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Post by Paraiba Ocean on Sept 2, 2008 19:21:36 GMT -5
Night and I were discussing the future of DH with a few others, and we think the forum should just be revamped. [/b] Not much use for this board anymore, sry2sey. :/ Perhaps archive some of the threads that were rich gems for discussion? [/li][li]Get rid of Spoilers.[/b] What's to be spoiled if the series is over? XD;; [/li][li]Merge Creations with Other Creations.[/b] I've never understood why there are two boards for essentially the same thing, but it's just less unorganized if we make a general Creations board for the entire forum instead of having two of the same and identical thing under different categories.[/s] [/li][li]Merge the DH Forum and Distant Horizons categories.[/b] Having the RP boards between them makes the forum look choppy, plus it'll clean up the categories area. [/li][li]Merge TAG with the OGB.[/b] TAG is basically the OGB with no post count and a password. Most of the members I've talked to seem to be okay with it merging anyway. (Although I think we'll need to talk to the entire board as a whole before proceeding with this one.) [/li][li]Move Sports to TV/Get rid of Sports.[/b] The subboard itself doesn't receive much traffic and considering the Olympics are over (which seemed to be the peak of that board's creation), I don't see it receiving much unless the whole forum goes sports crazy without Avatar. XD;; [/li][li]Redo the Avatar board as a whole.[/b] Make it look something like News Discussion, General (Episodes and Characters), Relationships and Expanded Universe (for the movies in the future and anything else that spins off). [/li][/ul] Something like that. XD;;
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Post by darkblood_alchemist on Sept 2, 2008 20:00:31 GMT -5
[/li][li]Merge Creations with Other Creations.[/b] I've never understood why there are two boards for essentially the same thing, but it's just less unorganized if we make a general Creations board for the entire forum instead of having two of the same and identical thing under different categories.[/quote] This is the only one that I personally have a real issue with. Just because I feel it would be a bit tedious to look through tons of Avatar stuff to find non-Avatar stuff (and why would I be doing that, you ask? Because I'm lazy and haven't watched the finale yet so I don't want to spoil myself, but I'd still like to look at peoples art --- then again this is a personal issue that probably isn't very widespread) And I feel like non-Avatar stuff would be sort of swallowed up. Other than that it looks alright.
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Post by Paraiba Ocean on Sept 2, 2008 21:04:14 GMT -5
[/li][li]Merge Creations with Other Creations.[/b] I've never understood why there are two boards for essentially the same thing, but it's just less unorganized if we make a general Creations board for the entire forum instead of having two of the same and identical thing under different categories.[/quote] This is the only one that I personally have a real issue with. Just because I feel it would be a bit tedious to look through tons of Avatar stuff to find non-Avatar stuff (and why would I be doing that, you ask? Because I'm lazy and haven't watched the finale yet so I don't want to spoil myself, but I'd still like to look at peoples art --- then again this is a personal issue that probably isn't very widespread) And I feel like non-Avatar stuff would be sort of swallowed up. Other than that it looks alright.[/quote] It's okay. XD I don't expect EVERYONE to agree with me and what I think, but I do think that people who input on this will be able to help us clean up the board a bit. So please, if you disagree, speak up! XD
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Post by username on Sept 2, 2008 21:32:12 GMT -5
[/li][li]Get rid of Theories.[/b] Not much use for this board anymore, sry2sey. :/ Perhaps archive some of the threads that were rich gems for discussion? [/quote] Yes, theories regarding the movies and stuff could be discussed in the "movie/expanded universe board." [/li][li]Merge Creations with Other Creations.[/b] I've never understood why there are two boards for essentially the same thing, but it's just less unorganized if we make a general Creations board for the entire forum instead of having two of the same and identical thing under different categories.[/quote] Seems unnecessary to me. And that would put the other creation subboard in the Avatar section which is odd. The main thing is the forum should be capable of functioning perfectly even after Avatar ended. It needs to shift focus away from what it's been till now regarding Avatar on to more general forum stuff (one way to convey this might be having all the media boards visible from the main menu rather than being sub-boards) and the movies and other potential new installments in the Avatar canon. I think the reorg of the Avatar board is probably the most essential at the moment. As Para suggested, a news board, a general discussion board, relationships board, expanded universe board, and creations board would be the best way to do this.
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Post by beautyfr.pain on Sept 2, 2008 23:09:37 GMT -5
Would it become a thread in the OGB that serves a purpose similar to the Harem and Battle of the Sexes (as in, random conversation)?
I definitely agree with cleaning up the avatar section at least, even if people want certain sections to stay and keeping certain things but only for the movie. Combining the creations would be confusing though if they were mixed in the sub-boards like DBA said, but if "other creations" were another sub-board under creations, i think it'd be fine.
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Post by night on Sept 3, 2008 13:21:39 GMT -5
TAG could quite possibly become a spam thread, but that leaves the possibility of non-TAG members posting there, or it just becoming another OGB spam thread. I hate to say it, but as Para said, it is essentially OGB with a password, so I don't really see the need of a TAG thread.
