i'd like to request a few new features to make the experience on the forum better. the following features are nothing new
and worked great on other boards. it just would need a little effort of admins to integrate them and of course the help
of all members.

so here are my request...


add new under section of categories for lossless and lossy audio sources.
this would remove the clutter of mixed formats.
add new titles (icons) to indicate what audio codecs has been used, e.g. FLAC; ALAC; MP3; etc.
add a new section entirely devoted to album scans. currently we only have a thread for this and it's a mess.
add tag search. with this we can search by tags. example: add the imdb.com id as a tag and voila, you'll find all related threads.
tags should be simple: imdb id, audio format, cd label. so tags for a lossless version in flac of the star trek 5 la-la land release would look like this tt0098382 flac lllcd
new rule to properly name threads. right now the thread naming is a nightmare. it should be done in a simple way. my proposal would be icon of audio codec movie/game title (year of creation) - composer name [label]
and this would look like this: FLAC A Walk Among The Tombstones (2014) - Carlos Rafael Rivera [Varese Sarabande]
add a thanks button, the like button would be removed, that would reveal the shared links when pressed. if not pressed the links stay hidden.


i know that these features would be at first dismissed. but i can assure you that they work and many folks on other boards would not miss them

While this would be nice for only ONE Section of the forum... any ideas for the rest of the forum?

well, some of the new features would also work other section. specialized new icons can be added to help all sections. members just need to add suggestions :)

add new under section of categories for lossless and lossy audio sources.
this would remove the clutter of mixed formats.
Pointless. Users are already advised to specify which format they are "sharing" in thread's title/first message. Such action doesn't require much effort, I'll give you that other users may risk to exert themselves by actually reading, though. Heh.

add a new section entirely devoted to album scans. currently we only have a thread for this and it's a mess.
That thread you're speaking of... Doesn't it have an index/database of links in the first message? Is it no longer updated? Hmm... Mind, there's also the "search this thread" feature, which has yet to fail me, personally... After years that I used it. EDIT: Separating scans and music would clutter the forums more, actually... Gonna provide covers? "Bundle" them with the music, already, no need to fix
what isn't broken.

new rule to properly name threads. right now the thread naming is a nightmare. it should be done in a simple way. my proposal would be icon of audio codec movie/game title (year of creation) - composer name [label]
Actually, the Staff already came up with guidelines for thread-naming-format: Message for uploaders (Mirror Linking, Title Format, File Format etc) (Thread 98919)... Users fail/neglect to follow them? Not a forum's problem. really, blame's within the community.

Pointless. Users are already advised to specify which format they are "sharing" in thread's title/first message. Such action doesn't require much effort, I'll give you that other users may risk to exert themselves by actually reading, though. Heh.

it would not be pointless. it works on other forums to have under-sections. but i guess it would be mean the mods have to work to move threads into the proper section and that needs to be avoided. heh.


That thread you're speaking of... Doesn't it have an index/database of links in the first message? Is it no longer updated? Hmm... Mind, there's also the "search this thread" feature, which has yet to fail me, personally... After years that I used it. EDIT: Separating scans and music would clutter the forums more, actually... Gonna provide covers? "Bundle" them with the music, already, no need to fix
what isn't broken.

there are many albums without scans because the person sharing them has either no scanner or the scans on a re-share are not available. hence the digital booklet and album scan thread we can ask for them.
and the op of the thread has abandoned the work to update the thread. that's why a separate section would be so much better. you don't have rely on someone to keep it updated.
so the section would not be to separate albums from their scans/digital booklets, but merely to get what was missing in the first place.

it would not be pointless. it works on other forums to have under-sections. but i guess it would be mean the mods have to work to move threads into the proper section and that needs to be avoided. heh.
Given your registration date, you'll forgive me if I assume you don't know some stuff... So, let me tell you about it: not too long ago the Download Links "part" was a single forum. Anime, Video Game and Movie/TV soundtracks all in one place; eventually, three different sections were created. Now, I don't need to tell you that the Staff already did the "big bulk" of work, by moving each thread to its forum, right? You might think things look messy now, but they were a lot worse, in fact.

I consider your idea pointless because I don't see much of a "gain" in a lossless/lossy division, given the current set of rules in effect. It's already asked of "you" to specify somewhere (preferably in the thread's title) the file-format of your share. What else do you need? Is it really too much to ask of users to spend a bunch of seconds, to glance at the thread's title/first message? But hey, you're the one attempting sarcasm, implying the Staff is comprised of lazy folks which would rather avoid to "work". Yeah, right. Oft times, I see it's the other way around: users are the ones who want to be spoon-fed, to have instant-access to pirated material. A bunch of clicks/bit of effort on their part be damned. :D (Oh, on a second thought, it seems you forget to consider something: some, if not all of us Staffers are more like volunteers, using our own free-time to attend to our "Staff-duties" on the forum. Heck, didn't know it was a full-fledged job. If so, I've yet to see a penny/€, guys and girls... You owe me quite a few months, Shrine)

there are many albums without scans because the person sharing them has either no scanner or the scans on a re-share are not available. hence the digital booklet and album scan thread we can ask for them.
and the op of the thread has abandoned the work to update the thread. that's why a separate section would be so much better. you don't have rely on someone to keep it updated.
so the section would not be to separate albums from their scans/digital booklets, but merely to get what was missing in the first place.
Hmm?? You'd like a mean to host the scans directly on ffshrine.org? If so, I don't see you getting it. If you mean the "standard" list of threads, each with its own cover-set hosted on an external service... Eh, dead links/potential unavailability are still going to be issues.

Thanks

Thanks

How about posting something relevant to the thread topic?