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<blockquote data-quote="der_kluge" data-source="post: 1176404" data-attributes="member: 945">As an extension of the question Dr. Dan asked here <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=66599" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=66599</a> I wanted to create a poll to just kind of track which forums are more widely read than others.Obviously, General does get far more audience than the others do.&nbsp; I personally don't read all of them, and am of the (perhaps blasphemous opinion) that there are just far too many threads.&nbsp; I hope that this thread might spark some intelligent debate as to whether we need as many forums as we do, and maybe by combining some together, people will be more encouraged to read more of the board, and thus generate more messages in the process.&nbsp; Case in point, I often post questions to &quot;Plots, Places...&quot; and have to wait as long as a day to get any kind of feedback, whereas if I posted the same question to General, I could get feedback in a matter of minutes.&nbsp; By staying true to the forums presented, I needlessly delay any responses to my query.&nbsp; My suggestions, in case you're asking:- combine &quot;D&amp;D Rules&quot; and &quot;House Rules&quot;.&nbsp; Why is there a delineation?&nbsp; Seems like if you visit one, you are likely to visit the other anyway.&nbsp; - combine &quot;Open Calls &amp; Job Vacancies&quot; with &quot;D20 &amp; Open Gaming Publishers&quot;&nbsp; The publishers are the ones with job vacancies, and anyone looking for open calls is probably already keeping track of what the publishers are doing, so these could be combined.-combine &quot;Talking the Talk&quot; and &quot;Playing the Game&quot; and &quot;Fight Club&quot; into just &quot;online games and discussions&quot;.&nbsp; Seems like to me, and I could be way out of line here, but if I'm &quot;playing a game&quot;, I've got to go into a different forum to talk about it.&nbsp; And &quot;Fight Club&quot; only has two active threads, so moving that into the same forum isn't exactly going to clog it up any.-combine &quot;D20 System &amp; OGL Games&quot; and &quot;D20 Modern&quot;.&nbsp; Given the relatively low number of posts in D20 Modern, it ain't exactly going to flood &quot;D20 System and OGL Games&quot;.&nbsp; Besides that, seems to me that &quot;D20 Modern&quot; is redundant to the other one anyway.-combine &quot;Plots, Places and Rat Bastardly Brainstorming&quot; and &quot;Rogues Gallery&quot;.&nbsp; I see a lot of similarities in those posts, anyway.&nbsp; I think there are some synergies between them.&nbsp; Just rename it &quot;Plots, Places, and People.&quot;-All of the publishing forums could be rolled into one.&nbsp; &quot;The Planar Cosmography: Netbook of the Planes&quot; (which hasn't seen any activity in a long time), &quot;Creature Catalog Forums&quot;, &quot;e-Publishing&quot;, &quot;Conversions&quot; and &quot;E.N. Publishing&quot;.&nbsp; When you look at the number of threads in each of these forums, the total number is no where near the number that some threads get.-I don't even know what 13 Kingdoms is, but shouldn't it belong under &quot;Hosted D&amp;D Settings and d20 Games&quot;?There.&nbsp; That should clean things up a bit.Oh, and I didn't post this in Meta, because no one ever goes there!!And I don't intend these to be stepping on anyone's toes.&nbsp; If you feel like I'm out of line here, fine, but these are just my opinions, and I would like to hear others' thoughts on this as well.But according to my own workings, that boils the number of threads down from 27 (on the main page, not counting sub-forums) to 17.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="der_kluge, post: 1176404, member: 945"] As an extension of the question Dr. Dan asked here [url]http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=66599[/url] I wanted to create a poll to just kind of track which forums are more widely read than others. Obviously, General does get far more audience than the others do. I personally don't read all of them, and am of the (perhaps blasphemous opinion) that there are just far too many threads. I hope that this thread might spark some intelligent debate as to whether we need as many forums as we do, and maybe by combining some together, people will be more encouraged to read more of the board, and thus generate more messages in the process. Case in point, I often post questions to "Plots, Places..." and have to wait as long as a day to get any kind of feedback, whereas if I posted the same question to General, I could get feedback in a matter of minutes. By staying true to the forums presented, I needlessly delay any responses to my query. My suggestions, in case you're asking: - combine "D&D Rules" and "House Rules". Why is there a delineation? Seems like if you visit one, you are likely to visit the other anyway. - combine "Open Calls & Job Vacancies" with "D20 & Open Gaming Publishers" The publishers are the ones with job vacancies, and anyone looking for open calls is probably already keeping track of what the publishers are doing, so these could be combined. -combine "Talking the Talk" and "Playing the Game" and "Fight Club" into just "online games and discussions". Seems like to me, and I could be way out of line here, but if I'm "playing a game", I've got to go into a different forum to talk about it. And "Fight Club" only has two active threads, so moving that into the same forum isn't exactly going to clog it up any. -combine "D20 System & OGL Games" and "D20 Modern". Given the relatively low number of posts in D20 Modern, it ain't exactly going to flood "D20 System and OGL Games". Besides that, seems to me that "D20 Modern" is redundant to the other one anyway. -combine "Plots, Places and Rat Bastardly Brainstorming" and "Rogues Gallery". I see a lot of similarities in those posts, anyway. I think there are some synergies between them. Just rename it "Plots, Places, and People." -All of the publishing forums could be rolled into one. "The Planar Cosmography: Netbook of the Planes" (which hasn't seen any activity in a long time), "Creature Catalog Forums", "e-Publishing", "Conversions" and "E.N. Publishing". When you look at the number of threads in each of these forums, the total number is no where near the number that some threads get. -I don't even know what 13 Kingdoms is, but shouldn't it belong under "Hosted D&D Settings and d20 Games"? There. That should clean things up a bit. Oh, and I didn't post this in Meta, because no one ever goes there!! And I don't intend these to be stepping on anyone's toes. If you feel like I'm out of line here, fine, but these are just my opinions, and I would like to hear others' thoughts on this as well. But according to my own workings, that boils the number of threads down from 27 (on the main page, not counting sub-forums) to 17. [/QUOTE]

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