Blake,
Can you make me a mod on the Austrain forum?
Wow. I’m going back to where it started. I think I’m the only regular poster here who was a member of the old forum.
How long until this forum closes, and will the posts be archived?
Should we wait to see if our users can be ported over, or create new users over there?
Sigh.
So Austrianforum.com - what is amusing to me anyway is the open acknowledgement of going backwards.
Even the name alone.. straight up cuts down the entire edifice of liberty. Because unless it’s specifically an austrian economics qua economics forum, then the name makes no sense… where is the libertarianism? Eh?
FYI I’m particularly positive a certain individual at the institute has no qualms regarding the above. I’d also be interested to see if they’re actually the one who gave the approval.
In any case, glad something is being done… but I recoil at the announcement/process. Surely one would have tested, seen if it’s possible prior to any formal announcement… so there is no ‘hanging’ in the balance of sorts. Either content can be archived, and usernames imported or not. Should have probably determined that before hand?
Hopefully the new forum takes off organically with some good discussions… and doesn’t splinter off into irrelevancy. Hopefully finally someone will put together a popular, go-to austro-libertarian forum that is well run, and not decrepit. A popular active mises chat has been needed for yearssss, and nothing was ever fostered to develop it. Hopefully this is an actual turning point - given the outsourcing.
Can anyone tell me the reason this forum is closing? What were the “problems” mentioned?
Al_gore, try looking to the right for the 5 latest posts. Then click the “View New Content” button on the top right nav. That should give you everything that you are looking for. And there are only 5 basic categories for that forum. The rest are just administrative.
AJ, yes this forum will be archived one way or another.
Lady Saiga, go ahead and create a new user there.
Conza88, the problem is this software. It doesn’t convert easily to the most popular boards. I have been trying for a while to convert it. I haven’t given up and this forum will be archived in some way. If there is another category you would like to see on that forum that would represent libertarianism better I’ll be happy to implement it.
To all, the chat there will be expanded. Glad everyone likes it.
austrianforum.com is for everyone here. I want to make it what you want. Help me help you. I need constructive criticism.
Can you just make austrianforum one subsection only, so it mimics the active topics layout on this website?
Without having the same categories you will struggle to migrate all the posts across. It may be better ot just create exactly the same categories to start with and once you have migrated all the data across and all the user accounts, then look at closing this site down.
I think it would be unwise to talk about shutting this forum down without actually having moved the data across, i mean if we miss a weeks worth of posts or something not the end of the world. But to think you could migrate users across to the new user forum without migrating the content and user list is a sure way to kill the community. You can’t realy expect everyone to recreate their accounts at the other end.
Are you are a dba or have knowledge with DB because if you don’t, then it might be a good to find a DBA who could do the work.
I do work with DBs but I am not a DBA. I would love to have one help with this. But it is going to cost a whole lot to make that happen. If I get enough donations over there I’ll pay to have the database converted.
Unforunately I work in IT and as a result am relatively poor. But i am not a DBA either or I would offer to do it for nothing.
But if the choice was to have this forum in its current state or force everyone over to a new forum with none of the content and user accounts, I think i would pick staying with this forum. Only because i know how people will just not bother to sign up to the new forum. Will that new forum be integrated in to the mises.org website or is the plan to close the forum aspect on mises.org and haev an independent one elsewhere ?
What is wrong with this forum?
There is no quote function available on the reply toolbars and the text editor for posting comments can be problematic at times. There is also no browser spell check unless you click source. There is no embed option on the toolbar. When someone posts a question thread and it goes to multiple pages the page numbers do not match up with the content when posts have been marked as questions and you end up having to click on the page numbers to go to the end.
loads of minor annoyances.
I agree with Conza about the name of the forum. It’s not a big deal, but the name is far too specific for libertarianism in general. Something with the word “libertarian” or “voluntary” makes more sense. I doubt the name of the forum is a high priority, but I thought I would mention it.
You mean like voluntaryism.freeforums.org?
Anyways, I haven’t been active in here lately (the past week or two IIRC), but I’m glad I caught this announcement. I’m very sorry to see that this forum is being closed down. There’s a ton of excellent material here, and it would be quite a shame for it to all go down the memory hole. If there’s any way I can assist in preserving the forum posts, let me know.
EDIT: What kind of timetable can we expect for closing down the forum, Blake?
What an excellent name!
Haha why thank you!
insert yet another plug for Autolykos’ forum
cough look at my sig cough
Also, Physiocrat, I was an austrianforum member a long time ago too. You guys converted me from a Friedmanite moderate to the horrible mess I am today! 
Wow, I guess I’ve just got used to it) Anyway, I will miss this forum. I have never been a regular or active contributor here but I liked its… charm.
By the way, I’m no technician so pardon me for apparently stupid question: Is it possible to integrate the new forum into mises.org preserving the main design theme? (Bastiat circle seems to be a completely different project despite the fact it’s just one subcathegory of the site, and so does the new forum).
So when will the final shutting down come?
I would like to know whether I can get my LibertyHQ forums up in time 
But wait, guys, if we lose these forums, we lose our jobs. We can UNIONIZE and prevent the shutting down of the forums!