Nuke's idea seems like a reasonable idea.  The sub-forums can be very useful for finding specific types of information that one is looking for. 

It is one of the nice things about this forum that we are very much oriented towards a common task.  I imagine that is why the board is overall so civil.

mentat_kgs wrote:

I think what Nuke wants and what I think it would be nice too is a section devoted to RTK. It's becoming confusing sometimes.

That already exists, doesn't it?

I usually just check the recent topics thing when browsing the forums... I almost never actually go into a specific subforum index unless I am making a new post. Though, I could find it useful to have more subforums if I was looking up general information for fun or interest because I could browse past threads more efficiently. My 2 cents.

Last edited by cloudstrife543 (2009 March 12, 3:29 pm)

Sometimes I find that people forget General Discussion is actually under Learning Japanese and post threads there that are better suited for the Community section.
The Writing System forum is definitely a deadzone because there is usually a post there maybe once every two weeks about calligraphy pens. 
Also I find it odd how in general there has been more and more talk of Chinese in the Learning Japanese forums. While they are occassionally interesting, they are seldomly relevant.
I also just look at recent posts, but I have thought to myself about how the forum could use better organization before.

Smackle wrote:

Also I find it odd how in general there has been more and more talk of Chinese in the Learning Japanese forums. While they are occassionally interesting, they are seldomly relevant.

Hanzi is a planned addition to the site afaik, and Chinese is a natural next step for many learners of Japanese. Therefore it makes sense that there are frequent postings about Chinese on the forums. There should, however, be a dedicated section for it.