Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-24947676-20160706103740

[http://yandere-simulator-fanon.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Forum You know about this page, right? This page is used to navigate between boards in the forum. Like a hub world in a video game. A hub world, it should be easy and convenient to navigate through to reach important locations you want to get to.]

Too bad our "hub world" is utter shit. Allow me to elaborate.

So, our hub world has lots of locations. From top-to-bottom, we have...


 * General Discussion
 * For general conversations about the wiki, generally where debates should go.
 * Roleplay
 * For RPs. Something that keeps the community together, a place to relax, drop all our grudges against each other.
 * Fan Content
 * For fan content in general, but mostly fan art.
 * OC Discussion
 * For conversations and reviews concerning OCs.
 * Modding Discussion
 * Same thing as OC Discussion, but with mods instead.
 * Apply For Staff
 * Exactly what it says on the tin.
 * Announcements of the Fanon Wiki
 * News, basically.
 * Questions and Answers
 * Newbie help in general.
 * Fun and Games
 * Conversation that doesn't have anything to do with the other boards.
 * Theories
 * Theories about the game.
 * Yandere Simulator Fanfics
 * A place to post fanfics.
 * Suggestions
 * Suggestions for the wiki.

That's twelve boards in total. That's too many. Six boards too many. And I'll explain why that is, and how to fix it!

Now, let's state the obvious right away. Suggestions should be moved to near the top of the forum. Suggestions are what help improve the wiki, and are arguably the most important board of them all, and to have it be at the bottom of the list is stupid.

Apply for Staff should also be merged into Suggestions, and it'd be named to "Suggestions and Promotions/Demotions". This is because generally, applications/promotions and demotions function the same as suggestions, and should be moved to there.

Questions and Answers should be moved to the very top of the forum so that newbies can see it. Newbies can ask questions about the wiki for them to be answered, and the F.A.Q page can just be a quick summary of the most frequently asked questions on the board, and be linked in the board's summary. If it's at the top of the forum, then newbies don't have to scroll down to get their question answered. This board should also be linked in the Automated Message.

Fan Content, OC Discussion, Modding Discussion, Theories, and Yandere Simulator Fanfics should be merged into one large board called "Fanwork Discussion and Review". This megaboard would be a big discussion and review board for fanmade things, such as art, OCs, mods, theories, and fanfics. The titles of threads in this megaboard would be sorted with tags (like the RP Board), such as [ART], [OC], [MOD], [THEORY], and [FANFIC]. This way, users won't have to navigate through five different boards to find their threads. Also, it's better organized.

General Discussion and Announcements of the Fanon Wiki should be merged and renamed to "Other/Off-Topic Discussion", since AotFW is dead, General Discussion is used for that and off-topic stuff, so they should be merged.

Fun and Games and Roleplays should stay as they are.

Now we have all twelve boards covered. So, what's our list now?


 * Questions and Answers
 * This board is here to help answer your questions about the wiki! Please read the F.A.Q before posting.
 * Roleplays
 * This is where you can RP with the other users of the wiki.
 * Suggestions and Promotions/Demotions
 * This board is here to suggest your suggestions to help improve the wiki. This board is also where you can apply for staff, suggest for your own promotion if you are already staff, and suggest for a staff member to be demoted.
 * Fanwork Discussion and Review
 * This board is where you can discuss your OCs, Mods, Fanart, Fanfics, and Theories with other users.
 * Fun and Games
 * This board is for forum games and such.
 * Other/Off-Topic Discussion
 * This board is for everything else.

There we go, now we have six boards! A much more organized, smaller number!

Also, it's highly recommended that you state suggestions to improve this suggestion, since it's very basic and needs polishing.

Thank you for your time.

 