Forum splitting poll

Boron · #1 September 14th, 2004, 07:54 PM

I voted other by even more than 3 subBoards .

I think a good reference how it could look is the board from paradoxentertainment for their games .

They have 5-6 subBoards like :
- Bug reporting
- Technical questions
- Mp
- AAR
- Modding board
- FaQ board

Those are the subBoards and the big board is the general board where the game is discussed .
All subBoards have several subBoards too like one for every bigger mod where only that mod is discussed .

It is probably too much work but I think Paradox's board design is optimal .

Ironhawk · #2 September 14th, 2004, 08:15 PM

Having many subBoards sounds logical, but socially it is a bad thing. It splits up the community too much, IMO. A forum split of any kind should only be considered if the traffic of any forum is being overtaken by one particular subject. Only then is it "cost-effective" so to speak.

BTW, Arryn I'm curious why you listed this as a forum split poll. Werent you going to do a poll on SP/MP to get a feel for what the makeup of the channel was?

Arryn · #3 September 14th, 2004, 09:09 PM

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Ironhawk said:
BTW, Arryn I'm curious why you listed this as a forum split poll. Werent you going to do a poll on SP/MP to get a feel for what the makeup of the channel was?

Pickles actually made the poll you're referring to, saving me the trouble.

deccan · #4 September 14th, 2004, 11:54 PM

I vote for no split at all. The Dom2 community isn't that big. Personally, if the Boards had been split into an MP / non-MP areas, I'd say that I would have taken far longer to start joining MP games.

Esben Mose Hansen · #5 September 15th, 2004, 04:33 AM

I don't think the traffic warrants additional forums.

Arryn · #6 September 15th, 2004, 04:52 AM

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Esben Mose Hansen said:
I don't think the traffic warrants additional forums.

{JOKE} Aren't you just a tad biased? After all, it's mainly your most-excellent web server that spurred all the MP threads that now "clutter" this once-tidy Q&A forum ... {/JOKE} [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Cheese.gif[/img]

Gandalf Parker · #7 September 16th, 2004, 10:21 AM

For me its not so much the traffic, but if people arent using the forums that are already here then Im not sure if splitting would help. I wouldnt mind one just for maps so that my threads didnt disappear so fast, but Im not sure that posting them somewhere else would help all that much if no one goes there and sees them.

For the people who DO feel there should be more forums...
Making a bunch of forums and having them empty is not really a problem. I can do that. Not like it would cause much extra load on the system to have them there. But what about the chicken/egg thing? (I dont post there becuase no one reads that one, I dont read that one because no one Posts there)
Does that mean they would be in favor of a moderator moving the AAR's to the PbEM forum which already exists? and move the OT threads to the Shrapnel.General forum which already exists?