WoW: Gone With the Wind

From news.curse.com 

Filed in World of Warcraft  Post your Comment (14) In a very surprising move, Blizzard has chosen to do away with class-specific forums in favor of a role-based system.  Now rather than posting on the Paladin forums, you'll either post on the Tanking, Healing, or Damage Dealing forum depending on the spec you've chosen.  We've done the same on World of Raids since its revamp in May, but it's surprising to see Blizzard deploy a similar strategy.  Many players have felt the developers are beginning to blur the lines between classes in Wrath of the Lich King, and this certainly doesn't help, but as Nethaera's post suggests, this could mean a lot more focused developer presence than before.

Quote from: Nethaera (Source)

With the upcoming release of Wrath of the Lich King and the many changes the expansion brings to classes and mechanics, we have decided to rearrange our forums to make it easier for players to hold constructive discussions. To that end, we have created three role-based forums -- Tanking, Damage Dealing, and Healing -- in place of the class forums. Why?

Common ground for common roles. The new structure provides central places for players of diverse classes and specs to discuss their common roles. Until now, there was no one obvious forum for a holy paladin to discuss Arena healing tactics with a restoration shaman, or for a protection warrior to talk tanking mechanics with a feral druid. This often led to splintered, fractured, and redundant discussions. In addition, the original class forum structure never properly took the impact of talents into account, lumping together a shadow priest and a holy priest (for example) when that didn't necessarily make sense