I posted this a week or so ago buried in another thread but due to the resounding lack of anyone noticing it I thought I'd put it in it's own thread just in case...

I have an idea about a shared resource for this forum using del.icio.us as a basis.
I know Chop spends time maintaining a good list of manufacturers/builders/shops/etc but since tinkering with del.icio.us recently I really think setting up a Folding bike resource for this forum with useful links grouped by type/relevance could become a really valuable resource for anyone coming to the site - new or old.

For those that don't know - Del.icio.us is a so-called 'Web 2.0' site where you can add, group and share links. The important bit is the 'tags' that one adds to the links, so that one can embed specific information to find links from a set of user defined ones really easily. What's also cool is you can see who else is linking to the same things and maybe find new things via them.

So if I added my Raleigh site (for an easy example) I would tag it "raleigh, 406, folder, vintage, conversion, sram-s7, phil.wood, un-72, fixed.gear" and so on.

Then you could look for "raleigh.twenty+phil.wood" and find links to all the sites that have been submitted and tagged that cover both those things. Or "downtube+user.conversions"; or "merc+reviews" etc etc...

See here as an example:
http://del.icio.us/littlepixel/bikes
http://del.icio.us/littlepixel/bikes+twenty
http://del.icio.us/littlepixel/bikes+manufacturers

I haven't sorted all my tags yet but you get the idea.

I think as a shared resource—of external links and of good posts here—built up over time by the good people here, it could become a great supplementary addition to the forum.

What do people think?
(small tumbleweed blows across page)

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sounds good, but more work.