Folks, it's time to give your opinion on something. In short, we have a category for "Gear" with forums under it for the major items like Sony, Fuji, Leica, Canon, and so on. Two of those forums have "sub-forums" for showcasing images related to the item, Fuji Showcase and Leica Showcase. At the moment the other major brands like Sony, Canon, and Nikon do not have dedicated sub-forums for showcase discussions.
To be consistent, how would you guys prefer to see showcase threads?
One option is to create more sub-forums like the existing ones so we end up with a new "Sony Showcase" forum, a new "Canon Showcase" forum, a new "Nikon Showcase" forum and so on.
Another option is to use the existing forums using the thread prefixes to show the type of thread it is. For example, in the main Fuji forum the threads have a prefix of "Fuji" while threads in the Fuji Showcase sub-forum have a prefix "Fuji Showcase". If those showcase threads were in the main Fuji forum then the prefixes would show "Fuji" for general Fuji gear threads while "Fuji Showcase" prefix would show for showcase Fuji threads. Then the same would apply for each of the areas so in the Sony forum there'd be prefixes for "Sony" and "Sony Showcase", in the Canon forum there'd be prefixes for "Canon" and "Canon Showcase", and so on.
Yet another option would be to move the showcase threads to the Photo Galleries category in some fashion. The idea there being that the "Gear" category would be more specific to the physical gear while threads primarily intended for attaching images would be found with the other various image thread discussions in the Photo Galleries category.
Is there other options you're thinking of?
The questions that arises is if a thread is created like "Here's a thread of Widgets taken with a Leica", does that belong in the Gear category with other Leica threads or in the Photo Galleries category where other threads about Widgets could be found? By contrast a thread like "Here's a thread of various items taken with a specific Canon lens" should likely be in the Gear section but is there enough of those kinds of threads to have their own "Canon Showcase" sub-forum or put them in the main existing Canon forum?
To be consistent, how would you guys prefer to see showcase threads?
One option is to create more sub-forums like the existing ones so we end up with a new "Sony Showcase" forum, a new "Canon Showcase" forum, a new "Nikon Showcase" forum and so on.
Another option is to use the existing forums using the thread prefixes to show the type of thread it is. For example, in the main Fuji forum the threads have a prefix of "Fuji" while threads in the Fuji Showcase sub-forum have a prefix "Fuji Showcase". If those showcase threads were in the main Fuji forum then the prefixes would show "Fuji" for general Fuji gear threads while "Fuji Showcase" prefix would show for showcase Fuji threads. Then the same would apply for each of the areas so in the Sony forum there'd be prefixes for "Sony" and "Sony Showcase", in the Canon forum there'd be prefixes for "Canon" and "Canon Showcase", and so on.
Yet another option would be to move the showcase threads to the Photo Galleries category in some fashion. The idea there being that the "Gear" category would be more specific to the physical gear while threads primarily intended for attaching images would be found with the other various image thread discussions in the Photo Galleries category.
Is there other options you're thinking of?
The questions that arises is if a thread is created like "Here's a thread of Widgets taken with a Leica", does that belong in the Gear category with other Leica threads or in the Photo Galleries category where other threads about Widgets could be found? By contrast a thread like "Here's a thread of various items taken with a specific Canon lens" should likely be in the Gear section but is there enough of those kinds of threads to have their own "Canon Showcase" sub-forum or put them in the main existing Canon forum?