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Post by stevep on Nov 22, 2020 18:30:02 GMT
If others are allowed to post on here, my suggestion is renaming the Naval Board to a general military board, some may be intersted more in land and aerial conflicts. Every member is welcomed to post here and make suggestions on improving the forum. Regarding you suggestion of renaming the Naval Board to a general military board is good, i could make the current Naval Board for unbuilt and cancelled ships while making the general military board for all what ifs, battles and such, but i am worried i come in conflict with the current Pre and After 1900 boards where also a lot of that stuff is on.
That makes sense as you did have discussion on air and army matters as sub boards under one related to naval issues. May I suggest, if it doesn't cause problems also splitting the current "Aviation and tanks/AFV board into two as it seems odd to have both air and land under one heading when the navies have got their own? Would also change the latter to a more general army one as there might just be items, such as artillery, communications, AD etc which don't fit into the strict tank/AFV category. Of course one problem with that is there will be some overlap between sections such as a/c that are used both by air forces and navies.
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Post by american2006 on Nov 22, 2020 18:56:26 GMT
If others are allowed to post on here, my suggestion is renaming the Naval Board to a general military board, some may be intersted more in land and aerial conflicts. Every member is welcomed to post here and make suggestions on improving the forum. Regarding you suggestion of renaming the Naval Board to a general military board is good, i could make the current Naval Board for unbuilt and cancelled ships while making the general military board for all what ifs, battles and such, but i am worried i come in conflict with the current Pre and After 1900 boards where also a lot of that stuff is on. K I just only saw James G posting. I do see what you mean with the Naval/Military board coming in conflict with Pre After 1900 Boards, but I've always wondered why the abritary division between 1900. A lot of events, such as TLs involving TR, WWI, and others span both eras. Maybe, for those reasons and setting ourselves apart from AH.com, perhaps we have boards done topically rather then chronologically, but what would happen to the threads on those boards I don't know. |
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Post by stevep on Nov 22, 2020 19:02:47 GMT
Every member is welcomed to post here and make suggestions on improving the forum. Regarding you suggestion of renaming the Naval Board to a general military board is good, i could make the current Naval Board for unbuilt and cancelled ships while making the general military board for all what ifs, battles and such, but i am worried i come in conflict with the current Pre and After 1900 boards where also a lot of that stuff is on. K I just only saw James G posting. I do see what you mean with the Naval/Military board coming in conflict with Pre After 1900 Boards, but I've always wondered why the abritary division between 1900. A lot of events, such as TLs involving TR, WWI, and others span both eras. Maybe, for those reasons and setting ourselves apart from AH.com, perhaps we have boards done topically rather then chronologically, but what would happen to the threads on those boards I don't know.
The latter may be an hang-over from the AH board. Not sure when that was established but a divsion between post 1900 [with the two world wars and cold war which are the most interesting to many people] and pre-1900 made some sense. I think some other boards have more categories, say modern, medieval, dark age, classic etc but it all depends on where you put the boundaries. As you say, depending on the date of the POD and how long a TL goes then anything pre-1900 is going to have a [probably very large] impact on the 1900 world. However I think the rule of thumb is when the POD actually occurs.
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Post by lordroel on Nov 22, 2020 19:04:46 GMT
Every member is welcomed to post here and make suggestions on improving the forum. Regarding you suggestion of renaming the Naval Board to a general military board is good, i could make the current Naval Board for unbuilt and cancelled ships while making the general military board for all what ifs, battles and such, but i am worried i come in conflict with the current Pre and After 1900 boards where also a lot of that stuff is on. That makes sense as you did have discussion on air and army matters as sub boards under one related to naval issues. May I suggest, if it doesn't cause problems also splitting the current "Aviation and tanks/AFV board into two as it seems odd to have both air and land under one heading when the navies have got their own? Would also change the latter to a more general army one as there might just be items, such as artillery, communications, AD etc which don't fit into the strict tank/AFV category. Of course one problem with that is there will be some overlap between sections such as a/c that are used both by air forces and navies.
No problem, will separate the tank from the air and rename the tank sub-board the army as to relfecht more general what if discussion about land designs. |
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Post by lordroel on Nov 22, 2020 19:06:36 GMT
I think that we should see how we go for now with the sub-boards. We have more naval/warship fans here and, after all, back in the olden days, this was a naval-focused website. Well big ships of course draw a lot more attention than tanks and aircraft. Also i do not remember this forum ever to be soly focus on naval maters, it was more based on my first TL i ever wrote and which has evolved in what the forum is to day. |
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Post by american2006 on Nov 22, 2020 19:18:12 GMT
K I just only saw James G posting. I do see what you mean with the Naval/Military board coming in conflict with Pre After 1900 Boards, but I've always wondered why the abritary division between 1900. A lot of events, such as TLs involving TR, WWI, and others span both eras. Maybe, for those reasons and setting ourselves apart from AH.com, perhaps we have boards done topically rather then chronologically, but what would happen to the threads on those boards I don't know.
The latter may be an hang-over from the AH board. Not sure when that was established but a divsion between post 1900 [with the two world wars and cold war which are the most interesting to many people] and pre-1900 made some sense. I think some other boards have more categories, say modern, medieval, dark age, classic etc but it all depends on where you put the boundaries. As you say, depending on the date of the POD and how long a TL goes then anything pre-1900 is going to have a [probably very large] impact on the 1900 world. However I think the rule of thumb is when the POD actually occurs.
