I suggested that someone target Italy for responses but was shot down. Is his the right place to be?

This is the place to ask questions about Italy. There is no Italy forum, there is a Europe forum and you can identify the individual country within the Europe forum.

You weren't shot down. You were simply corrected. The OP on the other thread should have tagged her post as "Italy" rather than Europe so that people who browse through here quickly can spot the countries they want to respond to. Tagging a thread as Europe is requesting more general info. I'm sure that is what you meant to say.

axelrod: Yes, it is good if someone tags their threads w/ a country. But the main thing is -- the thread where you mentioned re-posting in Italy -- the thread title clearly included the word "Italy".

As the others tried to explain - there is no Italy forum, just Europe. And as you could see on that thread, lots of Italy experts managed to find the thread and post useful advice. So there is no need for that OP to re-post/tag the thread . . . . .

>is this a forum? <

No. It is a message board.

A forum is a public space in a town or city.

Thanks - and when I say "shot down" it's just slang for acknowledging I was corrected - I was not taking it hard!

Glad to know you're not bleeding!