a forum with instructions and parts lists of operating cars and accessories

Good grief!!!!! Not another forum!!!!!

I see where this would be a great addition to the O gauge forum.

I agree. The search engine used on OGR is okay, not great. So having a smaller subset to search on would help by producing fewer hits. However this place seems to be concerned about copyright issues, so it probably won’t happen.

@texgeekboy posted:

However this place seems to be concerned about copyright issues, so it probably won’t happen.

OGR management has a clear reason to be.  Lawsuits have been threatened by copyright holders over unlicensed use of their assets.  Most of us don't want OGR shut down because of a copyright violation.

We tread a fine line here.  On one hand there are many folks here who help solve very specific problems, which usually requires knowledge that comes from the copyrighted material at some point.  We often share this experience and are freely allowed to do so.  On rare occasions we may also share scanned tidbits from the material.

But putting a large repository of copyrighted material online, or even putting out more than we currently do, won't likely pass muster with copyright law.

Mike

@texgeekboy posted:

I agree. The search engine used on OGR is okay, not great. So having a smaller subset to search on would help by producing fewer hits. However this place seems to be concerned about copyright issues, so it probably won’t happen.

Use Google search of a single site, it frequently works better than the site search.  Click on the link for more details.

Use Google to Search Within a Single Website

@gunrunnerjohn,

I was not familiar with that option, thanks.  I use DuckDuckGo and it has that feature as well.

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

Use Google search of a single site, it frequently works better than the site search.  Click on the link for more details.

Use Google to Search Within a Single Website

Every time I have Googled an item this Forum always shows up general as one of the first reference.

This is fundamentally a good idea. A lot of us keep file folders of parts, parts suppliers, schematics and instruction sheets; and would be willing to share.

@Mellow Hudson Mike raises a valid point. The possible solution would be for someone ambitious to create a wiki, blog, or google-drive location outside of the ogaugerr domain to place the material or have URL pointers where the material can be located.

@Bruce Brown posted:

This is fundamentally a good idea. A lot of us keep file folders of parts, parts suppliers, schematics and instruction sheets; and would be willing to share.

@Mellow Hudson Mike raises a valid point. The possible solution would be for someone ambitious to create a wiki, blog, or google-drive location outside of the ogaugerr domain to place the material or have URL pointers where the material can be located.

But who's to do it?

Nothing is so easy as the job you imagine someone else doing!

@texgeekboy posted:

...However this place seems to be concerned about copyright issues, so it probably won’t happen.

OGR has already been sued once over a copyright issue, and it cost the company a pretty penny!

Don't you think they have a right to be concerned?

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

But who's to do it?

Didn't you just volunteer?

@Rich Melvin,

I never said they shouldn't.  What I said was this place was concerned.  Some places are not so concerned.