[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] antjmon:
This reminds me of a similar kaiser thread a few months back that Alex started (right before he subsequently quit kaiser cooking I believe). Unfortunately, I dont think anything ever happened as a result. I do wonder who exactly is signing up for doing the work behind the overhaul? Or are we just ranting again? In any events, here are my suggestions:

*edit* some of these have been suggested already, but I had to take a break from typing to do some real work so time has dated me...my apologies.

(a) I really think that there needs to be a separate Chef user class that has complete control over his/her threads in the ROM Discussion sub groups. The chef class would in my mind be able to completely control what gets posted in his or her thread and can actually pre-define limitations (i.e. cant post unless they have a 30 day membership etc.) The chef should also be able to delete posts, ban offensive people, and generally tidy up his or her own thread imo.

(b) speaking of classes, why must the class of a user be determined by post count? I have a couple of hundred posts, but I only do so everynow and then. For awhile I had more posts that a Jimmy_McVee (s.p.?) or aruppenthal did...but they obviously do more than I do...likewise, should I consider myself on the same level as qsqa?!? I work in academia, and I do not get promoted (tenure) unless my peers grant it to me. I may be biased, but I think a similar method would work better here...but I'm not sure about how to implement that though.

(c) I'm not really in favor of a "quiz" but I'd like to see some limitations that people cant post at all unless a cookie has been established at some point that validates certain webpages have been viewed for more than 1 second (good candidate would be HARD-SPL threads, wiki's, radios, CDMAvsGSM etc.) Secondly the user cannot create new threads unless a cookie with the exact same thread title verifies that a search has been conducted within that user's current session. Alternatively, a milder version would be to simply add somewhere hidden in the control panel a dial of some sorts that says (a) I have not read the sticky (default) about custom roms or whatever(b) I have read the sticky and applied HARD-SPL etc. The confirmation of this and saving it in the control panel would grant the user the permissions detailed above.

(d) Can some of the programmers put together a bot that automatically serves as a moderator that closes/deletes the new threads like "can I flash this qsqa rom on my sprint touch pro" or "help?!? my Fn buttons are out of whack"

(e) Lastly, tied for my favorite idea (along with letter B) is could a voting system not be implemented where if "User John" posts an obviously stupid question, his post can be flagged by Senior Members (worth 2 points) Members (worth 1 point) and junior members (worth 0.5 point). If said posted accumulates within 2 hours a total of 5 points, the post is automatically deleted, 8 points (the right to create a new thread is temp suspended) and reoccuring offenders be BANNED!!!

I doubt anything will change because we former Kaiser users have been through the same thing; however, I'd love to see something happen.

PS - for what its worth, I almost think the best way to handle an ignorant lazy noob question is to ignore it.

PSA - Have any of the other mods asked the Alex's, Leo's, and other Chefs what route they think would work best? They are kinda at ground zero ya know?