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RAF Section => Suggestions / Feedback & Issues => Topic started by: adamjared on March 30, 2009, 01:32:02 AM

Title: general and animorphs
Post by: adamjared on March 30, 2009, 01:32:02 AM
why aren't animorphs RP's and fanfiction together like the general RP's and fanfiction are? i think they both should be the same.
Title: Re: general and animorphs
Post by: Richard on March 30, 2009, 11:21:25 AM
Never thought about that... But I see no reason why we should sub-board them like the General category. The reason why they are sub-boarded in the General area is to not give the impression that there are too many boards...

Anyone thinks differently? I know Russell dislikes so many boards in the General category.
Title: Re: general and animorphs
Post by: esplin on March 30, 2009, 11:40:10 AM
I think it makes the section look too big.  Like general is more important then anything else.
Title: Re: general and animorphs
Post by: Liz on March 30, 2009, 04:26:19 PM
Maybe you could combine Animorphs fanfic and RPs, and also combine General v2 and Life Board, if you're worried about the General section being too big.

I don't know about everyone else, but I'm always confused about the difference between General and Life.  The content seems to be pretty similar in both boards.
Title: Re: general and animorphs
Post by: goom on March 30, 2009, 04:29:07 PM
@ liz yeah, same confusion.
http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,2689.0.html http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,2687.0.html http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,2676.msg178237.html#new are all in general, where they could easily be in LIFE.
it's a very grey area.

i think role playing should be it's own section (in general). we could then make child boards (animorphs role playing, mafia etc.) inside it.
Title: Re: general and animorphs
Post by: Richard on March 30, 2009, 04:33:44 PM
Combining the life and general boards is a good idea.
Title: Re: general and animorphs
Post by: goom on March 30, 2009, 04:34:02 PM
Combining the life and general boards is a good idea.

agreed.
Title: Re: general and animorphs
Post by: morfowt on March 30, 2009, 05:21:19 PM
what IS the difference between Life and General board?
Title: Re: general and animorphs
Post by: goom on March 30, 2009, 05:26:18 PM
what IS the difference between Life and General board?

exactly.
Title: Re: general and animorphs
Post by: DinosaurNothlit on March 30, 2009, 05:41:48 PM
I agree about Life and General being the same board.  But I have to disagree about condensing Animorphs RP and Fanfic.  Actually, I don't really understand why General RP and Fanfic are grouped together, either.  I think I've said this before, but I personally think that RP and Fanfic are different enough concepts that they don't need to be grouped together.

If the General section is too big, Esplin, why not make the Media board a child board of the Life/General board?  Maybe the Bored board could be a child board, too?  I dunno why, but grouping Fanfic and roleplays together just . . . doesn't seem right to me, for some reason.  But that's maybe just me being OCD again.

P.S. Just a note, but it makes complete sense to me that the General section should be the biggest section.  I mean, it's sort of the 'everything' section.
Title: Re: general and animorphs
Post by: morfowt on March 30, 2009, 05:50:54 PM
I dunno why, but grouping Fanfic and roleplays together just . . . doesn't seem right to me, for some reason.  But that's maybe just me being OCD again.
doesn't sound right to me either
Title: Re: general and animorphs
Post by: goom on March 30, 2009, 05:57:29 PM
I dunno why, but grouping Fanfic and roleplays together just . . . doesn't seem right to me, for some reason.  But that's maybe just me being OCD again.
doesn't sound right to me either

:ditto:

definitely shouldn't be in the same thing.
Title: Re: general and animorphs
Post by: Liz on March 30, 2009, 06:07:45 PM
If the General section is too big, Esplin, why not make the Media board a child board of the Life/General board?

Oh, I like this idea.
Title: Re: general and animorphs
Post by: Phoenix004 on March 30, 2009, 06:55:43 PM
I agree about Life and General being the same board.  But I have to disagree about condensing Animorphs RP and Fanfic. 

I agree with both of those points.
Title: Re: general and animorphs
Post by: DinosaurNothlit on March 30, 2009, 07:37:28 PM
Check it out!  Four people in a row agree with me!  New personal record!  :D
Title: Re: general and animorphs
Post by: Richard on March 30, 2009, 07:43:16 PM
what IS the difference between Life and General board?
Life board is supposed to hold topics like Religion, "My Life Sucks", Politics, "OMG TODAY WAS GREAT", Sexual Orientation, "I Met a Celebrity Today"... you know, life related issues.

General V2 should contain threads like news, "RAFextended Family", "Why I love RAF", and other thread topics that don't fit in the Life board. That are not personal in the way that the Life board should be.
Title: Re: general and animorphs
Post by: goom on March 30, 2009, 07:44:53 PM
i think we should make the line clearer between the two. (notify what fits where etc.)
we should move threads that don't fit in the corresponding places to the other.
Title: Re: general and animorphs
Post by: adamjared on March 30, 2009, 07:46:47 PM
here's how i picture the Forum Layout

Animorphs section
  Animorphs forum
  Animorphs fanfiction and art
     Animorphs roleplaying (subforum)

Other books
  (its subforums)

General Category
   General V2
      Life Board
      Media board
   General Fan-Fiction & art
      General Roleplaying
   The Bored Board

RAF/Animorphs Projects
   (stays the same)

RAF Section
   (Stays the same as well)

Thats just what i thought.

 
Title: Re: general and animorphs
Post by: Richard on March 30, 2009, 07:48:46 PM
i think we should make the line clearer between the two. (notify what fits where etc.)
we should move threads that don't fit in the corresponding places to the other.
I think we should just merge the two, save all that trouble.
Title: Re: general and animorphs
Post by: goom on March 30, 2009, 07:52:23 PM
i think we should make the line clearer between the two. (notify what fits where etc.)
we should move threads that don't fit in the corresponding places to the other.
I think we should just merge the two, save all that trouble.

that works.
i like media inside of general, as ellimist suggested.

role playing should possibly have it's own section (with appropriate child boards)
Title: Re: general and animorphs
Post by: esplin on March 30, 2009, 10:59:15 PM
News is media.  :)