I dont disagree at all. I just wonder if tags could help drive people to it and let us use naming that is actually accurate and useful for the long haul. I wonder if naming it just Defender and changing the other one to Old Defender would be the best option and most accurate option.

 

A name change for the section makes sense to me. And I can see an argument for and against the suggestions being made.

This reminds me of a Porsche forum I frequent. There are many iterations of the 911 in which they use internal codes such as 964,997,991,992. This is how the different sub forums are titled on that site. Since I’m a big Porsche fan, all of those make perfect sense to me, and every other Porsche guy I know. And are easily searchable.

 

I agree and feel that's a spot on description. I am/was new to the Defender market - my current purchase being my first one. I would never intrinsically understand the nuance of "L663" as a forum title in searching for information. Naming for Novices and Newbies is an important consideration not to be overlooked.

Having run computer & motorcycle forums in years past, plain language is generally best for forum category titles (akin to here at LandRoverForums). As to Defender forum names, generally search friendly plain language is again best. Defender 2020+ (or similar) yields a distinction between material model year distinctions for novices (like myself) and veterans. Also allows for yet another iteration of Defender revisions for future forum(s); example Defender 2050+ or to designate year ranges in the title Defender 2020-2050, etc. Such nuances evolve over time in my experience and forum names are adjusted accordingly.

Reminds me of various Triumph motorcycle forums. A distinct is required between Pre-Hinckley and Post-Hinckley built Triumphs. Within Post-Hinckley there is a further distinction between models (tiger, sprint, thruxton, etc) and carbureted verses fuel injected engine model year distinctions within the models. Things can get tricky but they're all distinguishable by model name and year or year ranges.

Keep it simple, clear, non-technical.

 

​​​​​​I was thinking the same thing - totally agree!

 

L663 is going to be more encompassing than 2020 Defender which is extremely specific.

I think a survey is in order. Not sure how to do that here so I'll leave it to the experts.

Maybe we can spend the time in this thread writing up alternatives to what we have

2020 Defender: Change to

• L663 Defender
• New Defender
• __________________ (You're next up)
• __________________
• __________________