Originally Posted by
lo2e
This sounds like something better suited for the Talkboard to consider, I've alerted a mod to move it there for their consideration.
D'oh! 3 years later and I still don't know where things go. Thanks
Lo2e and
JDiver for redirecting it to the proper place.
Originally Posted by
tcook052
There are more reasons that that against further subdivisions as all members but especially newer ones will not be sure where to post their query. More forums creates more confusion about where posts should be placed.
Also tying a domestic MR into an overseas journey would harder to spot if there were separate forums.
And it appears to tell international posters that their threads are cluttering the MR and don't deserve to be in the same forum which sends the wrong message to everyone who doesn't take or post wholly domestic U.S. MR's.
Sorry but I do not believe further dilution of the MR forum is either necessary or beneficial. Just MHO.
(a) it'd be harder to spot yes, but wouldn't you also to know if you could potentially fit one in? Running takes time, and if they can fit in a domestic itinerary (especially ones that look like snakes
) it wouldn't be too much effort to go to the correct place for it.
(b) I was originally intending to push the domestic US ones into a subfora
It's not that domestic US are worse/better than other ones, it's just a way of categorising them. Much like premium fare deals -- they aren't "better" or "worse" categorically speaking, just different to normal ones.
Originally Posted by
scottpenderson
I agree with
tcook052 that confusion may occur with additional sub-forums and that they are probably unneeded.
The next part of my comment may be more for Technical Support and Feedback than TalkBoard Topics. If more specific categorization is necessary in the MR forum, is there be a way to tag posts by region (e.g. "Asia", "Europe") for domestic or intercontinental MRs and international (e.g. "International" CDG-LHR-DFW) for international MRs? I see in the expert hotel reviews forum, there are "Review" tags. Would there be a way to incorporate these tags, and allow posters to select the most relevant tag when posting?
Review tag in Expert Hotel Reviews:
I like this suggestion a lot, and didn't know it existed outside of just "wiki". ^^ I would very much settle/support this idea if my idea continues to crash and burn
Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
I can see the arguments for dividing MR into subfora MR--domestic USA only and MR--elsewhere where both would be subfora on the same "level" in the FT organizational chart. I'm guessing that Canada should be part of international here, but it's something to discuss.
Originally Posted by
tcook052
I'd rather see Canada get it's own sub-forum actually if we're creating and endless number of sub-forums.
As a Canadian, I'd love to see it too, although I'd argue it'd be more useful under Milesbuzz. MRs to/from/containing Canada are relatively few and far between (unless the CAD$ keeps tanking at the rate it's going). For the vast majority of people who can do a domestic US MR, they usually have barrier-free access to Canada as well, not to mention increasingly similar revenue-based programs.