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Would it be possible
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Would it be possible for a thread to exist simultaneously in two different sub-forums?
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Seriously though, this should be theoretically possible.
We have announcement threads that occupy multiple forums.
Shouldn't be too complex, I reckon.
I suppose the more important question is what do you want em for?
For instance, it's fairly routine in D&D for a thread on game censorship to pop up - could be cross listed in G&T. Literature threads also pop up - could be cross listed in Writer's Block.
Or you could just let the mods do whatever they wanted to maintain order.
honestly?
terrible idea.
the mods of the different forums, by that i mean specifically the mod-lites who are only mods of single sub-forums, don't often gel with how business is as usual in some of the other forums, especially if they don't otherwise post there.
i see that kind of thing as creating a massive head-ache, really. while it might make some people cringe and gnash teeth in anger when i say it, the different subforums do have different communities. some people mix. some people are active in many. some are most definitely not and are exclusively a "SE++ guy" or a "G&T guy" or whatever.
which is going to result in someone doing or saying something in such a cross-listed thread that would be okay in one forum, but not okay in another, and some mods getting annoyed with it, and others thinking it's just fine.
basically it will create stupid drama.
now, it is easy to say "well by golly every subforum should just adhere to the same rules and posting styles and conduct"
but uh
that isn't how the penny arcade forums work at all
It isn't very difficult for D&D regulars to check G&T to see if any game- or technology-related debates exist (or G&T regulars to check D&D), and it isn't very difficult to just go ahead and create said topic if one does not exist.
There will always be some topical overlap and spillover between forums. SE++ is bound to get game-related chat threads from time to time and D&D is bound to have debates over technology, at least in certain senses, and G&T have their own debates from time to time. I mean, the purpose of subforum structure is naturally to separate, isn't it? To compartmentalize? I don't see any benefit in having mods decide "oh, okay, this could also relate to Subforum X" and then pepper Subforum X with links to Subforum Y.
I don't mean to be a naysayer. I think Shinto has me on ignore so it probably doesn't matter anyway, but...I just don't see this being helpful at all. I think it'll create an administrative mess and will likely make the forums ugly. People have this "one forum" mentality because the conversational tone differs from one subforum to the next but that perception, I think, is more out of bias than reality; there's no good reason to make it easier for people not to leave their "home forum" and a lot of good reasons to force people to seek out good topics in subforums they might not participate in that often.
Just a heads up. If this feature would be implemented, I would really suggest having a "do not bitch about mirroring in thread, report the thread or PM a mod" rule.
Alternatively, they seem popular enough we could just have a Phalla sub forum of CF's.
Wouldn't a game subforum be better for that purpose?
We've already had this discussion. Negative.