2. I'm down with the idea of simplifying/paring down the forum subsections, or for providing a "search" function for threads that get lost in the haystack. How many times have I been weeding through the forum sections trying to find a black cat in a dark room that wasn't there...
Well there's a search function, but sadly it isn't that good.
Here's how I would change the organization of forums:
1) I would elimante the "International Zone" section altogether. "Global Basketball" can be simply be made a child forum of "Around the NBA". The section is rarely used and doesn't deserve to be a parent forum. No one uses "Foros en Español", and I mean no one. It's quite useless. But people want to keep it regardless, then just move it to the "Other Discussions" section.
We elimanted a section that is very rarely used, but still clutters the main forum page.
2) Move "Entertainment" from being a child forum of "Off Topic", and make it a parent forum in the "Other Discussions" section. That forum gets a bit of used, and its potential is being highly hindered by being a child forum. While we're at it, the child forum "Other Entertainment" should be eliminated, it serves no purpose. Its thread should be moved to the main "Entertainment" portion. Also if needed be, you can easily combine "TV Shows" and "Movies" child forums into one, but I'm fine as they are.
The main problem with the "Entertainment" forum being a child of "Off Topic" is that "Entertainment" has many child forums itself and it makes browsing it a bit tedious.
3) I think everyone here can agree that the "Graphics Forum" and "Multimedia Forum" should be merged into one. Really, I don't see the point in keeping them separated, particularly since they don't have a lot of activity.
4) I don't undertand why "Celtics Hall of Fame" is a parent forum. I would make it a child forum of "Community".
5) "Using Celtics Blog" and "Comments & Remarks" should be merged into one. Both sections essentially serve the same purpose, and half the time I don't know in which of the two I should post or where to look for a thread of a certain topic.
I think with all these changes, the forum will look better and will function better. I think most would agree with me on this regard.
And as an aside, I know it has been mentioned quite a few times, but the "Latest Forum Topics" needs to be expanded to atleast 20 threads. That tool is too useful for everyone here to be left as it is.
Just a guess. Maybe Jeff has growth plans for some of the forums that you are looking to limit and has already thought of some of the other ideas for the areas that are in current growth but haven't been changed to "Parent" forums yet.
I can see that with "CB Hall of Fame". It's fine where it is to tell the truth.
As for the "International Zone" I just done see it. I know there are interests to expand and attract other markets, but it simply isn't happening. There's little to no interest here for those types of discussion to warrant a full "International Zone" section. Move the forums somewhere else and see if eventually an interest in the occurs, but I don't see it at the moment. It's an entire section populated by two forums that are for the most part unused.
I would have little problem with it if it were at the bottom of the page, but it's right there in the middle, pushing other sections that are of higher interest to the bottom. It simply isn't practical at the moment. And I'm a Spanish speaker, so in all I'm kinda one of the guys you're targeting with those sections.
As for the rest, I think my observations are spot on, and should improve the overall organization and more importantly the discussion.
I dont really get it, is searching for topics really that difficult that people are overly conscerned with parent forums. If you are looking for a topic and know that its not in the international forum why does it bother you that its there? I dont get it, I have never had a problem navigating here
It really is, and you notice it when threads fall from the "Latest Forum Topics" the discussion stops in many instances.
This is easily observed in the Entertainment forum for example, since in order to read a thread in "Television" or "Movies" you would need 3 clicks to arrive. Those two sections are decently used, and some don't bother giving those extra clicks to see what is going on. Also, when one posts in a child forum inside Entertainment, the "Last Post" isn't updated in "Off Topic". It's a small thing, but a small thing here and a small thing there accummulates. In all I see good potential in regards to improving discussion inside the Entertainment forum with the simple move of promoting it to a parent forum, particularly important because of the abundace of child forums inside Entertainment.
It would cut down clicks by one, and in some instances by two.
As for the International Forum, well see my comments above. It pushes the forums of interest further down the page, it clutters the main page unncessarily, and honestly it kinda looks bad to have a full section with so little discussion.
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