@Community - Off-Topic Forum Changes Needed

very well put,quite simply this should have been done a long time ago...in a galaxy far away

A, the corrupt a wish game is better off here because most of us dont like IRC as well as the fact that almost no one is ever on any of the IRCs and in the forums we can see what the corruption is if we dont wish to stick around. And to the topics in off-topic, they are usually not really related at all to PApps but are of interest to the community, just like the Corrupt-A-Wish game, no relation to Portableapps.com but almost everyone partakes in it.

B, I agree, Religion and related topics posting is bad. i also propose that anyone starting a religious debate or such should be at least temp banned

C, No WAREZ!!!!!!!! (Agreed)

D, usually the threads used for that kind of posting get lost in the thousands that pile on top and no one goes searching for them. i agree that they should be in one or two threads tops but maybe they should be sticked to the top or something.

E, i agree fully on the polls thing

F, i cant remember the last video that linked to a non PApps related video.

Here are my 2 cents:

• The ideas are overall somewhat good and bad, so I can't put this black on white
• The Corrupt a Wish thread started simple, but with a bug on previous Drupal, the new threads had to be created constantly. So my opinion is that it is merged all in one, leaving less mess now that the bug is fixed. (the bug of multiple page threads, remember?)
• Agree
• Agree
• It is messy, for what you are saying is: "There will be a host problems thread and a CMS problems thread, and each user will post there". If it is usable, then I think it is not a bad idea. If it's not, then I think a simple clear clarification on thread tittle like "[Problem] Drupal CMS is not using cron" or something will work.
• If pools are original and somewhat related to the site, then yes, go for it! Useless pools that nobody cares, then, forget it!
• There is a thread only for that too, the new "PortableApps.com Ad Campaign" made by digitxp, that I know of, all new video threads end up there. Previous ones no.

So here are my advices for a better off-topic related to your off-topic threads.

Also, a cleanup on the off-topic forums leaving the content, but more organized, could be useful (this has obviously to be made by mods).

{joke}I think that's a good idea but.... You Can't make me! :){/joke}

But I'll do it.... for a little cost...

I agree with everything (especially about the forum games) wholeheartedly. The only thing I would add to this would be that we need to organize everything a bit better.

I think you've basically touched on everything, Patrick.

• Religion, politics,...: Agree
• Warez/Illegal software: Agree
  BTW: See here!
• Polls: Agree
• Other things: no opinion (only member for some time)

Just my 2 €-Cents.

Yes, i do believe that the corrupt a wish things have gotten out of hand. Digit, is about to lose his nick on my server. He has already lost him room because of not being in the room. (That is my ChanServ's fault.) alpha1 has already set up a Corrupt a wish on his forums so it can be moved there. (I mean, Season 8? That's a lot.) I think the Off Topic section was made for Off Topic Discussion. Not for games.

Talks of warez/illegal software, videos, etc are not to be discussed in there forums at all.
These things NEED to stay out of the forums. This will make people think that PortableApps.com is illegal when it isn't.

Thanks Patrick for creating this post.

As mentioned by Dave, Mike (alpha1) made a forum for Corrupt a Wish, so have at it over there.

I agree with your thoughts on much needed forum changes.

The only thing I can see that might be a problem are the web development threads. It will definitely be hard to contain the questions in one or two threads.

The warez threads definitely need to stay out for reputation reasons as stated above by David Dixon II.

The videos and such aren't very bad here as there aren't very many of them. It could definitely be a lot worse. Ever since YouTube started video posting has been somewhat of a nuisance on every board I've used/seen.