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[quote user="SchemerBob"] <p>[quote user="Bergie"] </p><p><em>Trains</em> magazine is pleased to announce the expansion of its online forum section to include dedicated discussion sections for these topics: Steam & Preservation, Locomotives, Transit, and Passenger. <br /><br />These discussion pages will allow participants a broader opportunity to discuss these specialized topics with more depth than they could in our general discussion pages. </p><p><em>General Discussion</em> will <strong>remain open to all subjects,</strong> but for <strong>specific questions and topics,</strong> these new forum sections will provide a new opportunity for participants. </p><ul><li>Steam & Preservation will cover museums and tourist railroads, contemporary mainline steam, and other topics of interest to those interested in saving our railroad heritage. </li><li>Locomotives will provide a platform to discuss freight and passenger diesels and electrics. </li><li>Transit will provide a forum for those interested in commuter trains and light rail. </li><li>Passenger will provide a place to discuss Amtrak and high speed rail. </li></ul><p>We hope you enjoy these new forums. -- <em>Jim Wrinn, Editor</em> </p><p><font size="3"></font></p><p>[/quote]</p><p>Even though it is stated that "General Discussion will remain open to all subjects," by the way it sounds you won't be able to ask any questions that would fall into the subcategories, so in the end you'll have to ask your questions there. The downside to this I'm afraid, and what many others have already stated, is that most likely active users will look at the one category they like the best (probably general discussion), and not even look at any others, so your question would go unanswered. True, the new sections <em>could</em> "allow participants a broader opportunity to discuss these specialized topics with more depth than they could in our general discussion pages," but I do not think many members (myself included) want to spend the time looking through a bunch of different subcategories.</p><p>[/quote]</p><p><font face="georgia,palatino" size="3">Bob,</font></p><p><font face="georgia,palatino" size="3">I am not sure how to interpret Bergie's notice. He says that for specific questions and topics, these new forums will provide a new opportunity for participants. "opportunity" sounds optional rather than mandatory. And what exactly is new about the opportunity?</font></p><p><font face="georgia,palatino" size="3">And then there is this part: "These discussion pages will allow participants a broader opportunity to discuss these specialized topics with more depth than they could in our general discussion pages." Why would the opportunity to discuss be broader and allow more depth in the sub-categories than it would in the <em>Gereral Discussion</em> section? It seems like topics in the General Discussion section have had all the opportunity that they have ever needed.</font> </p>
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