Is This Reduced Ab Topic List Ok?

[AB Editor]

~ UPDATED LIST BASED ON FEEDBACK ~

Hi!

We're hoping to reduce the number of categories on AB in the next update.

Here's the survivors:

Adverts
Animals & Nature
>>Pets
>>Twitching & Birdwatching
Arts & Literature
Body & Soul
>> Beauty
>> Health & Fitness
>> Relationships & Dating
>> Weight Loss & Dieting
Business
Personal Finance
Chatterbank
>> Christmas
Crosswords
Family
Food & Drink
>> Recipes
Gaming
Genealogy
History
Home & Garden
>> Gardening
>> Interiors
Property
How It Works
Insurance
Jobs & Education
Jokes
Law
Film
Radio
TV
Motoring
Music
News
Phrases & Sayings
Quizzes & Puzzles
Science
Shopping
Society & Culture
Religion & Spirituality
Spam & Scams
Sport
>> Football
Technology
Travel
Editor's Blog


Of that list, here are the sub-categories that have graduated to full-fat categories:

Personal Finance
Genealogy
Property
Religion & Spirituality

[AB Editor]

Okay, no poll as it seems not to like the long question body!

Shout yes or no into an envelope and post to:

AB EDITOR
Ed's Blog
AB Towers
OX28 6HJ

[fiction-factory]

Drat,
I 'd just typed a long reply to your first post and then got a Couldn't Retrieve that Thread message

[ummmm]

Yep...looks good.

[andy-hughes]

Looks good to me - all the sections I use are in there - and I guess the site survives on the 'use it or lose it' approach.

[Baldric]

Looks OK 2 me

[mccfluff]

awesome, just awesome

(just been on a webex with an american)

[fiction-factory]

Yes, but,,,

Agree with the removal of those removed.
Not convinced of the need for remaining subtopics in A&N, F&D and H&G but don't feel strongly.
I'm not sure of the need for an Offers & Comps section- it tends to be used by those who don't get as far as seeing we have a Q&P section.
Has Site Suggestions gone then? I wonder if it's Ed's blog that should go.
Thanks

[-Talbot-]

Beauty ...

Have any ABers ever posted in that?

[AB Editor]

I suppose the idea is that, if you can't think of what's missing, then it's probably OK!

[hc4361]

Yes

[Prudie]

I don't go in there but I notice History has gone leaving just Genealogy, I thought the history topic was reasonably well used?

[chiaroscuro]

I don't like the sub-categories - either make them categories in their own right or delete them.

[jordyboy14]

music,technology.chatterbank, fine for me and you can dump the rest as far you want

[AB Editor]

chiaroscuro - the ones we've kept are all well trafficked and have lots of people using them. Seems a shame to close them down while they still serve a purpose for some.

I am partly in agreement with you.

I we get a chorus on this we can reconsider I suppose.

[AB Editor]

Sorry, History SHOULD be there?!

[AB Editor]

Fixed.

[MargoTester]

Looks OK to me.

[Lie-in King]

Just to be pedantic & tidy, "Twitching" *is* "Birdwatching" - one or the other should do.

It's not so long ago that you wanted the list to be alphabetical - that's gone with the removal of "Media". "Religion..." is also out of alphabetical order now.

A few people in the past have requested a "Photography" topic, that could have been part of "Hobbies & Interests" but that's gone now.

[trt]

What about Science?

[Mamyalynne]

It's still there.