The need for individual forum Mods isn't necessary for the actual "moderation" of the posts, etc. However, having a new Mod will definitely increase posting, especially if you make sure the Mod tries his/her hardest to get more content and threads started.

If you guys throw out any somewhat hobby forum for anything automotive, I'd volunteer, but unknowing of what you guys have in mind, i'm sure theres stuff everyone can help out with...

Agreed.

Yeah, that's the main point of having moderators for individual forums again, not necessarily because the new forums will need to be moderated a lot, but so that they have a "leader" sort of person to help keep things active, who has tools at his/her disposal to do so(stickying threads, closing threads, etc.)

If you guys want to make a forum for science, you could do that. I like to keep up with the news on sciency stuff on a pretty much daily basis. I don't know how much I will actually be able to paraphrase myself, and how much will need to be copy & paste, and I know that this forum really wasn't meant for that, but it's something I could do if you'd like.

At this point, pretty much anything that someone is willing to keep active is a good idea.

I was considering a Harry Potter forum recently, but I'm really not so sure how that would work out. There isn't a TON of big news that goes with Harry Potter, so all of the activity would have to come from Harry Potter discussions, which would have to be heavily censored for spoilers which would be one hell of a job, it just seems like too much work for something that most likely won't work.

Yeah, you can only discuss him shooting his wand at people over a course of 7 books for so long. If you were going to introduce it though, you could just make a literature forum, (oh wait, didn't we have that already?).. And bring back the Conspiracy forum, oh joy!

Remove K_A from being a Sup Mod to a regular forum Mod and you just might see more activity.

In all honosty, I agree.
NOT FLAMING...just agreeing.

Back on topic.

I'm sure we could do this, but for a variety of subjects, I'm very interested in anything that has to do with science, but hardly get a chance to read up on it, I'm sure if MJ or anyone else posted about it often, I'd definately be down for that and to read up on it more conherently.

I could probably post 5 new topics a day or so as far as that goes.

Okay, so far, we've got these forum additions to try out: Science Forum, Fallout (3), PS3, XBOX 360, Wii, PC, Movie Reviews

Any other suggestions? If anyone would be willing to post a few new threads per day or week in the new forums, that would be great! It shouldn't be long before we get new members who contribute in those areas (thanks to search engines).

Um, this may sound weird, but a food forum? I love food.

I would love an Automotive forum, but personally I don't know how active it could be, I'm sure there's tons of threads that could possibly be started, but I don't see there being too many enthusists to share information with, there'd probably have to be more members on these forums.

Automotive enthusiasts don't seem to proliferate too much on the internet, but then I might simply not know where to look, not being one myself.

I can name off about 10 sites that have to do with my car only

http://www.2gstratus.org/forums/index.php?act=home
www.club3g.com
www.eclipseforums.org
www.dodgeforum.com
www.dodgetalk.com
http://www.stratusphere.us/

Just to name a few, I'm registered on about half of those. If there is something popular in this world, there is more than likely a message board full of enthusiusts.

Even if it isn't popular, odds are there's a messageboard. :D

As far as forums would go, I would be able to contribute to a WoW forum and I've also been playing Dawn of War (Warhammer 40k RTS), so I could contribute to that as well, if we have anyone interested here.

The Science Forum and Fallout 3 Forum are up. The automotive forum is a good idea. I start design school in September, and school will give me paid access to a number of conceptual design car sites I can post news and images from. Maybe they'll sue me though, hmm.

We already had a food forum long ago, didn't we? It didn't work too well back then, but if there is enough interest now, I would be willing to give it a second chance.

Four new console forums added: Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC Gaming. Post away!

If anyone has any suitable 80x80 pixel icons for any of the new forums (or other forums which do not have icons), please post them here.

Does anyone have any specific rules in mind for a hypothetical movie review forum? The first post of a thread should be a review, and it should possibly contain a score, although it would be nice to make it different from IMDB.

I think it would refine what normally occurs in the entertainment forum anyway. :)

As volls probably knows Im super hyped about Warhammer :), so of course I would like to see discussion about that if anyone else is interested. I will be gone for a couple weeks, but after that I would definitely be into getting some warhammer action on the forums once my internet is back up from moving to a new house. Warhammer already looks like it should have a large player base just from the beta numbers, if only I could get a taste of the game :(.

