I think having a forum area, specifically for presentation of routes (new AS WELL AS older), would be a grand idea. No discussions in it, strictly a "sticky" type forum, where you can present a route (once it IS on DLS), with description in detail, pictures etc, and be able to add updates to it (only one thread per route).
Having a forum like this, would also help people steer clear of the many "routes" that contain little more than a few tracks on an otherwise empty board.
Especially when one is new here, it IS difficult to look for more routes. DLS only gives so much information (if any) and only a tiny little picture, not enough to get an impression of whether one want to use that route or not. Going through the download process of x amount of routes, 90% of which you end up not wanting anyway, is very time consuming and daunting.
Going through the 1000's of pages in the "freeware announcement" forum is equally daunting. It's a great place to tell others what one is working on (or has finished) and to get input from others on that work, and it's fine to check into regularly to see what's new. But to look for routes, especially older ones, is rather difficult.
On the same token, having a forum somewhere else does not seem like the best of ideas. Again, where and how would one (especially a newbie) find that? The great thing about this forum is to have as much information gathered in one place as possible.
How about it, Tony, can we have such an area? It can't be that much trouble to make or maintain?
And/or how about having a poll about it first? That would give you an idea how big the need/interest is for this.
Sorry for the long post.
