I would like to echo and add to
Child of the 7th Age when she says:
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I'm not doing as much posting in the books forum forum as I used to do, partly because I'm involved in a dynamic and very challenging RPG, but also because a few of the questions there are not as thoughtful or interesting as before.
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Same here. In my case, I'm in the process of researching a topic that I intend to post in The Books, and have written a skeletal outline ... However, the mediocrity into which some topics in The Books has fallen has not motivated me to proceed in a timely manner. Why put time and effort into a decent Tolkien discussion topic, only to have it competing with or buried under a plethora of irrelevant non-Tolkien posts? To my mind, the mere thought of wading through mounds of treasureless dirt to reach the gem whose glinting is sorely hid dissuades talented fellow Barrow denizens from participating.
I specifically left a different Tolkien forum in favor of the Barrow Downs, because the previous forum had been allowed to be overrun by chaos, Orcs, and Trolls. Thus, I heartily applaud the efforts of the moderators of the Barrow Downs to prune the trees of barren branches and toss the dead wood into the fire, so that when it comes to the quality of our discourse, both intellectual light and friendly warmth may increase. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
* bows appreciation *
Gandalf the Grey
[ August 15, 2002: Message edited by: Gandalf_theGrey ]