# Proposal: change "Elections" to "Current Events"

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**Created:** [July 26, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-change-elections-to-current-events/792175 "2017-07-26T16:22:51Z")\
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> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#):
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> So start a new forum–or change the name of Elections–for discussions of current events. This can include venting, can include debate, can include opinions, can include predictions; the common thread will be that the discussion is around an event that’s making the news.

Here are my personal thoughts, for what it’s worth. I already view Elections as a mash up of current events that are political in nature among other topics. Ongoing threads about Trump and Russians, political dynasties, general political strategies and tactics, etc. are like this and I think that’s fine. The forum description does say “political news”.

This accurately reflects my approach:

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> Great Debates: For long-running discussions of the great questions of our time. This is also the place for religious debates and (if you feel you must) witnessing.
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> Elections: For discussion of elections and electoral politics, including strategy and tactics, political parties, individual races, political news, and politicians and public figures.
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> We recognize the difficulty of disentangling electoral politics from larger issues of public policy, and leave it to the discretion of users whether to start political threads in Elections or Great Debates. We’re not interested in making work for ourselves and - except in cases of grossly inappropriate topics - or (within reason) requests by the OP will not move threads. Users are free to debate which type of posts should go in what forum, but don’t expect us to settle these arguments. We reserve the right to close threads or take other appropriate steps if SDMB rules are violated.

I try not to move threads unless it’s obvious they don’t belong. I think there will always be the possibility of duplicate threads in the Pit vs. other fora since the Pit rules are so different. But beyond Pit threads, having the threads go in the right place is mostly about organization and ease of readability, so I don’t find the idea of misplaced threads to be a big deal, excluding moves to the Pit.

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