Board Thread:Suggestions & Comments/@comment-24652145-20140919081457/@comment-24649018-20140920154058

I like your genre suggestions (Espionage, Courtroom Drama, Giant Monsters, Political, Medical, Remakes). The suggestion for a literature category is also a good one but the proper title to use would be "Literary Adaptation".

I don't think we should try and cover things such as Soap Operas, Reality Shows, Game Shows etc.though. We don't exactly have many people putting content up as it is. Also, don't feel obliged to submit content that you're not interested in. Better to focus on the stuff that you like. If someone comes along that wants to add stuff that we don't already cover I think that's fine however. I don't think there is a need to consider creating content for things such as Cooking Shows, Fashion Shows etc. Yes they are popular but we should focus on what WE like and not second guess what others may like. We should not spread ourselves thinly covering every single genre in existence. This is a pursuit of passion at the end of the day not a "pandering to-the-masses" project.

As for your comments on a "historical" or "fact-ion" based genre. I have two thoughts here. Firstly, we already have genre pages for "History" and "History TV". The "History" page wasn't listed on the Films page (I mistakenly overlooked it) but I will soon fix that. Secondly, I think a genre category named "Based on a True Story" is a good fit for what you were thinking about.

The way we have categories set up is fairly flexible. We can just add new categories as we come across them and any Film or TV Show can have as many genres attached to it as we feel is relevant. Feel free to create a new genre category page but let me know that you have done so. I will then make sure it's listed accordingly on the Films or TV Shows pages.

Also, don't forget the naming format for a genre category page. For example, the Epsionage category for films would just be called "Espionage" but the TV Show equivalent page would be called "Espionage TV".

Lastly, I dont' know if you know how to create a new category page but it's realy easy. Simply type in the new category title when you are adding categories to a page and the system will automatically create it. Go to the new category you've just created, click "Create" and add a basic line of description for it. This pushes it properly into the system as a fully created page.