Forum Changes

[bobthehobbyguy]

Any time frame for when the forum changes will be taking place?

[Firebuilder]

A  category for fire apparatus and emergency vehicles,  ambulances police cars etc., would be nice.  Fire apparatus  does not really fit with big rigs and heavy equipment. ( my personal opinion)

thanks

 

[stitchdup]

On 9/9/2025 at 3:20 PM, bobthehobbyguy said:

Any time frame for when the forum changes will be taking place?

before pluto finishes its current orbit of the sun or within 495 years

[peteski]

7 hours ago, Firebuilder said:

A  category for fire apparatus and emergency vehicles,  ambulances police cars etc., would be nice.  Fire apparatus  does not really fit with big rigs and heavy equipment. ( my personal opinion)

thanks

 

The problem is that there is not enough activity on the subject to create separate sub-forum.  For example, before the last big forum reshuffle, there was a sub-forum dedicated to  just large-scale models. As we were told, due to low number of posts, it was merged into other sub-forums.  Same with motorcycles. It would be nice to have separate sub-forum, but there isn't isn't enough activity to warrant this.

[Andrew McD]

The forum seems to function just fine as it is.  I am left wondering why you are contemplating changes?  One of my pet peeves is the frequent changes that are made to software applications that function and meet my needs.  All too often these changes seem to be made with a "because we can" attitude rather than fixing something that doesn't work.  While there are many things in life that can benefit from adjustments and changes this forum, in my opinion, isn't one of them.

[bobthehobbyguy]

The categories are fine. If people embrace tags there would be no need to make new catagories.

[iamsuperdan]

On 9/10/2025 at 9:39 AM, Firebuilder said:

A  category for fire apparatus and emergency vehicles,  ambulances police cars etc., would be nice.  Fire apparatus  does not really fit with big rigs and heavy equipment. ( my personal opinion)

thanks

 

 

On 9/10/2025 at 4:56 PM, peteski said:

The problem is that there is not enough activity on the subject to create separate sub-forum.  For example, before the last big forum reshuffle, there was a sub-forum dedicated to  just large-scale models. As we were told, due to low number of posts, it was merged into other sub-forums.  Same with motorcycles. It would be nice to have separate sub-forum, but there isn't isn't enough activity to warrant this.

 

 

Out of curiosity, I just looked into this.

I just checked the first three pages of the sub-forums, looking for anything related to emergency vehicles. Here's what I found.

Works in progress:

• Model cars - 1
• Trucks, SUV, light commercial - 2
• Big Rigs - 2

Under Glass:

• Model cars - 1
• Trucks, SUV, light commercial - 2
• Big Rigs - 2

That number roughly doubles if we include tow trucks. And some of those threads were started many, many months ago, in one case a thread is a couple of years old. It only moves forward if somone comments.  

Personally, I don't think that's enough activity to justify a seperate forum. But we will be discussing this and all the other sub-forum division ideas in our next Zoom meeting. After getting into some of the higher level and backstage issues, we're almost ready to start getting into the nitty gritty of these ideas, the ones that people will actually notice.

 

 

I'm not picking on you or the idea. Like we've said, we want to hear all of your ideas, and we're considering and discussing all of the suggestions. This is just one example that shows some of the things we look at. We could deep dive some of these ideas and get into things like the number of threads, thread start date, number of posts within each thread, number of participants in each thread, etc. 

There will be at least one additional sub-forum added. 

Plus, some clarification and renaming in some sub-forums. 

 

 

[SpeedAndViolence]

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Edited September 13 by SpeedAndViolence

[peteski]

Regardless with how many sub-forums we have there is also the fact that many threads are started in the wrong forum.  For example, take the "Model Cars Magazine News and Discussions" section.

The forum's sub-section description clearly states"Model Cars Magazine News and Discussions. This is for news and discussion about the magazine. We will be posting news and announcements, and you are welcome to ask questions. As always, please be respectful."

Just on the 1st page, 9 threads were moved to more appropriate sections, and 10 more moved on the 2nd page. If you look further, more thread moves are there.  If you look at all the moved threads, they have nothing to do with the clearly described purpose of that sub-forum.  Members just either do not read or understand the description.   Maybe MCM forum should go to the single stream of posts like the the Spotlight Hobbies forum.   Yes, I'm joking.

 

[Bugatti Fan]

Pete is right.

Too many do not take the time to think about where their threads actually should be placed in the forum.

[iamsuperdan]

Hey guess what?

The first change has been made.

Anyone catch it yet?

 

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

27 minutes ago, iamsuperdan said:

Hey guess what?

The first change has been made.

Anyone catch it yet?

"Stock Cars" and "Other Racing" sections header changes?

Edited September 15 by Ace-Garageguy

[iamsuperdan]

1 hour ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

"Stock Cars" and "Other Racing" sections header changes?

It's a simple change, but a change none-the-less.

 

 

[iamsuperdan]

 

Someone had previously asked about bringing back the "post preview" feature.

Well good news. 

It never went away.

 

Here's where you find it.

[Dave Ambrose]

19 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:

Here's where you find it.

That might not be on the tablet/mobile view. If it isn't, let me know and I'll add it. 

[FoMoCo66]

1 hour ago, Dave Ambrose said:

That might not be on the tablet/mobile view. If it isn't, let me know and I'll add it. 

It is infact on there, I actually had no idea what it did until now.

[Cool Hand]

On 9/16/2025 at 10:37 AM, iamsuperdan said:

 

Someone had previously asked about bringing back the "post preview" feature.

Well good news. 

It never went away.

 

Here's where you find it.

Thanks for pointing that out, never even thought to click on that to see what it does 😄

I find that very useful to double check that my text and images are in the correct order.  

[Russell C]

6 hours ago, FoMoCo66 said:

... had no idea what it did until now.

Ditto - I thought that button was some kind of page enlargement thing, since it is right next to the "Size" word. Sheer force of habit on my part, I've always used keyboard shortcuts to enlarge/reduce web pages.

[Lunajammer]

On 8/26/2025 at 1:07 PM, stitchdup said:

to be fair on the emojis, some folk were worried they would reduce engagement between members but it hasn't worked out like that. instead members that weren't commenting are now using the emojis, while previous commenters are still commenting so it worked out in all our favour as it really increased engagement.

This is such a minor point, but I'd really like a "wow" emoji. I've been wishing for one since emojis were introduced to this forum. Thumbs up vs. heart, whatever, neither have the extra punch I'd like available. Typing "wow" or "amazing" to the thread that has two pages of "wows" for obviously impressive builds gets tedious to pool through when we can just hover over the icon to see who's with you. Meaningful comments will still be there.

[Xingu]

We have discussed new emojis and will see what is available after the next big software update. There is a new version coming soon, but we are not going to update right away. Hopefully let some other boards work out the bugs.