# General Questions has been renamed to Factual Questions **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 3, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-has-been-renamed-to-factual-questions/953705 "2021-11-03T01:10:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-has-been-renamed-to-factual-questions/953705/1 "2021-11-03T01:10:53Z")
The name of General Questions has always been a source of confusion to new users, since the forum/category is not in fact for general questions, but is instead only for questions of a factual nature. As part of our effort to make the SDMB friendlier to new users, we have therefore changed the name from General Questions to Factual Questions. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-has-been-renamed-to-factual-questions/953705/2 "2021-11-03T01:14:27Z")
Is this the first time the name of one of the forums has ever been changed? ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-has-been-renamed-to-factual-questions/953705/3 "2021-11-03T01:19:22Z")
No. Politics and Elections was originally named Elections. Forum names have been temporarily renamed for holidays (Halloween and April Fools) but that was just a temporary thing. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-has-been-renamed-to-factual-questions/953705/4 "2021-11-03T01:20:06Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > No. Politics and Elections was originally named Elections. Ah yes, now I remember that. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-has-been-renamed-to-factual-questions/953705/5 "2021-11-03T01:22:04Z")
Comments on Cecil’s Columns / Staff Reports was also originally just Comments on Cecil’s Columns. Comments on Staff Reports was merged into it later. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-has-been-renamed-to-factual-questions/953705/6 "2021-11-03T01:23:22Z")
Arrrgh! It just isn’t the same! The Dope is forever changed! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-has-been-renamed-to-factual-questions/953705/7 "2021-11-03T01:28:40Z")
Also, the BBQ Pit’s name has never technically been changed, but it used to be spelled “Raymond Luxury-Yacht”. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-has-been-renamed-to-factual-questions/953705/8 "2021-11-03T01:30:11Z")
The Barn House forum was renamed to _\<404 not found\>_. I think it may have been hidden at some point before that tho. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-has-been-renamed-to-factual-questions/953705/9 "2021-11-03T01:37:32Z")
Wait, does this mean that someone is actually running this place? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-has-been-renamed-to-factual-questions/953705/10 "2021-11-03T01:41:51Z")
I recall fondly the days when the forum I almost never participate in was referred to as “GQ”. Nowadays, “FQ” sounds so… dirty! ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-has-been-renamed-to-factual-questions/953705/11 "2021-11-03T01:48:06Z")
Hail and huzzah to a much needed change! 🕺 ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-has-been-renamed-to-factual-questions/953705/12 "2021-11-03T01:53:49Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > “FQ” sounds so… dirty! Would you prefer “FAQ”? (for “Factual-Ass Questions”) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-has-been-renamed-to-factual-questions/953705/13 "2021-11-03T01:54:00Z")
Should have gone wirh Specific Questions. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-has-been-renamed-to-factual-questions/953705/14 "2021-11-03T01:55:44Z")
“Questions concerning asses only, please.” ---
**Author:** ![TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thegunismightierthanthepen/32/2981_2.png) [@TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheGunIsMightierThanThePen)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-has-been-renamed-to-factual-questions/953705/15 "2021-11-03T01:56:41Z")
Liking this change, although I’d bet people will ignore the name and continue to bring up debate-oriented / opinion questions afterward. > [@bobot](#): > > I recall fondly the days when the forum I almost never participate in was referred to as “GQ”. Nowadays, “FQ” sounds so… dirty! On the bright side, you won’t get people confusing the forum for the magazine. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-has-been-renamed-to-factual-questions/953705/16 "2021-11-03T02:03:19Z")
I’m a bit sad that the bone of the Dope has been renamed, but otherwise I totally agree that “Factual Questions” is a much better name. But yeah, I sob a little… ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-has-been-renamed-to-factual-questions/953705/17 "2021-11-03T02:04:50Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Wait, does this mean that someone is actually running this place? They’re operating the pedals, but too short to reach the steering wheel. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-has-been-renamed-to-factual-questions/953705/18 "2021-11-03T02:11:15Z")
Someone needs to update the _[https://boards.straightdope.com/c/general-questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/general-questions)_ link in Forum Jump. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-has-been-renamed-to-factual-questions/953705/19 "2021-11-03T02:26:46Z")
I guess my question has been answered. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-has-been-renamed-to-factual-questions/953705/20 "2021-11-03T02:36:11Z")
But factual questions about food and entertainment go in Cafe Society. Right? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-has-been-renamed-to-factual-questions/953705.md?page=2)