Oh dear! This is exactly what I was afraid of!
Daisy, I am truly sad you feel that way and I am not saying this lightly.
If I may explain -
I don't really like those super long 10000 posts either. One might be afraid to be told to read the whole thing so as to not have to ask the same question again. I have seen forums like that.
On the other hand, look at a library. Books are in specific order for a good reason, that you are able to find your way around and have easy access to whatever you wish to read.
You can't be that orderly here, after all a forum is a living, breathing entity? But you can try to be a bit organized. We do have monthly bloom thread and we certainly do chat about other things besides blooms in those, no? If a thread gets too long, you have the option to continue in a new thread and put links in place to find your way around.
Daisy, you said
all questions must fit into existing threads started by Ursula.
Now I must protest since this is simply not true. Unfortunately you got that impression and this needs to be addressed:
This is happily OUR forum and I would like to ask everyone's help and advice on how to deal with the type of threads which have popped up more recently lately.
Nine out of ten times it is a new member who is very excited about his/her newly discovered love for Phalaenopsis. I love the enthusiasm which goes along with that, and it is important that we help our new members in their quest. But, and here comes my question, do we let every Phal question bloom into its own thread, or do you try to combine them?
Would it be helpful, if we start threads like
Questions about Phalaenopsis?
I was about to suggest a catch all chat thread, but then we have that already in the split off from the names game.
Thanks for your comments, Daisy and Elaine. I think this needs to be addressed.
