David Plankton said:
There's an entire sub-forum about the magazine. Should there be?
EnolaGaia said:
Speaking only for myself ... No, not unless it's one of multiple such sections within (e.g.):
Fortean Resources > Print Publications > Periodicals >
FT
The way I see it David, emphatically yes: Fortean Times is the best known Fortean magazine currently extant, and certainly the one we're all reading, so why wouldn't we want a platform to discuss it and the articles/content it contains?
Mind you, EnolaGaia, I also agree with your suggestion that it would be equally valid to have subforums covering other magazines/periodicals, living or dead - INFO Journal, Magonia, Strange, for example. Even (shudder) Nexus, I suppose.
Concerning the disafilliation of this site and its former host, no bad thing in my view. I have believed for a long time that having one of the net's foremost discussion forums for Fortean topics at the mercy of the petty commercial whims of a publishing house, was not a particularly safe or tenable arrangement. To my mind CFI is the natural and proper home for a valuable resource.
Of course the clever bit now is how the mods choose to operate the Fortean Times subforum given its new context; whether to confine discussion to the content of the magazine, or continue to cover issues relating to subscription problems (not that anyone here is in a position to do anything about them any more).
Has there been any pressure from Dennis to filter out meditations on its generally abysmal customer service, etc?
PB