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[EpicGyllynn]

Hey Toomai, would it be hard for you to make a New Board? If not, then could you Add a "Philosophy" Board above "Culture" and "Biology"? Well, assuming everyone else is in Favor, as some Topics that are in other Boards would fall into the Category of Philosophy, not Culture/Biology!

[Le Mario Bro]

Hmm. That doesn't sound like to bad an idea.

Although, Philosophy is a broad topic. Exactly what kind of topic would go under it?

[EpicGyllynn]

Well, it IS a Broad Topic, so we could have Sub-Boards to Organize them all without making different Boards all together.

[EpicGyllynn]

Heres some Board Changes I think would Help us better Organize the Forum:
Philosophy
-Physics
-Magic
-History
-Astronomy

Okay, any more Ideas? Keep in mind you could suggest Sub-Boards for Pre-Existing Boards as well!

[Toomai]

Philosophy is not a superclass of any of those four subjects - two are science, one is metascience, and one is history.

This is the current layout of the in-universe discussion:

• Biology
  • Creatures
• Culture
  
• Technology
  
• Locations
  
• Character Specific
  
• Continuity & Canonocity

How about the following layout?

• Science
  • Biology (including the current Creatures subforum, you can't have a subforum of a subforum)
    
  • Physics/Technology (how things work)
    
  • Geography (basically the current Locations forum)
    
• Society
  • Culture (as it is now, I don't think you need a seperate Philosophy forum, it fits in here pretty well)
    
  • History (in-game history, may overlap too much with Continuity & Canonocity)
• Character Specific
  
• Continuity & Canonocity

You shouldn't need a Magic forum. What would you discuss in it? How magic works? It'd be better to just discuss magic in the topics where you think there's no other explanation.

[EpicGyllynn]

I'm well aware of that, but it was really intended to Examine the Philosophical sides of said Science. The other reason was to have a Misc. Board to place all of the Threads that don't fit in in the other Boards. But if you don't mind making a change like you Desrined above, I'm all for It! Though I think that Technology should be separate from Physics, I like this Layout:
Science
-Biology
-Geography
-Physics
Society
-Culture
-Technology
-History
Character Specific
Continuity

[Toomai]

I figured that Technology should be in Science because it has more in common with things like Physics than it does with things like Culture. And a Miscallaneous forum is a good idea.

So here's what I'll do: I'll make changes to the forum setup once I'm done with the skins. Then I'll promote people, and it'll be their job to look through the existing topics and move them into the correct forums.

[EpicGyllynn]

Okay, fair enough, but it seems like we need a Government Sub-Board, as Culture is more focused on the Citezens, while Government could include topics on Laws, Economy, Military and the like. If you agree, it would probably Fit best with the Society Board, along with Culture and History. And now that I think about it, Technology probably is more related to Science than Society, but hopefully you see how I could make that Mistake.

[Toomai]

Generally, you should only make a new subsection when you believe there is enough demand for it. It's better to have a larger section with a variety of topics than a bunch of small sections with only a few topics each - it may look a bit messier, but it's easier to navigate (having fewer pages), and being broad instead of specific reduces the chance a topic doesn't fit anywhere.

[EpicGyllynn]

Sounds good to me, Good Luck!

[EpicGyllynn]

Hey Toomai, did you get my PM?