oes anyone know how I can edit the group creation process so that forums is not checked as default?

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 4 months ago]

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-restrict-group-creation/
Note: Unless a developer takes over this plugin, it won’t be updated for BP 1.3

http://bp-tricks.com/coding/manage-group-creation-by-creating-a-group-request-form/
Note: Haven’t tried it myself but looks good.