I think the movie forum should be for reviews and upcoming movie discussion as well. I am ALWAYS on the hunt for new movies that are going to be coming out. I <3 IMDB. Either way movie forum is a good idea.

Also volls you know how PD forums has that thread where everyone posts random funny stuff they find on the internet?? A forum like that would be nice, I always get a good laugh out of that and it would be nice for a forum to have a nice concentration of threads for whenever you need something funny.

Oh, you mean "Wailyn's House of Horrors"? I had to make that to keep him from cluttering the entire forum with his junk. :P

That would be a pretty good addition too.

Well, it looks like something is working. I've noticed a shitload more activity already today, not too sure from what, but I have noticed alot more...

Absolutely. The other night when I logged on, there were 2 full pages of "New Post" listings, and I'd checked in about 8 hours earlier. That's more activity than I've seen since I joined (which, admittedly, wasn't that long ago).

Hell, all we need to do is make a few threads per week more than usual. I rarely like to start threads, but I've started like 5 this week. If everyone would do that, or even half of that, we'd see our activity spike like a mo-fo.

/signed

What about a History Forum?

I just finished up a book, Red Mutiny, which was more or less a history lesson written in a way that made it really fun and interesting. It was the story behind what started the Russian Revolution in the early 1900's (1905 in this case). I think a History Forum would be a good way for the members to basically talk about what they know or learned from History in their own way to make it sound interesting. You could always just copy and paste a good article or something too.

I know I would try to post a good amount in there, because history is damn fun. Especially about wars, revolutions, etc. There are some crazy stories out there that are fascinating.

I'd be down on the History forum, as it was my favorite subject back in highschool. May be more practical than the Science forum?

Why not both. I actually like some of the threads MJ is posting. Not ALL of them, but some.

I'm trying. I only paraphrase, or copy and paste the articles I find most interesting. I could probably post many more, but I don't think they would generate any conversation really. I doubt anyone wants to hear about the spatial structure of an accretion disk.

I don't see the point in the "Today in science" thread. It doesn't really spark conversation... but keep it up, MJ. You're doin a good job. Titus wants History.. MJ likes Science.. I'm gonna take over the Sports forum :)

History is a really awesome subject! :D

I'd post in a History forum... if only to argue that such and such a thing (for example, the October Manifesto in 1905, Russia) should be looked at a different way. :p

The thing with a Science forum versus a History forum is that the Science forum has the ability for us to speculate and discuss the unknown or things currently being developed/experimented with.

A History forum has a lot less freedom with it, at least on the surface. Most subjects would be posted and read, with a few comments. There aren't a whole lot of events that could be debated, I would imagine.

I could be wrong though.

Apart from a few thousand years of History that can be debated... :rolleyes:

Basically, you'd debate about which key events led up to a specific moment, or which were the most important. For example:

- Did Serbian nationalism play the biggest role in causing World War I?
- During his reign, did Tsar Alexander II do more to secure Tsarism and autocracy, or more to damage it?
- To what extent was money from big business the key factor in the Nazi rise to power, 1919 - 1933?

Alright, good points. I was thinking too broadly.

Other than debates and what-not, one can produce threads that could teach others about historical moments.

For example, I haven't the faintest idea about American History, so could learn something from you folks, and I'm sure that most of you won't have a clue on some of the more specialised points of European History, or English History.

A history forum sounds great! I'm having a hard time to do anything right now though, my laptop broke (sounds familiar?), after my backup computer broke as well a few weeks ago. As unbelievable as it sounds, my third backup computer broke as well about two months ago, and now I'm using my fourth and final one. It seemingly takes a few minutes to load a single page sometimes though, so it may prove challenging to create the forum right now.

(For the record, I've used computers since I was seven years old, and I have never broken a single one until two months ago.)

Looks like you're going to be needing to find a fifth, just in case. :p

Hope you get your problems sorted soon!

Now that you've broke one, you gotta break 'em all.