Private Clan Forum Boards

[N104]

I was thinking clans should have their own private topic so the clan members can make clan posts to each other without the rest of WI seeing. The problem is, the clan moderators cannot pick who can and cannot view the topic. A forum admin could (on newer forums, this may be too old) but with clans gaining and losing members it would be a pain for the forum admins to have to update it.

So I thought of something else. Each clan gets it's own clan board. What if each clan got another clan board but it would only be viewable by clan members? The way this would work is each clan would get a usergroup (it could be hidden form the usergroup list so as not to trash up the list). The moderator of each clan would be the moderator of the clan's usergroup. A forum admin could configure it in the ACP the only members in a clan's usergroup can view the clan's private forum. With usergroups, clan leaders/moderators can pick what members are in the clan's usergroup thus picking what members can view the clan's private forum without a forum admin taking time to do it.
Posts made in a clan's private forum shouldnt count for a user's post amount because players may spam in their clan's private page to boost their post count (and forum rank).

Private clan boards would be nice because clans could talk about strategies for maps, clan meetings, potential members, and just about anything down to a casual chat that they want to keep within the clan rather than the general public. Of course, we’ll still keep the public clan boards.

I know polls aren’t accurate, I make them sometimes just to see in general what people think.

[LawrenceA]

I think having the option would be awesome. However, having posts visible to all is likely to boost forum activity from all users - as opposed to just those within clans.

[N104]

[slimjimninja]

That's why you all meet ingame and make a private room to talk in.

[N104]