Why was my Opinel thread moved?

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I was specifically asking about the brand as a bushcraft knife.

And sevearl of the responses gave pros and cons specifically related to bushcraft and BOB/PSK usage.

Why is that post any different than the myriad of other posts about field knives that we see here in the WSS forum?
 
I gotta agree, I'm confused as to why yours, and some of these other threads "need" to be removed from WW&S.
 
Yes, its not like its taking up any more or less space here or there. And these are the people I trust and want to ask. The "regular crowd" on THIS sub forum.

And this is now the second time something is moved with no notice or message at all.

I know I am not a paying customer, but if you dont want to take care of non paying folks, then why have us at all?

Should we move all the RAT questions to the RAT forum? All the Becker questions to the Becker forum? You get the idea...
 
Good question.

First of all, questions on Bladeforums procedure belong in Service & Support.

Next, I moved it because after the first few posts, there was nothing Wilderness about the thread. It was a typical anyknife discussion.
 
Im not tying to be a jerk here. Your decision is final of course. But I fail to see how it was any less "wilderness" than many other posts.

There was discussion about the carbon steel being useful with a ferro rod. There was discussion about how the wooden handle was prone to "swelling" in heat and humidity and how that may not be great for a field knife. There was discussion about how many members had an Opinel in their BOB/PSK bag. And my questions were specific to how an Opinel performs as a "bushcraft knife".

I just dont see why it "needed" to be moved. Again, this was the community that the Original Poster (me) wanted opinions from. I dont know anyone on that other forum.

If the thread died of its own volition then it would simply slip away into never land.

Again, you are the man... good work on modding. The decision just seems a little draconian to me. But I concede to your wisdom and experience.
 
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Good question.

First of all, questions on Bladeforums procedure belong in Service & Support.

Next, I moved it because after the first few posts, there was nothing Wilderness about the thread. It was a typical anyknife discussion.
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Sorry EB, but I think he's got a fair point on this one. BF is so big that there's just too much to wade through so people gravitate towards certain sub-forums and read only those forums. I'm sure you already know this. But that means the only way to tap into the awesome knowledge base in the W&SS forum is to post IN the W&SS forum. It creates a bit of a conundrum that IMO should be part of the equation used to determine if a thread should be move or not.
 
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Where do we draw the line? Of course it's not cut and dried, but if everyone gets to make their own rules, it will be harder, not easier, to aggregate or find information.

Certain forums, especially the community forums, encourage a holistic policy. But there still has to be a core emphasis, and too many off-topic or less-clearly related threads aren't good, either.

Periodically, we try to reassert the core emphasis.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Where do we draw the line? Of course it's not cut and dried, but if everyone gets to make their own rules, it will be harder, not easier, to aggregate or find information.

Certain forums, especially the community forums, encourage a holistic policy. But there still has to be a core emphasis, and too many off-topic or less-clearly related threads aren't good, either.

Periodically, we try to reassert the core emphasis.
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hmmm...just read the thread. Yea, isn't cut and dry, but maybe move this one back where it belongs.
 
the traditional forum is in many ways similar to wss. the posters there hardly ever post any where else on bf and have become sort of a net family. do to that fact many threads there were not traditional in nature and were moved. I found the traditional forum was better for it not worse and i'm sure the wss would be the same way.

there are many great forums on bf that many never see because so much slack is given in the wss
 
look the fact is that theads get moved because some moderator think s/he know better then you. There might not be any rhyme or reason, but if they didn't do any thing we wouldn't need them so just be greatful you gave them a job to feel important :)
 
I also feel at home in this forum,as its all similar minded folks,with the same interests,BF is that big, you never know were to post something,this subforum is the only place i visit and read,and have met friends here :)

Just my view on it :)

Bernie
 
I realize I am a nobody because I cabt afford to pay at the moment but the benchmade nimravus post was not moved but the opinel one was ...maybe we should have a knife sub section in the wilderness forums... maybe more subsections like reviews,gear,knives,sparks and flames,electronics,ect.... that way we can more accurately place our posts.
 
If I remember correctly it wasn't too long ago when the subject of WSS subforums was discussed. Some thought it was was a good idea, some not. To a make long story short, no subforums was created.
 
It seems beside the point to create W&SS subforums for topics that have Bladeforums forums already.

The reason some threads get moved but others don't is often that mods don't get to read through every thread every day. Sometimes part of a thread looks OK for the forum, where another part (other posts) might not.

It's easier for us to leave things where they are. I know I don't move things just to feel important.
 
I think in a lot of cases, it's the people who respond and not the OP that cause a thread to be moved. Maybe the OP was on topic but once the majority of responses turn to another subject, it's kind of hopeless. It happens all the time and not just here. Anyone notice how often a thread turns political in W&C and gets moved? We should be paying more attention to keeping the discussion on subject and not just the topic.
 
I understand moving some of the threads, but I personally feel that if the thread is specifically asking for WSS type responses it should stay within this forum.

Another reason that I feel posts are made on this forum with these specific questions is that the General Discussion is by far too busy, and threads get lost very fast. If threads are going to be moved more rapidly to that form it will be even more difficult to get any responses specific to the topic, especially as many regulars of BF stay to their subforums of interest. I just looked at General and yesterday's posts are 4 pages back already, so it seems many threads are missed simply due to volume. I do not have the answer but again, to me, perhaps General needs to be split up more in order to create more discussion in the threads places and posted there. I can see there being less community as a result of people not feeling welcome to post here any more, especially if threads specifically asking about bushcraft are moved, and the community feel is very important here.

I am not speaking out against the mods (I respect the difficult jobs they have here) as much as I am trying to help the situation as I see it, and have thought this over for the last couple of days before trying to give my opinions.
 
Esav is my favorite moderator on any forum I go to.:thumbup: I'm not saying that just to suck up either:D

His call of course and no big deal but I'da left that one here.
 
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