Is anything actually going to be done with this,
@LordSunhawk? It's been a few months now. There's a majority in favour, especially from frequent posters in the AH section of the site. If nobody else has time, I'll happily volunteer to sort and move threads as needed. (Although I don't know if it's possible to give a user the temporary permission to do that. If it is, my offer stands.)
From what's been discussed here, it seems to me that we'd do well with:
-- An
'Index & misc.' subsection for AH (just like the creative writing forum has for non-story threads), for all sorts of "misc" threads (like the "Alternate History Ideas and Discussion" thread, the "Alternate History Map Thread" and stuff like the "Funniest alternate history ever" thread). That would then also be the place to, for instance, discuss/review published AH books.
-- A
Pre-1900 timelines and discussion subsection for AH.
-- A
Post-1900 timelines and discussion subsection for AH.
-- An
Alien Space Bats & other magic subsection for AH. (Some threads may be better off moved from the existing Versus and What-Ifs section to this one, then.)
And finally, some threads currently in AH, marked as ASB, might actually be better off in the Versus and What-Ifs section. But that would have to be seen on an ad hoc basis.
I really think that it would be smart to do something like this now, while any sorting-out can still be manged with ease. If you wait, it'll just be a lot more work later. Again: if it's practical for you, I'm more than willing to help out.