Time to break down the Camp Kitchen forum

**OutandBack** · 01-26-2015, 15:57

Originally Posted by krshome

The forum masters do not like change!!!

I disagree. You just need to put up a good enough argument for the change and get quite a few members to agree it is something they would use.

As someone who volunteers his time to enforce the TOS I have learned the mod team has to consider the forum rules (which we did not write) and apply it to any suggestions offered up.
Here is the big one when you are asking for a change that is not hammock related. I have bolded the big hitters.

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As you can see it isn't easy stepping over that one.
But all one has to do is look at the size of the DM forums to see it is possible it's just not easy.

**cmseeley** · 01-26-2015, 16:17

I understand what you are saying, however I read this TOS (the bold portion) as applying to content posted in the main hammock related forum, not the DM forum.

Would adding a couple sub folders step over this one at all, being that the content is already in the off topic donating members section?

Chris

**OutandBack** · 01-26-2015, 16:46

Originally Posted by cmseeley

I understand what you are saying, however I read this TOS (the bold portion) as applying to content posted in the main hammock related forum, not the DM forum.

Would adding a couple sub folders step over this one at all, being that the content is already in the off topic donating members section?

Chris

I don't know, maybe.
Just for the record I am not for and against this suggestion.
I'm just trying to explain why it usually takes so long to make a change around here.
It is not because we don't care or hate change.

**gunner76** · 01-26-2015, 16:55

The forum masters do not like change!!!

I also disagree. There has to be enough of a demand to have something changed. Best way to do so is to respectfully request it and hope the change is made. If not, its not the end of the world. Use to be that trip planning was lumped under one forum, now it is broken down by parts of the county. There have been other changes that are kind of low key.

One my forum I do break down certain sections when it makes sense to do so like trip reports by year to make it easier to find.

It can be a PITA to manage a forum and the one I do is no where near the size of HF

**laxdad** · 01-26-2015, 17:02

+1 for the sub folders in camp kitchen

**krshome** · 01-26-2015, 17:04

Wow! It was a joke guys! But I do remember how everyone whined when we added bikepacking and backpacking to the DM section. It wasn't the monitors but the forum members. I actually think that making subfolders is a good idea being that camp kitchen is kinda all over the place as far as topics.

**billygoat** · 01-26-2015, 17:45

Agree, makes sense!

**SilvrSurfr** · 01-26-2015, 19:03

I don't think it's a good idea nor do I think it makes things easier to find. This post should have been put in the Feedback, Suggestions and Site Questions forum, but according to the sentiment here, it would have been too hard to find. Perhaps we should break that forum into three different forums? Break Suspension Systems, Ridgelines and Bugnets into three different forums? Break Top Insulation into an Underquilt, a Pad, and an Other forum? Weather Protection into multiple sub forums?

Doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

**1960HikerDude** · 01-26-2015, 20:34

I think breaking it down into subforms is a great idea. The trick is to keep the information organized without it becoming too fragmented. 3 or 4 sub categories should be sufficient. I suggest, Stoves & Cookware, Food & Recipes and Water Treatment & Storage.