Australian Sub-Forum?

[Jen71]

Hello there,

I am not sure if this is the right way to do this. If not, I apologize in advance. Please let me know what I should do.

I think it would be fantastic if we could set up a separate sub-forum for different countries. I live in Australia, and I'd love to have a place to ask my Aussie questions and to help other Aussies by answering their questions. There are some topics that are quite specific to each country. A sub-forum would be really helpful place to go to browse for answers.

Is this a possibility?

Thoughts, Ideas, Feedback?
Thanks in advance!
Jennifer

 

[duckyfromoz]

There is a few thread for Australians in the Where am I? Where are you! But they arent posted on very often-

I find the same thing... Things are a lot different between the two countries on some issues- and being able to direct questions to members in the same locality would be very useful.

 

[wooklet]

I agree with both of you. Things like medications,flea and lice treatments etc., it would be good if it were at all possible!

 

[Reinbeau]

Use the Australians - Where are you all???? thread, that way you can all connect - many US states do that in the Where am I, Where are You! subforum. The Okies' thread is up to 6006 pages

 

[Jen71]

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I guess that's a possibility, thanks Reinbeau.
The main problem with just having one thread for our country is that when you want to search for something, or a question that has already been asked and answered, you have to read through the entire thread to find anything.

I don't think you can compare an Australian sub-forum to having a thread for a particular state within the USA.
We are in a totally different country - with a unique climate, breeds, predators, feed, shops, requirements, building materials, etc.

It would make a big difference to my BYC experience if there was a separate sub-forum for Aussie topics. I believe we have more than enough active members here to make it a viable option.

As a moderator, do you think this is a possibility?

 

[Reinbeau]

The problem is there isn't the traffic to support a subforum - and once one is started, everyone will want it for their area, or country, or state (see the Oklahoma thread to see what I mean!), and it's a nightmare to oversee. I don't see it happening for the time being, things are always evaluated, though, so never say never

 

[Jen71]

Thanks for your response.
It's unfortunate, but understandable.
Thx.

 

[TinaK]

Hi guys. Thought I'd throw my support in for an Aussie sub forum!

I do understand it may be impossible but no harm in trying

...

Is there any way to skip forward numerous pages in a thread... e.g. I want to go from page 1 to page 18 of a thread with 28 pages... do I just have to keep going up by 2 pages at a time?

that does limit the ability for people to back and forward track through threads when looking for info.

I also understand that the Okies may have a very long thread... but the majority of that is gossip and fun rather than specific chicken focused questions (i think!! I havent actually read it

, I just looked to see what Okies were

)

 

[Reinbeau]

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You can changes pages easily (from page 1 to page 18) by putting the page number in the address bar. What I do is go to at least page 2 - at the end of the number in the address bar you'll see, for example, http://.........id=325588&p=10. Change that 10 to whatever page you want and hit enter, you'll be taken right to that page.