I dunno
Possible reasons to change to this Forum:
-The last forum didn't seem as “modifiable” as this (or another) one could be. For example, many people have suggested adding a “FAQ” which first time registers were required to read before posting in a respective area (Like before posting in the Pandora section you'd have to check that you read a list of information like what emulators are likely on the device and who's working on them).
-I've never tried it, but I hear setting up multiple polls were confusing to some. Maybe this is worthy of a change.
-It could be interesting to make a hybrid of a wiki and a forum, This would be good for those threads like “Lets e-mail indie developers and ask them to port their game to our device”. This could allow each person to post their e-mail and the response in the “wiki” like section located right below the topic starter's post instead of requiring the topic starter to edit his post each time someone posts any new correspondence.
Possible reasons not to move to this Forum:
-It would require working on many simple features that every forum (including the one we've been using) already has (reply, quote, new topic, etc). Would the extra work be worth it?
-The Wiz users might feel a little odd going to “open pandora” to talk about what some view as it's competitor, this could be unfair, this could cause some people to fear a prejudice in the community. While I wouldn't care to go to a Wiz forum to discuss the Pandora, I would hate for there to be even more of a feeling of segregation (just because we'll be using different devices doesn't mean we won't benefit from sharing code with each other).
-Does this host have the bandwidth to support all the users of the the GP32X forums?
-Moving to this forum requires creating a new account, why would they want to do that when the old forums will probably already have their account as soon as it's running again.
Judging by the lack of love the GP32X members show towards every new comer who suggests making a new forum, I would imagine the same skepticism would be shown towards this one, making a new forum doesn't show the level of cooperation which open source software tends to involve.
-Lately there have been questions asked about the moderators of GP32X and whether or not they're giving the same speech rights to the Wiz enthusiasts as what is given to the Pandora enthusiasts, creating another forum on the Pandora site would only add to these questions.
-Would it be difficult getting all the previous knowledge on GP32X to this forum? Lots of it is useful, and any that gets deemed “useless” would probably create disturbances in the user base.
-And of course, What happens to the Moderators, who govern these forums, do we hold nominations/elections, or do we just make the previous Moderators moderators of this forum as well? (since gp32x.de would not just go away with the introduction of this forum that would mean they'd have to over see two separate forums, I doubt many would go for this (but of course, can't speak for them).
Over all, I like the idea of a forum with more features, but having to reacquire the user base would probably make it less worthwhile.
Did GP32X have a Wiz section? If not then I think it's cool that this one does seeing as it's on a Pandora website, where as the other board, which is less likely to be biased, didn't include it. Of course, that said; This is a Pandora website, how does anyone who wasn't looking into getting a Pandora even realize this board exists (which makes the Wiz section a little bit on the useless side, still thoughtful though
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