Do we really need so many forums on the board?

by **vanadium** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 5:32 pm

I guess I'll go first with the moderating then.

As the title says. Would it not be better to combine some of them? Especially in the general section.

by **Malky** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:52 pm

Thanks for comment.

I know some say they feel there are too many forums. It's something that could be looked at.

Malky

by **Bobbie En Tejas** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:54 pm

Good amount of forums, evenly divided by interest. Which do you think should go Vanadium, and why?

by **vanadium** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:40 pm

I'm not sure that speakers corner is needed, its not any different to general. I see its for rants and raves but there are plenty in the general forum. And house of fun, that could be combined with general. I just feel that lots of forum complicate things.

Malky, I see the buttons for moderating. the ones at the bottom left are just images but I found if i hovered my mouse over them, what they do comes up in a wee box.

by **Bobbie En Tejas** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:55 pm

Totally disagree, Vanadium..

But welcome to the forum!

by **general jack o'niell** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:20 pm

is that what you'd call a spanner in the works at play?

by **ionnsaigh** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:29 pm

I think the idea of restricting the amount of forums would be detrimental - Speakers corner is a personal favourite of mine - he who rants and raves. Some posters I imagine give SC a wide berth - yet feel at ease in the general forum - to throw SC in that section - would I fear put some off posting altogether. Maybe I'm wrong I really can't be sure - one thing I know is that I love the corner. Always did hing aboot the corner.

by **Bobbie En Tejas** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:31 pm

I love it too.. always thought it was a brilliant idea :wink:

by **Malky** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:35 pm

I don't think we want to change the number of forums Vanadium, but I can see what you mean about the General forum and Speakers Corner being similar. Oh and welcome to the forum

Malky

by **bill** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:37 pm

I take the opposite view vanadium,putting different forums together would mean that certain posters who only post in specialised threads would have to scroll through a mountain of threads to find what they are looking for.

by **general jack o'niell** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:26 pm

how can you possible make your second post theres too much choice?' what next? restricting the forum to one topic a week? with a lottery to seee who gets to pick the topic? i suppose if the originator got fed up after day two (average thread then) they could always edit and delete other posts to fit a new topic. can't be bothered to add anymore, bare minimum only, this self editing is catchy, i write a sentence, read it, picture the PM, delete it, write another, i can see this working.

i think we should have one forum, two threads "DID YOU?" and "DIDN'T YOU?"

by **Jock Strap** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:46 pm

Why do certain members pick up on the number of posts other members have made?

Point is, there is a point to this post - regardless if they have posted 2 times or 2000 times.

by **general jack o'niell** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:03 pm

simple, because his first ever post was there are too many threads, how can you make such a statement having never taken active part in the forum? his second was that there was no need for speakers corner, same reason? if it had been his 100th or 200th or even 20th, but 1st post ever? sorry, but that i don't take seriously, but then your post on the thread i just started wasn't meant to be taken seriously either, or is the dog out of kicking range?

by **Jock Strap** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:20 pm

general jack o'niell wrote:simple, because his first ever post was there are too many threads, how can you make such a statement having never taken active part in the forum? his second was that there was no need for speakers corner, same reason? if it had been his 100th or 200th or even 20th, but 1st post ever? sorry, but that i don't take seriously, but then your post on the thread i just started wasn't meant to be taken seriously either, or is the dog out of kicking range?

Fair enough, not a dig at you. Was just a general view. People have to start posting sometime, somewhere so what difference does it make as long as they have a point.

but then your post on the thread i just started wasn't meant to be taken seriously either, or is the dog out of kicking range?

Calm down chief, I was genuinely interested but lost you. Hasn't anyone ever said pardon to you before? :wink:

by **vanadium** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:53 pm

general jack o'niell wrote:his first ever post was there are too many threads, how can you make such a statement having never taken active part in the forum? his second was that there was no need for speakers corner, same reason? if it had been his 100th or 200th or even 20th, but 1st post ever? sorry, but that i don't take seriously, but then your post on the thread i just started wasn't meant to be taken seriously either, or is the dog out of kicking range?

Well I think you need to read my first post again. I was commenting on the number of forums, not threads. And i asked the question because many of the topics Ive read could have been posted in any of the forums i mentioned above. Saying that, most of the replies to this post seem to be of a the same opinion as you. they werw a bit more polite about it though :roll:

Do we really need so many forums on the board?

Do we really need so many forums on the board?

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