Well obviously there are some that want it, else this thread wouldn't be here.
I'm managing expectation - it isn't going to happen
Fair play I just thought squiff might of liked to try his luck again... apparently not.
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Question for the forum on a possible new section...
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Fair play I just thought squiff might of liked to try his luck again... apparently not.
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I think you lose people when you make sub forums. If there were a large number of literature threads then it may warrant it.
As for cooking, it would be nice to have a sticky with a link to recipes/recipe name to be able to view them all at once when unsure of something nice to make. Although this needs someone to first of all make it and second of all continue to update it.
As for cooking, it would be nice to have a sticky with a link to recipes/recipe name to be able to view them all at once when unsure of something nice to make. Although this needs someone to first of all make it and second of all continue to update it.
I do agree with that - I thought as there is a large number of people on this forum that I know read it would be interesting, as we could have a book club etc - which would be really interesting, I would love to try and set something like that up, just need some people to be vocal and shout up if they do!
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I don't see why it has to be a sticky. An ongoing thread would surely generate enough interest.
No-one reads stickies, [edit: well timed case in point]and GD is already past the amount of Stickies we usually allow.
Why do you need people to be vocal? If you hang about waiting for someone to say something nothing ever gets done. It is why good ideas often fall by the wayside. Try it, if it works, great! If it doesn't at least you gave it a shot.
If you need a helping hand with anything or thoughts on how the forum would impact/be impacted drop me a mail.
There's a bit of a circular argument to this one. I don't tend to start threads in GD for things like cooking or books simply because I'm sure they'll fall off the front page within a day. For a niche book or a simple recipe, you simply aren't going to get pages and pages of discussion. That's not to say that it's not informative or useful, but in the environment of GD it's largely a waste of time as it'll be gone in a few days.
I suspect I'm not the only one to think this way, and I believe it leads to the perception that they're not that popular otherwise there'd be more of them. If you were to merge photography with GD there wouldn't be nearly as much discussion of photography as there currently is, simply because they would get lost in the mass of unrelated threads that is GD, and people wouldn't bother posting them in the first place.
That's why I think there should be a separate forum that doesn't necessarily just cover a specific topic (cooking, books, puzzles, etc.) but covers niche topics that aren't likely to garner many replies but are genuinely useful or informative. Perhaps a forum that the mods/admin move threads to that they think are suited to it (rather than people being able to start threads there).
So someone starts a cooking thread, mod thinks "that's useful, we should keep it" and moves it to the new forum. People can still reply to the topic but the forum doesn't get cluttered. Kinda like the archive, but active.
I do agree with you a lot - I have contacted Gilly with some thoughts and suggestions on the subject, so I hope we can sort something out soon.
Rich
Dunno - we could have a relationship/love forum and assign all of those threads to that, clearing some of the /**\ from GD.
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i've always wondered why there isnt a arts & literature sub since there a box office and music one .
In that case how are we supposed to differentiate between what isn't popular and what is but isn't posted about?
Would that be a 'general' forum, for discussion then?
First thoughts are - additional moderation, additional room for complaints when someone's thread doesn't get moved.
I'm keeping an open mind on this, but I'm not feeling it.
This has been covered before, you'd find no-one to moderate it.
You wouldn't need too. Just dump all the crap threads in it
.Am sure you could get someone to be the Love Moderator. Or the Loverator, or something
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That's one of the avenues we're going to explore/discuss.
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I've always wondered why there isn't a watch sub forum.
There are 55 threads with book in the title and 206 with watch in the title (OK, a small amount aren't about wristwatches)
There are 55 threads with book in the title and 206 with watch in the title (OK, a small amount aren't about wristwatches)
Make a Relationship forum: Ive always thought that there should be one given the amount of times GD gets filled with threads of this nature.
As one of the long-standing silent members of this forum I'd say that the only new forum should be relationship.
This is kind of a computer forum so a literature subsection might just be a bit slow getting off the ground.
To the OP why dont you create a thread about literature in GD or in Speakers Corner where noteworthy things are supposedly said?
As one of the long-standing silent members of this forum I'd say that the only new forum should be relationship.
This is kind of a computer forum so a literature subsection might just be a bit slow getting off the ground.
To the OP why dont you create a thread about literature in GD or in Speakers Corner where noteworthy things are supposedly said?
What's a book?
if words are not on a screen i have a horrible tendency of ignoring them
I can see it now:
Post 1: Anyone read such and such a book?
Post 2: punch it in the overies tbh
Post 3: I'd hit it!
Post 4: quotes of the two posts above
Maybe GD isn't the right place for banter about literature and the arts.. I think a new subforum would be great
Post 1: Anyone read such and such a book?
Post 2: punch it in the overies tbh
Post 3: I'd hit it!
Post 4: quotes of the two posts above
Maybe GD isn't the right place for banter about literature and the arts.. I think a new subforum would be great