Originally Posted by
BuildingMyBento
If FTers can't figure out what "Africa" and "Middle East" equate to (granted, Cyprus's inclusion in the latter might confuse some) - or if they're from either of those broad regions - then that's a bigger problem.
Certain destinations routinely showed up in 2 or three forums. That's not useful when folks want to find what already has been posted. Macau is one example of many. Threads showed up in China, Asia, and Hong Kong forums. In consultation with a number of members, I decided it made most sense to chose the Hong Kong forum for Macau topics. After all, Macau is most frequently visited in conjunction with a trip to Hong Kong.
Since you realize the inefficiency in the antechambers, and that many of us still don't know (and may never learn) where to post destination-specific threads, why not get rid of them? Sure, one can just bookmark:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/destinations-704/, but why not streamline the process?
I'm perplexed as to your statement that we should get rid of destination specific threads. I'm likely misunderstanding your point as there is a large section of FlyerTalk that pertains to destinations. I can't conceive of getting rid of the Japan forum or China or Argentina.
There were probably 50 to 70 people consulted over several months as to how to give clarity to this area of FlyerTalk. It was a very dusty section of FlyerTalk that needed some good housecleaning. We went from considerable dissatisfaction to none, at least expressed directly to me. After five years of it being as it currently is, you are now expressing concern. There might be ways we can do it better than we do it now. So far, I haven't heard them but I'll keep listening.