MTG Salvation

The other cube mods and I have been discussing the state of the cube forum and evaluating what parts are and aren't working. While the new Cube Forum structure is still fairly recent, we believe the Forum Projects and Drafts subforum isn't pulling enough weight to justify it as a subforum, and would be better if merged with the Cube Main. This is a proposal that all three of us approve, so now we're bringing it to the all of you for final scrutiny.

The Proposal

• Remove the Forum Drafts and Projects subforum.
• All of its current & future content will be housed in the main Cube Forum.

Let us know what you think; good or bad, we want to hear it! =D

Can't say I'd mind that.
It appears that the entire forum is the "Please Print This Card WotC" thread, with my Multiplayer Power Rankings thread bumping it off its perch about once a week.

I would suggest if you were going to do this, dumping one (probably projects) into the main area and seeing how things go.

Articles,podcasts,etc not getting a ton of discussion is ok. Since they are self contained entities that are ment to be digested rather than communicated with. And as such having an archive of them is more beneficial than getting 12 comments saying "wow, I really liked this!"

I am perfectly fine with this. While the other subforums make perfect sense and should stay seperate from the main forum, the "Forum Drafts and Projects" subforum isn't really needed.

There's like 2 active threads in there. Moving them to the main cube area would be a good idea, IMO. There's one too many subforums as it is.

Yeah the rotis died out. Which is too bad, I suppose.

Quote from Pringlesman

I would suggest if you were going to do this, dumping one (probably projects) into the main area and seeing how things go.

Articles,podcasts,etc not getting a ton of discussion is ok. Since they are self contained entities that are ment to be digested rather than communicated with. And as such having an archive of them is more beneficial than getting 12 comments saying "wow, I really liked this!"

We're fine with keeping the Articles and Podcasts subforum. We're just looking to merge the Projects subforum with the main one.

Quote from Pringlesman

Articles,podcasts,etc not getting a ton of discussion is ok. Since they are self contained entities that are ment to be digested rather than communicated with. And as such having an archive of them is more beneficial than getting 12 comments saying "wow, I really liked this!"

Yeah, I agree entirely, Pringles. I find I'm heading in there when people post comments along the lines of "Dude X on Site Y did a cube draft the other day and passed this over for Card Z, with the following rationale... see Articles/Podcasts Post". That gets me heading over to read it. The whole subforum is slowly growing on me like a fungus the more I get sucked in there, TBH.

Articles et al is not something we are looking at removing at this time.
It appears to be functioning reasonably well while providing a more relaxed discussion pace better suited to ensuring content gets adequate airing.

Mostly we feel that of all the cube subs (not counting the archive), Drafts & Projects alone lacks the traffic needed to justify its continued presence. Removing it both better supports uses for the Cube Main as well as smooths Cube forum browsing.

Sounds good to me

Please do this. I love participating in the drafts and such, but never have any idea what is going on with them thanks to having to click into the subforum. I think having the other three subs is perfect.

Quote from Phantizle

Please do this. I love participating in the drafts and such, but never have any idea what is going on with them thanks to having to click into the subforum. I think having the other three subs is perfect.

This is exactly what I was thinking.

Cheers,
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