We discussed branching into other subforums somewhere else in the Help Desk and pretty much decided to keep things status quo for now in order to make the transition smoother and then discuss changes as things begin to return to normal.

Personally, I like having it all in one. Everyone sees every topic; they don't have to go explicitly looking for them.

The sticky index idea mentioned in another thread would probably serve the same purpose, more or less.

Yes, that might be the key. Keep it all in one place and start organizing when it gets big enough.

I've seriously reconsidered the idea of creating a sub-forum for reviews. It might be worth trying.

However, the first few days here are going to have much more conversational traffic than what will eventually be the norm. I'd rather wait and see at this point, see where the new norm is, and then get a better sense of what kind of organization is needed.

Let things die down a bit first.

There's two somewhat competing issues:
1) People looking for review threads finding them.
2) People not looking for review threads finding them.

I feel 1) is easier in a separate forum because they are more likely to be on page 1.

I feel 2) is easier in the main forum where people just stumble across them among the threads they were looking at anyway. I could imagine for example somebody aware of the review threads but not interested in the current crop. And thus not regularly checking the subforum to see if there are new ones. But if "review thread devoted to favorite character" just shows up on the page he's looking at anyway, then he'll notice and give it a click.

As a workaround to making the threads easier to find for the people who are looking for them, I liked the sticky-with-links suggestion.

Obviously the counterargument there is the legitimate fear of too many stickies, as the old classics board once had.

That's what I said. The sticky so people looking for it can find it. Being on the main forum so new readers will find them.