I totally agree. The word toy is confusing when people make a topic selection.

Brad

Bravo, bravo.  You got my vote for change.   Should we start a Change.org petition?

An EXCELLENT IDEA and it is DONE!

Thanks GRJ.

That's what I call a quick solution!   Thanks Rich, hopefully that somehow helps with the incorrect forum postings.

Seven minutes suggestion to completion, that has to be some kind of record!

@Rich Melvin posted:

An EXCELLENT IDEA and it is DONE!

Thanks GRJ.

Rich....your fingers are on FIRE🔥! I can feel the heat from here!

John, very good point. Anyone outside the hobby sees it as, "you still play with toy trains"?

Good suggestion John. When they added "toy" to the 3 rail topic many felt it wasn't appropriate.

Great response from Rich too!

Bob

As long as we're at it, how about a new "GRJ 3-Rail Q & A" Forum ?   

Not sure that it matters but "Toy" is still in the description of the new "3-Rail Traditional Trains" category. "Forum For Collectors and Operators to Discuss O Gauge Toy Trains".

Brad

The big problem is TOO many headings.

@B rad posted:

Not sure that it matters but "Toy" is still in the description of the new "3-Rail Traditional Trains" category. "Forum For Collectors and Operators to Discuss O Gauge Toy Trains".

Brad

Good point Brad, and in addition, there is no description under 3-Rail Scale Model Trains!

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

Good point Brad, and in addition, there is no description under 3-Rail Scale Model Trains!

Yes but, there is a lengthy description at the top of the 3RS Forum, which apparently very few people read prior to posting all sorts of non-3RS subjects.

@Hot Water posted:

Yes but, there is a lengthy description at the top of the 3RS Forum, which apparently very few people read prior to posting all sorts of non-3RS subjects.

Maybe not, but when someone is on the main forum page considering posting a new topic, they're more likely to read the one line descriptions than the lengthy tome after they've selected the forum to post their question.  How on earth can it be a problem to put it in the index?

@B rad posted:

Not sure that it matters but "Toy" is still in the description of the new "3-Rail Traditional Trains" category. "Forum For Collectors and Operators to Discuss O Gauge Toy Trains".

FIXED

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

Good point Brad, and in addition, there is no description under 3-Rail Scale Model Trains!

There is now...

Great news.  I think most of us cringe a bit when someone describes our hobby as TOY trains. Correcting that perception in any way is a step in the right direction.

Regards, Dale

@Rich Melvin posted:

FIXED

You are certainly on the ball Rich, thanks!

Love the descriptions now, they're is little excuse for starting a thread in the wrong forum now!

@Pennsylover posted:

Great news.  I think most of us cringe a bit when someone describes our hobby as TOY trains. Correcting that perception in any way is a step in the right direction.

Regards, Dale

I don't know what you mean, Dale.  As I tell John Dunn all the time on the 2-rail forum "I only run scale giraffe cars."    

George

Now it is "3-Rail Traditional Trains" and we all feel grown up, Take that "Classic Toy Trains" !

Charlie

Yay!! Nice going, John and Rich. Good to know that logic and sensibility can prevail here. 😉

@Hot Water posted:

Yes but, there is a lengthy description at the top of the 3RS Forum, which apparently very few people read prior to posting all sorts of non-3RS subjects.

I think people read it.  Which is probably why there is so little traffic there.

Thank You Rich for changing the name of the main 3 Rail Forum so it's more friendly to Hi-Railers.

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

You are certainly on the ball Rich, thanks!

Love the descriptions now, they're is little excuse for starting a thread in the wrong forum now!

Hope so, but the words of a wise boss from 30 years ago come to mind when he told me in his Louisiana drawl to "quit tryin' to foolproof things 'cuz we'll just change fools."

The new description in the 3 Rail Scale category pretty much sums it up. That will remind me every time I do not belong there. 😆

Not to beat a dead horse but maybe at some point some extensive verbiage similar to the 3 Rail Scale category can be put in the Wanted to Buy category. It seems recently Alan is having a hard time getting it in to peoples head when to post there.

Brad