[About XDA developers] mtmerrick:
I have an LG Vortex, and though there is a place for the phone on XDA (technically), its not welcome there.

The Vortex is a variant of the LG Optimus One. While there are dozens of variants, there are only 3 versions "welcome" in the applicable forum, the Optimus One, the Optimus P500, and the Optimus.

HOWEVER! even this is incorrect. P500 is the product number for the "original" optimus one - that means only the Optimus One and the Optimus V are allowed in the forum. When people with other Optimus One variants post topics or ask questions for their devices, they are ignored, turned away, or even occasionally treated with undue anger. If you do not have a P500 or an Optimus V, you are not welcome. However, when people attempt to post elsewhere about these devices, in the general/android forums, they are more often than not ignored, asked to return to their forum, sometimes even a moderator moves the topic there, where it will suffer the above fate. Because of this, there are virtually no user of the many Optimus One variants on XDA anymore, and those who come are quickly turned away. Root has barley been achieved for most of these devices, some people (such as myself) actually had to figure out how to root them ourselves, which luckily was fairly easy. There are no ROMs or ports for these devices anywhere on the internet. Perhaps they are considered not "good enough" for devs to bother with, I don't know. The "main" version of the device have plenty of support, including a functioning ICS port for the original Optiumus One. These variants are cheap, so they are VERY common. The forums I will request further on will not be empty, I can promise that.

All versions of this phone are as follows:

LG Optimus One - P500 (Europe/Asia) (GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - HSDPA 900 / 2100)

LG Optimus One - P503 (Turkey) (GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100)

LG Optimus One - P504 (Walmart Family Mobile) (unknown radio, help out?)

LG Optimus C - LW690 (Cricket) (unknown radio, help out?)

LG Optimus M - MS690 (MetroPCS) (CDMA 800 / 1900, UMTS 1700 / 2100 - CDMA 2000 1xRTT, CDMA 2000 1xEV-DO Rel. 0)

LG Optimus T - P509 (T-Mobile) (GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900, UMTS 1700 / 2100 - CSD, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA)

LG Phoenix - P505 (AT&T, Rogers Wireless) (GSM 850 / 900 /1800 / 1900 - UMTS 850/ 1900/ 2100)

LG Thrive - P506 (GoPhone) (GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz Quad-Band/Dual-Mode - GPRS/UMTS/HSDPA)

LG Optimus U - US670 (US Cellular) (CDMA 800 / 1900 - cdmaOne, CDMA2000 1xRTT, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rel. 0, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev A)

LG Vortex - VS660 (Verizon) (identical radios/bands to US670, different chassis)

LG Optimus S - LS670 (Sprint) (CDMA 800 /1900 - cdmaOne, CDMA2000 1xRTT, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rel. 0, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev A)

LG Optimus V - VM670 (Virgin Mobile) (completely identical to LS670)

So as you can see, all these phones are similar. VERY similar. Things like ROMs require only some modification to go from one version to another. In fact, other than minor chassis differences, and the radios included (and this is only an issue most of the time), and some versions including an FM radio, those phones are identical. However, there is very little development for these devices at all, except the ones featured in the sub-forum, which i was very disappointed to see. Making my Vortex work better was one of the primary reasons I came to XDA to begin with. As i have found out, these devices are very close to stock android. As far as i can tell, the bootloaders are all unlocked. Development should be a breeze, but it is actively (though accidentally) being prevented. Here is how I believe that the forum for the Optimus One should be reconstructed

PROPOSED FORUM REORGANIZATION:

Forum title:

LG Optimus One

subforums:

-LG Optimus One General

-LG Optimus One Accessories

-LG Optimus One (P500) Android Development

-LG Optimus One (P503) Android Development

-LG Optimus One (P504) Android Development

-LG Optimus C Android Development

-LG Optimus M Android Development

-LG Optimus T Android Development

-LG Phoenix Android Development

-LG Thrive Android Development

-LG Optimus U/LG Vortex Android Development

-LG Optimus S/LG Optimus V Android Development

-LG Optimus One Themes and Apps

note: Optimus One, being the original, is the generally accepted base name for this family of devices. they are similar enough to share a general, accessories, and themes and apps section, but the devices are just different enough that ROMs and hardware specific software is not compatible without major modification. There will also be a republic Wireless variant released in the near future, which should require its own forum. If some models are more compatible than I think they are, those models can be combined into the same forum, eg Optimus S & V

This would NOT be very much work or stress on the mods or the server. I am simply asking for corrections of a product name on the subforum, and addition of a few new sub-subforums, so that everything has a place. This would enable the limited to nonexistent development for these devices to grow into something useful and meaningful for these devices, which is, after all, what everybody here wants from XDA, isn't it?