Though I would love to see the addition of a spam board for threads such as the Harem, Ji's, and TAG threads. Perhaps TAG could be exchanged for this board..?
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Post by Paraiba Ocean on Sept 3, 2008 16:00:26 GMT -5
I've put strike out through the creations since a few people seem to be against the idea with logical reasoning. XD;;
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Post by Empy on Sept 3, 2008 17:07:52 GMT -5
I actually like all of these ideas, Para Save for the Creations one but it's struck out now. I personally think that since TAG really has no purpose, we could just lock it =P We've had problems with too many chat threads before so I don't think we need to add another one. Night's idea of a "Spam" board is really cool as well I think there was another thread Shay made discussing it... I'll have to bring that back up I mean, because DH needs modifications to help preserve activity, many people will use it as a way to communicate with friends.
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Post by notreal on Sept 3, 2008 19:45:40 GMT -5
Night's idea of a "Spam" board Ahahahahahaha, You're funny. Anyway, regarding the TAG idea, I'd say an archive board with a password would be col. Archive the awesome threads, and just delete the not so awesome threads. Lawl.
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Post by night on Sept 3, 2008 19:47:24 GMT -5
It was Shay's idea, rofl. I just brought it up.
But an archive does seem good, I'd hate if TAG was just deleted. =/
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Post by username on Sept 3, 2008 21:28:56 GMT -5
Night's idea of a "Spam" board Ahahahahahaha, You're funny. SSSSSSSHHHH YOU'RE NOT THE ONE LOOKING FOR MODFAVOR. NO TAKING CREDIT FOR UR IDEAS.
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Post by Empy on Sept 4, 2008 18:19:17 GMT -5
Night's idea of a "Spam" board Ahahahahahaha, You're funny. Anyway, regarding the TAG idea, I'd say an archive board with a password would be col. Archive the awesome threads, and just delete the not so awesome threads. Lawl. DDD: I know it was originally you who posted the idea... I thought I sort of implied that with my crossed out section ^^; Ah well, it's a good idea so I'm glad you guys both brought it up although you came up with it
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Post by darkblood_alchemist on Sept 4, 2008 18:40:54 GMT -5
It's okay. XD I don't expect EVERYONE to agree with me and what I think, but I do think that people who input on this will be able to help us clean up the board a bit. So please, if you disagree, speak up! XD Haha, I just figured that I'd be the only one against that idea (mainly since part my issue was spoiling myself---guess I was wrong XD) and I didn't feel like debating people so I made a really passive argument to avoid having to do so. Trust me, if I had a big problem with it I'd say something. ;)
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Post by Musogato on Sept 5, 2008 3:29:43 GMT -5
Hmmmmmmmm....
I'm hesitant to substantially change things on the Avatar side of the forum because (and maybe I'm alone in this,) but DH will always be an Avatar forum first in my eyes. It's how it was started, how it was recognized, and I don't feel like the forum focus should move away from it just because the main tv series ended. Even with the movies coming out, it's not like Nickelodeon is sweeping Avatar under the rug, so who knows what else the future will bring. I know the Avatar boards are going into a slump and the other boards have been more popular for a long time, but right now I don't see why the focus can't stay half/half. (and by "focus" I mean visual front page board setup.)
I agree though that there isn't a need for the Spoilers board at this time, so the currently active threads in there could be moved to the Ava Gen and the board could be hidden for later use, if needed. A movie related board would probably take its place later on.
Theories.... I guess the main topics have been discussed to death by now, but I don't think the board should be closed. Smaller details from the show can still be discussed/theorized there, and if new questions or points come out through animation shorts or comics/books, then they would still have a place to be talked about in.
New Avatar news/products are usually brought up in the General discussion board, but if the Episodes/Characters/Theories boards become seriously dead then I suppose those three could be grouped together as sub-boards under a 'detailed discussion' type of over board like AvaCreations is to fanart/fanfics/etc.
Combining the DH & DH Forum categories sounds fine with me -- it's kinda silly that the RP section has been stuck between them for so long. ^^;
On the Sports board... I know it doesn't get too much activity, but moving its threads into the TV board would probably make 'em get lost under all of the more active/popular tv threads. I think it would be best to get input on it from those who participate in the Sports and TV threads before doing anything.
As for TAG.... that definitely needs lots of discussion before taking any action. @_@ If the end result is that it's closed/merged/whathaveyou, turning the board into an archive for its members would be nice.
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Post by Horyo on Sept 5, 2008 5:42:24 GMT -5
I'm quite against the demolition of the theories board mainly because it can still be active with people finding and posting new possibilities that we never noticed and thus devise a theory from their speculations.
I'm also against getting rid of the Sports board because Sports is another Media type that is different in itself from Television. (Actually they feel like polar opposites). Sure most sports is seen on TV and whatnot, but a more appropriate place for sports-oriented fans (rather than just sports-TV-oriented fans) deserves a place of its own. And as I recall, many of the discussions in the Sports board had quit a number of people involved in the actual sport.
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