Originally Posted by
empedocles
Just curious. On the one hand, you say you don't have metric goals for forums. On the other, you say you want demonstrated need. So I was wondering if need can be demonstrated without posts/threads, as posts/threads are quantifiable and thus are
*gasp* metrics.
There is no set *integer* number of posts/threads that will trigger forum creation/deletion for me. In other words, for me, need should be demonstrated, but I'm not going to automatically recommend a forum be created just because there are X posts in Y threads about the matter. Defining X and Y just opens the door for abuse, i.e. junk post padding/thread starting.
Hope that clears things up for you. @:-)