TWC Classics and TWC Today

[TWCToday]

Recently I have engaged in talks with Matt about the possibility of combining the TWC Classics and TWC Today forums. Are sites would remain separate and would only effect the forums. Perhaps the biggest argument in my opinion for a merge would be to unify the community and have a single source for discussion. Activity as many of you know is down at both forums and it makes sense to combine our efforts.

No actions will be taken without the approval of the TWC communities so any comments and opinions are greatly appreciated. 

[gt1racerlHDl]

I'm all for it!

[tpirfan28]

I vote "yes".  Will we be merging onto SMF or IPB?

[TWCToday]

I vote "yes".  Will we be merging onto SMF or IPB?

Would remain SMF. There should be a way to merge databases but those options are still being explored

[hen7713]

I will have to cast my vote as to no. I have several points as to why.

• Some people do not want to be engaged with conversation of current twc or older twc
• What will the solution be for administration? Will we have more admins that we would need?
• How would the database be migrated / merged?
• Truly, TWCT and TWCC have 2 different community types (besides the fact that one is today and one is classic)
• There can't be a specific domain name like twctodayforums.com or twcclassics.com. This means additional costs.
• Additional hosting costs
• Only one forum software type can be chosen.
• What would happen to the people that are banned at TWCC and not TWCT, or vice versa?
• In my opinion, TWCC and TWCT are two different communities, and should remain as such.

[TWCToday]

I will have to cast my vote as to no. I have several points as to why.

• Some people do not want to be engaged with conversation of current twc or older twc
• What will the solution be for administration? Will we have more admins that we would need?
• How would the database be migrated / merged?
• Truly, TWCT and TWCC have 2 different community types (besides the fact that one is today and one is classic)
• There can't be a specific domain name like twctodayforums.com or twcclassics.com. This means additional costs.
• Additional hosting costs
• Only one forum software type can be chosen.
• What would happen to the people that are banned at TWCC and not TWCT, or vice versa?
• In my opinion, TWCC and TWCT are two different communities, and should remain as such.

All valid points. Appreciate your thoughts and opinions. Here are just a few of my opinions and thoughts in response to yours   

1. I personally feel having the two forums together would increase activity of both eras. Plus TWCC does have a current TWC section already and we have a classic section. According to the forum stats it seems the current section of TWCC has more activity than the classic section.
2. The admin team of TWCC would be allowed the same positions here unless otherwise specified by one of them.
4. You are correct the two communities are different. TWCC has a large member base and we would hope that more activity and more opportunities to interact would encourage more to participate.
5. The sites TWCToday.com and TWCClassics.com will remain the same. The only thing changing is the forum. twcclassics.com/forum would redirect here. TWCC itself is not going anywhere!
6. Matt and I will continue are current hosting plans. Nothing new will be needed.
7. Matt is going to stop paying for IPB in the next month or so meaning the TWCC forums as they currently are will be converted to SMF anyway soon.
8. This would be dealt with on a situation by situation basis.
9. Thanks for your thoughts  Hope I have been able to answer some of your questions/concerns.

[Localonthe8s]

I'm in for yes. TWCC is basically a ghost town now.

However there are users like Lightning, DJK555, MichRocks, VernonMetcalf who only visit and post on TWCC there so they might not visit the forums there do to their devotion to TWCC

[toxictwister00]

I say yes to this as well. 

[4000 weatherman]

I think it would be a great idea!!  Im all for it!!

[kpetree10]

I'm for it. We're all here for the same thing, we might as well be in the same place!

[jtmal0723]

As long as I get to keep my pretty green color, I'm all for it 

[hen7713]

All valid points. Appreciate your thoughts and opinions. Here are just a few of my opinions and thoughts in response to yours   

1. I personally feel having the two forums together would increase activity of both eras. Plus TWCC does have a current TWC section already and we have a classic section. According to the forum stats it seems the current section of TWCC has more activity than the classic section.
2. The admin team of TWCC would be allowed the same positions here unless otherwise specified by one of them.
4. You are correct the two communities are different. TWCC has a large member base and we would hope that more activity and more opportunities to interact would encourage more to participate.
5. The sites TWCToday.com and TWCClassics.com will remain the same. The only thing changing is the forum. twcclassics.com/forum would redirect here. TWCC itself is not going anywhere!
6. Matt and I will continue are current hosting plans. Nothing new will be needed.
7. Matt is going to stop paying for IPB in the next month or so meaning the TWCC forums as they currently are will be converted to SMF anyway soon.
8. This would be dealt with on a situation by situation basis.
9. Thanks for your thoughts  Hope I have been able to answer some of your questions/concerns.

In response to this: I am changing my vote to yes. xD

[Anistorm]

I guess you can put my vote in as a yes. I'm not too familiar with TWCC anyways since I never visit the site or made an account on there. But the TWC Classics board on this forum could really use a boost, imo, as I am learning the history of TWC.

[WeatherWitness]

Wow, Martin...I was wondering when this idea might come up. I think combining TWC Classics and TWC Today is an excellent idea, so I'm all for it. Essentially, I think the sites should be combined too, but I can see where this may be a problem.

[phw115wvwx]

I have no issues with this proposal to merge the two forums.   I'm already a hybrid fan of the classic and modern eras of TWC.