professional Train Manager (RailCorp) + HO Scale Rail Modeller
     Web: http://www.railzone.org -- Email: craigd@poison.lios.apana.org.au
 RailCorp Train Crew Council: http://www.rctcc.org or http://www.traincrew.org
 Oz Rail Safety List: http://lios.apana.org.au/mailman/listinfo/aus_rail_safety

Re: web-forums for railway (+ modelling) enthusiasts are here!

#176

Author: steamer
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 16:24

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	--Do the world a favor and start another usenet group instead; 
then nobody will have to go to yet another Yahoo with yet another 
login/password combo...

-- 
        "Steamboat Ed" Haas         :  Yet another genius 
        Hacking the Trailing Edge!  :  without a job...
                   http://www.nmpproducts.com/intro.htm
                   ---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---

Re: web-forums for railway (+ modelling) enthusiasts are here!

#177

Author: Lance Lyon
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 19:51

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"steamer" <steamer@sonic.net> wrote in message 
news:3DMNd.5727$m31.71924@typhoon.sonic.net...

> --Do the world a favor and start another usenet group instead;
> then nobody will have to go to yet another Yahoo with yet another
> login/password combo...

Not always the best option - at least with your own forums, you have better 
control over the usage & content - as well, a lot of people don't bother 
with Usenet - signal to noise ratio in some groups can be quite high, plus 
it's a target for rather innapropriate posts.

cheers,

Lance


-- 
// Landover Amiga BBS
   Sydney ferries info & history
   http://landover.no-ip.com/ferries.htm      //

Re: web-forums for railway (+ modelling) enthusiasts are here!

#171

Author: mindesign
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 11:38

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I sit on several forums that I find terrific value - one for Subaru has 
saved my arse more than once in addition to giving me vital info regarding 
turbo charger plumbing etc. Another is a woodworking forum that is totally 
brilliant. This forum has provided materials, sales, great hints, and 
allowed me to help others with my particular skills.

In addition, they have files areas, photo sections and a range of other 
things that mean value to their members.

All this is too hard because I have to log in? Good on ya


Steve

"Lance Lyon" <landover@nospamme.tpg.com.au> wrote in message 
news:4207c6a4$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
>
> "steamer" <steamer@sonic.net> wrote in message 
> news:3DMNd.5727$m31.71924@typhoon.sonic.net...
>
>> --Do the world a favor and start another usenet group instead;
>> then nobody will have to go to yet another Yahoo with yet another
>> login/password combo...
>
> Not always the best option - at least with your own forums, you have 
> better control over the usage & content - as well, a lot of people don't 
> bother with Usenet - signal to noise ratio in some groups can be quite 
> high, plus it's a target for rather innapropriate posts.
>
> cheers,
>
> Lance
>
>
> -- 
> // Landover Amiga BBS
>   Sydney ferries info & history
>   http://landover.no-ip.com/ferries.htm      //
>

Re: web-forums for railway (+ modelling) enthusiasts are here!

#172

Author: C. Dewick
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 20:29

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"mindesign" <seriph_I_SAID_NO_BLOODY_SPAM@consultant.com> writes:

>I sit on several forums that I find terrific value - one for Subaru has 
>saved my arse more than once in addition to giving me vital info regarding 
>turbo charger plumbing etc. Another is a woodworking forum that is totally 
>brilliant. This forum has provided materials, sales, great hints, and 
>allowed me to help others with my particular skills.

>In addition, they have files areas, photo sections and a range of other 
>things that mean value to their members.

>All this is too hard because I have to log in? Good on ya

Other people have used the analogy of Yahoo - I use phpBB deliberately
because it is *not* yahoo and does not force you to accept annoying banner
adds or google-style 'targetted' link advertising.

phpBB is free, very well supported, and very extensible. I've got no
problems adding additional forums, etc. based on what people ask for.

It's simple enough - if you are serious about your rail-related hobby and
you would like to use any of the forums I have set up, registering takes
less than 5 minutes and that gives unlimited access to all the forums.

Regards,

Craig.

-- 
Craig Dewick - Professional Train Manager (RailCorp) + HO Scale Rail Modeller
http://www.railzone.org -- Check out the RailZone Online Forums! Send email to
craigd@lios.apana.org.au -- RailCorp Train Crew Council: http://www.rctcc.org
Oz Rail Safety List: http://lios.apana.org.au/mailman/listinfo/aus_rail_safety

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