Congratulations, Loonbeam

Loonbeam, congratulations on your new designation as a destination expert. The title only recognizes what regular users of the forum have always known.

Congratulations, Loonbeam

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I shall try hard to live up to the examples of those who have come before me...

BTW, to my fellow DEs (and all posters), over the next month or so I would like to put together an FAQ referencing past posts on popular topics) and a few we%26#39;ll make as needed..

Topics I have thought of already...

1%26gt; Getting around Philly - Do I need a car, parking, the Phlash

2%26gt; Philly Neighborhoods - What are they?

3%26gt; Summary of the historical district

4%26gt; Can%26#39;t Miss to-sees

5%26gt; Off the beaten track

6%26gt; A list of museums and their areas of focus...

7%26gt; Hotel Zones (Old City, Art Museum, etc)

Any other suggestions will be welcome.

Congratulations, Loonbeam

It would be nice if we could have a ';sticky'; for the FAQ so people will see it before they post questions.

That has been requested... Not sure if we will get it...

Congrats!

Regarding your FAQ idea- I%26#39;ve written or edited articles on the ';Inside'; pages. The problem is that I don%26#39;t think anyone looks at them. A FAQ Sticky would be the way to go, but TA has to give us the ability. I guess we could create an FAQ as a message and then just keep bumping it so it stays on top.

Not sure yet, when they told me I was a DE they encouraged me to create an FAQ, and gave me the NYC one as a sample, and that%26#39;s a sticky, so I am going to ask for the same :)

My 2 cents worth:

I think the FAQ is a great idea, with a couple of cautions. 1)Loonbeam%26#39;s list of topics is excellent, but I don%26#39;t think we should expand much beyond those. In my opinion, the NYC sticky is too long. At a certain point, the term FAQ becomes meaningless and not as useful.

2) I%26#39;ve seen responders on other forums rather curtly refer nearly every question to the FAQ or previous posts. I know that those of us who watch this forum a lot may see the same questions asked repeatedly, but much of the appeal of TA is the personal touch which I don%26#39;t think we should lose.

Hope this doesn%26#39;t come across as a school marm%26#39;s lecture. Just a couple of concerns I have based on some bad precedents elsewhere.

Tom,

I agree with you. The problem with an FAQ is that we may as well not be here. But certain things can be in there- we just need to be selective. The ';best cheesesteak'; question can definitely be in there AFAIAC.

My goal is to give general information, then have them come to us for specifics. One thing we don%26#39;t have to deal with is the sheer volume of the NYC or Orlando forums..

My hope is that if we say ';Here%26#39;s a list of hotels in the historic district';, they will come back and say, okay, of X and Y, which one is better for me because....

Loonbeam,

I%26#39;ve been away from the board for almost a week, so I am glad the powers that be at TA gave you the title you so deserve here on this board.

Congratulations! I think that what you are discussing is a great idea - but I also agree the one on the NYC forum is way too long.

Suzanne

I%26#39;m going to set up a separate message board for the DEs to build it, then we can put it together and submit

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