Hello all - Forgive the length of this, but it has been a long time coming, and other recent comments seem to lend credence to the following question filled post /rant...
Has anyone suggested to "the big cheese" a little restructuring to the main headings by adding categories (beside myself (eg. "A Mouth Full" - for descriptions of oral consumables))? It is clearly needed based upon how much posting under the "wrong" categories goes on (whatever that means) and considering the even less than general scope (if there is such a thing) in which the current categories cover. Although a recent thread "digressed" quickly from word comparison to food to architecture, it did seem to settle the word issue, offer a collection of words about food I was unfamiliar with and... How about those categories "Mac Specific" or "Seasonal Greetings" or... (I'm sure y'all can come up with some more appropriate and inclusive).
Why is a recent thread called "Words learned in genealogy" in Misc, and not in Q+A? -or- why isn't "Interesting word site... in Info+? I do not mean to pick on anything or one specific, but what about transferring one thread from one category to another when so clearly misplaced? How about having the current subject(as current as the last newly posted response) listed next to the original subject? (anyone who knows databases knows this is already "set-up" to do so).
Or here's a better idea! Those of you who have reached Old Hand Or Veteran (whatever level is appropriate) can announce a stop (by post) to a specific thread and/or "order" or initiate it's transfer to another subject line when appropriate (we trust you). This will of course need more categories to accomodate these actions as well as a little white flag signifying its surrender. Could we leave it up to the original poster who would be able to change the original Post Icon? (is this true?) It seems to be the time to "do this" as a recent post is collecting all the board rules and etiquette.
I could see each of Wordplay, Q+A, Misc., all divided into 6 (or so) sub groups. Anyone else care to suggest what they might be called? This is a growing board and it can't survive its whole childhood stuck in a playpen!
rant/
Where is that wise ol' person who "talks to the big head"?
ps. This subject may indeed have been touched upon before on some thread that is buried so deep in the history that I (as all the YARTs that occur) will never have enough time to find. As I suggested above, it is you "veterans" (with a well stocked memory) who will be posting connecting threads and should be (as you do already) in charge of these structural modifications.
