Do we want to keep political and/or religious in 1 thread?

[Dale]

Now that we have an OT forum (this one, the Pub), some folks have raised a good question. Should we continue to try to keep the political and religious posts in the mega-thread?

[Martin Milner]

How about two mega-threads, one for political, and one for religious?

[glauber]

Which one means no?

[Wombat]

I can't see the point of it. Well I suppose someone might say: I have to plough through dozens of political threads just to find the giggles and the flame wars. Oh, let's be frank. Someone will say that.

[FJohnSharp]

Yes, if it will reduce the possibility of hijackings that turn nasty.

[Jerry Freeman]

I would like to suggest that we have two sticky megathreads, one "Mostly Political" and one "Mostly Religious," but take a lenient view if people want to post something on either topic in a separate thread.

That way, many political or religious items will go in the megathreads, helping to keep the board from becoming overrun by many separate religious or political threads, but there will be some separate religious and political threads running too.

(As is my usual policy in such matters, I feel very strongly both ways.)

Best wishes,
Jerry

[TomB]

(As is my usual policy in such matters, I feel very strongly both ways.)

Best wishes,
Jerry

Heh! Heh! Great line, Jerry. Your idea is excellent, I think. Many of yours' are though, so no big surprise.

Tom

[Wombat]

I would like to suggest that we have two sticky megathreads, one "Mostly Political" and one "Mostly Religious," but take a lenient view if people want to post something on either topic in a separate thread.

That way, many political or religious items will go in the megathreads, helping to keep the board from becoming overrun by many separate religious or political threads, but there will be some separate religious and political threads running too.

(As is my usual policy in such matters, I feel very strongly both ways.)

Best wishes,
Jerry

Well here's another way. Let's also have a frivolous and frothy megathread.

[mvhplank]

I would like to suggest that we have two sticky megathreads, one "Mostly Political" and one "Mostly Religious," but take a lenient view if people want to post something on either topic in a separate thread.

That way, many political or religious items will go in the megathreads, helping to keep the board from becoming overrun by many separate religious or political threads, but there will be some separate religious and political threads running too.

(As is my usual policy in such matters, I feel very strongly both ways.)

Best wishes,
Jerry

Yeah--what he said.

I kept looking for the radio button that offered a third choice--one political and one religious thread. Or make them go to yet another forum--Pub Brawl, maybe.

M

[Darwin]

Well here's another way. Let's also have a frivolous and frothy megathread.

Does this mean that the political/religious sticky thread was supposed to be taken seriously? Oops!

[Wombat]

Or make them go to yet another forum--Pub Brawl, maybe.

M

I only drop in from time to time but there are fewer flame wars there by far than elsewhere. Vigorous disagreements to be sure and occasional cries of 'foul'. But not the insult trading we often get on other threads.

[Wombat]

Well here's another way. Let's also have a frivolous and frothy megathread.

Does this mean that the political/religious sticky thread was supposed to be taken seriously? Oops!

I hope not.

[Jerry Freeman]

Well here's another way. Let's also have a frivolous and frothy megathread.

Does this mean that the political/religious sticky thread was supposed to be taken seriously? Oops!

Seems to me, there's quite a bit of frothing goes on in that sticky thread as it is.

Best wishes,
Jerry

[Lorenzo]

Since we have an Off-Topic forum now, I'd prefer to see separate threads per subject, meaning there could be hundreds of political threads and hundreds of religious threads. No one in their right mind would ever page back through that mega thread looking for a certain post. You'd use search if you could remember the subject. But, if every subject were threaded seperately, it would be easy to see which page you wanted to get to for a particular post within.

The mega thread should not be nuked or taken out of the data base. The contents need to be maintained for searching. There's a lot of good stuff there that is still useful.

[Dale]

(As is my usual policy in such matters, I feel very strongly both ways.)

Best wishes,
Jerry

Heh! Heh! Great line, Jerry. Your idea is excellent, I think. Many of yours' are though, so no big surprise.

Tom

Personally, I have my feet planted firmly in mid-air.

Dale