Delete General Anime

[EarthCurrent]

Quit being a dweeb EC If you don't like what's posted there then make a new thread. Simple.

A dweeb...? You Canadians are all so quaint...

Anyway, it's actually called, "tired of relevant threads getting buried by people discussing the same boring things over and over and over again."

The General Anime forum seems to be the first place that new forum members hit because anime is really all they know about and have in common with older account holders. Great. Wonderful. However, because they are new, they don't realize that the threads they tend to create (i.e. who is the toughest, sexiest, the best, etc.) have been done over and over and over again in the past. These types of posts do not help kindle new ideas for AMV editors (the main purpose of the forums as asserted by the removal of OT). And, of course, we have many members (and I'll point a finger at myself for doing this as well) who simply end up spamming in GA because there isn't a clear mandate about posting in that forum.

If people want to keep it around, General Anime needs a new clear direction and purpose.

[Otohiko]

Maybe there should just be another forum section full of those survey things. Although I'm not assuming the mods are looking to expand the forum nowadays.

[J-0080]

While your at it, maybe there should just be a whole forum dedicated to OT stuff so they won't go into General Anime.....oh wait.

[CaTaClYsM]

That's the thing - I can't define productive because the inspiration for a video might come from the dumbest of theads. A thread about "Who is your favourite anime villian" could inspire an amv on that theme for all I know. Given the permission to just remove thread "because I think they are dumb" could be open to abuse. Generally moderation happens through rules.

The way we used to decide if something was OT, WOT or AAM was this: If the thread was a discussion (Do you think this, what do you think about that...) then it was OT, if it wasn't something to discuss (Here's a funny pic, this dog is a homo) then it was WOT, if it was self-centred (check out my website, why do I pee green) then it was AAM.

I guess what could be done is to say that General Anime is for discussion, not for polls and hence remove the "favourite" and "which is best/worst/etc" threads... if that's what people want then that can easily become a rule but I for one would like to hear other people's views on this issue.

So, should General Anime have all "what/who is your fave" and "what/who is the best" threads removed?

Know how Ot and that Sticky for what was Ot and WOT? Put one in GA. It should say something like:

This forum is for the general discussion of anime. It however, is NOT for the discussions of hypothetical situations.

This means no threads about who would win in a fight (Even I outgrew making those) This means no threads about what superpower you would have, who you would set on fire if you could, who you would stabe in the face, have a sex orgy with, or eat.

See, there is a subtle distinction between polls and the "hypothetical situation" thread. Polls ask things like what your favorite anime are, animation style, what cool new animes you've seen, things semi-productive.

Hypothetical situations threads have no basis IRL, and ask things like the given examples. And the productive hypothetical situations that can be productive for discussion could easily be reworded to something else.

Example: If you were in charge of a studio, what type of things would you change about it to make it better?

Changed: What would you like to see changed about anime?

This is just an example, but the point is that the powers that be NEED to set some guidelines and structure, and then enforce it. Had that been done the OT forums would still be here and we wouldn't be complaining about GA. But if GA goes the way of OT then I'll kiss it goodbye before I dance on it's grave. It'll just be another victory for the spammers when it gets locked.

[angelx]

Do not delet it is is one of the best sections we have here in AMV people.

[kthulhu]

The off-topic forums were pretty good, too (at least, until the end was nearing), but that didn't stop the POWERS THAT BE® from deleting it.

I'd say vigorously police the anime forum more. Delete junk threads, ignore whiners, and maybe ban some of the stupider, more annoying members.

Sound like a plan, Phade?

[J-0080]

The off-topic forums were pretty good, too (at least, until the end was nearing), but that didn't stop the POWERS THAT BE® from deleting it.

I'd say vigorously police the anime forum more. Delete junk threads, ignore whiners, and maybe ban some of the stupider, more annoying members.

Sound like a plan, Phade?

Was that intentional?

[EarthCurrent]

The off-topic forums were pretty good, too (at least, until the end was nearing), but that didn't stop the POWERS THAT BE® from deleting it.

I'd say vigorously police the anime forum more. Delete junk threads, ignore whiners, and maybe ban some of the stupider, more annoying members.

Sound like a plan, Phade?

Was that intentional?

He was refering to you, so yes, it was.

[J-0080]

The off-topic forums were pretty good, too (at least, until the end was nearing), but that didn't stop the POWERS THAT BE® from deleting it.

I'd say vigorously police the anime forum more. Delete junk threads, ignore whiners, and maybe ban some of the stupider, more annoying members.

Sound like a plan, Phade?

Was that intentional?

He was refering to you, so yes, it was.

So then the more annoying part was modled after you, okay, it's all falling into place.

[kthulhu]

"Stupider" is a word, if that's what you're wondering.

I still stand by my suggestion.