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    Announcement! Taking suggestions for sub-forum reorganization

    Exactly as the title suggested, this is your chance to suggest any changes you might like to see to reorganizing, recatagorizing, renaming, etc the sub-forums. This is not a for sure thing, it still has to be discussed among the admin staff. I'm just requesting that people toss any ideas they have out there.

    And, on the subject of ideas that to toss out there, I know one has already been suggested. On the matter of the suggestion for a Dharmic/Oriental Religions board...I'm not opposed to this idea, but I'm not a fan of calling it by that name. The biggest reason for that is that here in the US, "Oriental" is often considered pejorative--not by everyone, but by enough people that I'd prefer not to (evocative of that whole colonialism thing). So challenge #1, come up with another name for it!
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    Re: Taking suggestions for sub-forum reorganization

    You might try Asiatic to cover all parts of the far east.
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      #3
      Re: Taking suggestions for sub-forum reorganization

      I think, considering how much we all discuss it, 'News & Current Events' needs to be broken off from 'Academics'.

      I don't know about anyone else, but whenever I see a news article that seems interesting, I always end up looking for a 'News' thread, never see it under 'Academics', and suffer great confusion and half the time I give up looking before I post the darned article.
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        #4
        Re: Taking suggestions for sub-forum reorganization

        Could we call the Heathen section something else? It seems that in English speaking countries that title has been annexed by recons and not all who worship/work with/whatever the Old Norse gods are.
        Of course, the question is what to call it instead since there seem to be no common name. Old Norse paths possibly, but I'd like to hear other people's suggestions.
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          #5
          Re: Taking suggestions for sub-forum reorganization

          Originally posted by perzephone View Post
          I think, considering how much we all discuss it, 'News & Current Events' needs to be broken off from 'Academics'.
          I definitely agree with this.

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            #6
            Re: Taking suggestions for sub-forum reorganization

            Originally posted by MoonRaven View Post
            Could we call the Heathen section something else? It seems that in English speaking countries that title has been annexed by recons and not all who worship/work with/whatever the Old Norse gods are.
            Of course, the question is what to call it instead since there seem to be no common name. Old Norse paths possibly, but I'd like to hear other people's suggestions.
            Teutonic Religion would be all-encompassing. As a non-Recon English-speaker (well, OK, Mid-South 'Merican Redness speaker), I'm all good with Heathen. And we don't all follow Norse gods.

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            Originally posted by thalassa View Post
            Exactly as the title suggested, this is your chance to suggest any changes you might like to see to reorganizing, recatagorizing, renaming, etc the sub-forums. This is not a for sure thing, it still has to be discussed among the admin staff. I'm just requesting that people toss any ideas they have out there.

            And, on the subject of ideas that to toss out there, I know one has already been suggested. On the matter of the suggestion for a Dharmic/Oriental Religions board...I'm not opposed to this idea, but I'm not a fan of calling it by that name. The biggest reason for that is that here in the US, "Oriental" is often considered pejorative--not by everyone, but by enough people that I'd prefer not to (evocative of that whole colonialism thing). So challenge #1, come up with another name for it!
            (Far?) Eastern... Religions? Mysticism?
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              Re: Taking suggestions for sub-forum reorganization

              I feel that Eastern Traditions or Eastern Religions would work well.

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                #8
                Re: Taking suggestions for sub-forum reorganization

                The "Hobbies" and "Entertainment sections have always seemed weird to be not one big section with smaller sub forums in there. I'm very often unsure of if I should put a thing in one or the other.
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                  #9
                  Re: Taking suggestions for sub-forum reorganization

                  Originally posted by Malflick View Post
                  The "Hobbies" and "Entertainment sections have always seemed weird to be not one big section with smaller sub forums in there. I'm very often unsure of if I should put a thing in one or the other.
                  You mean like:
                  Hobbies and Entertainment
                  • Arts/Crafts
                  • PF Portfolios
                  • Reviews
                  • Plugs


                  Or did I totally miss the point you were making? If I'm heading in the correct direction, are there any other subcategories you can think of that might help make it more clear?
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                    Re: Taking suggestions for sub-forum reorganization

                    Originally posted by Juniper View Post
                    You mean like:
                    Hobbies and Entertainment
                    • Arts/Crafts
                    • PF Portfolios
                    • Reviews
                    • Plugs


                    Or did I totally miss the point you were making? If I'm heading in the correct direction, are there any other subcategories you can think of that might help make it more clear?
                    Yes! That's exactly what I mean! I can't think of any others off the top of my head at the moment.
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                      #11
                      Re: Taking suggestions for sub-forum reorganization

                      So, in combination with some of the suggestions here, and my own thinking...here's a tentative idea:


                      Religion and Spirituality (board)
                      Abrahamic Faiths
                      Atheism/Agnosticism
                      Eastern Religions (or whatever we decide to call it)
                      Paganism
                      • Greek and Roman
                      • Egyptian
                      • Heathen
                      • Celtic

                      Divination and Astrology
                      Magic and Ritual

                      Living (board)
                      Health, Healing, & Prayers
                      Hearth and Home
                      • PF cookbook
                      • herbalism

                      Friends and Family
                      • Parenting

                      Hobbies and Entertainment
                      • Arts/Crafts, etc
                      • PF Portfolios
                      • Reviews and Plugs

                      Holiday

                      Lounge (board)
                      General Discussion
                      LOL's and Games
                      Rants and Decline of Humanity
                      News and Current Events
                      Academics

                      (you might notice no debate board...but we have the handy dandy debate tag for threads, so its my suggestion to get rid of it...also, a couple of parent forums have disappeared in favor of making the subforums their own forum)

                      Any other ideas to incorporate?
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                        #12
                        Re: Taking suggestions for sub-forum reorganization

                        ...I don't like the idea of getting rid of the debate forum. I already wish I knew how to screen the debate threads out of my feed or block them lately.
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                          #13
                          Re: Taking suggestions for sub-forum reorganization

                          Agreed. I also do not think it's a good idea to get rid of the place where Debates are welcomed. I believe this are is needed >_>

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                            #14
                            Re: Taking suggestions for sub-forum reorganization

                            I agree with Malflick and Lilium as well

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                              #15
                              Re: Taking suggestions for sub-forum reorganization

                              To note....

                              "Eastern Traditions" would fit the current naming scheme.

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