randyc

Thanks for the geography lesson. I also did not mention Australia. China. Russia. South America. And Antartica. And Mexico.

You missed my point. A split in a country is NOT automatically more valid than one in a state. It would be if the country had enough forum users and it was large enough as Canada is. I am not making a judgement AT ALL about Canada or if it may have enough users, so please don't be defensive. I just did not mention every possible option.

All I am saying is create forums based on the numbers of users and the requirements. If there was a lot of Canadian users and the Canada forum was chock full of activity, then we should consider breaking it down further.

I was responding to the person said that there was too much California. In my experience at other car forums, there well maybe a lot of users from California. For example, on the MR2 forums, they have a very high percentage of discussions so we ended up creating a SoCal and NorCal forum. And then all the people in central California convinced us that they needed a Central Cal forum. So California got 4 forums, one that covers the entire state.

On the other hand, at sccaforums.com, the California people have been almost non-existent as far as requiring a subforum. But the Las Vegas people have taken over the western region forum. I think they deserve a Nevada Region forum.

I think I used way too many words here... but my only point is that forums should not be created just based on geography or size of countries or any other criteria than the needs of the user base. And the needs is determined by numbers of those users in a region.

zoom44

is portland oregon close enough to be included in the canadian forum? i'd rather not have to spend my time on here talking to people from northern california:D i keed!

wakeech

ya, you really have to consider how many people from the region will be on the forum... like Asia for example: given the current situation of the "Tigers" the RX-8 won't be as big a seller across that enourmous area as it will in the states, or "europe" heh heh... Japan is obviously going to have the largest contingent of Asian owners, but after that, i couldn't really say... HK doesn't have much in the way of roads, and most people in mainland china couldn't afford one, have enough access to the 'net, or speak enough english to want to be on a forum like this... the same applies for most of Asia, with the whole language thing playing the biggest role...

B-Nez

Perhaps, but do remember that this forum is not exclusive to RX-8 OWNERS. If so, none of us qualify as of yet. We'll just have to play it by ear. Nothing wrong with that.

Immi

Hey no problem on the geography lesson - it's about time Americans learn something about other countries. :p

I can see the province of Ontario having more Rx8 owners than cali.

randyc

It might surprise you to find I am not a native of America, but you still miss my point, and I know I used enough words. ALL I SAID IS THAT IF A REGION HAS ENOUGH USERS, IT SHOULD HAVE A FORUM CREATED. Not to make a lot of forums now based on countries and area.

Immi

could have fooled me :D :P

dude take it easy - your arguments contradict each other

first you agree with the fact that a north and southern cali forum would be necessary - but you totally dismiss the fact that other countries/states/provinces will have a large number of rx8 owners - you go on to say that forums should be based on the number of active users - yet you fail to understand my reason for CANADA having more than one forum - B/C there will considerably alot more rx8 owners compared cali

furthermore, you write about arranging meets etc.. - well only I have only one thing to say "why would someone from vancouver want to hear or read something about meets in ontario or montreal???"

I agree to what you said - "ALL I SAID IS THAT IF A REGION HAS ENOUGH USERS, IT SHOULD HAVE A FORUM CREATED" - but I disagree to your inputs on how important cali will interms of RX8 owners (and that's what i have been pointing out all alooooong)

randyc

I know this ain't a big deal. Trust me I don't think either of us is getting hot about it. But go back and read again what I wrote. I did not suggest we create a Norcal and SoCal forum. I did note that IF the users required it, then it would make sense. I also noted that we needed it at another forum.

To repeat (because otherwise you are reading too much into what I wrote). I do not agree we need a NorCal and SoCal forum. If you read what I wrote, I mentioned that at sccaforums.com, we don't even need a california forum at all.

That is not a contradiction. We could easily need 17 Canadian Forums and one Western USA forum. Who knows?

We are in total agreement about arranging meets. My point again is that if there are enough users, it makes sense to split them up. But if there was one user from NorCal and one user from SoCal, then it does not make sense, even if they are geographically far apart. I think that is the point.

Okay, so at this point, if we read the posts carefully, we are saying the same thing. I think you read too much into the whole California thing. I really have NO opinion about how many Canadians there will be. It does not matter to what I am trying to say.

Wack, wack, wack --> dead horse