It seems your talking about the top/parent forums, we call them Category, they are blue on forum management page. Only these top categories doesn't support descriptions, other regular forums supports descriptions and they display it under forum title.

OK, thanks. Pity

Would be useful if this description carried through to the forum page after you click on it in the list. Sometimes I will link directly to the forum and the description is the missed by visitors who didn't see it in the list. Having it visible once you are in the forum would be good because you can use this description to make clear the purpose rather than always having to have a sticky topic at the top of every forum detailing what it is about and the rules.

Hi SamHunter,

sure, this is a good idea, we'll add it in next release.