There can come a point where a forum becomes so popular that you just can't keep up, the interesting stuff gets so buried in the noise or everything gets swamped by dumb newbie questions.
This is what happened to EdaBoard, most people just ask for help and there's virtually no discussion on the topics, and most of the replies are just asking for more details. On average a topic in that forum will get 5 replies before getting buried in the second page.
Please, don't divide the forum into 40+ sections, just adding 3 or 5 will be fine. Here are some categories you could add, Dave without the silly names I've chosen:
Test equipment
Off topic - here's where people can add those polls and have those 6 page long threads discussing things like factory farming, the best country to work as an EE and possibly Mechatromer's function generator with the output power of a power supply if it doesn't get too technical.
Repairing - ask for help as well as show you repair and restoration projects here
Show your projects here - you show your projects here. Pictures are recommended. Here one can show the progress of a project with pictures or maybe a finished project. The ideal place for you to host Dave's Power Supply saga or the QuadCopter. (by the way, how's that going?).
Ivan