A while back, D-Man asked for some way to help the forum, and I asked him to see if he could come up with some ways to re-do the layout of the forums. This is what he got back to me with:
KB and I are already talking about them in our Super Secret place, but we would also like to hear your thoughts on this as well.D-Man said:In all honesty, I really like the current format of the forum. I like the name changes in many of the sections and I feel they're more user-friendly.
You asked for a few suggestions on how I would change things up a bit. So, I've put a lot of thought into this and here's what I came up with:
1. Just for fun, considering that "nicknamed" forums look more fun and inviting, would you consider renaming the MMA and Boxing section into "Pugilism Central"? (Just kind of popped into my head.)
2. Ok, onto a more serious note... The WWE has obviously consolidated Raw and SD into a supershow on Mondays. Being that I've been keeping a close eye on the WWE sections as a result of this change, I've noticed that the majority of our new threads are being created in the general WWE section. Posters don't try to put them in the Raw or Smackdown threads anymore and it makes perfect sense as to why.
One suggestion is to change the WWE section into one main section and two subforums (instead of the three that currently exist.) We can keep the main WWE section but possibly change the description (or include within the name) to express the fact that it's a WWE General Discussion thread.
We should consolidate the Raw and Smackdown sections into one thread (i.e. Raw/Smackdown) and describe it as detailed discussion within the WWE's television broadcasts (or specific discussion about the shows and/or their superstars.)
The WWE PPV subforum needs no changes. It's very important that it stays the same because it's the only subforum in which users clearly post correct threads.
3. I think the TNA section should be renamed "TNA/Impact Wrestling." After all, that's what it is.
4. I still don't understand the difference between Book This! and the Book This Lounge. Does it really need to be in two separate sections? Furthermore, I think it really needs a name change.
We get so many spam fantasy booking threads in the WWE and TNA sections. Can we rename these sections:
"Fantasy Booking Central" - All fantasy promotions, made-up cards, and made-up superstars. The section would be in a spam-friendly format since 90% of it is probably going to draw spam. Description could be, "Ever wish to make up and become the GM or CEO of your own promotion? Want to draft wrestlers to your own weekly broadcast? Want to makes your brainchild a reality? Post your ideas in here and let our posters give you their feedback."
"Re-Book This" - Posters' opportunities to take past, real events and re-book them in any way they see fit. It could be described as, "Think Wrestlemania's card was weak last year? Think you could have done better? Here's your chance to re-book any past event created by WWE, TNA, ROH, WCW, or any other promotion that ever existed in professional wrestling."
First off, the new names might draw the users to post their fantasy bookings in the proper sections instead of continuing to flood our current, non-spam forums. Secondly, it's pretty obvious that posters love to redo most PPV's, brands, and programs out of their own ideas. These sections would properly categorize what our posters try to do and could possibly draw new users into those sections.
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So, that's what I've come up with. I feel very strong about making these changes (or similar ones to them.) When they're finished, we'd still wind up with the same total amount of forums and subforums that we have right now. However, these ideas would give better names for a few of our sections, give better descriptions, revitalize a section that doesn't get as many hits as it probably should, and would properly categorize our most popular section.
I hope you consider some of these ideas. And if you don't maybe we could put our heads together and build off these ideas.