Monk Ed wrote:* As you can see, we're bumping up most of the subforums to "main" forums to boost their visibility and making more use of the software's category feature to keep a high-level grouping among them.
Whoo, I'm excited for the subforums gaining visibility now.
Monk Ed wrote:* "Everything Else Evangelion" was renamed to "Merchandise and Manga" so you don't have to read its description to remind yourself what's in it. Its former name has instead been repurposed as a category name because nothing really unifies all the non-Discussion forums besides the fact that they're not Discussion forums, and the major distinction we care about in organizing the forums at this top level is keeping the Discussion forums separate from... everything else.
I think adding "Manga" makes it too specific...
What about the Evangelion video games and the art books?
This leads me to suggest calling it "Merchandise, Media, and Books".
(And translations of any of those would go to Fan Works)
Monk Ed wrote:* The names are still very much in flux. "Original NGE Discussion" in particular is pure placeholder; originally we were going to title it "Neon Genesis Discussion" but then it occurred to me that "Neon Genesis Evangelion" is not a unique moniker because it's also the official title of the manga. Other titles we considered for it include "Original Series Discussion" and "TV Series + EoE Discussion".
Something gets me about the NGE acronym and the word Original... it feels unnatural.
I think it's fine to call it Neon Genesis Discussion, and just explain it in the description as TV Series OA/DC + EoE.
(But, I think it wouldn't hurt to allow Manga theories in here too)
Though I have a problem with the word Discussion, since when you Discuss a character's hair color, it's still a form of Discussion, but it doesn't qualify for this forum, which is why it confuses me... maybe a stronger word to denote more effort is warranted to discuss things here?
Neon Genesis Theories?
Personally I really like, Neon Genesis Analysis
Monk Ed wrote:* The new forum "Evangelion General Discussion" (also a placeholder name) is where in-depth analysis, theories, and discussion of both the metafranchise and the "lesser" canons such as the manga go. Its order in the listing is deliberate so that users' eyes will have to pass over the more specific forums first.
Without reading the description, that word "Discussion" gets me again,
and the word "General" is too loose.
How about, Spin-Off Media Analysis?
Monk Ed wrote:* Some name changes that are more set in stone include "Fan Works" (formerly "Fandom Area"), "Related People and What They're Doing" (formerly "Related Works & People"), and "Wiki Editorium" (formerly "The Editorium").
The reasoning for all three sounds solid.
Though, as a side-note: The Dr. Who forums call their "Fan Works" forum "Fan creativity" ... I don't know ... creativity to me sounds much more pleasing/soothing now that I think about it, but that's just me.
OOh, and I would highly suggest ordering Fan Works directly under Evangelion Chit-Chat.
In and of itself, self-evident.