Subtle
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Post by Subtle on Oct 19, 2007 22:01:13 GMT -5
We have too many under populated boards... I suggest the following.
Combine Elite Authors and Sage discussion into 'Literature'
Combine Trailers and Teasers into Story Advertising, as trailers and teasers are a form of advertising
Combine Fan art with regular artwork
Move fan Characters to a character registration sub board
Move anime and Manga to the arts header
Move Music to the arts header
Move history rps to a sub board under serious RPs
Move humor rps to a sub board under Serious RPs
Rename Serious RPs to RPs
Make a new sub board under character registration for miscellaneous things. Registering a race, a important kind of weapons, a universe. Whatever we would need to keep in a public place.
Move roleplaying higher up on the overall list of things, as it's the main draw of the board. Move the archives down to the bottom.
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Post by Ninmast on Oct 20, 2007 1:09:47 GMT -5
As someone is fond of saying when it serves his cause, we have all of maybe 20 members, only half of which are regularly active in a given section. Underpopulated seems something of a relative thing.
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Post by Teh Donut on Oct 20, 2007 3:37:02 GMT -5
Like with the rules, I don't think this is an issue of population, rather than reducing redundancy and condensing the boards for a cleaner look. The thing is, we have this meticulously crafted, divided, and subdivided board with specific sections for everything under the sun.
For an underpopulated board of ten regular members, that seems relatively...over structured. We even have sections that have no posts whatsoever; negative posts, in fact. I think what Subtle's suggesting is along the exact same lines as what I did with the rules.
I suggest "Literature Discussion", not just "Literature". The entire section's about literature.
I agree with most everything that has been suggested. I'm loathe to consider Anime and Manga on the same scale as artwork and literature, but that's a discussion for another day...Other Stuff, fine, subboard of Entertainment, okay...Art? Meh...
And though I like where Music is, I understand what you're getting at, and agree.
However, by moving "Fan Art" and "Fan Characters", you've emptied the Fan section. Should we move "Fan Universes" to Roleplays then, and rename it?
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Post by This One on Oct 20, 2007 8:04:33 GMT -5
I'm not sure about putting manga and anime under the art section. Maybe entertainment.
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Post by Ninmast on Oct 20, 2007 11:56:13 GMT -5
It's not that I disagree with him. For the most part, I feel the same way, and have made similar recommendations in the past. Micro-management seems to be an issue here, however, and while condensing and rearranging some things would be good, other things ... not so much.
I agree with combining Elite Authors and Saga Discussion.
I agree with throwing Trailers and Teasers into Story Advertisement.
I disagree with combining fan art and art work, because they serve different purposes. One is for original art, while one is for fan art. Perhaps they should all go under Literature and the Arts, perhaps, but they should still be separate boards.
I disagree with moving fan characters to the RP section as a Character Registration sub-board. Fan characters are not meant for RP use. They're to describe characters that are in our fanfiction. Again, the thread's function is entirely different from the function of the area he wants to move it to.
Anime and Manga should not be under the Art section. They should go under the Entertainment section.
Music should have been put in Literature and the Arts as soon as it was changed to Literature and the Arts, but it's been in General Discussion so long, you may have trouble convincing people of that.
History, Humor and Serious RPs should NOT be combined! They cover three entirely different themes and none of them are subject to the same rules as either of the other two. That would only serve to make managing them even more chaotic.
Race Registration is already there, but there's no need to register weapons. Those should be described in the character's own profile, and Universe would be severely underused, since we almost always use a generic one.
The archives aren't standalone. They're in the admin section. And that section needs to stay up top. The RP section is hardly buried, and everyone can find it. Besides, as it is, people can browse the other sections on their way down, possibly increasing activity there as things catch their eye.
Just my two cents, thought it might help if I went through them all specifically.
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Post by EJP on Oct 20, 2007 13:50:28 GMT -5
I think nothing needs to be changed other than adding a Jokes board.
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Subtle
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Post by Subtle on Oct 20, 2007 16:36:51 GMT -5
Just make joke threads in the quote section or something.
Perhaps we can just merge all the fan boards into one and put it under entertainment?
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Post by Ninmast on Oct 20, 2007 16:54:42 GMT -5
No, I don't think it should be combined into a single board, that'd be a colossal mess, and if it should be "combined" with anything, it would go to Literature and the Arts, but I think it's fine just where it is.
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