Feb 3, 2016, 1:55 pm
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Should the Travel News forum remain open as its own standalone forum?
Here is the Travel News forum. Should it remain open; or should it be closed? Please post objective reasons for either position below.
Keep the Travel News Forum Open
It provides a place where only news linked to other sources can be posted.
Travel News serves a different function than other forums. It is for news articles that can be quickly perused & not buried in other forums. TravelBuzz, for example, has topics such as 'should the spouse get the upgrade' & discussions re: that. Travel News has links to articles of interest that may or may not get commentary, but does get a lot of views so obviously of interest to FTers. Just as some will read articles in the NYTimes, Wall Street Journal, USAToday because the articles are of interest but not comment. That doesn't mean the articles have no value. They're easier to find in Travel News.
Close/Merge the Travel News Forum
It is redundant; and discussions posted in it are best served when residing in other forums on FlyerTalk — such as TravelBuzz, for example.
It is obsolete due to improved technology which has emerged over the years, allowing news pertaining to travel to be easily obtained elsewhere.
It is not at all clear what types of posts belong in it.
Travel News made a lot more sense before FT had a forum for any and every thing travel related. But now FT does and Travel News is out of step with how FlyerTalk is currently organized.
Here is the Travel News forum. Should it remain open; or should it be closed? Please post objective reasons for either position below.
Keep the Travel News Forum Open
It provides a place where only news linked to other sources can be posted.
Travel News serves a different function than other forums. It is for news articles that can be quickly perused & not buried in other forums. TravelBuzz, for example, has topics such as 'should the spouse get the upgrade' & discussions re: that. Travel News has links to articles of interest that may or may not get commentary, but does get a lot of views so obviously of interest to FTers. Just as some will read articles in the NYTimes, Wall Street Journal, USAToday because the articles are of interest but not comment. That doesn't mean the articles have no value. They're easier to find in Travel News.
Close/Merge the Travel News Forum
It is redundant; and discussions posted in it are best served when residing in other forums on FlyerTalk — such as TravelBuzz, for example.
It is obsolete due to improved technology which has emerged over the years, allowing news pertaining to travel to be easily obtained elsewhere.
It is not at all clear what types of posts belong in it.
Travel News made a lot more sense before FT had a forum for any and every thing travel related. But now FT does and Travel News is out of step with how FlyerTalk is currently organized.
Travel News Forum: close, re-purpose or merge with TravelBuzz?
Feb 3, 2016, 6:30 pm
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In addition, 4 Budget Airlines forums were closed "primarily due to low traffic"
And Car rental forums were restructured and re-named.
Feb 3, 2016, 7:36 pm
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Feb 3, 2016, 9:23 pm
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Why make it personal!? I would never have the audacity to call Travel News xxxxxxx's playground. Whether I thought it is or not. I choose to believe we are all trying to act in the best interests of FlyerTalk and its posters.
In any case this thread is about Travel News. Respectfully, if you want to talk about EM&PR, start a thread. I'd be more than happy to participate!
In any case this thread is about Travel News. Respectfully, if you want to talk about EM&PR, start a thread. I'd be more than happy to participate!
Feb 3, 2016, 10:43 pm
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st certainly related. Anything deemed not travel-related can be sent off to OMNI (whose sub-forums themselves really need to be combined into a single forum). Things will be much clearer that way and people will certainly be able to very easily go to the proper place when looking for travel-related items, including news. There is a plus for moderators here, too. No longer will they need to assign topics to other forums so other moderators can combine them into mega-threads. Now mega-threads can be formed from within the same forum, making for much less moderation work. It's a win for everyone!
Feb 3, 2016, 11:01 pm
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Just take the latest TN post, the only one in the past two days.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...lane-food.html
Oh, right, there's a link to pretty pictures. It is news. Further, it comes from the pinnacle of news sources, with grammar such as "but lest we forget, a decades ago ..."
But there's a link.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...lane-food.html
Oh, right, there's a link to pretty pictures. It is news. Further, it comes from the pinnacle of news sources, with grammar such as "but lest we forget, a decades ago ..."
But there's a link.
