Lateish replies:
And I guess as long as we're hatching the actual eggs in a Gen V game we're OK to post in here, right bob? It doesn't have to be a Gen V Pokemon or would you rather this discussion be only for Gen V Pokemon shinies?
That's right; talk about shinies caught in a Gen V game here, 4th gen games in 4th gen, etc.
However, I do think it would make more sense to just have one thread: either one that isn't in any particular gen forum or one that stays in whichever forum/subforum is latest (in this case B/W until a B/W2 shiny thread is made). I know it doesn't quite make as much sense organising-wise but it would be easiest to use and cuts down on posting multiple posts in multiple threads when you could quickly sum up all your shiny news in one post if you have one multi-gen thread.
One major flaw is that if someone looks to ask about shiny Pokemon in say 3rd gen games (not an uncommon occurence) they'd have to know to come to the BW section, not the 3rd gen general discussion section or whatnot which doesn't make sense in that regard. Plus the FAQs in those threads can be specific to that gen too.
Actually, I wouldn't mind seeing some kind of multi-gen forum (shiny hunting threads, fave poke/move/area/gym leader/etc. threads and so on) It may be too much of a shake up but the more I think about it the more I like that idea. Competitive battling isn't the only type of Pokemon thing that spans all generations but it's the only one that seems to have it's own forum. Obviously it would be silly to have a whole forum just for shiny hunting but maybe a forum could be introduced for other aspects of pokemon that are not limited to one particular gen and so are too big for gen forums but that are not big enough to warrant their own forum.
Arguablt the General Pokemon Discussion section covers that. And linked from the rules is a
general shiny discussion thread already so you could say that already exists. (As Shiny Hunter Se7en also posted; it's a 2.0 version and exists since January). Which is even more reason for this thread to remain restricted to shiny Pokemon found in fifth gen games.
I don't think that will work, since the point of all the shiny threads was to post about shinies you caught in that generation. But there's nothing wrong with suggesting it.
I'd speak to a mod directly or post in the serebii forums suggestion thread though, since the mods don't spend all their time here they might miss your post altogether.
Razor Leaf already replied there but I feel that it's better to keep it to Pokemon actually *caught* in 5th gen, not just transferred.
@bob: I used to follow this rule, and only post 3rd gen shinies in the 3rd gen thread, 4th gen in the 4th gen thread, etc. The problem with that is, unless I am mistaken, those threads still have the 1 post per page rule. That was why I stopped posting in those threads - I would post a shiny in the thread, then get another shiny and be unable to post it because only 1 or 2 other people had posted since me and it would take weeks, if not months to wait for a new page.
If that rule were to be taken off the 3rd and 4th gen threads, I'd be thrilled to go back to posting there. Until then, I guess I'll keep my 3rd and 4th gen shinies to myself on this forum...
Valid point. As we took off that rule for this thread as a trial I will go and remove it from the 4th/3rd gen threads too.
I get what bobandbill says, but like dan2point5 said -and I totally agree with him- "the community have spoken", we are the ones who make this forums, the mods are here to moderate, not to control...
I don't mean to shake things, but it is what it is, this is our forum
A shiny thread for all gens makes easier for us to keep track of other people hunts, and that way we all give support and motivation, I love that about this forum, I don't understand why the generation segregation lol
Hopefully the above explains it then some more. And sure, we are here to mod, but we're also in charge in keeping organisation and enforcing rules by extension of being mods. Plus I don't mind discussing it, but in future at least ask mods about ideas rather than try to run it yourself.
(And as said an alternate general shiny thread already exists too, so).
well maybe we can find a middle way,what if people may post on this thread from other gens but then also post something about their hunts on B/W. then it would be fair to those that have taken a break from gen 5.
Nope, not if threads already exist to both talk about all gens, and other gens besides 5th.
Anyway, just saying, there's used to be a place where hunters meet to share their shinies all across the gens, which was... the shiny club.
It could be revived/made again if there's an approval from at least 3 mods if I'm not mistaken. Just throwing another idea here.
You're free to take it up with the club mod/s.
If there IS one then why do this thread and all the other Gen specific shiny threads exist? Seems like the answer is to delete this thread and move over there. I do now understand more why the mods are annoyed but at the same time I'm not sure why they even allowed these threads to be created if we already had an all gen thread...
Similar to the answer (well, a answer) I gave for the 3rd/4th gen shiny threads existing in their respective sections. There are questions and etc specific to those threads and if someone wants to ask them or talk about a shiny they found in those games they are going to first go to those sections, not the 5th gen section and not necessarily GPD either. To save constantly redirecting people to one thread over and over we allow threads to exist for each gen.
In the end there is no 'best' way or right way to do it; but this is just how we've gone with it and more or less it's worked.
Sure is a popular subject, this one. =p
. Hopefully I'll either run into a shiny Dratini or hatch one soon enough... getting a little tired of seeing so much blue and white O_O. So pretty much been biding my time waiting for one. Silly game and its coding 
