2. Remove Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, PC, Mobile, MMO, Online and Game Specific boards and merge all the threads into Gaming discussion (Edit: Have a community section just for "Nation" threads and "Specific Game OTs").
That will never work. It will simply increase the amount of flame wars and trolls. Not a good idea at all I'm afraid.
Re-name Movie section to something like "Multimedia" or "Entertainment" - the fact of the matter is its strange seeing "Anime" threads and TV show threads in the "Movie" discussion section when they arent even movies....
Games are considered multimedia aren't they? Multiple forms of media coming together to form something cohesive. Or as wikipedia puts it: "the use of a variety of artistic or communicative media." I think Anime should have their own handle/topic when somebody decides to make a thread. TV should too.
Overall, the solution isn't to blend anything together but to keep them separate, with added options.
Making it mandatory that moderators issue a notification via PM or a post via a thread if a thread is to be moved from one section to another or if the thread title will be changed for whatever reason. Name of moderator and the reasoning must be listed.
I think what we have in place is fine. If the original user requests it, or it's obvious that NX threads shouldn't be filed as Sony Discussion, that isn't necessarily a private converstation or notification that has to happen between the mods and users. Posts in the thread usually suffice.
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