New Category suggestion

Excellent idea....I've got a giant stack of WWII mags that are very interesting to me and I would enjoy talking to other modelers about historical subjects.

As a former academic with a master's in history, I would love to see a historical
category added to the forum. To me, these are the most interesting of all the threads posted in the forum, & I wish I saw more of them here--the more contentious the better!

erhm. Like I said above! We already got it. The reference forum.
The reference forum was started a couple of months ago to answer the need for a forum for this kind of talk.

Go and have a look at it. http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=28

What's been created is a reference forum, but I think what is being asked for is a forum dedicated to discussions and debates about historical events. Doesn't seem to fit within the reference forum.

QUOTE: Originally posted by David Voss What's been created is a reference forum, but I think what is being asked for is a forum dedicated to discussions and debates about historical events. Doesn't seem to fit within the reference forum.

Why not. Historical events IS reference. I think it would fit nicely in the reference. But maybe im wrong.

Perhaps they could, I don't know. It's just that reading the forum name & description, it doesn't feel like the forum where people would discuss/debate historical events.

Reference Materials
Share info about useful modeling references (web, print, video, etc.) with other forum members.

QUOTE: Originally posted by David Voss Perhaps they could, I don't know. It's just that reading the forum name & description, it doesn't feel like the forum where people would discuss/debate historical events. Reference Materials Share info about useful modeling references (web, print, video, etc.) with other forum members.

yeah I see your point David. Maybe it would be a good idea to change the describtion for the reference forum. I know when we had the discusion about the reference forum, one of the things we wanted was a place to share historical information.

I'll forward this one up to see what Mr. Hansen has to say about it.