I know this is a quite heavy modification, but i would like to discuss a new board structure to meet the needs of acommunity as big as ours.
In the beginning i would propose the following outline, but i would of course discuss changes to it and hopefully find a solution the users and the admins are happy with.
{Those that needs further explaination have a comment in brackets}
General
- News
- Forum
- Wiki
- FAQ
- Bar Sport /OT
Community
- Workshops
- Exhibition
- For Sale {Users rather than shops sell stuff}
- Community Purchase {Buy with rates if you find enough people)
Arduino Hardware
- Arduino Hardware Troubleshooting
- Arduino Bugs and Suggestions
- Arduino Development
Hardware
- Component Catalogue {As extension to the playground i would strongly recommend having a board where components are discussed, moderated doing just one part per thread}
- Troubleshooting
- Interfacing
- Development
Software
- Library Catalogue (same as above, for software)
- Troubleshooting
- Core development (changes to IDE and Core libs)
- Development
- C/C++
3rd Party help
- Eagle
- Fritzing
... Other software that is usually used in conjunction with Arduino
International
As is.