I understand that almost everyone preferes information whatever form it takes. Personally, I prefer written things, but that is because I can't understand very well oral English. And that, of course, is my problem. Anyway, I hope that if really BIG NEWS appear, they will be discussed here, so I will know :-)

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We try to keep Dresdenverse discussions strongly grounded in the Dresdenverse and leave real-world ethics at arm's reach.  It's the difference between "I think

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Susan should have told Harry they have a kid

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a mother should tell a father they have a kid

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I understand that. I am saying that not necessaryly touchy topics are all about politics. IMO the stress in that subject ("we don't want politics") is not right. It would be in "we don't want people feeling hurt or offended, so we wish that people was civil and well-mannered."

Well, my 2 cents.
First: I like the thread changes and the new organization.
Second: I don't know many of the things you are talking about because I wander mostly on the spoilers section.
Third: Even bbefore the changes, I always considered this forum a little...more sensitive than other forums I use to visit. But I decided that probably that was my fault. I think people from USA are more concerned with political correction  that we are (I am from South America). I remember being angry with a poster, told them I hate him and being almost instantly scolded by two moderators. I never though that anybody could think that I really hated a person for a spoiler. I asume that anybody will understand that was a matter of speaking and nothing else. Well, I tried to learn from that. So the next time I have a problem with the word "hate" I send a PM to Iago (who had used this word) and he answered me very clearly and very politely. I am still tryng to think about my posts and the way they are read. I even send a PM to Prisc because I was afraid to said something in public. It was about a spoiler tag, and she was wonderful (true godess, she is :-))
BUT, I still found some topics locked without a reason I can understand. My personal opinion for a public forum is that discussion is good and shouldn't be cut by rhe roots, but people should be allowed to excersise and practise discussion and argumentation. But this is, as you said, Fred's. So if he and his mods think that is a too-risky policy, well, I understand and I'll do my best to play by the book. I still go with the others who ask that mods be polite themselves. Teaching by example, if possible, is the best way to teach (yeah, I know. Mods are human too. Nobody's perfect)

^ I love it!

And there are at least 10 more planned books.

Apparently, yes. Harry is dead. In october you could check "Aftermath", a new short story that would be published on "Side Jobs", the book that recollects the short stories of the Dresdenverse. Aftermath takes place 45 minutes after "Changes" and it is narrated by Murphy.