"New diyAudio platform Q&A" is not "Audio Q&A"

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This section is getting a lot of off-topic posts.

A full HALF are not about "Platform" (i.e. software) and should be re-filed to an appropriate section.

Quad 306 left channel very low output
Crossover Design, Is it really this easy?
Musical Fidelity Trivista 21 schematics
Adding Power Amplifier to My Pioneer SX1010 to drive Dahlquist DQ-10’s
300B Amplifier kits
Anyone modified a HIP4080 amplifier?

Maybe there should be a better name too. (Or time to close this and the secret beta section?)
 
I tried to compile a list, but a stock ChromeBook is a TERRIBLE plaintext editor.

And I realized that several of the threads "seen" in this section are really elsewhere. They been moved.

I'm sick with flu and can't deal with it. Do you want to compile a list of threads that do not belong here?
 
My first question would be, why do we need three subforums for these (below image)? What's the difference between a 'Q&A' and an issue? How does the average user know when an issue is related to the "new platform" and isn't just a "forum problem"? Surely both of the 'new platform' subforums can just be merged into "forum problems". All three subforums are posted in fairly infrequently.

Secondly, imo move the "site" section down the bottom of the forum listing. People rarely post here compared to the audio-related subforums so you're just making everyone scroll more when visiting the main forum listing, and encouraging newbies to mispost in them since it's the first thing they see when they visit. I appreciate that the admins might see their own work on the site as the most important thing and therefore be at the top of the listing, but truth be told the average user probably doesn't really notice or care about most forum software issues. I can understand why you'd want to have "site announcements" at the top of the forum, but there has only been one announcement posted this entire year and it's only been viewed 288 times, so probably not something that is considered super important by users! I'm sure there is a way of temporarily posting a banner at the top of the forum if there is an important announcement to make.

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