What if, for the Alternatives forum, we apply a mod like ubuntuforums.org has. When posting a new topic, you can choose a prefix like (for ubuntu forums): [ubuntu], [xubuntu], [kubuntu], etc. or choose to have no prefix. I can see this working with the Alternatives forum. You could choose [KDE], [Android], [Mer], [Easy Debian], [chroot], etc. This would allow separation of topics, without having different subforums, which seems to be one of the main goals in this discussion. This has already been partially implemented when the forums were moved: the KDE topics, for example, were given the prefix [KDE]. However, a mod like this built into the board would make it easier for newcomers to follow the system.

Also: I agree with Lemmy. If we're going to have forums for Maemo 4 and Maemo 5, we should probably include a forum for Mer, as it exists in limbo between Maemo and not Maemo.