Time to pension off the ubuntuforums.org sections of Launchpad?

The transition tag category seems the most appropriate, but if I’ve missed a better tag please could the moderators put this in the right place. Thanks.

In all the years that I was on the ubuntuforums staff, Ubuntu Forums in Launchpad rarely was of practical value. And occasionally people who really needed to find help on the forum found their way there - perhaps from a google search? The latest is this from only a few days ago: Question #820102 “GTA San Andreas Crashing on Ubuntu While Using...” : Questions : Ubuntu Forums. There are also Code : Ubuntu Forums, Bugs : Ubuntu Forums , Blueprints : Ubuntu Forums, and Translations : Ubuntu Forums. Perhaps all redundant now?

It might be a good idea if whoever can action this be asked to shutter those obscure nooks and crannies of Launchpad. Perhaps with some text that redirects people needing support here to Discourse.

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Agree entirely. Plus, it also attracts spam and isn’t the easiest venue in which to report same (says I, who just reported one).

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