Compiled List 2026: Feedback Request

Hi Crin 

In my first reading of this request for feedback, I felt resistant to you doing away with the pack pages but realize it is because it is the format that I have become used to using for years now.  Resistance to change is human nature, lol.  I also am not the one struggling to keep up with categorizing the many reports.  You've obviously given this much thought to stay organized, but also in a manner you feel you can best keep up with.  Saying this forum needs pagination is an understatement.  I detest all the scrolling involved.

The short answer for you is that I am willing to try a new format that you think will work better and make it easier on you to update.  I realize you do this on a volunteer basis and appreciate all the effort you put into it.  The compilation of issues is something I reference often and has worked well for my purposes.  

I do have a request for the Needs Info threads.  In the OP, could you link to the post requesting a save?  Having to scroll through a whole thread is terribly time consuming if such a post is buried among lots of comments.  Simmers also don't necessarily equate a needs info designation to mean a save is requested and rightly so.  I scrolled through a whole needs info thread the other day and never found a request for a save, which I thought odd.  So, food for thought, should a needs info thread change to a needs saves designation for clarity?

Collection threads also defeat me most of the time for the purpose of upvoting something reported.  For that boat tee from BYSP that was just fixed, I had looked, found it reported but all I could do was like the post.  I didn't think upvoting an entire collections thread was what needed to be done.  I know issues like that don't necessarily garner lots of votes, so I do get why there are now collection threads.  I'm just indicating it's not easy to upvote any of those issues unless they link to a previously filed report but don't really have a suggestion to make it easier either.

There is the new awaiting further reports designation on threads but there isn't a category for them shown.  It seems like they should have a category.  How are you supposed to handle those items on a compilation of issues?  Just ignore them until it is deemed they have enough votes?  If that's the case, there should be a guideline for the number of votes necessary and a plan in place to change their status back to reviewed at least.  It might also be helpful to include a by design category.

I think that makes sense, to not tie directly to a pack. I can't remember what came with what either and there are so many of them. Categories seems like a sound idea to me.