Which AnswerBank Topics Would You Like To See Moved or Removed?

AB Editor | 10:24 Tue 05th Apr 2011 | Editor's Blog

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We've had a little bit of a cull recently. We've removed the "Play" and "Poll Discussions" topics as they seemed like unnecessary clutter.

(For the few of you who actually play the game in Play, they've been re-homed under Gaming - We may bring back Play in the future, but with a much more exciting range of games.)

I wondered what else you'd like to see shot of? Or what you'd like moved under a different section. For example, would "Weather" work better under ChatterBank? After all, there is a lot of "Weather Chat" in Chatterbank!

What else would you all like to see chopped or changed?

All the best,

Spare Ed

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scotman

Move 'Adverts' topic to become sub-topic of Media&TV

Messalina

Reality TV - nobody really uses it.

vivandorron

A lot of people don't realise that there are sub-sections by clicking 'Topics' at the top of the left hand sidebar. Consequently, as a lot of folk are inclined to post in the main heading, I go along with what what B00 has said..

"Do we even need sub topics at all? All seem pretty pointless to me."

Ron.

snags

I haven't read back so apologies if it has already been suggested but there seems little point in keeping Gigs & Clubs under Music...

askyourgran

That just goes to show, I didn't know Gigs and Clubs topic, so perhaps sub sections should be aired. It annoys me sometimes that the Crosswords topic is jumbled with the Q&P topic.

I thought that it would be better to cull by the popularity of the topics

vivandorron

Good one snags....In fact none of the sub-sections of music get much input.

Ron

vivandorron

Hi ayg...I agree with your view about a cull and am glad that you did say not suggest me as a topical entry into the subject matter. :-)☺☺☺

Ron.

vivandorron

At the risk of having eggs thrown at me (Easter ones of course) I am at a loss to appreciate why only Christmas is listed as a sub-section of 'Seasonal'. Is the Ed a complete gnome.:-)

Ron

Pekoe

I have only used the crossword questions & answers. Please don't remove that, it is a great help and quite amusing to read

Buenchico

While it's useful to have an 'Editor's Blog', it needs to be a section where only the Editor can post a 'question'. (The Editor could then decide, based upon the content of each blog item, whether to allow 'answers' or to make that 'thread' one which was closed to posts).

Weather doesn't need to exist as a separate topic. Questions about, say, how clouds are formed could go into 'Science', whereas questions about the weather in the Canary Islands in January could go into 'Travel'.

'Hobbies & Interests' should become a main topic heading, rather than be hidden away under 'society & Culture'.

A lot of people don't know what clicking on the 'Topics' heading does. In order to help newbies, it should be replaced with a box labelled something like 'Click here to reveal all sub-topics'.

Chris

vivandorron

I agree Chris about the Ed's Blog. Perhaps we need a Miscellaneous Section.

At the moment I have a question upon which ABers may wish to comment but I am unable to find a suitable section into which to post, because it would involve a decision being taken by the Ed.

Ron.

Maydup

I agree that some of the sub topics are underused. However rather than remove them I think it would be more efficient if it became impossible to post under the main heading if there are subfolders to chose from. Eg click on sport and you will need to chose a sub topic before you can post. That stops the muddle under the main heading.

I agree that hobbies and interests should be a heading of its own and could even have a couple of subs if there were regular themes. I'm not sure we need "Suggestions" as well as "Editors Blog" they read very similar to me. I'd like to see a theatre sub under "arts and literature" for those "Anyone seen Wicked posts.

I particularly like the topic heading "Body and Soul". It implies there is more than just health issues going on here. Where as the subs in Phrases and Sayings are rarely used and the heading could simply be called Jokes with the subs deleted. Weather popped into science and we're all tidy!