Divide Technical Forum into sub-categories?

Kudos on the name change for the new MLS. Much better.
Like the idea of sub forums, goes hand-in-glove with YF and JF.

Oh wait...

These days, there is no divide between engines and electronics. Modern engines all have electronics intergrated in them.

Sadly.

Divisions are useful when posting and searching for specific topics. Day to day I just scan all the latest posts from all categories.

+1

carl
Between us, I don't know who thinks like whom.
But I like the way you think in that matter !

I think most people start with "New Posts" rather than going to a specific forum and looking in it. Otherwise they use the search feature. I looked over a recent period of time and the technical forum had an average of just over 1 topic discussed per day. I generally think of dividing into sub forums when the activity is too great for one forum and that's clearly not the case in this situation. By dividing too, you're just increasing the issue of people starting topics in what you consider to be the "wrong forum" and having to move them.

There isn't a lot of traffic in tech, a few posts in the last week. For regular users I don't think it matters especially when using the New Post page as the main page. Personally that s the only page I use

For searching, I am not sure it's going to help much

The only way it will help is when browsing, I guess if you're looking for general info on air con or engines then yes

But then where do split some topics? Transmissions and engines are more tied together than transmissions and running gear for instance. Stabilizers? In running gear? Miscellaneous ?

if it ain't broken don't fix it

I do think sub-categories would help in searching out info but I'm sure some topics will end up in the wrong place and maybe see multiple postings of the same subject in different categories.

jmtc

+1 Olderboater & Pascal...

Us regulars look for the "news", not the "olds".
The search function works well for all else and, perhaps, those new to YF.

That's exactly how I use YF. In fact it's set up in my favorites to load directly on the new post page.

Sub categories make search results more specific. Fewer categories means more content in one place and less chance of missing something in a sub category. I prefer the wider approach. I favor less categorization.