In response to  BeefnCheez:
-Putting General Photography Discussion at the bottom of the Photography section would make others consider posting to one of the other sections before just throwing a thread in there. "I found the Photography category - oh look, the first section is about photography; why don't I just post there?" seems to be the norm now, and too many Techniques and Individual Photo threads are started in the Photography Discussion category. So changing the title to "General Photography Discussion" and moving it to the bottom (and maybe adding the subtitle "Photographic Discussion that does not fit in any other category") would help remedy the situation.
-Side Challenges are not real challenges... so they should be grouped in the DPC discussions and the "Challenges" category be only for official challenges.
In response to Bear_Music:
-Welcome Center at the top, in its own category, rather than thrown in with the off-topics at the bottom.
-"Member Discussion" (the big category) changed to "Member-Only"... it's different than the (sub-)section "Member Discussion," and helps people avoid the mistake of posting there instead of the "General Discussion." I still call all users on the site "members" because "registered user" just sounds stupid... so I could hypothetically post there, thinking it's just a general "off-topic" discussion forum.
-Move "The DPL" and "Side Challenges" sections out of the "Challenges" category, because they're not about specific Site Challenges. The title of the category ("Challenges") could also be changed to "Site Challenges," but that sounds kind of like "Side Challenges" ;).
-Move the "Challenge Suggestions" section into the "Challenges" category, because it talks about the official challenges. It's a more organic way of structuring things: you arrange things first by what they're about, and second by what they actually are. A challenge suggestion is a suggestion, but it's ABOUT challenges, so you move it there.
-Move the "Site Feature Discussion" higher, and name it "Site Discussion," make official site features (the three in "Site Feature Discussion") bold, and also add in "The Critique Club" and "The DPL" as bold items. Add in "Side Challenges" and "Web Site Suggestions" as non-bold items, and a new section, "General Discussion" for people to discuss things that don't fit into other sections but are DPC-related ("How DPC changed my life" goes here, "UFO's spotted" doesn't).
-Reorganize the "Photography" section more logically: First you learn technique, then you get feedback, then you buy better stuff, get together with others to shoot, start your own business, and end up in stock photography. Okay, so it's a stupid analogy... it doesn't really matter what the specific order is, but the most popular specific sections (Technique, Individual Photo, Equipment, Out and About) should be first, followed by the others (Business and Stock). General Discussion that fits NONE of those should go in the last section, "General Photography Discussion" (note the change from just "Photography Discussion"). Also, the whole "Photography" category would be moved below Site Discussion to draw more people to the Site Discussion categories... Good idea? Bad idea?
-"Suggestions" split up, for aforementioned reasons.
-"General Discussion" changed to "Off-Topic"... general discussion on a photography challenge site should be about photography and challenges and maybe the site, so "Off-Topic" would be more appropriate for discussions about fish.
Message edited by author 2010-06-22 12:35:13. |
