Oh dear, this is my fault, isn't it.
To clarify what I was saying ,
I think it is a stupid idea to have one single element of discussion sectioned off from the rest of the forums. Yes, I posted something vaguely sport-ish in the main forums (
'teh horrors!') but how far do you take it? The post was, 'oh, how old do you think this person looks', but that person happened to be a footballer. So, if you wanted to post about Sir Beckham of the United States of Vacuous doing something useless with Mistress Vacuous, does that go in the sports forum? What about the recent
conspiracy to kill unfortunate spate of sports commentators deaths? Sports or main forum?
What if I don't give the name but say 'how old do you think this man is?'
Twenty eight?! My God, what has happened in his lifetime?
Anyway, these are the reasons that
I think the sports forum is a stupid idea. But if there was a vote, then there was a vote,
but I also think that you should bare in mind that the people that voted for that outcome are not the same people that are still here. People have left, joined, moved on, changed their minds, the active members of this forum are not the same group of people as when the forum started. The idea for a separate sports forum would not have been so early on the agenda if this place wasn't like some WoS reborn to start with, but it isn't trying to be that now.
I forget the sports thread is there. It is dead and useless. It is true that not everyone likes sports, but it is also true that not everyone likes threads on food/beer/beex meets/pet donkeys/clothes hanger fetishes, etc, but we don't separate all other interests into a minutiae of forum divisions.
I do not post into the sports forum because a) I forget it is there and that I might read it, b) everyone else forgets it is there so hardly anyone posts in it.
I'm not against trying something new if other people are OK with it, but I wasn't having a go about the sports forum, just saying what a fabulous waste of time
I think it is separating one single thing away from the entire rest of the discussion. If people are happy to integrate the two
without being stupid for a little while and then having another vote with the current members of the forum, then that's good, but only if people can do that without being silly.