I thought that I had made it more than amply clear in the other thread (in particular in
this post and
that post) that this is not
at all what my argument is about but rather that a modicum of intellectual humility might be in order when what one views as an obvious truth encounters difficulties when faced with the real world. We can illustrate that using your librarian example:
OK. Now, let us assume that our great librarian considers that books on Easyjet/Ryanair should go on the "other European FFPs" shelves. Our librarian is absolutely certain that this is the right shelf. But what if a majority of users of the library do not share that view and therefore go elsewhere? Should the library be organised in a manner that corresponds to how users search or according to the librarian's personal view of what the "correct", "simplest" manner to organise books should be? Should the librarian theoretical view of correctness prevail over the actual use of the library by users?
I went through the numbers for Ryanair and Easyjet and the Budget Travel forum in
that post in the other thread. Now, you might wish to say, in a triumphant manner:"ah, ah! that proves my point! Budget Travel is clearly not the right forum for these airlines. OEFFP is". The problem with that, though, is that the numbers are even more dismal for OEFFP. Out of 419 threads with Easyjet in the title on FT, only 45 (viz. < 11%) are in OEFFP.
So what looks like the obvious truth to librarian
cblaisd (and fellow librarian
tcook052) is not at all obvious to 89% of FTers. Now, it may well be that 89% of FTers are simply not very bright and need to be educated in the "correct" way to search the library and that, in the meantime, the army of assistant librarians should spend their time relocating the 89% of books which are routinely misplaced.
... or perhaps librarian
cblaisd and
tcook052 might perhaps consider whether their world view of what the "correct" classification is is nowhere near as intuitive and simple as they think it is?
I will happily grant you that I do not know whether creating LCC forums will necessarily work better or not. It may or it may not. Nor am I sure that it will necessarily work better for all parts of the world. There may be more of a case for an LCC forum in some parts of the world and not in others. But when the system is patently broke it seems to me that it is worth trying something else to see if it works better.
When 89% of posts end up in something that you would regard as the wrong place, pretending that all is fine and nothing need be done is, imo, stretching credibility.
I ask you something: if only 11% of posts concerning AA were posted in the AA forum and 89% ended up elsewhere,would you not consider that you have a problem with your classification?
So why pretend that all is fine and that OEFFP is the right forum for airlines like Easyjet and Ryanair when experience tells you that this simply does not work?