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Dave_K.:
Ok, I'll make a suggestion. How about we open a "newbie" forum (and make it the first in the list). Of course, this will demand more work upon the moderators to move over posts which are redundant, easily found in the FAQ, and so on...but it could cut down on some of the redundancy in the main board. After all, BYOAC has always been friendly to newbies and lurkers, lets try to not alienate them with harsh comments on the main board...and give them a place to express their...newness ;D

Jakobud:
I think that not just a newbie forum needs to be added, but perhaps a few other forums and get rid of the 'main' forum. I have expressed this opinion on here before, but anyways....it seems like tons of stuff just gets 'randomly' posted in the 'main' forum because

1. It's the first forum people see and they are too lazy to consider if their post should go elsewhere or

2. the post doesn't have a specific forum for it to go into.

If we got rid of the main forum and created a few more forums then it would be much much MUCH easier for everyone to find threads/posts that they want. I hate going into the main forum looking for some recent thread about trackballs and half to wade through posts about lightguns, cabinet construction, 'whats your favorite game?' and 'are these computer specs fast enough?'..... I think that adding new forums and getting rid of the main forum will organize things MUCH better and it would help point everyone, especially newbs in the right direction. Here are some ideas for forums off the top of my head:

1. Newbie forum
2. Software Forum
3. Jukebox, MP3
4. Everything Else
5. Board Discussion
6. Monitor,Video
7. Buy Sell Trade
8. Controls/Hardware Hacking/Encoders
9. Cabinet construction/woodworking
10. Artwork

There are probably others but these are just off the top of my head.

What do you guys (particularly you moderators/admins) think about this sort of idea? I am just really into organization and I like this idea b/c it makes it easy for people to find what they are looking for.

Dave_K.:
I fully agree Jackobud. Much better grouping of topics. Unfortunally I have a feeling that the majority of people here are far to lazy (and will not like this idea)...including the moderators. :P

Howard_Casto:

--- Quote from: Dartful Dodger on February 18, 2003, 06:05:27 pm ---
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on February 11, 2003, 01:42:20 am ---You are giving people the benefit of the doubt. I agree with the others in that newbs are just too lazy to check first. I was b*tching about this very same subject just a few weeks ago.

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So what your actually saying is, not only did you post the same thing that was already posted by others, but reposting something you yourself had already posted a few weeks ago.

Is this only obvious to me?

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No I was complaining about it on the chatroom. Don't push the blame on me as I NEVER post redundant questions or comments.

saint:
Well, the zing at the moderator's aside... I'm not totally adverse to the idea. It essentially follows a similar breakdown to the various sections of the faq itself.

However, I personally feel over moderation is as detrimental to an online community as under moderation, and have expressed that to everyone who helps out here.

Mulling it over...

--- saint

--- Quote from: Dave_K. on March 20, 2003, 04:12:31 pm ---I fully agree Jackobud. Much better grouping of topics. Unfortunally I have a feeling that the majority of people here are far to lazy (and will not like this idea)...including the moderators. :P

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