"Verified Off-Topic" Changes

[Phuzzy4242]

You may remember the original purpose of Verified Off-Topic was as a place for films that weren't on-topic but that might have a scene of interest, or maybe a warning of a terrible film that might have been OT but turned out it wasn't. We didn't want to just send that film to the Graveyard because that essentially killed it - no more discussion allowed since people can't post there.

Originally, users couldn't create new topics in VOT - the admins had to move a film there from other forums. We changed that and allowed new topics to be created, but a situation arose that made us rethink that policy and we decided the best solution that inconvenienced the fewest people was to go back to how it was before.

You can still reply to topics already in VOT, and you can recommend that topics get moved there, you just can't create a new topic. If you want to post something like emuler's warning about "Krampus", let an admin know and we'll create the topic, then you can add the details.