I’m reasonably sure I’m not the first person to suggest this, but searching “test” is fruitless. Sorry if it’s been repeatedly suggested and shot down.
ATMB has valuable and not-so-valuable-but-curiosity-satiating information, but on most days there are also several test threads. While it’s certainly not as bad as bright yellow and pink spinning avatars, it is a source of visual clutter and I daresay makes scanning the ATMB page for relevant/interesting threads a wee bit more difficult.
By their very nature, testing threads aren’t really meant to be read by anyone but the OP. Sure, opening them can be helpful (e.g., learning how to make a spoiler tag), but for the most part they are people’s VB sandbox. A sub/child forum where all testing threads are placed won’t interfere with any of that.
Modding would be easy—since by their nature test threads are content-less, they won’t call for extensive judgment or mod verbosity. Anyone with a good sense of VB and other forums could easily fill the role – jackboots wouldn’t even be all that necessary (but probably fun to wear).
Just a thought~
Rhythm