I would like to get the opinions of our membership about the future of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict forum.
Do you feel that issues posted in this forum can be adequately covered by the Middle East Defense Topics and International Politics forums, or is there enough interest among WAB members to warrant having a separate forum?
In my opinion, it doesn't seem like Israeli-Palestinian issues are the foremost thing on everybody's mind when they visit WAB, and this section is redundant in that there are other sections that can cover the material posted here.
We don't have a large population of Israelis (a few) or Palestinians (none that I can think of). I don't see WAB attracting many Israelis or Palestinians, to put it simply, we lack this demographic (unlike military servicemembers, or people from the UK, US, South Asia, and Canada.)
I also wanted to cut down on forum size length-wise so we can better cater to existing demographics without making it bothersome to have to scroll down so far. I feel that having these topics in the other two forums, mainly the Middle East Defense Topics, would help to promote discussion as members would only have to visit one forum instead of two, and those who would not get around to viewing both may not otherwise participate in subjects in both forums to their fullest.
If we decide to go ahead and merge, all topics here will be moved into the Middle East Defense Topics forum. We would then cut the Issue Specific category and move The War in Iraq to the International Strategic Affairs or Other Forums categories.
All opinions welcome.
Do you feel that issues posted in this forum can be adequately covered by the Middle East Defense Topics and International Politics forums, or is there enough interest among WAB members to warrant having a separate forum?
In my opinion, it doesn't seem like Israeli-Palestinian issues are the foremost thing on everybody's mind when they visit WAB, and this section is redundant in that there are other sections that can cover the material posted here.
We don't have a large population of Israelis (a few) or Palestinians (none that I can think of). I don't see WAB attracting many Israelis or Palestinians, to put it simply, we lack this demographic (unlike military servicemembers, or people from the UK, US, South Asia, and Canada.)
I also wanted to cut down on forum size length-wise so we can better cater to existing demographics without making it bothersome to have to scroll down so far. I feel that having these topics in the other two forums, mainly the Middle East Defense Topics, would help to promote discussion as members would only have to visit one forum instead of two, and those who would not get around to viewing both may not otherwise participate in subjects in both forums to their fullest.
If we decide to go ahead and merge, all topics here will be moved into the Middle East Defense Topics forum. We would then cut the Issue Specific category and move The War in Iraq to the International Strategic Affairs or Other Forums categories.
All opinions welcome.
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