Steve
I do understand what you are saying, but 1900 is a very arbitary date, for example, a TL I write with a POD on December 31st, 1899 might be more appropriate in the after-1900 rather then the before-1900. And yes, the POD is very much something to be taken into account, but some people, myself included, might benefit from a more topical approach. Additionally, this board is not AH.com so us modelling it like it makes little sense to me. This board is better then AH.com by leaps and bounds, why should we stoop to AH.com's level  Also, most of the other boards are topical, Future history is in the future (Which the argument could be made it's a date) but there's a military board, shared worlds, politics and governance, etc. |
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Post by lordroel on Nov 22, 2020 19:21:26 GMT
The latter may be an hang-over from the AH board. Not sure when that was established but a divsion between post 1900 [with the two world wars and cold war which are the most interesting to many people] and pre-1900 made some sense. I think some other boards have more categories, say modern, medieval, dark age, classic etc but it all depends on where you put the boundaries. As you say, depending on the date of the POD and how long a TL goes then anything pre-1900 is going to have a [probably very large] impact on the 1900 world. However I think the rule of thumb is when the POD actually occurs. Steve
I do understand what you are saying, but 1900 is a very arbitary date, for example, a TL I write with a POD on December 31st, 1899 might be more appropriate in the after-1900 rather then the before-1900. And yes, the POD is very much something to be taken into account, but some people, myself included, might benefit from a more topical approach. Additionally, this board is not AH.com so us modelling it like it makes little sense to me. This board is better then AH.com by leaps and bounds, why should we stoop to AH.com's level Also, most of the other boards are topical, Future history is in the future (Which the argument could be made it's a date) but there's a military board, shared worlds, politics and governance, etc. Think it it is a year ore so it is not a big deal if it is placed in After-1900. Also thanks, it means a lot that member say this forum is better than AH.com, it gives me strength to keep working and improving the forum. |
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Post by american2006 on Nov 22, 2020 19:26:10 GMT
I do understand what you are saying, but 1900 is a very arbitary date, for example, a TL I write with a POD on December 31st, 1899 might be more appropriate in the after-1900 rather then the before-1900. And yes, the POD is very much something to be taken into account, but some people, myself included, might benefit from a more topical approach. Additionally, this board is not AH.com so us modelling it like it makes little sense to me. This board is better then AH.com by leaps and bounds, why should we stoop to AH.com's level Also, most of the other boards are topical, Future history is in the future (Which the argument could be made it's a date) but there's a military board, shared worlds, politics and governance, etc. Think it it is a year ore so it is not a big deal if it is placed in After-1900. Also thanks, it means a lot that member say this forum is better than AH.com, it gives me strength to keep working and improving the forum. Your welcome. Being honest, it's no competition. AH is so generic, so trying to appeal to everyone, this board has character, running jokes, a sense of community. Sure, AH.com may have better grammar and more people and TLs, but this board I feel like I can call a large number of y'all my friends, and it's far more civil. Lordroel what you've made here is one of the if not the best Alternate History Community on the internet. |
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Post by lordroel on Nov 22, 2020 19:29:43 GMT
Think it it is a year ore so it is not a big deal if it is placed in After-1900. Also thanks, it means a lot that member say this forum is better than AH.com, it gives me strength to keep working and improving the forum. Your welcome. Being honest, it's no competition. AH is so generic, so trying to appeal to everyone, this board has character, running jokes, a sense of community. Sure, AH.com may have better grammar and more people and TLs, but this board I feel like I can call a large number of y'all my friends, and it's far more civil. Lordroel what you've made here is one of the if not the best Alternate History Community on the internet. Thanks for you words. Now back to the suggestions, i have been able thanks to my hard working trolls to create 3 sub boards (CanisD's Never-weres ships Cabin, Aviation what ifs projects Cockpit and Army what ifs projects Locker) which can be visited by simply clicking on the main board which is called the Military what ifs battleground, that board no longer exist, instead you will see only the 3 sub-boards, which i did know i could do until now. |
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Post by american2006 on Nov 22, 2020 20:54:44 GMT
Your welcome. Being honest, it's no competition. AH is so generic, so trying to appeal to everyone, this board has character, running jokes, a sense of community. Sure, AH.com may have better grammar and more people and TLs, but this board I feel like I can call a large number of y'all my friends, and it's far more civil. Lordroel what you've made here is one of the if not the best Alternate History Community on the internet. Thanks for you words. Now back to the suggestions, i have been able thanks to my hard working trolls to create 3 sub boards (CanisD's Never-weres ships Cabin, Aviation what ifs projects Cockpit and Army what ifs projects Locker) which can be visited by simply clicking on the main board which is called the Military what ifs battleground, that board no longer exist, instead you will see only the 3 sub-boards, which i did know i could do until now. Cool. Aside from making things topical completely, I've think I've said what I've wanna said, this board is pretty great how it is. |
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Post by lordroel on Nov 23, 2020 5:10:48 GMT
Thanks for you words. Now back to the suggestions, i have been able thanks to my hard working trolls to create 3 sub boards (CanisD's Never-weres ships Cabin, Aviation what ifs projects Cockpit and Army what ifs projects Locker) which can be visited by simply clicking on the main board which is called the Military what ifs battleground, that board no longer exist, instead you will see only the 3 sub-boards, which i did know i could do until now. Cool. Aside from making things topical completely, I've think I've said what I've wanna said, this board is pretty great how it is. Well we can always try to make it even greater. |
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