OK, random thought- I'm not sure it would be any better, but for the sake of allowing alternatives, let's at least fire some off. I'm not entirely sure I'm a fan of this either.
So, on the main board page, it shows Categories ("Official Business', 'Fanfiction, Interaactive Games, etc) and Forums (e.g. HP, NGE, Naruto) and the Forums then have subforums (Ideas, Talk, Preview).
This idea would be to keep our Categories, and make Forums generalized (Anime/Manga, Books, Movies, TV Shows, Cartoons, Games etc) and then each subforum is an actual series (NGE, HP, etc), and in each subforum every post is tagged as Idea, Talk, or Preview.
This is assuming that you can, in a subforum, view tags on the topic and even filter by topic.
EDIT: Just checked, neither of the above is true. This wouldn't help anything, ignore this.
So, on the main board page, it shows Categories ("Official Business', 'Fanfiction, Interaactive Games, etc) and Forums (e.g. HP, NGE, Naruto) and the Forums then have subforums (Ideas, Talk, Preview).
This idea would be to keep our Categories, and make Forums generalized (Anime/Manga, Books, Movies, TV Shows, Cartoons, Games etc) and then each subforum is an actual series (NGE, HP, etc), and in each subforum every post is tagged as Idea, Talk, or Preview.
This is assuming that you can, in a subforum, view tags on the topic and even filter by topic.
EDIT: Just checked, neither of the above is true. This wouldn't help anything, ignore this.