HARDTRAILZ said:
Articles are categorized as such due to importance and keeping them easily searchable. A post can be lost over time, but the articles are placed for easy reference for members of the site.
I agree with that concept, but there are flaws in the system.
If search is within a sub-forum, it does not find articles in the "Article Submissions" forum.
If search is from the root forum, it finds articles but also posts from forums of no interest.
To do a specific search, one has to search the proper sub-forum and then search the Articles forum. This is cumbersome.
The "Articles Submission" forum is an uncategorized mixed up assemblage.
It seems like it would be better to just make a post in whatever sub-forum it belongs and flag it as an article.
A root search of "Article" would then produce a list with the same content as the present "Article Submissions" forum.
Now, one could browse the sub-forum and see posts and articles, and a sub-forum search will produce pertinent posts and articles.