For example where would i put my GreenPoison from SweetSeeds photo, hps in soil grow?
Is that indoor or outdoor? Are you a new grower or experienced. (wink)
To me the pivotal question is: Where would you put it today? The choice is just as imperfect as the suggested alternative. The difference is that the alternative keeps them all together. You have one place to look for grow journals.
If journals have a set of attributes they share (indoor/outdoor, hydro/soil/soilless, CFL/HID/induction/LED/T5, organic/synthetic, newbie/experienced, auto/photo) they can be expressed through multiple choice categories and/or tags.
How nice would it be to go to one area and filter grow journals by "indoor, soilless, HID" and then search the results for "Phillips Color Master" to see grow journals involving Ceramic Metal Halide? Woudln't that be nicer than visiting 6 forums, or searching the entire site and wading through conversations that mention CMH but aren't journals? Or, to find all the blueberry grow journals instead of every mention of "blueberry" on the site?
This topic may sound sound esoteric (or ungrateful). But, visitors have finite time and resources too. If they can locate (and contribute to) relevant information more efficiently, that's a valid topic.
I think that's also a valid point to Trapper. Those who develop the site do so for a reason. Feedback like this thread shouldn't be taken as ingratitude. People create a collaborative forum for those with a shared interest to help each other. Over time it leads to stickies (a sure indication that a wiki is needed), and experienced celebrity-types like Muddy who could communicate more effectively to his audience of followers through a blog. Or, consolidate knowledge into a wiki encyclopedia where newbies could be referred to instead of giving the same "Dolomite takes 10 days" a million times. Discussing these signs of "growth pains" shouldn't be taken as insulting or dismissive.
It's like we're all talking about the same thing from different perspectives. We all have finite time. Admins have to prioritize theirs. Visitors might see ways to improve their time spent here. It's kind of a vicious cycle because, as admins spend less time adding more tools (to solve different goals better than a conversational tool can), they don't utilize member time which could be spent consolidating useful into into an encyclopedia (or, tag/move grow journals into a more meaningful taxonomy.).
It's too bad there's not a way to create a sub-admin role where people like N00B could contribute to development of the site without viewing IP addresses in logs, or inserting privacy-violating code into vBulletin's modules. Seems like there would be a way to scrub all IPs from logs and database columns. And, prohibit update of code without a Super-Admin viewing changes and approving it. Wouldn't that ensure member safety from law enforcement -- while relieving the 1-2 people from being responsible for everything?