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Post by Fernando » Thu Jun 10, 2010 10:46 pm

Let me be extreme: no only few, but not sub-fora at all is what I think better. As I explained without success many times in CCC, the serendipity that brings the fact to mix everything in just one place is far superior to the narrow mentality of a department store CEO. It is not simply a matter of avoiding clicks, but of avoiding boredom, specialization and lack of mutual insemination.

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Re: NO Sub forums...

Post by Alexander Schmidt » Thu Jun 10, 2010 11:01 pm

I agree, I don't like this subforums in all forums I visit.

Anyway, gl to open chess. Nice start :D

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Post by DaveD » Thu Jun 10, 2010 11:31 pm

I agree also. I would much prefer just one forum, "Computer Chess".

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Re: NO Sub forums...

Post by Alexander Schmidt » Thu Jun 10, 2010 11:35 pm

One exception is the "programmers forum". This makes sense of course.

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Post by kingliveson » Thu Jun 10, 2010 11:53 pm

Programmers tend to like structure and hate clutters. I understand why the many sub-forums. End users want simplicity. Am sure a balance between both can be reached.
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Re: NO Sub forums...

Post by LetoAtreides82 » Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:12 am

I like sub-forums.

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Post by Swaminathan » Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:14 am

kingliveson wrote:Programmers tend to like structure and hate clutters. I understand why the many sub-forums. End users want simplicity. Am sure a balance between both can be reached.
I think hardware, platforms, engines, GUI and opening books forums could be merged altogether to form a single unit.
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Re: NO Sub forums...

Post by Cubeman » Fri Jun 11, 2010 6:27 am

I agree, too many sub-forums makes it to time consuming to find out new topics.As long as there are enough sub forums so that new postings are able to live a day or 2 before been over taken and then put on page 2.
I think with the amount of sub fora that are here now, you will see some postings that will not be updated by new posts and people will lose interest in that particular sub-forum.It is nice to see all computer chess related topics on 1 or maybe 2 pages at most.

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Re: NO Sub forums...

Post by Zarkon » Fri Jun 11, 2010 6:43 am

I think General Topics, programming, and engine tourns is ideal - no sub-forums, no help forum. See how that goes and only add more if really necessary. :)

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Re: NO Sub forums...

Post by Jeremy Bernstein » Fri Jun 11, 2010 7:15 am

Once this changes, it's hard to change it back. How about:
[Forum Announcements]
General
Software (incl. engines, guis, opening books, etc.)
  OS Subforums (I think that these are important)
Hardware (incl. chess hardware + pc hardware/overclocking)
Tournaments & Matches
  Correspondence Matches (let's keep these games out of the general tournaments)
Programming & Technical
  Clone Detection (it might be nice to keep this discussion separate, but I'm not committed to this)
Help & Suggestions
I don't want to dumb down the organization completely, but I can understand that it might be too much right now.

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