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I don't get it 

Actually I do, but how are you going to categorize them? Is there some option in this forum style?

Last edited by Mr_X (2009-11-11 12:11:36)

I thought it was PunBB

I like the idea.

cheddargirl wrote:

jacool wrote:

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.

Well, it is possible for seemingly off-topic threads threads to be Inspirational. Take the off-topic you suggested earlier ("Look at this funny video OMG!!! It's so funny" as inspirational"). Someone could turn that video into a Scratch animation. Maybe a person designs a game based off the characters in that funny video.

Yes, but the purpose isn't often inspiration, and if the poster wants other users to look at the video, I think that more people would look in 'Off-Topic'.

cheddargirl wrote:

Topics that ask for inspiration help do need their own forum (hence my call for a 'Project ideas Help' section). But being that off-topic threads (such as "Recipe Book", "Weird Dreams", Pokémon-themed threads, etc.) have a merit of being inspiration in their own right, it doesn't make sense to completely boot them off the 'Inspiration and More' section.

But I think I see where you are going with the idea of making less categories and denormalizing the layout I was suggesting earlier. Your idea for an 'Inspiration & Collaboration' section would cover requests, collaboration help, and project ideas help. 'Off Topic' covers topics about non-Scratch games, non-Scratch community talk, and other non-Scratch related threads that do not fit anywhere else. 'Debates & Opinions' would, well, cover debates and opinions. Is this what you had in mind? 

Yes, that's what I had in mind 
In my opinion it would be a little too messy using many categories, and besides you Forum Moderators don't have to move as many topics if there's less categories, if you know what I mean ^^

Gimme a "B"! Gimme a "U"! Gimme an "M"! Gimme a "P"! What's that spell? BUMP!  

Sorry for the very corny comment, but the situation just called for it. 

And I think still think breaking down the 'Inspiration and More' forum section into smaller sections is a good idea. 

pinochio wrote:

I Think its a great Idea! iT would make a lot of sense to! 2 problems...:

1) A LOT of categories for moderators to moderate
2)Complicated to make....(I think..)


But I think it should happen!

I think it should happen, too! I would love to see it happen! 

About the problems:
1) I was thinking about the moderator issue, too. When it come to this, it's a bit difficult to foresee whether or not more categories may make the moderators job harder - more categories may not have much of an impact on the moderator's job at all, who knows? I suppose if it does become harder to moderate, perhaps more moderators could be hired. 

2) I think it would be fairly easy to implement. One solution would be to have the old 'Inspiration and More' forum section closed down and archived while simultaneously creating and implementing the new forum sections in the process. 

Can't there be like sub-topics? I don't want to have to go to a whole other forum like TBG.

I actually think this is a good idea, with there being such a variety of topics in the Inspiration & More, it can also be hard to tell what a thread is a about at first glance 

Of course, if this was too be done, there may be a few problems at first as there are with any new thing. But I think these would easily be solved and it would be a lot tidier 

Last edited by 06dknibbs (2009-11-19 08:32:54)

jacool wrote:

I still think that it should be divided into just three categories (If that was what I thought before)
But if inspiration & more is divided into many categories I think you should at least hire one more forum moderator (I would suggest Jonathanpb)

Well, we'll see.    If it turns out that the splitting of 'Inspiration and More' causes the need for more moderators, the current moderators can always discuss this issue with the Scratch Team, and the Scratch Team can effectively choose a new Scratcher who they feel will best exemplify the moderator position. 

illusionist wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

jacool wrote:

I still think that it should be divided into just three categories (If that was what I thought before)
But if inspiration & more is divided into many categories I think you should at least hire one more forum moderator (I would suggest Jonathanpb)

Well, we'll see.    If it turns out that the splitting of 'Inspiration and More' causes the need for more moderators, the current moderators can always discuss this issue with the Scratch Team, and the Scratch Team can effectively choose a new Scratcher who they feel will best exemplify the moderator position. 

I agree that Jonathanpb would be a good choice, but another election would work great as well. 

I don't know about an election, I think it would be better if the Scratch Team, with help from the moderators could choose one.

cheddargirl wrote:

Gimme a "B"! Gimme a "U"! Gimme an "M"! Gimme a "P"! What's that spell? BUMP!  

Sorry for the very corny comment, but the situation just called for it. 

And I think still think breaking down the 'Inspiration and More' forum section into smaller sections is a good idea. 

That's the best bump I've ever seen! 

I was just curious... how would the formatting work?
Would it be like this:

Other forums
   Forum 1
   Forum 2
   Forum 3
   and so on...

Or would it be this:

Other forum:
   Inspiration and More

And then when you click on it, you're taken to a page where it shows you the individual forums?

I'm confused. 

Jonathanpb wrote:

illusionist wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

Well, we'll see.    If it turns out that the splitting of 'Inspiration and More' causes the need for more moderators, the current moderators can always discuss this issue with the Scratch Team, and the Scratch Team can effectively choose a new Scratcher who they feel will best exemplify the moderator position. 

I agree that Jonathanpb would be a good choice, but another election would work great as well. 

Noooo! Inspiration and More isn't even one of my favorite forums! 

In Cheddargirl's suggestion, Inspiration & More isn't going to moved to a new place like TBG.
So the one who would be chosen would be moderating all the forums (Except for TBG).