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Hi,

I was actively scrolling through each form and seeing if I could contribute to any and I noticed the ‘forum games’ section. I was just wondering what people think about it because I don’t think that there is a need for forum games because the point of a forum is to discuss ideas and thoughts to improve things and I don’t think the forum games section meets any of the definitions of a forum. Please don’t take this the wrong way, I am just trying to express my point of view and show that I don’t think this is something that should be on wikihow forums.

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Hi Zac1309 wikiHow only has one Forum and it is split into Categories, if you look on the right side of the Forum page you will see all the Categories listed there.  The Forum Games section is just a verysmall part of the overall Forum so as you will see, there are plenty of Forum Categories to discuss wikiHow business for instance, the Village Pump, Collaboration Corner, Help using wikiHow, Category Suggestions and Bug Reports!  Personally I like the idea of having part of the Forum available to chill out and judging by the amount of contributors who also use the Forum Games section they also like it. 

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I have found that participation in the Forums Games brings me closer to some of the wikiHowians who play there. Also, playing the games helps to build “sense of community” and smooths collaboration.

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Thank you @Alabaster and @SarahB , now I can see where you are coming from and yes, I do agree now I have looked at them more, they do seem to build a sense of community.