Take a look at http://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/forumdisplay.php?f=9

You'll see that:
- 12 of the 13 topics posted within the past 6 months were about a JJ game, and 3 of those were created within one week by the same user.
- The one topic not about JJ was not answered helpfully.
- The other 12 topics could've been in General JJ Talk as well, considering that similar topics have been posted there for a while without anyone complaining.

So I'm still convinced that there's considerable overlap between General Jazz Talk and Technical Help, to the point where posts made in the latter could also be made in the former without problems (though not the other way around). Given that, it makes sense to me to merge the forums, so the activity isn't spread too thin. I might've been too hasty though, and could return things to the previous situation now I've put the backup online. What do you think, given the data above and the possibility to judge the current situation of the forum by yourself?

I don't think doing anything with the War Tavern is a good idea for historical reasons, but I don't really have a particularly strong opinion about that. I think Coppertop's point of view should have considerable weight in this though, given her longtime dedication to the forum.

A few of those merges would probably have been next on the list had this one worked out.