I think we ought to wait till a proposed UK/Ireland forum/sub-forum - Fluttershy's original idea - gets blown out of the water before coming up with a compromise solution.
A forum/sub-forum would be there, hard-wired, for anyone to find with a bit of looking. An Up to the Minute collection of UK/Ireland threads would necessarily dip down the posting ledger quite far if the only things posted on it are existing and then new thread links. Very hard to find unless a person already knew what he or she was looking for.
I thought vaguely about just listing all the UK/Ireland threads on my blog but we run into the same problem - how are people who are new here, or people who come every so often, going to know that the threads which might interest them are collected on some cornball guy from Oklahoma's WS blog site? One of those "go figure!" things.
I think we should continue to ask for more posts in support here of Fluttershy's idea. If that doesn't work out after, oh, a couple weeks - we have no time limit, really - then we can come up with something else. I agree that an Up to the Minute thread would definitely be better than nothing, though.
Hi Rhino hide, well I think thats a crap idea :floorlaugh:
lol, not really. I think thats a great alternative but would prefer a dedicated forum or sub forum if we could have it. But thats my opinion only and I've had a few red wines tonight so please forgive me :blushing:
Good idea(s). As this thread's stuck over here in Forum Finesse, few would see it unless alerted to it (the same old story), so I'm all in favor of an Up to the Minute thread for the time-being, to begin to build such a community.Ahhh, I got the impression from earlier postings that it may take quite a while to gather enough support for the idea to be able to put a viable proposition forward - I was just thinking, 'well, an index would do in the meantime'.
I have popped a link to here in my sig, so that may been seen by a couple more folk. It would be nice if those who joined for a particular case stuck around and a community could develop
Well, for single topic inquiries, there's always the search feature.
I said the same thing a month ago
Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community - View Single Post - UK UK (Wales) - April Jones, 5, Machynlleth, Wales, 01 Oct 2012 *ARREST MADE* - #3
As for the "Up To The Minute" idea: I don't know the difference between "Up To The Minute", "Crimes In The News", "Hot Cases" ..... they all sound the same to me. And I can't fathom why cases have to be moved around the boards, you know, "Located", "Trials", "Awaiting Trial" ...
If there's a case that interests me (that's already been brought to my attention), I might come on Websleuths and see if I can find a discussion on it. Otherwise I don't visit the site. I find it all too much of a jumble. Sorry.
Well, for single topic inquiries, there's always the search feature.
Even though I've lived in the States for many years I still follow Coronation Street.
Today, the street lost "Our Jack"
http://www.itv.com/news/2012-11-09/coronation-street-star-bill-tarmey-who-played-jack-duckworth-dies/
As I see it, we already have cases out of Canada, as well as an American missing from Germany, and I think there have been a couple from Australia. How about just calling it an international forum, for cases not in the U.S.? Wouldn't that cover a broader scope, in case someone goes missing from, say, Italy or France?
Almost too cool for reason, that map idea. Here's hoping!I love the UK and Eire thread. In fact I'd like a Europe thread so I could easily see what is happening where. Even better a clickable world map!!! Maybe that's asking too much.....
I just saw your thread on this in another forum Thanks for the heads up - it's really great news we now have a NAMUS style site for the UK cases. The Unidentified section on Doe Network for UK cases was quite small understandably so a UK based site produced by the police and Missing Persons Bureau will have lots more information.I have exciting news for the Brits: Exciting news thread
I know the estimated age on the new site is 60-70 but the body was found in Brent which is only about 40 minutes away from where Pat Allen lived