Feb 3, 2016, 11:31 pm
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I wholeheartedly agree! But I think this suggestion does not go far enough. We should combine all forums into one forum called 'travel' as everything related to travel is mst certainly related. Anything deemed not travel-related can be sent off to OMNI (whose sub-forums themselves really need to be combined into a single forum). Things will be much clearer that way and people will certainly be able to very easily go to the proper place when looking for travel-related items, including news. There is a plus for moderators here, too. No longer will they need to assign topics to other forums so other moderators can combine them into mega-threads. Now mega-threads can be formed from within the same forum, making for much less moderation work. It's a win for everyone!
st certainly related. Anything deemed not travel-related can be sent off to OMNI (whose sub-forums themselves really need to be combined into a single forum). Things will be much clearer that way and people will certainly be able to very easily go to the proper place when looking for travel-related items, including news. There is a plus for moderators here, too. No longer will they need to assign topics to other forums so other moderators can combine them into mega-threads. Now mega-threads can be formed from within the same forum, making for much less moderation work. It's a win for everyone!
Feb 4, 2016, 1:02 am
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I wholeheartedly agree! But I think this suggestion does not go far enough. We should combine all forums into one forum called 'travel' as everything related to travel is mst certainly related. Anything deemed not travel-related can be sent off to OMNI (whose sub-forums themselves really need to be combined into a single forum). Things will be much clearer that way and people will certainly be able to very easily go to the proper place when looking for travel-related items, including news. There is a plus for moderators here, too. No longer will they need to assign topics to other forums so other moderators can combine them into mega-threads. Now mega-threads can be formed from within the same forum, making for much less moderation work. It's a win for everyone!
st certainly related. Anything deemed not travel-related can be sent off to OMNI (whose sub-forums themselves really need to be combined into a single forum). Things will be much clearer that way and people will certainly be able to very easily go to the proper place when looking for travel-related items, including news. There is a plus for moderators here, too. No longer will they need to assign topics to other forums so other moderators can combine them into mega-threads. Now mega-threads can be formed from within the same forum, making for much less moderation work. It's a win for everyone!
Feb 4, 2016, 3:50 am
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I believe discussion is not mandatory. It was removed in September 2013, as one of the tweaks done when (later failed) motion to close TN was discussed.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/21440477-post52.html
Feb 4, 2016, 5:54 am
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Hey - I liked your suggestion! I think the TN forum is getting a bad rap and that if that's on the table there are other forum-combination issues that could and should be addressed. What you propose is sort-of like a constitutional convention where everything is
n the table.
Feb 4, 2016, 6:16 am
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My bolding.
I believe discussion is not mandatory. It was removed in September 2013, as one of the tweaks done when (later failed) motion to close TN was discussed.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/21440477-post52.html
I believe discussion is not mandatory. It was removed in September 2013, as one of the tweaks done when (later failed) motion to close TN was discussed.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/21440477-post52.html
Feb 4, 2016, 7:53 am
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However, the forum rules now state that the forum exists for meta-discussion (discuss the article about the topic, not the topic itself).
Feb 4, 2016, 8:01 am
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OK I misunderstood your post, thinking the meta-discussion referred to the earlier mandatory comment rule. Now it's crystal clear.
Feb 4, 2016, 8:11 am
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Just take the latest TN post, the only one in the past two days.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...lane-food.html
Oh, right, there's a link to pretty pictures. It is news. Further, it comes from the pinnacle of news sources, with grammar such as "but lest we forget, a decades ago ..."
But there's a link.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...lane-food.html
Oh, right, there's a link to pretty pictures. It is news. Further, it comes from the pinnacle of news sources, with grammar such as "but lest we forget, a decades ago ..."
But there's a link.
Feb 4, 2016, 9:10 am
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No, I'm saying it completely belongs in TB (quoting absolute overlap).
Feb 4, 2016, 9:13 am
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Excellent suggestion!
Hey - I liked your suggestion! I think the TN forum is getting a bad rap and that if that's on the table there are other forum-combination issues that could and should be addressed. What you propose is sort-of like a constitutional convention where everything isn the table.
Hey - I liked your suggestion! I think the TN forum is getting a bad rap and that if that's on the table there are other forum-combination issues that could and should be addressed. What you propose is sort-of like a constitutional convention where everything is
n the table.