[Curious]

is there a link to a specific medical related thread that has turned into a games thread you can post?

i think cheri explained it well.

here is another example:

NeuroTalk is a Message Board made up of individual Forums listed on the index page http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/ . Each Forum has Threads started of different topics and questions. Communtiy Forum Feedback as an example: http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum3.html (list of threads)

Threads then get Replies or Posts by members.
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread10503.html

if you use the New Post button, you may want to skip certain forums that are the Off Topic Social Type. since most forums only have 1 or 2 social type of games the titles remain the same and the threads get really long. those should be easy for you to spot and skip.

if i can be of more help..send me a PM.

[Peter B]

Hi Chemar and Curious. Looks like i didn't explain it too well. I try to minimise my PC time as that is what got me into this illness in the first place-many, many years of computer and office work.

One of my main jobs was to write quality systems and work procedures, and then audit them later. I always had a good eye for things that didn't look right or could be done better, so that fitted in well with my job.
One old saying that still has great relevance is "a place for everything, and everything in its place." And auditing always revealed slips and transgressions-it just happens.

So with this forum, I have noticed that you have a place for everything, but not everything is in its place-games.
This is probably of no real consequence, it's just in my nature to notice these things and bring them to someone's attention.
As you say, most of the word games are in the right Topic, just those in Weight Loss Support, Chronic Pain and Fybromyalgia that are not.
When i go to this forum, I go to the home page and look for new posts in the topics that interest me. Currently they are arthritis, chronic pain, and spinal disorders, as well as the general ones at the top.

Now others may just go directly to their preferred Topic, say weight Loss support. If that is the only topic that they look at, then it is perfectly understandable that they would be unaware of the Games and Such sub-forum in On the Lighter Side, and anyway would want everything in the one Topic. So I understand that and it makes good sense for them.

I'm in a craft forum which i look at infrequently as the threads so often degenerate into very personal chit-chat. There are no Topic headings, just threads and replies, so it can be very frustrating trying to follow the threads. This has been complained about by many, but they say that is the way it will be run.

Another forum I'm in takes a firmer line on off-topic replies, and will re-direct them to the right thread when warranted. This one doesn't have Topis either, just threads and a poor search function, so invariably people give up trying to find an existing thread and start a new one. A lot also depends on what wording they use in their thread heading.

Now this forum is exceptional, in my book, and should be a model for others to emulate.
Well laid out, clear and easy to read, well sorted Topics which make it so easy to find what interests you, the New Posts option and all of the other thoughtful bits and pieces that have been included.
So it is in this context that I offered my observation that all games should be in the same place. Irrespective of that, all power to you for a wonderful forum.

[Chemar]

thanks for your input Peter