FlyerTalk is a much more valuable resource if topics are properly categorized and archived. I hope I choose the proper place for my contribution, as I widen
slaweckis opener to
Why is FlyerTalk divided into Miles, Travel, Airport, Dining & Archives in the first and in subgroups in the second place?
As I am moderate the LH & the *A board on FlyerTalk Miles, once in a while I will be confronted to find a new home for misplaced threads. I relocated
Overnighting in FRA - recommendations?
MIA food and drug import question
Security concerns with cargo on pay flights from FRA?
to
TravelBuzz, knowing that this is not correct place. The reason why I choose this kind of overview travel related place and not the proper regional forum was this: I was pretty sure, that on this busy board, the poster gets a profound answer in a reasonable amount of time.
Moving threads is not popular among posters; I completely agree, that posts should be in the right place, but to move a thread to a place with very low traffic cannot be the best choice. Let me show you three current threads from the LH board; they are not miles, but travel related, so definitely in the wrong place. But where should be the new home?
On arrival at FRA - how to rendezvous?: I should have moved it to FlyerTalk Airport – subforum Frankfurt, but …
Car rental prices in HAM...suddenly quite pricey: There is a fellow flyertalker who likes to rent a cheap car next weekend …
FRA - how to make the best of it?: I should have moved it to FlyerTalk Travel – subforum Europe (
Coiaflyer is waiting for an answer)
I did not move these threads which is a bad decision, but as long as I do not know where the tread is welcome, I do not change anything.