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I like the idea a lot! It could go right under the rest of the forums.

Me likey. Expect me to say yes when things are further organized.

boinoinoi wrote:

Kewl. One question, though. How do you propose you would organize the topics already in the forum?

Do you mean like putting the already existing topics into the new sections if they are created?

adriangl wrote:

This should be the way it is. Then, there actually is a way to see "Inspiration" and also "More".

Notice there's no "Inspiration" section, though. I think what Cheddargirl means is that all the inspiration would be in all the sections. You can get inspired by anything.

boinoinoi wrote:

Kewl. One question, though. How do you propose you would organize the topics already in the forum?

I guess the mods should move every thread in, say, the last 2 pages to their respective categories.

I have another idea. If there's a separate forum for Text-Based Games, why not a separate "Off-Topic" forum for TBG and the categories you mentioned? I think 7 sub-categories in a single forum is too much. Something like this will be good:

("Project Ideas" and "Collaborative Projects" should
be All About Scratch sub-categories, since they're
sorta related to Scratch.)

Art
+-Art Showcase
+-Art Requests
+-Art Contests

Gaming
(different categories for different platforms
 such as PSX, NDS, etc.)

Chat
+-Off-Topic
+-Debates
+-Surveys/Polls

Last edited by technoguyx (2009-11-10 20:07:10)

I support this suggestion!

I support this 100%! I think the way you worded it was perfect... I hope the Scratch team does some of the things you suggested. 

I just SO agree! I'm not fussed about the forum count, as long as we have it divided into actual inspiration, sensible more, and junk.

But what I was thinking about what the new forum would be called.
   Would it be called...

"Other?" Bland and short.
"Inspiration and More?" More to the point, but doesn't really explain all the forums.
"Everything Else?" No, not to be taken literally, and not very serious.

Who knows? 

I love this idea! Like Jonathanpb says, it's brilliant!

boinoinoi wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

boinoinoi wrote:

Kewl. One question, though. How do you propose you would organize the topics already in the forum?

Do you mean like putting the already existing topics into the new sections if they are created?

Pretty much yeah.

Changes like this always have that question pop up eventually... xD

Unfortunately, that's where the tricky part comes in. It might have to be that 'Inspiration and More' moves on to be archived, and then, when the new sections are created, people will be forced to restart threads (similar to what has happened with Text-Based games). Another option could be to create the sections, and then have the most recent threads (probably the first two pages) moved to the new section, with the rest of the threads archived. Or perhaps someone could think of something better. 

jacool wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

boinoinoi wrote:

Pretty much yeah.

Changes like this always have that question pop up eventually... xD

Unfortunately, that's where the tricky part comes in. It might have to be that 'Inspiration and More' moves on to be archived, and then, when the new sections are created, people will be forced to restart threads (similar to what has happened with Text-Based games). Another option could be to create the sections, and then have the most recent threads (probably the first two pages) moved to the new section, with the rest of the threads archived. Or perhaps someone could think of something better. 

I like the second idea better 

But then the person who moves the threads have to look if the thread is an debate or a source of inspiration etc.

As I stated in my post above it would be easier if it wasn't divided into so many categories...

Actually, when I was designing this layout, I had the notion in mind that all topics are inspirational (hence why there is no section called 'Inspiration'. Everything falls under the category 'Inspiration'). ^^

I was thinking something like this:

Inspiration and More (this is the main topic header of the forum*)
- Requests
- Opinions & Debate
- Non-Scratch Game Talk
- Non-Scratch Community Talk
- Collaboration projects
- Project Ideas Help
- Miscellaneous

* When I say "main topic header", think of it this way: look at the forum sections 'Announcements' and 'All About Scratch'. They are filed under the main topic header 'Scratch'.

Last edited by cheddargirl (2009-11-11 10:33:49)

cheddargirl wrote:

Actually, when I was designing this layout, I had the notion in mind that all topics are inspirational (hence why there is no section called 'Inspiration'. Everything falls under the category 'Inspiration'). ^^

I was thinking that only threads which's purpose is inspiration is posted in the inspiration section.

Examples of inspiration posts:

"Could someone please help me, i don't know what to make on Scratch I need inspiration  "

"I saw this game called Sonic, and I thought I would make something similar, do you have any suggestions on how I could make it?"

The purpose of those two posts are inspiration while the purpose of topics like "Look at this funny video OMG!!! It's so funny" isn't really inspiration.

Of course these are just examples I came up with, someone who actually posts a thread like one of these might have another purpose.

Last edited by jacool (2009-11-11 11:41:50)