Forum Re-Organization

@Medieval Bob: Thanks for your input, I will consider it!

Oh Lenny, I think your suggestion would not be much of an improvement as the basement would still be very chaotic. But putting News and Events under the Lounge would be good.

An improved suggestion from me would be:

Zelaron Symposium:
-Introduce Yourself
-Forum News and Discussion
--Forum Suggestions
--Talk to the Staff

The Lounge:
-News and Events
-Random Chatter
--Flame Forum?
-Conversation
-Opinion and Debate
-Life Discussion

Zelaron Gaming:
-Computer Gaming
--Diablo 2
--Starcraft 2
--WoW
-Console Gaming
--Sub-categories
-Traditional Games
--Warhammer and stuff?
-Gaming Culture and Misc.
-Game Design and RPGMaker

The Basement:
-Science is Awesome!
-Automotive
-History
-The Arts
-Media Stuff!
-Animation and Comics
--Japanese Animation and Comics
-Tech News and Help - could it be changed into a more generic title? Like... Technology or something. Generic tech... Stuff.

Hmm, I think this can be further improved... Will think more about this.

EDIT: The Basement-area could need improvement... Hmm...

Updated list:

Zelaron Symposium:
-Forum News and Discussion
--Talk to the Staff (text-link)
-Introduce Yourself
-News and Events
-Light Discussion
--Flame Forum
-Serious Discussion
--Life Discussion

Zelaron Gaming:
-Digital Gaming
--Diablo 2
-Traditional Gaming
-Game Design and Theory
--RPGMaker
-Gaming Culture and Misc.

The Basement:
-Science and Technology
--Tech News and Help
--Come Singularity!
-Art and Culture
--Animation and Comics

Numerous of these would be merges of previous forums (Animation and Comics include it's Japanese brothers and sisters in Anime and Manga.)

Status: COMPLETE

• "Forum News and Discussion" will be merged with "Forum Suggestions".
  
  
• "Talk to the Staff" to become a sub-forum link under Forum News and Discussion (only if it can be made sufficiently notable).
  
  
• "Introduce Yourself" will remain.
  
  
• "Light Discussion", "Serious Discussion" and "News and Events" will remain as front-page sub-forums. "Life Discussion" will be kept as a sub-forum (a text link) of Serious Discussion. If possible, it should be merged entirely with Serious Discussion, but we'll keep it as a sub-forum for now.
  
  
• Merge "Chat Forum" with "Light Discussion".
  
  
• Make "Flame Forum" a sub-forum of "Light Discussion".
  
  
• "World Record Thread" to be a sub-forum of "Light Discussion" (text link).
  
  
• Merge "conversation Forum" with "Serious Discussion".
  
  
• "Test Forum" will be a sub-forum (text link) of "Forum News and Discussion".
  
  
• "Style Test Forums" will follow.

Status: COMPLETE

• Split "The Basement" into "Zelaron Gaming" and "The Basement".
  
  
• Create four main gaming forums under "Zelaron Gaming": "Digital Gaming", "Traditional Gaming", "Game Culture" and "Misc, Game Design and Theory".
  
  
• Merge "General Gaming" with "Digital Gaming".
  
  
• Make "Diablo 2" a visible sub-forum of "Digital Gaming". Keep the D2 sub-forums intact.
  
  
• Make "Starcraft 2" a visible sub-forum of "Digital Gaming".
  
  
• Merge "Game Cons" with "Game Culture".
  
  
• Merge "Computer Games and MMOs" with "General Gaming". Make "WoW" a visible sub-forum of "Digital Gaming".
  
  
• Merge "Console Games and Systems" with "Digital Gaming". Use prefixes.
  
  
• Make "RPGMaker" a visible sub-forum of "Misc, Game Design and Theory".

Status: COMPLETE

• "Science and Technology", "Art and Culture" and "Hobbies and Interests" as main forums.
  
  
• Keep "Hobbies and Interests".
  
  
• Merge "Zelaron Laboratories" with "Science and Technology".
  
  
• Rename "Anime Forum" to "Animation and Comics", and make sub-forum of "Art and Culture".
  
  
• Split "Entertainment and Sports" into "Entertainment" and "Sports".
  
  
• Make "Sports" a sub-forum of "Hobbies and Interests".
  
  
• Make "Entertainment" a sub-forum of "Art and Culture".
  
  
• Merge "The Arts" with "Art and Culture".
  
  
• (Allow both visual arts and literature to be posted in "Arts and Culture".)
  
  
• Make "Automotive Forum" a sub-forum of "Hobbies and Interests".
  
  
• Make "History Forum" a sub-forum of "Hobbies and Interests".
  
  
• Make "Tech News and Help" a visible sub-forum of "Science and Technology".
  
  
• Create a "Singularity" sub-forum for "Science and Technology".

Great, things are much better now. Although there are still things that can be done better and some of the symbols are... Bad, I mean - clip art?

Having forums "life" and "light" discussion is a bit confusing.