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Smarty Jones
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Username: Birdstone

Post Number: 607
Registered: 10-2005
Posted on Tuesday, May 9, 2006 - 8:00 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I would have posted this in "Suggestions" but it seems to be closed for the time being.

Is it possible to categorize the home fix-it section like the Education section? The same posts on the same topics show up every couple of days, and it would be great to have them in apropriate sections (ie Contractor Recommendations, Plumbing, Electrical, etc)
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Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider

Post Number: 14152
Registered: 1-2003


Posted on Tuesday, May 9, 2006 - 8:43 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Please, no. That killed the cooking section, and it's killing the education section.
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Smarty Jones
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Username: Birdstone

Post Number: 609
Registered: 10-2005
Posted on Tuesday, May 9, 2006 - 9:20 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

WHy does it kill a section? If it belongs anywhere, it's in a reference style section like HOme Fix it.....you can't find anything archived, and the search function very rarely pulls up comprehensive subject material....Maybe subject lines aren't good for other sections, but why not here?
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greenetree
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Username: Greenetree

Post Number: 7606
Registered: 5-2001


Posted on Tuesday, May 9, 2006 - 9:26 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I think the problem would be that subjects often drift or combine (when are home projects ever really isolated by one issue?) and it would be hard to categorize.

There is a fair amount of "who would do this.." asking about plumbers, masons, GCs. etc. Where would those go? I think sub-categorizing would just add to the layers of places to look when following a thread.
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Cva
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Username: Cva

Post Number: 23
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Tuesday, May 9, 2006 - 9:37 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I hate the new education section, please don't do this to home fix-it too!

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