New sub section for Sfa

Blade · Jun 6, 2015

Rename it to debates, honestly.

As for the rules, I've just been given that additional section as well, and I'm enforcing them like Richard used to.

Dunworry · Jan 7, 2016

SFA seems to be entirely geared for debates, based on the SFA rules:

http://www.sythe.org/something-all/...tion-read-before-posting-avoid-forum-ban.html

Not sure why a new subsection is entirely necessary. As for renaming it, "Something For All" sounds better than "Debates" but either way is fine imo.

video · Jan 10, 2016

Can't say I participate in SFA enough to voice an opinion on this, will support what the community wants

Xier0 · Jan 10, 2016

The name is really ambiguous. It would hopefully reduce the number of shitposts if it were named more appropriately. The section was called "Intelligent Discusssion/Mature Debate" on the Playerswap forum.

Life2dmax · Jan 10, 2016

I don't think that educated discussion necessarily means debate and shouldn't be limited to that.

Wonderland · Jan 10, 2016

With the addition of a sub forum, activity would increase since intelligent threads that aren't really in debate format are thrown in General Discussion would be placed in SFA instead.

It would be difficult to moderate both types of threads in one section with the "strict rules" sticky in place, which is why I suggested a new section.

As others have stated, "intelligent discussion" isn't limited to debates.

Most threads created in General Discussion turn into debates, and most threads created in SFA are often moved to General Discussion because of the "strict rules" sticky. These threads are interchangeable and can go both ways. Wouldn't make much sense to keep these threads in separate forums.

The problem here is the "strict rules" sticky more than anything else.