May we finally have a OT subforum here in the modelling section?

[gionc]

No much more words needed. I'm not for sure the OT spammer/reader but...

I see that often people post here OT questions since our community is the Modelling Forum, not the whole AF. I don't remember, may be the question was also debated yet.

I guess it's a bit frustrating see your thread moved in a community where you know nobody....

PS: obviously this don't mean that I'm against mods that actually done their job following rules

[freakray]

We average less than one thread moved a week.

[bigfrit]

Oh, I thought this was the off topic section.

[gionc]

Originally Posted by freakray

We average less than one thread moved a week.

Plizzz Ray do housekeeping here, thanks

[klutz_100]

I totally agree with you Gio.

It is a shame that we - as a modeling community - are unable/not allowed to once in a while BS amongst ourselves about something OT to modeling per se. The more so if it's only averaging once in a week.

I know that AF in a wider context is not about modeling but at the same time you can't ignore the fact that whether by accident or design, AF has also spawned one of the largest and most active scale automotive forums around.

I also am not meaning this that the mods are bad, merely that rule they have to enforce could be changed (and an OT sub-forum could be created )

Peace to all and please don't ban me

[M-Tuning]

Nice point you got there Gio.

I voted Yes.

[drunken monkey]

off topic does not = bullshit.

the problem is that too many cannot distinguish between the two and end up doing nothing but BS in an off-topic forum. The point still stands, a set of off-topic forums do exist and well, it's not our fault you don't go in there to post off topic discussions. The only reason those same off-topic forums exist is to keep the main forums clean of off topic threads.

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by drunken monkey

off topic does not = bullshit.

the problem is that too many cannot distinguish between the two and end up doing nothing but BS in an off-topic forum. The point still stands, a set of off-topic forums do exist and well, it's not our fault you don't go in there to post off topic discussions. The only reason those same off-topic forums exist is to keep the main forums clean of off topic threads.

[ales]

Guys, this comes up on a reasonably regularly and I'm just as against it as I've ever been. First off, if a thread has at least something to do with the section but is otherwise off-topic, we tend to leave it here for a while before moving it (and usually leave a redirect too). Secondly, there is no reason not to venture outside the modelling section, could be useful and fun. Remember, this section was added quite a while after AF was set up, and while it's become very popular (thank you everyone for that!), it is still part of AF. And lastly, there is very real danger that the AF CM OT section will eventually or even very soon distract from what people joined this in the first place - building models and sharing one's hobby with others.

[gionc]

Originally Posted by drunken monkey

it's not our fault you don't go in there to post off topic discussions

Sometime I feel you extreme and irrational, d-monkey (despite I agree with you on the matter LOL) BUT the START was the thought of the modelling community.

Also may be there's a misunderstanding: OT here for me is "modelling OT" , announcements like modelling exibit (that was moved today on the exibit forum.... ) or so. There's skype or the PM system to chat about the girl's lingerie

[drunken monkey]

Originally Posted by gionc

Sometime I feel you extreme and irrational, d-monkey (despite I agree with you on the matter LOL) BUT the START was the thought of the modelling community.

Also may be there's a misunderstanding: OT here for me is "modelling OT" , announcements like modelling exibit (that was moved today on the exibit forum.... ) or so. There's skype or the PM system to chat about the girl's lingerie

I like to keep it brief and to the point as it makes things easier to understand.
If I really was irrational, would you have agreed?

[Hawk312]

Originally Posted by drunken monkey

The point still stands, a set of off-topic forums do exist and well, it's not our fault you don't go in there to post off topic discussions. The only reason those same off-topic forums exist is to keep the main forums clean of off topic threads.

I must say, this place seems totally different than the days back when we had just one forum. IMO, I don`t think there should be an agressive effort to "clean up" the main modeling forum. In a cluttered and congested forum, OK. But in this forum, I come here daily and rarely see a half page of new posts in an entire day! Compared to 4 or 5 years ago, this place seems to have nowhere near the vitality it used to.

All IMO, of course.

I am divided on the question of an OT forum though. It seems when the project sub-forums opened up, we became much less of a "community". Will we further alienate builders we are used to seeing post? IMO, if a post has anything to do with modeling, like announcements etc, we should leave in the main modeling forum until we actually have reason to start moving threads.

[willimo]

Well said there, Hawk

[rsxse240]

I don't think we need an off topic section in here, personally. Rather, a non-automotive topic, but I don't really for-see that ever happening, as this is AUTOMOTIVE FORUMS DOT COM.

There are a lot of us who don't only build cars, and would like to share with the friends we've made here, but I know the die hard car guys would shun this.

oh well I guess this is a worthless post. I'm voting no, because I LIKE how clean it stays in here.

[freakray]

Originally Posted by rsxse240

I don't think we need an off topic section in here, personally. Rather, a non-automotive topic, but I don't really for-see that ever happening, as this is AUTOMOTIVE FORUMS DOT COM.

It has happened, just nobody posts there:

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...lay.php?f=1797