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New Subforum: General Archive (and some things to look forward to)

DeeDee Member Posts: 10,447
edited June 2013 in Archive (General Discussion)
Hello all,

You may have noticed a new subforum called "Archive". This is pretty much what it sounds like--a place to put old threads once they've run their course. I'll be archiving any threads in General Discussion that haven't seen new posts in the last several months, hopefully to make it a bit easier to find the active discussion you're looking for. If you want to continue a discussion you can just start a new thread (and link to it if you like), or send me or any of the other moderators a PM and we'll be happy to un-archive it for you.

Over the next week or so we'll also be reorganizing the forums a bit. I'll post a bit of information here about what those changes will be, but on the whole it should make things simpler to navigate.
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  • DeeDee Member Posts: 10,447
    edited June 2013
    Looks like there's a glitch somewhere; working to fix that now, please stand by...

    EDIT: Everything should be back to normal. Carry on!
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  • AnduinAnduin Member Posts: 5,745
    I am concerned that most of those threads are mine... They make up the bandages on my mummified back!

    It would be good to look upon them once more...
  • DeeDee Member Posts: 10,447
    You should still be able to view them; you just won't be able to post in them anymore.
  • ajwzajwz Member Posts: 4,122
    I'm not sure that the top of the general board is the right place for a link to the archive - it gives it undue important real-estate on the screen that is better used for announcements.
    A link in the side bar like the rest of the forums should be sufficient.
  • CorianderCoriander Member Posts: 1,667
    It's a subcategory, can't really change where the link appears.
  • scriverscriver Member Posts: 2,072
    Will making the forums easier to navigate involve finally making sure no two subforums are called the same thing?
  • Aron740Aron740 Member Posts: 153
    Could I ask for something?
    Hope I can because if I can't it will render the core question useless, but here it is:

    Could you possibly create "class forums" where fighter/barbarian is one and mage/sorcerer is one etc? And every one of those forums branch into two were one is spoiler free and the other is not?

    Would be great if I/you would like to discuss a class we like with people who does the same without searching through the entire general section or help for new players to find what we need or even waste space by creating a thread that may already exist.

    On dual and multi-classes there could be a subsection called "Combination Classes" or something like that since it's almost the same.

    Thanks!
  • DeeDee Member Posts: 10,447
    @Aron740
    We're trying to simplify the forums, not make them more complicated. Because Vanilla doesn't offer a way to collapse forum sections, adding a subforum for each class (and then other branches for spoiler/non-spoiler) would make things even more cluttered than they already are.

    @scriver
    Yes, hopefully. Here is the plan:

    - A new section for site resources that includes a "welcome" area for new members to introduce themselves.

    - A "Baldur's Gate" section that includes general discussion, news, support, modding, and feature request subforums. Basically anything that is Baldur's Gate-specific, including the Bugs forums.

    - A "Non-BG" section that is pretty much just for general Roleplaying and Off-Topic discussions, as well as any other non-BG forums that may arise later on.

    Everything else will stay the same; but this will make it easier for people to find the right place for a discussion. Some subforums will be renamed to be more easily identifiable, and a few will (eventually) be combined, but we'll make an announcement before we do anything drastic.
  • scriverscriver Member Posts: 2,072
    If I could give you both an Insightful and a Like I would, but you'll have to make do with just the Insightful ;)
  • DeeDee Member Posts: 10,447
    Okay, things have been reorganized. There may be other changes in the future, but this will give us a good place to start.
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