# News forum?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-forum/548063>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [July 26, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-forum/548063 "2010-07-26T15:57:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-forum/548063/21 "2010-07-28T18:15:59Z")

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**Justin\_Bailey** said:

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> Personally, I think we should go so far as to merge IMHO and MPSIMS as they’re basically the same forum, but the latter has more pictures of cats.

They used to be the same forum. IMHO was separated out of MPSIMS as IIRC a way to reduce the traffic in MPSIMS to a managable level. IIRC Cafe Society was created at the same time. I _think_ The Game Room came later.

**Steophan** , if you read the post by **C K Dexter Haven** , the reason we don’t put “news” in any one forum’s description is because news discussions can go in a variety of places depending upon the reason for that thread.

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**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-forum/548063/22 "2010-07-28T18:52:28Z")

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> [@Irishman](#):
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> **Steophan** , if you read the post by **C K Dexter Haven** , the reason we don’t put “news” in any one forum’s description is because news discussions can go in a variety of places depending upon the reason for that thread.

Yes, that makes sense. If there were a news forum, threads would probably need to be moved out of it fairly regularly. Just to clarify, a post along the lines of “This newsworthy event has occurred, i thought you’d like to know about it.” should go in MPSIMS, and will be moved if a debate or ranting breaks out?

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-forum/548063/23 "2010-07-28T19:04:58Z")

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> [@Steophan](#):
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> Yes, that makes sense. If there were a news forum, threads would probably need to be moved out of it fairly regularly. Just to clarify, a post along the lines of “This newsworthy event has occurred, i thought you’d like to know about it.” should go in MPSIMS, and will be moved if a debate or ranting breaks out?

Yeah, pretty much. As **Dex** said above, moving a thread isn’t a big deal. Usually. ( **life as mod flashes before eyes** ) My only request was that you provide at least a sentence or two of why the news is of interest to you or why you think it will be of interest to others, and don’t just post a naked link.

**twickster** , MPSIMS moderator

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