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Why is there a baking topic?

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JenaiMarrHePlaysGuitar · 10/05/2012 16:12

I thought there was a move to rationalise the number of topics on MN.

It was bad enough having Recipes and Food. Now it's Recipes and Food and Baking (oh and Weaning I think). Wouldn't one "Feed The World" topic be preferable?

Sorry if this has been covered already.

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HelenMumsnet · 15/05/2012 14:23

Hello.

We're actually in the process of looking at how we could streamline Talk topics and make everything a bit more logical/easier to find.

So, do please post here with what topics you'd like in the Food category. With the emphasis on fewer topics - that lots of people will want to post in - rather than on lots more topics, if possible, please.

If we disregard Breast and bottle feeding just for the moment (that one's not going anyway, although it may 'live' in another category after the sort out), we currently have....

Baking, Food, Recipes, Weaning, Wine

Dya reckon Food and Recipes are basically the same thing? Any other observations/suggestions?

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HelenMumsnet · 15/05/2012 17:48

@wem

If you're really going to do away with our shiny new baking topic (Sad) then how about three topics: cooking, eating, drinking?

Haven't said that, wem. We're asking for ideas and suggestions, is all.

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HelenMumsnet · 15/05/2012 17:50

@motherinferior

I think we should have a Crisps topic. Or possibly an overarching Savoury Snacks one, within which we could have Crisps, Bombay Mix, Peanuts and so on.

And Quavers. And those 'orrible Cheesie Puffs things that stain your fingers.

God, I SO have the munchies now...

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HelenMumsnet · 16/05/2012 10:03

@thisisyesterday

MN... why do you like topics? does it help you in any way?

Well, we like to keep you lot happy - and if there's a demand for a new topic, we have tended in the past to bung it up.

But we're aware that there are so many topics now - and they're probably not very well signposted - that many people ignore them/don't know about them and just post in AIBU or Chat instead.

This means some topics are tumbleweed. Which leads even more people to put threads in AIBU or Chat instead.

Nothing wrong with AIBU or Chat, mind. It's just that, if we've got all these Topics, it would be nice if they were all well used.

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HelenMumsnet · 18/05/2012 10:18

Thanks everyone. This is all really helpful though not sure 'parenting shit' is really a goer

Do keep the suggestions coming.

And don't worry about Baking: no plans to cull that....

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HelenMumsnet · 18/05/2012 17:34

Grin
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OliviaLMumsnet · 18/05/2012 21:49

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