The majority view on the feminist board is that we like petitions! We don't want feminist petitions shunted off to the petitions board.
Feminism is about political activism and it feels appropriate for feminist petitions to live there.
Very few posters knew the petitions board even existed.
This post from MoleSmokes sums it up perfectly IMO:
Petitions here: YES
Do I object to petitions here: NO
Another one who had no idea there was a "Petitions Board".
Obviously, only relevant Petitions. If something is not relevant to Feminism/Women's Rights (the URL is actually "womens_rights") then someone is sure to report it.
Posting a Petition often leads to discussion about the issue - which can be helpful if someone is unsure about whether or not to sign. Those discussions are not going to take place if the Petition is shunted off to what sounds like a Zombie Zone going by previous comments.
A Petition can be relevant to an existing discussion. It makes no sense at all to make a new post on the Petitions Board and then link to it in the Discussion here, assuming that in itself is even allowed. So, also allow linking to Petitions that are relevant to an existing discussion.
If people spam links to Petitions, they will get reported.
What other Boards want is up to regular posters and Mumsnet. I don't see how what we might want to happen here conflicts in any way with practice on other Boards.
How about it MNHQ? Please can we keep feminist petitions in FWR?