Neil Gendzwill wrote:
wrote:

At least boardreviews.com doesn't suppress the negatives, unlike most
snowboarding magazines. Getting straight critical dope is the biggest
advantage of rider reviews.

True. But I'm just saying I don't find it particularly useful as the
good info is lost in the noise of all the people pimping their one and
only ride.

Fair enough. Of course, you already know a lot more than the newbies.

There's a number of other forums just as good or better.

"Just as good" doesn't really matter, since the FAQ needs only one such
link (or none at all, depending on what Dave thinks). As to "better,"
e.g.?

For my taste, bomberonline trumps them all.

Sure, but that's a highly specialized site. How many FAQ-reading
newbies are going to start out as hard-booting carvers? Plus, a carving
site is already listed.

But there's lots of people
online at tws or burton, and probably a bunch more I can't be bothered
to read.

Burton = manufacturer site; probably better to choose something that's
more neutral so the FAQ won't appear to be making endorsements. There's
no perfect choice; I think the site I suggested is probably as good as
any, which is all that's needed. But if another really good site were
used instead, that would be fine too.

There do not appear to be specific subforums dedicated to these topics,
but if you search for information on them, you'll find some. E.g.:
http://snowboard.colonies.com/forums/topic/8938/

That thread died a quick death with very little discussion.

Besides, the FAQ already includes the link to www.alpinecarving.com.
Seems to me that this topic, at least, is covered.

I was just making the point that your statement that you can find
threads on any topic you can think of is not true.

If you want to take my statement of praise literally, you are certainly
correct. But no forum anywhere can live up to that standard. I bet no
forum has a long and wonderfully detailed thread on my first board, a
Zuma Wave. Doesn't mean there're not great discussion places.

So if you want to
point to that place as the one true forum, not so much. Best to either
make a list, or leave the links out entirely.

Since there is no "one true forum," the issue IMO is whether it might
be helpful to a newbie for him or her to be guided directly to a site
that's reasonably easy to use, has a ton of information, and has
opportunities to ask more questions with the hope of getting prompt
responses. Suggesting such a site doesn't mean that readers should go
there and nowhere else. (They should come here, too.) Making a long
list of sites so nothing gets left out is a pain, as I think Dave
points out. This is a case of the perfect's being the enemy of the
good: if we can't give newbies every discussion group link, we
shouldn't give them any?

OK, I've given my view of this now, and Dave can decide how to handle
it. The FAQ will survive either way.

Joe Ramirez