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<blockquote data-quote="vvvvvvv" data-source="post: 2567793" data-attributes="member: 5151"><p>There were several requests over the last several months about it, and I promised some of them that I would review the data.</p><p></p><p>Archery discussions are admittedly seasonal in nature around here. However, what has been found is that people generally have no idea where to post archery-related questions, and the season where the hunting forum is most active coincides with when archery discussions are most active. What happens is the archery-related discussions get buried and soon forgotten about.</p><p></p><p>Any expansion is a gamble. A balance must be struck between granularity and apparent activity. The same policy that applies to the Knife forum applies to the Archery forum: if the interest isn't sufficient, it will be assimilated back into a more active and appropriate section. The long term data suggests that there may be sufficient interest *if* a forum is available. It's a classic chicken and egg problem - some people won't exhibit interest in a topic until a specific area for that discussion is made available.</p><p></p><p>If it doesn't work well in the hunting section, perhaps we might move it to the Firearms & Gear Talk section. The choice here was based on 80% of archery discussions being directly related to hunting.</p><p></p><p>One huge positive about having a forum of this size is that we're able to collect enough data to make well-informed decisions. If we acted solely based on requests and recommendations, we'd have probably a dozen or so other sections for regional and game-specific hunting and fishing topics. Instead, available data is analyzed, current trends and potential are identified, and if the numbers look reasonably good then we go forward with additional granularity. If the numbers aren't there, then the request gets tagged for review the next year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vvvvvvv, post: 2567793, member: 5151"] There were several requests over the last several months about it, and I promised some of them that I would review the data. Archery discussions are admittedly seasonal in nature around here. However, what has been found is that people generally have no idea where to post archery-related questions, and the season where the hunting forum is most active coincides with when archery discussions are most active. What happens is the archery-related discussions get buried and soon forgotten about. Any expansion is a gamble. A balance must be struck between granularity and apparent activity. The same policy that applies to the Knife forum applies to the Archery forum: if the interest isn't sufficient, it will be assimilated back into a more active and appropriate section. The long term data suggests that there may be sufficient interest *if* a forum is available. It's a classic chicken and egg problem - some people won't exhibit interest in a topic until a specific area for that discussion is made available. If it doesn't work well in the hunting section, perhaps we might move it to the Firearms & Gear Talk section. The choice here was based on 80% of archery discussions being directly related to hunting. One huge positive about having a forum of this size is that we're able to collect enough data to make well-informed decisions. If we acted solely based on requests and recommendations, we'd have probably a dozen or so other sections for regional and game-specific hunting and fishing topics. Instead, available data is analyzed, current trends and potential are identified, and if the numbers look reasonably good then we go forward with additional granularity. If the numbers aren't there, then the request gets tagged for review the next year. [/QUOTE]
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