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Originally Posted by SanDiego1K
(Post 18271518)
I shudder when I read that, as that is not the case. 35-40% of our moderators are from outside the US. Talkboard has increased its worldwide focus the past 18 months by searching for gaps in coverage of international carriers. I have not observed US-centric focus amongst either group.
If I recall correctly the comment that Exbayern is referring to was made by a moderator who is not resident in the US, which made it even more galling for me. It's clearly a touchy subject, given that some months later I knew exactly which message was being referred to. |
Originally Posted by SanDiego1K
(Post 18337040)
We currently have two major headings for our regional forums:
When FlyerTalk was formed, it was predominantly an American board. Putting the USA alone and pushing all other countries into "world" reflected that. That's not the case today. We are genuinely an international board. A significant volume of readership comes from outside the US. Members have made valid points here and elsewhere about respecting our international diversity. It is my goal to do that by going more to a regional structure in alphabetical order. Everything below is an existing forum; it simply is a reordering in hopes of making them easier to find. I welcome feedback on this structure: |
Originally Posted by exbayern
(Post 18271649)
Thanks. I shuddered as well, then I 'got over it' ;)
As to organisation, that is an interesting one. It's like the world map; depending on where you are in the world, it is laid out differently ie North America is not always in the centre. However, I would do something such as ... ...'Australia' (can't forget them!!) 'Antartica' Antarctica is problematical. The best that most of us will ever have of seeing it is from the window of a plane chartered specifically , so I imagine it might be a calm and peaceful corner of FT. I'd be happy to put my hand up to moderate such a forum, although the three posts that it might attract annually (in a busy year) may well be very controversial :) |
It does make sense to group Macau with Hong Kong as most people who frequent FT and visit Macau will also spend some time in HKG at least for transit.
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Originally Posted by SanDiego1K
(Post 18337040)
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Originally Posted by yosithezet
(Post 18358246)
It does make sense to group Macau with Hong Kong as most people who frequent FT and visit Macau will also spend some time in HKG at least for transit.
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I think that we need to have headers even when there is only a single forum inside. Like Africa needs a section header like Americas has. Otherwise the forums get lost in scanning the list. Look at the end of the US section where it hits Antarctica. Looks odd.
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Also, destinations needs to be a heading like Special Interest Travel.
And maybe add Destinations to the Jump to Forums: at the top as otherwise there is no way to get there from any of those links. |
How the heck do we get to Destinations ?
I ended up going through search ... |
What happened to the destination forums. They are no longer listed under the Travel and Dining section?
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Originally Posted by goodeats21
(Post 18359547)
What happened to the destination forums. They are no longer listed under the Travel and Dining section?
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/destinations-704/ ;) |
Originally Posted by im-headed-west
(Post 18359556)
For any mods / admins that may stumble across here, you may want to put out an announcement or a link from their original location.... |
Destination forums are now in the forum jump list.
A global announcement is up. |
Originally Posted by Moineau
(Post 18338210)
You certainly can't forget us, and thank you for not doing so! But this is problematical, Australia is both a continent and a country, and my neighbours in the Pacific might feel a little miffed by having "Australia" as the main heading.
I certainly didn't mean to lump everyone else under 'Australia'. That would be as bad as putting 'Canada' under 'the US'. In my ramblings I apparently didn't ramble long enough to include Oceania. No oversight was intended, and apologies to any Kiwis or others I may have offended. (New destinations do look good!) |
Originally Posted by im-headed-west
(Post 18359556)
tia |
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