ok - this is disjointed attempt to address almost all the isssues raised here in one rambling post
ok - some people want a split of

Forum A) Photos/Video/Visual Documents
Forum B) Anecdotal Stories/Second-hand accounts/Hoaxes

now that looks good on paper
but others opine that we should split it :
Forum A) aliens
Forum B) ufo`s

if we attempted to combine both ideas - we would have a mess off

Forum A1) Photos/Video/Visual Documents [ aliens ]
Forum A2) Photos/Video/Visual Documents [ UFO`s ]
Forum B1) Anecdotal Stories/Second-hand accounts/Hoaxes [aliens ]
Forum B2) Anecdotal Stories/Second-hand accounts/Hoaxes [ UFO`s ]

but we have not done yet - because the next suggestion is :
Fourm C) hard facts

now what prececly is a hard fact ? one mans " hard fact " is another munkies UTTER TWADDLE
who decides what is a fact - and do we need :
Fourm C1) hard facts [ aliens ]
Fourm C2) hard facts [UFO`s ]

where the heck do you stop ??????????????
sometimes less is indeed more the current alien / ufo single board is not perfect - but its manageble
hoaxers are banned / deleted
and speculations / conjectures and unevidenced claims put in skunk works
dividing the forum further lust leads to more workload for the mods FSMEs and worse
DISCORD
because there aready dummy spitting episodes when threads are moved to skunkworks
just imagine what a quagmire it would creat if someone is deciding what consitutes a ` hard fact ` - and some one would have to otherwise the division
of
Forum C) hard facts
would be meaningless - if any one could post what ever THEY thought was a " hard fact " there with no recourse for it being moved - even if it was
a hoax they fabricated
like i say - becareful what ypu wish for - it may be worse than what you have now