Perhaps 2 or 3 more moderators to keep checking the forum for new repetitive topics and delete them.
…Or maybe we (non-moderators) could help by posting references to any duplicates and misplaced things we find…
Also, is there a way to make the moved posts only show up in one sub-forum after 3 days or so? It’s not a big deal, but might pretty the place up a bit…
While it is a bit annoying for the old timers to see the same subject posted 6 times a month, newbies should realize it’s to their benefit to do a little searching. Why sit around waiting for someone to answer you when the answer is already there?
In fact many of the answers they are looking for are on pasQuale’s non-forum pages and countless other websites. I get the impression that some people hear about LDing then come straight to this forum and want someone to personally explain it to them. We learn to read for a reason folks! Doing a little research on your own makes your knowledge deeper.
What a unique thread. I think it is helpful for working towards the almost perfect forum. I agree that nothing is wrong with the layout of the forum. Additional “sub-forums” would only create more duplicate post. I really like the idea of locking threads, and leaving a link leading to the “main” discussion.
I don’t think people creating repeat post are “selfish and lazy.” Some may want a personal answer. Or they may be looking for a different answer that what is given in the “main discussion.” Or this may be their first visit to a forum. Whatever the reason, we can’t expect 100% perfect visitors 
So through this discussion we may get some ideas on how to handle certain threads that seem to annoy so many. But please be patient and share the turf in the mean time. We’ll try some things that will be fair to the “new-timers” and the “old-timers” 
I agree 100% with Jack.
It’s really annoying: I respond some question about WILD, and then come back few days later… And the same question is again there, but from different person… 
The forum I come from, you get you banned, or at least moderators (or wannabe moderators) give you a good lesson how to use the SEARCH-function, if you ask same type of question again.
At least those should post to the thread which is allready there, to get more details to the question…
There are tons of threads which are almost the same with just few posts in them. It would be better for all, if there were ‘big’ threads about… for example WILD-techniques. Now everything is wide spread… pieces of information here and there, and nobody can’t find them…
I don’t understand why there is two “sub-forums” allmoust the same (‘the Quest for Lucidity’ and ‘Shortcuts to Lucidity’) combinding these two to one forum would be grate when U browsing the forum. Many of the post in Quest for Lucidity would fit in the ‘Shortcuts to Lucidity’ and the other way around. exept from that the only poblem with this forum is the peoples that posting questions without checking if anyone have posted that question before
BTW: non of the co-forums are dedicated to experiments, where to put them?
this topic becomes more and more valuable 
i’ve made it sticky.
with your suggestions we can make a posting guide out of it.
thanks
Well it’s me again. To make up to my former sins on this forum (not serious, lol ), I have made a suggestion for posting rules on this forum. Hope this would be a help for you Q. BTW: Do you need more moderators ?
POSTING RULES FOR LD4ALL FORUM
These rules are made in order to keep a high standard on this forum. Since we don’t have too many moderators, we ask people on this forum to read through and respect these rules.
General posting rule:
-If there is a recent discussion that relates to you posting, post it there in stead of making a new topic. Remember: It is always better to add to an earlier discussion about the same topic than making a new discussion.
Rules for making new topics:
-Make sure you post your topic in the correct sub-forum. If you are not used to this forum, please read through all the sub-forum descriptions before deciding which sub-forum to post on.
-Please, make a clear and easy-to-understand topic title which tells what the topic actually is about. Avoid titles of the “Look at me!” and “Have a problem” types.
If you have a question about lucid dreaming:
-Search through this forum for earlier discussions on the same topic, using the search function. It might be that the same question has been asked earlier on this forum.
-Read through the rest of this site (you can see the navigation bar over this forum, right?) It has answers to many common questions about lucid dreaming.
-Search through other lucid dreaming sites on the Internet. We don’t want you to search through every dark corner on the Internet, but a quick search can give results. You can start with the Lucidity Institute FAQ and DJem’s collection of articles.
-If you have tried all of the points above, but still can’t find the answers to you question, THEN you can post it in the forum.
Acronyms:
-Lucid dreaming is a field of science that includes many acronyms which are unknown to most people, like DILD, WILD etc. On this forum, we have made it easer for people who are new on this forum, to understand these acronyms by making a dictionary, which is to be found in the Quest for Lucidity sub-forum.
Hmmmm…i think i like it:)
Much better than changing some layouts:)
Good work:)
hehe dunno how its important,guess Pas must like it first:)
errrrrrr… i meant my opinion not above text:)
Important is that Pas likes not jack`s tastes-sorry have problems saying what i want tonight
I’m not sure if I’m guilty of doing that but I probably am 
. If so sorry guys 
. In future though I’ll take it into consideration :mmm:
I think this topic is one of the best things that have happend to this forum in a long time.
When locking a thread because it belongs under another thread, like the Please I Need Some Help!!! topic belongs under the Big WILD thread… Is it possible to transfer the original question into the other thread (retaining the original author’s name)? Just wondering, it’s not a big deal… I thought it might be nice though, so replies aren’t floating out there in the main thread without any reference to the question…
No, sorry, that isn’t possible… 
In the former forum we had an option to rebuild threads, but not here.
The best thing the poster can do is doing a copy and paste of the question in the main thread. OK I will edit my reply to suggest the poster to do a simple copy and paste .
Hi djem,
well shortcuts to lucidity has always been the place for chemical (supplements) experiments…to have more frequently ld’s…
And the quest 4 lucidity the place for ld tech experiments…
But u would like a sub forum only 4 experimenting…hmmmm?
No matter what kind of experiment, as long as its tagged to ld?
Who knows…
greetz,
Jeff
I agree with you Jeff. I think the ShorutcutTL and the QuestFL categories are easy to mix up. Maybe it would be better if pasQuale removed the Shortcuts category, move all messages to the Quest category, and make a new category called something like “Lucid Experiments”. That would make it easier to see the difference between the forums… What do you think?
The main reason why the quest for lucidity and shortcuts to lucidity remain separated is because of the drug-related issues. We want to keep those separated from the quest for lucidity-forum.
About the experiments forum: it sounds a very good idea… LD research is dead, so we could use that. But then of course, we need enough people who are interested in doing such experiments. Anyway, I’m not against it, I love research and experiments, better than all that speculation-stuff (“I believe in this and you believe in that and that’s it”).
Can anyone tell me what WILD means?