Proposal: Aviation
Other discussions are indicating that 'science' may not be the correct tag for this site. What should it be tagged with?
Proposal: Aviation
Other discussions are indicating that 'science' may not be the correct tag for this site. What should it be tagged with?
My feeling is that of the available tags, Professional
is the best fitting. I think it is possible to have more than a single tag attached to an proposal, so I suggest adding Recreational
as well.
That would indicate that both professional and recreational aviators are equally welcome.
I think Recreation
would be the best place for it. Professionals can easily, and frequently do, join recreational groups related to their profession, but if we labeled it as Professional
then it would cut off a huge potential audience, and I think that would kill the site before it even gets off the ground.
If you can do multiple tags, then I'd do Recreation
, Professional
, and Technology
.
Recreation
will attract professionals. Being tagged as Professional
will turn away people who aren't professionals, and they are a much bigger percentage of the potential audience. I frequent a number of aviation forums that are not "professional", I only visit two that are "professional" and both of those are directly related to the company I work for.
I run a LinkedIn group called Aviation Professionals. It has over 114,000 members in it at the moment and growing by 150-200 members per day
The word professional attracts people, no question. A lot of the input is generated by people joining the group because they want access to professionals to discuss career changes, ask technicnal questions, etc
A recreational tag will attract some professionals, but it is more likely that a professionals tag will attract a lot of people who are not professional and want access to a professional source of information, thus increasing membership numbers, question quality, etc