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I was leaning toward option 1 but, I am now unsure.

I thought that the "News and Commentary Latest on e-books, e-paper, DRM and related technologies" section was for relating current news topics and comments related to that specific news article.

My understanding was that topics of the nature that Daithi brought up were to be for the new section as they were more member thoughts and ideas not necessarily based on a specific news post but a variety of current issues.

Originally Posted by Daithi

I have some questions.

Can someone provide some sample topics that would get posted in this new forum?

When discussing this issue in the thread that started this pole I mentioned wanting a forum that I could start threads like the following --

College textbooks -- are current readers inadequate
An idea for book publishers
Illustrations in ebooks
A list of great ebook related sites
A proposal to modernize copyright laws
The case for digital piracy

However, it was pointed out that these kinds of threads should be started in the "News and Commentary" forum. Is this true? Or are these the kind of topics that will be posted in the New Forum? Or is the intention for the New Forum to have non-ebook related posts that aren't of a banter type nature?

If a new forum is added, I liked MOd BOb's suggestion about voting on the forum's name.

I don't agree that the new section should have non-ebook related volatile topics such as the quick examples that pilotbob mentioned.
Topics should have some connection to how members would use these device-related topics. Recipes, craft ideas/patterns, gardening.. these could and are compiled and made into pages for personal devices. These topics could be seen as ebook related.

Starting threads for topics such as:Should marijuana be legalized?, Would putting the US back on the gold standard work?, and others of this nature could and probably would quickly become very heated and insulting.

Originally Posted by pilotbob

This would be a "non-ebook" topic forum similar to the lounge. So topics:

A great banana bread recipe
Should eminent domain be for "any purpose"
Should marijuana be legalized
Would putting the US back on the gold standard work
Thoughts on the new Star Trek movie

BOb

OK, that was my two cents (probably worth less now I still think that there is some confusion about what the "new section" would contain that would be different other than "not silly/ not seriously off-topic".