If people want to talk about this sort of thing, they can do it in the appropriate forum. If they start disrupting existing threads, that's unacceptable. If you don't like this arrangement, then New Mars is not for you.
]]>I'm not particularily fond of the Cydonia/NASA conspiracy/bridges on Venus/ad infintum...it's been a waste of my time reading all that ****. But speech and speculation shouldn't be limited, so yes, putting it all in a new forum would best for all of us, along with an explanation of New Mars' views on this...so it's clear to new visitors of what New Mars is all about.
As for merging some of the forum topics, I say it's a good idea...just don't know which ones to suggest..lol.
A final note, just want to give a big "Thanks" to Adrian for doing a fabulous job running this website...Keep up the great work!! Spreading the knowledge is the first step to getting humanity to Mars...
Byron
]]>As I have mentioned above, I don't find discussion of Cydonia-like topics to be useful. It all boils down to unproveable NASA conspiracy theories that are only taken seriously by a very small minority, and I don't think there's anything useful that people on either side can say now. I certainly don't think we're going to see anyone convinced that the other point of view is correct.
New Mars is the official online magazine of the Mars Society, and it hosts the official forums. I know that the Mars Society disapproves of Cydonia-like speculation, and that papers submitted to the convention on those topics will be flatly refused. If these forums turn into a free-for-all about alien life on Mars, then the Mars Society administration will not be happy and bad things will happen. I don't want to stop people from discussing it though, so I think the best solution is to create a separate forum for this, with a pinned topic outlining the Mars Society's and New Mars' official position on it.
Comments?
Plus, I don't want to keep on adding forums forever. In fact, I think things are a bit cluttered as they are right now. Any suggestions for forums that could be merged or removed?
]]>Another possible forum could focus on general science issues which aren't necessarily Mars related; e.g. genetics, physics, computing, etc.
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