In this Storque article, community admins RobWhite and stellaloella give Etsy forum goers an outline of what to post where, section by section.

Excerpt:

Site Help
have a question about the site? ask the community and Etsy staff

• questions about how to use the site
• questions about site features
• questions about site policy

Ideas
have a way to make Etsy better? let us know!

• suggestions for new features
• discussions of changes to the site
• sometimes Admin announcements go here (unless they fit in better elsewhere)

Bugs
if you’ve found a glitch in the site, please report it here

• reporting technical glitches
• downtime notices from Admin (also posted in The Storque’s TechUpdates)

Crafting & Business
share and seek advice about creating items and running a shop

• advice/questions about marketing a shop or successful selling
• advice/questions about running a shop
• advice/questions about running a business
• requests for promo items for goodie bags, giveaways, etc
• threads about PayPal issues
• shipping and postage discussions
• photography questions
• crafting how-to help
• shop critiques

Etsy Teams
connecting people locally and globally, while getting the word out

• “anyone from (location)?” threads
• street team discussions
• blog threads specific to street teams only
• threads discussing street team sales/promotions/ contests
• collaborative art projects
• craft fair or local crafty event announcements

Promotions
having a sale? looking to shop? post here!

• “show me your…”
• “I’m looking to buy…”
• Alchemy-type requests for custom items
• anything that is advertising or promotion
• sales threads for street team promotions
• sharing your favorite shops or recent purchases

Etc.
if it doesn’t fit in another forum, it belongs here

• anything goes in Etc (unless it fits in one of the above sections)
• socializing
• threads about blogs
• NOT your diary entries

Please note that these are not hard and fast rules, and often there will be threads that still don’t quite fit. We use our best judgment if/when moving those. We hope this will help the whole community by keeping the Forums more organized and user-friendly.

An extra tip for this week: Make sure the title of your thread clearly describes the subject. This way people will know at a glance if it’s a topic they’re interested in reading.

Read the full article in the EtsyNews section of the Storque, and follow stella’s forum announcement thread here.