I agree with the idea suggested in the above post for the mod shop.
And I also think that we should look into making the modshop a moderated forum to make sure that no requests get put into the wrong sections, mods are released in the correct sections and that they follow the template properly.
This would stop any argumentative posts, off-topic posts, etc. But we would probably need some mod mods.
If you do think about this idea, then a modshop verified usergroup could be made so well behaved members don't need their posts moderating in the modshop.
And also a side thought, if the modshop does take on the above structure then couldn't it help with the server load? Members and guest wouldn't have to make so many database queries to get to the section that they want. They'd have to go through one or two pages as opposed to 3 or 4 pages which all have a list of threads in each.