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wyliepoon
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I've offered a few suggestions on how to make the forum better in the past to BC (one of which was realized- the City Photos section). I guess now that Ed is running the forum, I would like to propose some more changes.
1. Section for non-Toronto urban issues
I know this is not SSP where we'll have a forum section for every part of the world, but the reality is that many people on this forum are experts on urban issues in other parts of Canada, or other parts of the world (like cdl on Europe, myself and Alvin on Asia, tayser on Australia, etc.). I think it would be nice to dedicate a section or two on non-Toronto urban issues, say one Canadian Urban Issues section (for discussion on Canadian cities), and one World Urban Issues section (for discussion on cities around the world).
2. Section dedicated to news articles
One of the big reasons why this forum is healthy right now is because of the daily dose of newspaper articles that dedicated forumers are posting. However, recently it seems like there is a problem with the re-posting of articles on the forum. I try to avoid double-posting an article by carefully checking every thread, and every page on every thread to make sure the article has not been posted already, but that takes up a lot of time. I've also noticed that some people (myself included) have posted articles inappropriately.
My proposal is to create a section just for urban issues-related articles found in the major newspapers (Star, Globe, Post, etc.). Forumers who want to post an article will post it here first (with the article heading as the subject). A thread in another section can reference the article by making a link to it. This might take a while to get used to, but I think it's worth a try.
3. Change "City Photos" to "City Photos and Videos"
Just keeping up with the times. With everybody using YouTube now, it seems like City Photos should be expanded to include posts of videos of the city.
4. Section dedicated just for forumers
A section for forumers to talk about personal stuff- personal updates, advice about careers, homes, cars, love, etc. This would also be a good place for organizing forum meets and activities.
1. Section for non-Toronto urban issues
I know this is not SSP where we'll have a forum section for every part of the world, but the reality is that many people on this forum are experts on urban issues in other parts of Canada, or other parts of the world (like cdl on Europe, myself and Alvin on Asia, tayser on Australia, etc.). I think it would be nice to dedicate a section or two on non-Toronto urban issues, say one Canadian Urban Issues section (for discussion on Canadian cities), and one World Urban Issues section (for discussion on cities around the world).
2. Section dedicated to news articles
One of the big reasons why this forum is healthy right now is because of the daily dose of newspaper articles that dedicated forumers are posting. However, recently it seems like there is a problem with the re-posting of articles on the forum. I try to avoid double-posting an article by carefully checking every thread, and every page on every thread to make sure the article has not been posted already, but that takes up a lot of time. I've also noticed that some people (myself included) have posted articles inappropriately.
My proposal is to create a section just for urban issues-related articles found in the major newspapers (Star, Globe, Post, etc.). Forumers who want to post an article will post it here first (with the article heading as the subject). A thread in another section can reference the article by making a link to it. This might take a while to get used to, but I think it's worth a try.
3. Change "City Photos" to "City Photos and Videos"
Just keeping up with the times. With everybody using YouTube now, it seems like City Photos should be expanded to include posts of videos of the city.
4. Section dedicated just for forumers
A section for forumers to talk about personal stuff- personal updates, advice about careers, homes, cars, love, etc. This would also be a good place for organizing forum meets and activities.