Get rid of the damned forum sprawl.

QreepyBORIS · 08-20-2005, 06:23 PM

Look at the amount of Forum Sections there are. There's a lot. Too many. Far too many--and this can be solved pretty easily.

For example, do the Stepmania and DWI sections have to be separate? No. Merge them. Then, do the Pump It Up! and Other Music games sections have to be separate? Certainly not. Merge them, as well.

Do we need a Garbage Bin? Hell no. It's just a postwhoring mania. It's like Chit Chat, but even more inane and stupid. The same goes for Games Forum...either nerge these two, or get rid of both completely. They serve no purpose on this site--furthermore, Garbage Bin stupidity has this odd tendency to spill out into all the other forum sections, with stupidity flying everywhere. Either pull a Chardish and make the Garbage Bin bearable (and name it Chit Chat R2 [this is a joke]), or delete it completely.

Now, here is a more controvercial idea, but it serves its purpose. Merge Statis PlayGround and 32 bit RGB Forum sections. Neither of them are terribly active, and they're both similar things. Therefore, they work well together.

Here's something that I don't even know if I would like it, but do you think it would be a good idea to merge FFR Suggestions and FFR Bugreport? Maybe not. Perhaps Bug Report and FFR General would do. I don't know.

But there's a lot that could be done. Seriosuly.

EDIT: Oh, man, how could I forget? The Garbage Bin Archive serves even less purpose than the Garbage Bin. Get rid of it.

The Dead Zone. Either put ALL THE DEAD THREADS in it, or get rid of it. It's just taking up space, and moderators and administrators almost never add old threads to it. The additions are few and far between, not to mention pretty arbitrary as well.

Tps222 · 08-20-2005, 06:27 PM

I don't think it is too bad. Though, I agree with your simulator combinations.

Afrobean · 08-20-2005, 06:36 PM

While I do agree with you mostly in principle, it doesn't really matter, so I don't think this should be done. Sure the forums are more cluttered this way with extra forums, but they're also grouped absolutely correctly.

**lightdarkness** · 08-20-2005, 06:40 PM

The garbage bin will never be deleted. It was once before, and Synth got mad cause it's apart of FFR history. It's gotten a lot better over the last few months.

We have combined a few forums earlier this year, I guess we can look into combining some further. I don't really see anyone complaining about the number of forums (suggesting isn't complaining

), so it isn't really a priority.

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08-20-2005, 06:23 PM	#1
QreepyBORIS FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: It is a mystery. Age: 33 Posts: 7,454	Get rid of the damned forum sprawl. Look at the amount of Forum Sections there are. There's a lot. Too many. Far too many--and this can be solved pretty easily. For example, do the Stepmania and DWI sections have to be separate? No. Merge them. Then, do the Pump It Up! and Other Music games sections have to be separate? Certainly not. Merge them, as well. Do we need a Garbage Bin? Hell no. It's just a postwhoring mania. It's like Chit Chat, but even more inane and stupid. The same goes for Games Forum...either nerge these two, or get rid of both completely. They serve no purpose on this site--furthermore, Garbage Bin stupidity has this odd tendency to spill out into all the other forum sections, with stupidity flying everywhere. Either pull a Chardish and make the Garbage Bin bearable (and name it Chit Chat R2 [this is a joke]), or delete it completely. Now, here is a more controvercial idea, but it serves its purpose. Merge Statis PlayGround and 32 bit RGB Forum sections. Neither of them are terribly active, and they're both similar things. Therefore, they work well together. Here's something that I don't even know if I would like it, but do you think it would be a good idea to merge FFR Suggestions and FFR Bugreport? Maybe not. Perhaps Bug Report and FFR General would do. I don't know. But there's a lot that could be done. Seriosuly. EDIT: Oh, man, how could I forget? The Garbage Bin Archive serves even less purpose than the Garbage Bin. Get rid of it. The Dead Zone. Either put ALL THE DEAD THREADS in it, or get rid of it. It's just taking up space, and moderators and administrators almost never add old threads to it. The additions are few and far between, not to mention pretty arbitrary as well. __________________ Signature subject to change. THE ZERRRRRG.

08-20-2005, 06:27 PM	#2
Tps222 FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Age: 33 Posts: 6,167	RE: Get rid of the damned forum sprawl. I don't think it is too bad. Though, I agree with your simulator combinations.

08-20-2005, 06:36 PM	#3
Afrobean Admiral in the Red Army Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the moon Age: 36 Posts: 13,262	RE: Get rid of the damned forum sprawl. While I do agree with you mostly in principle, it doesn't really matter, so I don't think this should be done. Sure the forums are more cluttered this way with extra forums, but they're also grouped absolutely correctly. __________________

08-20-2005, 06:40 PM	#4
lightdarkness Summer!! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: New York Age: 35 Posts: 11,308	RE: Get rid of the damned forum sprawl. The garbage bin will never be deleted. It was once before, and Synth got mad cause it's apart of FFR history. It's gotten a lot better over the last few months. We have combined a few forums earlier this year, I guess we can look into combining some further. I don't really see anyone complaining about the number of forums (suggesting isn't complaining ), so it isn't really a priority. __________________

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