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With the recent major changes in the conference landscape, we have all seen the explosion of new threads. While it is absolutely great that this is happening, and we have had a TON of new members to go along with it, it is difficult keeping the board organized. What I have been doing is moving all conference expansion topics to the subforum as I see them and also merging topics which pose the same question/topic. As far as the "welcome" threads, I have been leaving them alone as most of them are members' first posts and everyone wants to be heard by husker nation individually. What does everyone think of this?

Edit: Also, what about conference expansion topics about Notre Dame, Boise St, etc. that are showing up in the subforum?

 
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I think the subforum is the right place for Boise St. and Notre Dame expansion, addition stuff. That should be our catch-all forum for all conference expansion stuff. That's been a very useful forum so far, and will probably continue with heavy traffic through the season. Fun stuff!!

I've been merging and moving threads like crazy. TONS of repeat topics, repeat posts of news articles, etc. That's the job of a Moderator, so that's what we get to do. Besides, it's a labor of love for a great board talking about a great team. :thumbs

 
I See Red People said:
With the recent major changes in the conference landscape, we have all seen the explosion of new threads. While it is absolutely great that this is happening, and we have had a TON of new members to go along with it, it is difficult keeping the board organized. What I have been doing is moving all conference expansion topics to the subforum as I see them and also merging topics which pose the same question/topic. As far as the "welcome" threads, I have been leaving them alone as most of them are members' first posts and everyone wants to be heard by husker nation individually. What does everyone think of this?

Edit: Also, what about conference expansion topics about Notre Dame, Boise St, etc. that are showing up in the subforum?
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Perfect way to handle it.

One bit of advice to everyone - don't get too carried away with keeping the Conference Expansion sub-forum too "uncluttered". First, it's too time consuming. Second, it's a "disposable" forum; after realignment has run it's course, we'll make it invisible as we did with the Rumorville forum (which probably is about to run its course of usefullness again).

And I agree with Lance - we need to leave it up and running until all conference realignment has finished. We could have everyone posting such things in the NCAA sub-forum, but I think it's such a hot-button topic that leaving it where it is works best.

 
I agree with the approach and i also agree with Frank. You'll probably drive your self nuts trying to keep it all tidy :)

 
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I See Red People said:
With the recent major changes in the conference landscape, we have all seen the explosion of new threads. While it is absolutely great that this is happening, and we have had a TON of new members to go along with it, it is difficult keeping the board organized. What I have been doing is moving all conference expansion topics to the subforum as I see them and also merging topics which pose the same question/topic. As far as the "welcome" threads, I have been leaving them alone as most of them are members' first posts and everyone wants to be heard by husker nation individually. What does everyone think of this?

Edit: Also, what about conference expansion topics about Notre Dame, Boise St, etc. that are showing up in the subforum?
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Perfect way to handle it.

One bit of advice to everyone - don't get too carried away with keeping the Conference Expansion sub-forum too "uncluttered". First, it's too time consuming. Second, it's a "disposable" forum; after realignment has run it's course, we'll make it invisible as we did with the Rumorville forum (which probably is about to run its course of usefullness again).

And I agree with Lance - we need to leave it up and running until all conference realignment has finished. We could have everyone posting such things in the NCAA sub-forum, but I think it's such a hot-button topic that leaving it where it is works best.
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Go with this. Let people have fun and even if you see three threads that are fairly similiar don't get to caught up. Remember this is the middle of the offseason, typically the slowest time of the year and we are absolutley booming right now.

 
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