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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3090166, member: 112"]Bad idea - here's why. Over the years a lot of folks have bookmarked that page, that list created by geekpryde. And there are also several other threads that contained a link to that list. And by moving it like you did - you just made all those bookmarks and links no good anymore. So, I undid what you did and put it back where it was.</p><p><br /></p><p>What you were trying to do was be helpful because it sounded like a good idea, and you're to be commended for that. But, you forgot the law of unintended consequences.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, this is why we don't move threads and posts around. Moving a new post or a new thread because it needs to be moved or because the OP asked that it be moved - is one thing, and that is OK to do. Nobody will have had time yet to create bookmarks or place links to those posts/threads in other threads so nothing will be lost of harmed by moving it. But once a post of thread has been someplace for a while, even a few days - it needs to stay there.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I'm posting this here not to correct you, that is not my intention at all. I'm posting it here so everybody else will understand why things should not and cannot be moved around just because it sounds like a good idea.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would also point out that a link and a note to geekpryde's thread is already provided in the thread started by National Dealer all those years ago. So anybody and everybody can already access it in the FAQ section. Doing it that way keeps everything in 1 place.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3090166, member: 112"]Bad idea - here's why. Over the years a lot of folks have bookmarked that page, that list created by geekpryde. And there are also several other threads that contained a link to that list. And by moving it like you did - you just made all those bookmarks and links no good anymore. So, I undid what you did and put it back where it was. What you were trying to do was be helpful because it sounded like a good idea, and you're to be commended for that. But, you forgot the law of unintended consequences. Anyway, this is why we don't move threads and posts around. Moving a new post or a new thread because it needs to be moved or because the OP asked that it be moved - is one thing, and that is OK to do. Nobody will have had time yet to create bookmarks or place links to those posts/threads in other threads so nothing will be lost of harmed by moving it. But once a post of thread has been someplace for a while, even a few days - it needs to stay there. And I'm posting this here not to correct you, that is not my intention at all. I'm posting it here so everybody else will understand why things should not and cannot be moved around just because it sounds like a good idea. I would also point out that a link and a note to geekpryde's thread is already provided in the thread started by National Dealer all those years ago. So anybody and everybody can already access it in the FAQ section. Doing it that way keeps everything in 1 place.[/QUOTE]
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