I just went through 970+ topics in the last 5mins. So here is my observation:
1. First & foremost you need to start considering the necessity to prune both -
a. The Garbage
http://chibi.lomeproductions.com/forum/ ... m.php?f=10 (Highest Priority in pruning, consider perhaps 10-12 days or less)
b. SPAM Cannon
http://chibi.lomeproductions.com/forum/ ... m.php?f=10 (lowest priority in pruning, consider perhaps 18-24 days or less)
Irregardless what audience your trying to bring, the site has too many unrelated spam topics that sway newly registered folks into madness and push away new people.
2. Consider hiring new moderators. Now that each category reeks an average of 1,000-3,000 or more posts, can provide the opportunity for you to assign a moderator per category to prune, lock, trash, and maintain cleanly the forum for anyone seeking help, wanting to post something new, and not see the place dead with posts from the year 2005, etc.
Suggestions:
1. Consider creating the following sub-categories (organization):
a. CH Caged Category > RP Stories (ALL Stories RP moved here)
b. CH Caged Category > Graphic Design (Sprites, drawing, animation here)
c. CH Caged Category > Media Design (Video, Cam, Altered songs here)
d. CH Caged Category > Creative Writing (all poems, ALL non-RP stories here)
e. CH The other branches > Active Branches/Affiliates
d. CH The other branches > Deactivated Branches/Affiliates/Guilds
Note: Remove all outdated links. It just piles more to spam
e. CH Gaming Zone > Programming (for all codes, scripting, pserver-SQL-XNA discussions)
f. CH Gaming Zone > Gaming Events/Contests
g. [optional] CH Gaming Zone > Gaming APPs (for mac, linux, windows users with iphone/ipad)
h. CH Helpdesk > Solved (for solved questions throughout the forum)
Estimated time of the above: <1hour
[some] Outdated - Useless clutter posts:
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http://chibi.lomeproductions.com/forum/ ... ?f=2&t=173
http://chibi.lomeproductions.com/forum/ ... ?f=2&t=191
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http://chibi.lomeproductions.com/forum/ ... ?f=2&t=210
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http://chibi.lomeproductions.com/forum/ ... p?f=2&t=92
http://chibi.lomeproductions.com/forum/ ... p?f=2&t=11
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http://chibi.lomeproductions.com/forum/ ... ?f=3&t=131
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http://chibi.lomeproductions.com/forum/ ... p?f=3&t=28
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http://chibi.lomeproductions.com/forum/ ... f=1&t=1026