Dr.D This is basically all some were hoping for on this board, Just an arrow or direction to send others. This should not change the board one bit. But for some reason a lot of people think it will. Go figure ?
I fully agree this board shouldn't change. But when someone brings up the "posting" window. Right there it tells you what is on topic. Ok... you discover there's a lot of knowledgeable folks here who probably could help, and even willing to help, but you can't ask. So what do you do ?
Right there on that posting page if it said...
"can't find the proper subject heading ? Click here" This would take you to another page. On that page would be a list of OtherPower's most preferred sites that naturally have to do with topics that are cross related to this forum in some way or another, but slightly too off subject. There could be hyper links there to the best remote living gardening forums, Put Keely.Net on there if this is the best you can find for O.U's, put an alternative medicine forum up there you can find that deals with magnets. If there's some one out there playing with unusual things to do with magnets and coils but haven't gotten around to bolting a propeller on it, then put that there too.
It would be best if the referral forums are those most frequented by folks on this forum. Why not ?
Those other forums will thank you for the influx of new neighbors. If they have a twinge of ethics, they'll put a place on their board for people that keep asking about home grown generators and pv's to send them to this forum.
For the life of me, I can't see what is so horrible or shocking about doing something like this : )
It just seems like it would solve a lot of problems. The only reason not to do it that I can personally think of is, that perhaps a very small hand full here get's pleasure out of snubbing or silent treating some "new be" that asked if a motor will really power a generator forever in a closed loop, or ask why magnets makes his fingers go numb? Maybe there's a certain amount of entertainment to this that I haven't discovered. I hope this is not the case.
I know there must be several good off link boards out there. I have found one excellent rural remote gardening one that leans towards off grid. To be quite frank, I haven't found any O.U. boards where you have the kind of people willing to point out obvious technical oversights in kindness like you do here. Maybe one will start up somewhere, but for the moment you could at least send them to the best that can be found.
So no changes to the board... but I still think at least in the posting window, it would be kind to point them to the best of other forums if/when they discover that this forum lacks one or two categories. And I might add, I have seen some good category suggestions brought up that to me appear to be totally on topic, but maybe I'm overlooking something : )
Either way I'm thankful that the Dan's at least allow the discussion of this. That shows major consideration right there : )
John II
