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Should a subforum for segmented turning be created?

Should a subforum be created for segmented turning?

  • Yes

    Votes: 25 42.4%

  • No

    Votes: 34 57.6%
  • Total voters
    59
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If segmented turning was/were stuck off in a corner by itself, wouldn't that make it less likely that non-segmented turners (as it were) would give it a try?
 
That was one of the arguments posited towards the 3520 subforum.

As of 9:40 CST there are 15 votes cast (total so far). I'm keeping the results hidden until the poll is over.
 
I hope we don't have to do this on every topic that gets more than one post! 😉 I just don't see the volume of new posts each day to warrent a bunch of subforums.

Wilford
 
If there's a subforum on segmented turning, then there should be categories on spindle turning, bowl turning, carved turnings, pyrography, tools and techniques, etc.
Nothing wrong with that, a lot of forums do specific categorizations like this. I'm just not sure that segmented turning is such a broad category in itself that it demands more attention than other areas.

Addendum: I do believe that segmented turning covers a broader area than some of the other areas I mentioned, but I still feel that the subject doesn't necessarily warrant it's own category unless other broad categories besides the existing ones are included.
 
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Don't fragment the AAW Discussion forum!

I voted no for this proposal like I did for the Powermatic subforum issue - the value of this forum is in its diversity and the combined expertise of its participants, from which everyone can benefit. You can be selective and read only posts whose titles you are interested in. Perhaps calling for better written thread titles with search engines in mind can obviate the need for subforums. Like Mark Mandell said in the last discussion about subforums, the AAW should be consistent in its function as an INclusive entity, and serve the woodturning community broadly. Narrowing the discussion topics into compartmentalized subforums is not a good idea, in my opinion.

A possible alternative would be to have a set of agreed upon general woodturning topics available as a "click-on" box when in the posting mode for beginning a thread, as an aid to classifying the post into one or more of the general topics. We do this when submitting abstracts to our professional (botanical) organization during on-line meeting registration, and this helps in sorting the related topics by research area, even though all abstracts are published in the same general list. I don't know how feasible this would be with the forum's software, and would ask Jeff and other AAW forum cognoscenti to comment on this possibility. By implementing this, we would have de facto searchable "pseudo-subforums" without the actual segregation of posts away from the main forum. You would be able to "click-search" on all topics marked (i.e. "segmented turning") and generate a list of threads classified by the original poster (...and possibly subsequent list members replying). Is it possible to set up this kind of system on the AAW site?

Regardless, I am opposed to the generation of subforums in general, as it would dilute the importance and value of the general discussion forum.

See you in Louisville!

Rob Wallace
 
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