Ok, so we have nearly two thousand threads in the Requests forum. Many of these are for one reason or another practically obsolete, yet putting them into the forum's trashcan isn't a good idea.

So, I'd like to suggest creating two sub-forums, "On site" and "Rejected" to which according threads can be moved so that they don't clutter the main Requests forum.

Yes, but then the "requestees" must be aware of the thread being moved, so they won't think it has been removed.

As subforums, both would show up in the main Requests forum, much the same like Troubleshooting Archive does for Troubleshooting.

Just two small questions:
1- where would the requests be made, in the "On site" or in the "Rejected" ? (maybe in none of them :tomato: )
2- how will that prevent people for keep asking for the same games over and over again? (I guess people won't look up in these subforums more than they actually look at the troubleshouting archive - they'll create a new thread right away to ask for it).

In neither. In fact, both of the subforums would primarily serve archiving purposes, and normal users should only be capable of viewing them, not posting.
Requests would be made as they were before, in the main Requests forum.

How does the "list of games that are definitely not abandoned" or indeed the ubiquitous Search function prevent people from doing that?
The first is fairly visible, yet people keep asking (I closed another Fallout thread just a week ago).
The other isn't too difficult to use either.

In fact, I'm halfway through writing a new rules sticky for the Requests forum, one that should work much better then the current stickies (which due to their sheer amount may be confusing for newbies and older members alike).


So, while it may or may not reduce the number of repeated requests for games, it will result in making viable past requests easier to locate.

Would it be an idea to have evey request that has been adressed alphabetically, to ease the search? Also: Ab could have this forum as the "main request forum", so new "requestees" won't miss it if they want to request a game already listed there. Then, if the game isn't listed there, they can go to the ordinary request forum.

That would be an idea. Only if people actually gave a damn about proper naming of their threads, rather then "kewl game I want" "my requests" "u absloutely have to addit" and the like.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Nov 16 2006, 01:32 PM) [snapback]267254[/snapback]</div>All praise the power of the Mods, then :sneaky: