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  • #16
    I like the picture idea that someone had, I second that.

    Also there should be more sections, I can't think of any at the moment but there deffinitely should be more sections. Any ideas?

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    • #17
      Originally posted by jame$thegreat View Post
      I like the picture idea that someone had, I second that.

      Also there should be more sections, I can't think of any at the moment but there deffinitely should be more sections. Any ideas?
      Thanks to THL's "Pill Pushing" thread, I got an idea: a medicinal section. Alot of people on here must be knowledgable about medical practice and drugs enough to make some interesting discussions (THL, hydocodone and parihaka mainly)

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      • #18
        Yes, we could add more sections, but at a price... we wouldn't want to lose our focus as a politics and defense forum...
        "Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Ironduke View Post
          Yes, we could add more sections, but at a price... we wouldn't want to lose our focus as a politics and defense forum...
          Certainly, but what about that idea about medicinal discussion?

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          • #20
            Originally posted by Ironduke View Post
            Yes, we could add more sections, but at a price... we wouldn't want to lose our focus as a politics and defense forum...
            Why do we want to be strictly politics and defense?

            Medications are a World Affairs item of discussion. This is the time to tac it because with the Democrats in, they are going to be making pharmaceuticals more competitive (well, they say they are). That would make for lots of discussion, and it will be politically motivated, wouldn't it?

            PS: Check the popularity of the Pub.

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            • #21
              Originally posted by jame$thegreat View Post
              Certainly, but what about that idea about medicinal discussion?
              Why for as har as you are pushing for this, I'd say you are looking for a "swap" section there. ;) I'd think that a medicinal thread could be started in the Pub if you have specific questions, but if I were you, I'd head over to WebMD first.
              "To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are."-Sholem Asch

              "I always turn to the sports page first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures."-Earl Warren

              "I didn't intend for this to take on a political tone. I'm just here for the drugs."-Nancy Reagan, when asked a political question at a "Just Say No" rally

              "He no play-a da game, he no make-a da rules."-Earl Butz, on the Pope's attitude toward birth control

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              • #22
                I think you should open all the threads ind the "Latest World News" forum. Then we can discuss the news like they do in the papers. Only here we can do more than just comment on them. We can have a live debate. That is the advantage of reading news here. Or could have been the advantage, that is...

                The problem is that threads move up when you write in them. Or is that a problem? Does it matter that there is a debate going on in a few threads? I don't think so. When the debate is flowing the mods can move the thread to the relevant forum.

                Also there should be a sticky thread for news link. Sticky but open. Danish news in English, Swedish news in English, German news in English ect. All countries have newspapers that bring news from their country in English. WAB could put together a terrific collection of links so that we can get extra knowledge about everything.

                Here's a link that belong in such a thread. It is an Eldorado for news freaks:

                http://www.newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?name=Current+Affairs
                Last edited by SilleEllis; 21 Nov 06,, 00:59.

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                • #23
                  I think pharmaceutical topics can be covered adequately in existing forums... such as Science & Technology for breakthroughs, US Political Discussion for legislation concerning medicine, etc...

                  One definition of world affairs is: "international diplomacy, politics, history", another is "affairs between nations", And that's the way WAB is set up. The discussion at WAB revolves around politics, international diplomacy, and, as it is an extension of international diplomacy, military and defense topics.
                  "Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."

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                  • #24
                    I would like a medicinal section as well not only to discuss the tradional pharma, but the non-traditional as well. Tying any medicinals into politics is easy.
                    Welcome, you step into a forum of the flash bang, chew toy hell, and shove it down your throat brutal honesty. OoE

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by Debbie View Post
                      I would like a medicinal section as well not only to discuss the tradional pharma, but the non-traditional as well. Tying any medicinals into politics is easy.
                      There are hundreds of subjects that could be tied into politics easily.... there are many forums with a focus on medicine, with actual experts on hand to answer questions.
                      "Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Ironduke View Post
                        Srirangan,

                        Do you mean arrange them in that order?

                        As for having a single military and defense category, we'd have 10 forums there...

                        As for having merging Iraq and Israeli-Palestinian conflict forums into the Middle Eastern one... it may be appropriate considering they are part of the region, but they garner alot more interest and traffic with dedicated forums.
                        I meant something like the tree drawn below:

                        + Military, Defense Category
                        --- Army
                        --- Air Force
                        --- Navy
                        --- Missiles, WMD's

                        + Geopolitical Category
                        --- Asia Pacific
                        --- Europe
                        --- Central Asia
                        --- South Asia
                        --- Middle East
                        etc. etc.

                        + Other Forums
                        --- Help & Support
                        --- WAB Pub
                        --- News & Updates
                        I rant, therefore I am.

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                        • #27
                          WAB is a hybrid forum... we emphasize political, military, and defense topics, not a forum solely dedicated to the discussion of just military and defense topics.

                          Geopolitics is a narrower subset of politics in general, which can be defined as follows:

                          Geopolitics is the study which analyses geography, history and social science with reference to international politics. -Wikipedia

                          Geopolitics - the study or the application of the influence of political and economic geography on the politics, national power, foreign policy, etc., of a state. -Dictionary.com

                          To sum it up more concisely, and this is my definition, geopolitics is international strategic relations.

                          We do not wish to restrict ourselves to this type of political discussion, instead, we are open to the full range of local and national political discussion, as well as international relations.

                          I'm not saying WAB is not a forum for geopolitical discussion, it is indeed a vital part of our forum, and is discussed across many subforums, particularly the defense forums. It may appear there is a bit of redundancy as far as forum organization goes, but it is in no way harmful.

                          With regard to the Army, Navy, Air Force, Missiles & WMD's suggestion, this may work well for a forum that is more local in its focus, such as PFF, PDF, Pakmil, IDF, BR, etc., as users are actually discussing the services and capabilities of those nations in particular. I believe the East Asian Defense Topics forum is completely adequate for say, NK and Chinese nuclear weapons discussion, as is the South Asian Defense Topics section for Indian and Pakistani nuclear weapons discussion.

                          Also, we want to stand out from all of the other forums out there... there are many forums with more or less that exact structure (I can think of at least 10 of the top of my head). WAB in many ways stands out from the crowd in this regard and I believe this helps make us successful.
                          "Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."

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                          • #28
                            Hmm.. Is my tree restrictive? I don't really think so, here's an example:

                            + International Affairs
                            + - North America
                            + - - US Politics
                            + - - Canadian Politics

                            My point was not to restrict WAB's scope, but to better organize it. Of course name's of categories will be different.
                            I rant, therefore I am.

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                            • #29
                              Important:

                              And now for the real serious and heavy stuff:

                              We need more smileys ! How come we had to wait two pages of debate before someone pointed that out, hmm ? Quite frankly folks !

                              Here is a list. Please help to built it up with more links. Some of them should be available when you "Go advanced" to reply, but there should also be a sticky thread with a lot of high quality links.

                              Danish:
                              http://www.langkawi.dk/viewpage.php?page_id=86
                              http://www.forumup.dk/smiles.php?pageview=0

                              French:
                              http://www.icismiley.com/
                              http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/

                              German:
                              http://www.cosgan.de/smilie.php
                              http://www.gifarchiv.biz/
                              http://www.clicksmilies.com/
                              http://www.crazypics.de/smilies/
                              http://www.mysmilie.de/
                              http://www.gifmaster.de/traffic.htm
                              http://www.world-of-smilies.com/

                              <a href=http://www.icismiley.com target=_blank><img src=http://www.icismiley.com/smileys/Pays/pays138.gif border=0></a> USA: (?)
                              http://bestsmileys.com/pageindex.htm
                              Last edited by SilleEllis; 21 Nov 06,, 16:08.

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by SilleEllis View Post
                                And now for the real serious and heavy stuff:

                                We need more smileys ! How come we had to wait two pages of debate before someone pointed that out, hmm ? Quite frankly folks

                                Here is a list. Please help to built it up with more links. Some of them should be available when you "Go advanced" to reply, but there should also be a sticky thread with a lot of high quality links.
                                Anyone figure out which troll this is yet?
                                "To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are."-Sholem Asch

                                "I always turn to the sports page first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures."-Earl Warren

                                "I didn't intend for this to take on a political tone. I'm just here for the drugs."-Nancy Reagan, when asked a political question at a "Just Say No" rally

                                "He no play-a da game, he no make-a da rules."-Earl Butz, on the Pope's attitude toward birth control

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