Foreign Embassy forum is misnamed

[TBoneTX 48,181]

Does it really matter?

If it confuses people, as it did the OP in that thread, yes. Edited January 15, 2009 by TBoneTX

[rebeccajo 14]

mox,

I think you ought to take the problem you have with one or two people to them or the Captain instead of applying that kind of thinking to all the organizers.

I think I was pretty clear that I wasn't applying it to all organizers. And I do have a problem with the behavior of more than one or two organizers, but some organizers provide better/easier to find examples of what I'm talking about than others.

By the way Ewok (or mods), why is it that some threads now just "disappear" when they are moved, rather than leaving the little "moved" stub like they used to? It doesn't seem to happen all the time, just sometimes.

I'm an org and if I could get away with it I would jerk every thread out of the Regionals that is immigration related and put them where they belong. Threads and posts about certain regions DO belong in the general forums, and not the Regionals. Why? So that members can LEARN what goes on at the other consulates, etc. and get a reality check - meaning somebody whose stressing a London interview might calm down a whole lot if they read consistently about Manila.

I'm an information #######, so I actually do educate myself up on what the other consulates do. I find it much easier to head over to the PI regional if I want to know about Manilla, rather than sorting through thread after thread that isn't what I'm looking for. I also use Search a lot, where it doesn't even matter what forum the thread is in. But I think most people don't give a flying whatsit about what Manilla is doing if they're going through Moscow. And why should they? They want to know about what pertains to them. The Moscow filer wants to head over to the Russia regional, and when they post "how long does it take from NVC to interview?" not have to deal with every single other filer on the planet who has an opinion on how stupid it is that Moscow has a 3 month wait while China has a 47 year wait, or whatever it is these days. I generally like having a big tent, but sometimes it needs to be more granular, and that's what regionals are great for.

Yeah, we know that's what you think.

I don't.

I'm sick of this.

[rebeccajo 14]

And we know you're sick of it because you keep telling us every time you jump back in. Physician heal thyself.

Oh get over it, mox.

NOBODY else could possibly have a valid point other than you, could they?

Yesterday I stated that it would really be refreshing if people (including you) could just step back and hear what I have been saying. You obviously can't do that because you're so fixated on how you think things should be. You're in your little comfort zone and you like it that way.

Don't talk to me about healing myself. I don't see ANY effort on your part. NONE.

I was a member here when we had no Regional Forums. The site worked and it worked well. I've said we only need Regional Divisions when it comes to the consular phase of this process. By the example you yourself gave above, the pertinent question was about that part of the process.

Seems to me you can't even see the forest for protecting your trees.

Edited January 15, 2009 by rebeccajo

[TBoneTX 48,181]

Physician heal thyself.

"Granular region" sounds like something for which a physician might have to heal himself, si man.

A man bursts into a doctor's office. He has a carrot in one ear, a rutabaga in the other ear, and a banana up his nose. "What's wrong with me, Doc?" he cries. "You're not eating properly," says the doctor.

Si, man.

[Otto 83]

I was a member here when we had no Regional Forums. The site worked and it worked well.

I was wondering how long it would take to hear/read this...

[Captain Ewok 1,930]

Closing. Topic is OT. I think if we can have the "cross posting feature" this may go a long way to making all parties happy. The good news is that in the coming months we are doing a massive upgrade to the forums (total rewrite of the code base) that we have been working with the software vendor on getting new ideas incorporated. I hope this one gets in (or in a subsequent release).