but still exceptionally important mainstream news.

The "and other articles" has always seemed an invitation to share focused, well-written, thoughtful other articles which add ideas of real value which might take a little more thought in reading than ordinary General Discussion articles.

For some reason, E&OAs has always seemed to be viewed less frequently, as well as being less accessible, and as the original poster indicated, even taking more separate actions to find.

It would be outstanding to see this forum joining the main forum choices, as it has always contained outstanding, worthy information.

Thank you, BWdem4life.

I absolutely post things in GD that might more appropriately fit EOA but the lack of traffic there has always been concerning. We post on DU to share with others; hard to do if no one is looking.

I do the same thing (post articles in GD) for the same exact reason.

I think BWdem4life's suggestion is a very good one.

Since so many DUers come from all over the country and the world, to be able to go to one page and get an opinion piece from another place would be quite informative and convenient.

To me, EOA is a great grouping - not headline screaming articles, but more considered articles, with interesting and in-depth topics.

Thank you, BWdem4life.

K&R!

Thanks for the thread BWdem4life

already been posted. The search is limited only to Main so if I don’t find it in the first search I repeat it specifying the EOA.

I hope that this petition helps.

More traffic, more people seeing a wider variety of stuff.

told that something that should be a subject for general discussion instead HAS to go in Editorials & Other Articles. I'm honestly not interested in looking at a forum that's ONLY editorials and articles. I find the mix in GD much more interesting, and IMO trying to force those types of posts into another forum would hurt the board.

I really don't understand why you'd ever want to separate editorials and other articles from general discussion, any more than I understand people who want videos walled off. Almost all of us get news from lots of sources, and to me E&OA seems like a little reading room set off from the main discussion area here. Which is fine, I guess, if people want that, as long as there AREN'T restrictions on people who'd prefer to post editorials and articles in GD, where they'll be with news videos, online commentary and DUers' posts on the same subjects.

I can see how people would not want the articles gone from GD, making it less of an interesting mix. If only there were a way for DU to have its cake and eat it too... Maybe there could be a checkbox which, when checked, automatically cross-posted the same thing in E&OA. This would of course create more duplicate posts on the Greatest Page and Latest Threads, but people could trash one forum or the other (depending on preference) to alleviate that concern.

I wouldn't bother with E&OA as a main forum. My recollection of how it worked in the past when it was more visible was that it still had very little traffic compared to LBN, GD and the Lounge. And trying to force people to post there would likely backfire.

Look, DU forums are never going to be a perfect fit for any of us. All of us see threads we just scroll past. You see complaints fairly often in GD from people who'd like certain posts banned so they wouldn't have to waste precious seconds scrolling past them. Of course those people rarely agree on what should be banned.

It's GENERAL discussion. It should be a wide range. That's why it gets the activity it gets.

One problem with GD is that unless a post generates many replies, including “kick” it will sink quickly.

If the Lounge is included in the Main, why not real, important stories?

This will create more work for the people hosting the main forums. In LBN, they already have to lock duplicates, news more than 12 hours old, and articles that are more analysis/opinion than news.

And "real, important stories" often break on TV faster than in print.

Yes, threads can sink quickly in GD when something important happens and a lot of people are reacting to it. That's because it's a community interested in what's happening, and responding to it. It makes sense to keep latest breaking news in one forum. It makes less sense to silo off a selection of articles and commentary that could have been published at almost any time and are there in E&OA because someone found them interesting.

I don't think making E&OA a main forum will add to discussion here. It's more likely to fragment activity and result in a lot of DUers missing those editorials and other articles completely. If they're important or interesting enough, they belong in GD where more people will see them. And if you want them in E&OA because they won't sink as quickly there...well, the only reason they wouldn't sink as quickly there is the lack of activity.

It was called something else (Good Reads maybe ) when I joined DU eight years ago.

When DU4 went live it was moved from the main forums.

It actually seems to me to have more posts lately.