Flight Sim Best Resources List

[Garry]

Hi good people,

I strongly believe that there is a need for a site that lists the Top 100 Flight Sim sites (Microsoft sims) that have been voted into their positions by honest and well managed processes. A site that can have credibility and achieve a meaningful list of user voted excellent resource providers available to the simming community.

So many members of our community have expended lots of time and effort, and sometimes money, finding out, often the hard way, that there is a finite number of sites that actually provide good resources for our Simming needs. Having a resouce list of the best that we, the patrons, have identified and voted for as simmers would be a valuable starting point for new simmers and excellent cross reference for the experienced simmer.

I know it has been done before, but through apathy or cheating these sites have fallen into "questionable" territory.

But with a dedicated management outlook and vigilance by the management of the processes within the site we could ultimately have a very valuable resource for our community.

Therefore, I have set up a new site - http://topflightsimsite.gotop100.com/ to try and create the foundations of an appropriately managed web site servicing the simming community with a meaningful list of safe sites that provide quality resources that simmers believe is relevant to their needs.

Yes, it could be inferred that I have self motivation for this new site - of course I have, I run 4 major sites related to flight simming under my management.

However, I am willing to hand over the entire thing to a person who can afford the time to police the "applicants" and eliminate the cheats and false applications not related to providing a genuine resource to the simming community.

This would require prompt responses to application requests - at least a daily sweep of the participants to ensure that all is above board and no obvious cheating is taking place - despite some heavy code up front some can find ways around it. Vigilance would be required almost on a daily basis. And to actively promote the Top Site listing to keep it prominent as a resource list for all simmers to find and use.

I have absolutely no problems in my sites being anywhere within the list - as long as all participating sites are all in positions fairly and honestly voted to be in their positions within the list.

In a nutshell, three things:

(1) - Need genuine service provider web sites (of which there are lots out there) to add their sites to the listing - simply click on the "Add Your site" or "Your site here" text links all over the place on http://topflightsimsite.gotop100.com/ Takes about 10 minutes to fill in the application and even less to add a button with a link to vote site for their web page.

This list can be expanded to Top 200 as/if required. And the list resets every 60 days - but that can be changed as well if needed.

(2) - most importantly - need simmers to recognise that their vote is important to the entire simming community - their opinion counts and all simmers benefit with access to a genuine quality resource listing.

(3) - Need someone who has the time to take over the administration of the site and to manage it to ensure that the simming community has a quality list of the best resources available to the simming community.

If we all work together on this we could create a meaningful, safe and valuable resource listing that is to the benefit of all simmers, both new and experienced.

OK - off my soap box - interested in comments and feedback to this thread.


Regards Garry J. Smith