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Rogerborg
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PostPosted: 17:58 - 07 Sep 2014    Post subject: Pre-populate new Workshop threads with prompts for details Reply with quote
Make and model:
Year:
Mileage:
Last serviced:
Fault symptoms:
Fixes attempted:

(et al)

Posters could still choose to delete that and start a "so basically..." narrative, but it'd save a lot of everyone's time if most folk provided this information up front.
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PostPosted: 18:27 - 07 Sep 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
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The Shaggy D.A.
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PostPosted: 18:30 - 07 Sep 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Plus instaban if the subject is just "HELP!".
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Rogerborg
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PostPosted: 19:00 - 07 Sep 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
The Shaggy D.A. wrote:
Plus instaban if the subject is just "HELP!".

That's universally understood shorthand for "Gilera DNA".
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PostPosted: 19:55 - 07 Sep 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rogerborg wrote:

That's universally understood shorthand for "I de-restricted my Gilera DNA and now it won't work".


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PostPosted: 20:01 - 07 Sep 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Great idea. Takes all the fun out of it.
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Rogerborg
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PostPosted: 08:10 - 08 Sep 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
andy_uk wrote:
That's universally understood shorthand for "I de-restricted my Gilera DNA and now it won't work".

But "Gilera DNA" is just shorthand for that. Wink
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