Event Help Organization (read for explanation, then vote)

[croman74]

I would say so too. If you want to make a new thread,PM a mod like Pleiades said. That way we get rid of all this excess junk.

[smartkid222]

but like pleadies said, what if you need to make a new thread that isn't one of the ones listed. I vote for bob's idea

[Dark Sabre]

Whatever we do, it won't include making people into super-users to deal with moderation items.

Looking at the voting distribution, looks like we will be doing either single threads or a few separate forums. Might prevent users from making new topics. The mods had talked about it prior to this thread, but we were not sure if it would be a good idea...

[NamG]

I like the idea of having one or two subforums for the very popular events, such as MP or WS. I don't particularly like the idea of one thread per event, I never have. I think that it is more helpful to have the option to make a new thread about a specific question.

[Phenylethylamine]

The problem is, people tend to make multiple not-very-well-labeled threads with a very general question (wat do i study 4 this event?!), when in fact the information they want is in the original thread. Unfortunately, people will probably always do this unless they are actually unable to make new threads.

[gyourkoshaven]

I think Dark Sabre could set up 1 per event, then if more are needed, people could PM to get it approved.

[courage7856]

I think there should be one thread for each event, and people should be able to set sub-threads for specifics, for example, tectonic plates in Dynamic Planet.

[andrewwski]

Sub-threads? Please explain.

[starpug]

I think there should be one thread for each event, and people should be able to set sub-threads for specifics, for example, tectonic plates in Dynamic Planet.

That made me think of tagging posts with keywords to the event like Variable stars and all the DSO's in Astro. But that's too complicated because the posts would have to be auto tagged and it isn't much different then search which more people need to know how to use.

[computernerd4826]

is there a way to have the division b and c events separated into two forums, each event with its own thread, but the ones that are the same in both divisions show up in both?
i dont know if i explained that right.....