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Originally Posted by ®@***947;***1638;***1638;***1638;
I think that's a bit misguided. It's not only a stand-alone entity - it's pretty much hidden. In fact, it's even more hidden now that it's lower down the main page than it was. 99% of the people who use this site are adults (or at least, very nearly adults). Bearing that in mind, do newcomers really need that kind of protection? Surely, having The Basement in the 'General Discussion' category would attract more people to post there and would make more sense than the current 'balkanised' (for want of a better word) situation.
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Personally, we'd be inclined to leave the Basement separate for the minute, that is,
not to merge it into ''General Discussion'', but to leave it unto itself in its own category. Despite that, we
would be inclined to move it up the page a little, perhaps have it situated above the new ''SA Community'' section and below ''General Discussion''
BTW, its current placement on the forum home page has nothing to do with protecting newcomers at all. It's simply a matter of having ended up there after moving things round a bit. I'm not sure that the current home page arrangement is the finished article, if you like, and we're open to suggestions if people feel that there might be further room for improvement.