While Jay is busy working on the new software, I've been thinking about what content the new forum should contain. The announcement that the O-OT DVDs are now going to be released means that the focus of the forum will need to shift a little.

My ideas are shown below - it should be stressed that this is only my view of how things should look. Jay has his plans for a fan edit blog interface, and I don't know how that's going to be implemented. I thought it would be useful to post some thoughts to generate discussion and ideas for the future.

¦ - Important Announcements (forum/site news, same as it is now)
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¦ - ¦ General Movie/DVD Discussion
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¦ - ¦ - Star Wars (has its own sub forum, since this developed from a SW site)
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¦ - ¦ - Other Movies
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¦ - ¦ Fan edits, preservation and custom DVDs
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¦ - ¦ - Fan edits/projects (both SW and non-SW)
¦ - ¦ (stickies for definition of a fan edit, rules, index of projects and PIF requests?)
¦ - ¦ (discussion threads for ongoing projects, info & feedback threads for finished projects)
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¦ - ¦ - Preservation projects
¦ - ¦ (stickies for definition of preservation, rules, index & requests)
¦ - ¦ (discussion threads for ongoing projects, info & feedback threads for finished projects)
¦ - ¦ (existing SW laserdisc threads will be kept for info but locked on official DVD release)
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¦ - ¦ - Custom DVD projects
¦ - ¦ (stickies for definition of custom DVDs*, rules & index)
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¦ - ¦ - Project help and technical support (also guides/tutorials, either stickied or in a subforum)
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¦ - Memorabilia Discussion and Buying/Selling/Trading (as now)
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¦ - Forum/Site Suggestions and Ideas (as now)
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¦ - Off Topic/General chat (no change)

* A custom DVD contains a film essentially the same as a retail release, but with differences in technical details such as sound mix, picture quality or subtitles. Includes projects such as Ong Bak, Backstroke of the West, etc.
Discussion related to distribution (uploading, trading, "PM me for details", etc.) will not be allowed - unless it's a "patch your own DVD" kit.

One thing that narks me (well, there are several things actually, but let's not go there) about the fan edit/preservation threads at the moment is that they tend to get cluttered with pay-it-forward or torrent reseed requests. Someone suggested a separate thread for requests, and I'd agree that it would be neater to have a single thread in both the fan edit and preservation forums for all requests.