Categorisation Of Forums, Hardware is hardware Options

[Presto]

Please give your opinion on an imminent complete re-categorisation for MacMusic forums.

Personally, I'm quite happy with a simple hardware forum separate from software issues, and I don't care if the hardware is Mac specific or not. I find it very difficult to observe the present rules where computer-specific hardware issues should be posted in OS9 or OSX (which one is not always clear). It's true there are many more posts on the French side, so I agree that more sub categories could help seeing a bit clearer.

I'm happy Damann should agree with me on the hardware issue (see Mini-me topic). I was starting to wonder if my brain was just too simple. This may be a problem of culture based logic.

I correct scientific articles for French researchers wishing to be published in English, and have my work cut out to get their logic simplified and clear for international readers. As my clients do get published when they use me, I presume my simplicity attitude is appropriate.

We are working on a new categorisation for forums, and I do hope the anglo-saxon approach will be heard. Do say what you'd like.

"Hear my cry" (Purcell)

[lepetitmartien]

The problem with newbies we are really aware of it, remember that all you experience (are you experienced in the EN section we have 3 times more in the FR forums. about 6 months ago we began to rethought categories as it was becoming unmanageble in the near future as Macmu grows really fast and is not a commercial site, so all the guys doing it spare time would have the less work to do the better (any volunteers?)

We'd love to have a pure EN native crew to suffer Presto , so that french moderators could go back to FR forums. Better for everyone (it's not segregation, but moderate in a different langage as his mother tongue is time consuming and can sometime drive to misunderstandings)

Now on the categories… we know of experience (no need to tell us that, we follow the forums more closely than any normal visitor) that the actual ones are not perfect. We decided to expand (and I mean expand) the number of forums. There are 2 goals that we want to reach:

- easier categorisation: more forums means more explicit titles, less misposting/misthreading

- easier newbie navigation: if the titles aren't confusing, they can find the right forum more easily

- easier moderation job: smaller forums, less work, less misthreading/misposting

The midi/audio interfaces is a good example: they are now in the computer only threads, it has a sense as 99% of troubles on are software/computer related, they ARE computer peripherals. But it sure can be confusing. We know that. So there will be instead of a music hardware forum placement which is not relevant for us (we'd like better have people talk about their UREI or Neuman there there will be a dedicated midi/audio interfaces forum.

Clearer, isn't it?

We are this WE beginning the transition on the FR side into the new forums, it's a lot of work. Maybe all the categorie won't be of use right now on the EN side. But the list will be published quickly, so that you can comment on. Eventually change a few things.

We'd really like people on the En side begin to take on the task. It's be for the better

About the newbies, well… a real problem. There will be a dedicated forum for all new registered to post into, to get rid of the imic/mbox/what computer/what the hell questions, so that we can get concentrated on more in depth threads in the new forums.

Now sorry if I'm a bit arsh on the thread placement but if an organisation of forums is not right, we talk before, then change, not post everywhere like mad, it won't change the categorisations by itself.