Middle-earth Mayhem guidelines - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 12-30-2002, 02:12 PM

Middle-earth Mayhem was created as a place for humorous discussions of Middle-earth. An area of funny stories and thoughtful but light-hearted musings on Tolkien's creations. Unfortunately, it has devolved into an endless series of lists. What would so-and-so do?...101 most irritating 101 lists.... Things gollum would never eat!.

We can do better than this. I know the lists are fun and easy to make and participate in, but they are frivolous and tiringly repetetive. Please don't make more of such topics. Instead, if you must open a new topic, try to make it one that can be talked about and not just added to, bit-by-bit.

Thanks,

[ December 30, 2002: Message edited by: The Barrow-Wight ]

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 01-01-2003, 10:36 AM

** Moving topic to top of list. **

VanimaEdhel · 01-01-2003, 05:45 PM

**I'll help and move it to the top again for you**

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 01-02-2003, 03:36 PM

** Bump again **

VanimaEdhel · 01-02-2003, 05:24 PM

** Here's more help again...heehee: this is fun...it's like leap-frog...isn't there something you can do that does this automatically?**

Lostgaeriel · 01-02-2003, 06:00 PM

Would you like us 'topic starters' to delete 'list' topics we've started?

EDIT: I have deleted Top Ten or Top Five Lists - it was not very long yet - and not very good either.

[ January 03, 2003: Message edited by: Lostgaeriel ]

LePetitChoux · 01-03-2003, 10:18 AM

May I help bump this up?
Oh, wait a minute, I just did...

Can you not reset the date of the first post to something like 3rd January 2005? That helps keep the FAQ and Policy threads at the top...but why am I telling you what to do? You are the owner/curator of this site!

Sorry! [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 01-03-2003, 11:17 AM

I'm going to start deleting NEW offending posts. Those ridiculous diary threads are in my sights at the moment.

VanimaEdhel · 01-04-2003, 05:16 PM

**Ping!**

Lady_Báin · 01-06-2003, 09:00 AM

well you may have not expected replies but here goes, all of these guidelines make a lot of sense and all but i personally don't know what you want us to post, could you make some sort of post that is MM appropriate. I know I know i have not a creative bone in my body. i would be in your eternal debt. thank you.

Diamond18 · 01-06-2003, 03:06 PM

...Or perhaps post a couple links to some threads that are the paragons of Mayhem perfection; the very quintessential jewels of light-hearted discussions—just to show what we should all be aspiring to. I have to admit I also draw a blank when I think of what kind of things to post under the guidelines. Does it always have to be something we "discuss" or are threads for writing different kinds of parodies acceptable? (For instance, Middle-earth Answering Machine Messages was a personal favorite, but when I think about it, it wasn't really a discussion.)

I'm sorry...I know...you have to spell out everything for us, don't you? [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[ January 06, 2003: Message edited by: Diamond18 ]

Bêthberry · 01-19-2003, 08:04 AM

A great example of clever Middle Earth mayhem is burrahobbit's Haiku thread.

Bethberry

Blue Elf · 01-20-2003, 12:43 AM

*I'm new in the forum and somewhat clueless but...*

Are karaoke songs okay? They would somewhat be a list of songs, but then again not. *is confused*

Artalwen · 01-20-2003, 03:28 AM

Can I go "bump" now?

Lol....

...not that the thread needs helping moving up, it's near the top already.

Oh well...tip top now! Well, for now. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

the guy who be short · 05-25-2003, 02:56 PM

geez, its been 4 months. BUMP!

polices · 05-25-2003, 03:14 PM

[img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] Oh! dear I just started a new thread that is a list how do I delete it? [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

polices · 05-25-2003, 03:40 PM

*pip*

GaladrieloftheOlden · 05-25-2003, 03:55 PM

To delete your thread, I believe you can just delete the first post [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

~Menelien

Arafangwen · 06-07-2003, 05:10 PM

*Bump*

Barrow Wight, are there any other "perfected" threads we should look to as examples?

ArwenBaggins · 06-07-2003, 10:06 PM

*bump*

Barrow-Wight
Can't you just lock/close this thread so it is always on top, like the Rules in the other forums?

-Fëa

[ June 08, 2003: Message edited by: ArwenBaggins ]

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 06-08-2003, 08:32 AM

Stop bumping this thread, please.

12-30-2002, 02:12 PM	#1
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	Middle-earth Mayhem guidelines Middle-earth Mayhem was created as a place for humorous discussions of Middle-earth. An area of funny stories and thoughtful but light-hearted musings on Tolkien's creations. Unfortunately, it has devolved into an endless series of lists. What would so-and-so do?...101 most irritating 101 lists.... Things gollum would never eat!. We can do better than this. I know the lists are fun and easy to make and participate in, but they are frivolous and tiringly repetetive. Please don't make more of such topics. Instead, if you must open a new topic, try to make it one that can be talked about and not just added to, bit-by-bit. Thanks, [ December 30, 2002: Message edited by: The Barrow-Wight ] __________________ The Barrow-Wight

01-01-2003, 10:36 AM	#2
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	Moving topic to top of list. __________________ The Barrow-Wight

01-01-2003, 05:45 PM	#3
VanimaEdhel Etheral Enchantress Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wellesley College! Posts: 1,461	I'll help and move it to the top again for you __________________ "I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each others dreams, we can be together all the time." - Hobbes of Calvin and Hobbes

01-02-2003, 03:36 PM	#4
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	Bump again __________________ The Barrow-Wight

01-02-2003, 05:24 PM	#5
VanimaEdhel Etheral Enchantress Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wellesley College! Posts: 1,461	Here's more help again...heehee: this is fun...it's like leap-frog...isn't there something you can do that does this automatically? __________________ "I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each others dreams, we can be together all the time." - Hobbes of Calvin and Hobbes

01-02-2003, 06:00 PM	#6
Lostgaeriel Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Toronto the Good Posts: 477	Would you like us 'topic starters' to delete 'list' topics we've started? EDIT: I have deleted Top Ten or Top Five Lists - it was not very long yet - and not very good either. [ January 03, 2003: Message edited by: Lostgaeriel ] __________________ Elen síla lúmenn’ omentielvo, a star shines on the hour of our meeting.

01-03-2003, 10:18 AM	#7
LePetitChoux Vegetable of Doom Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: London Posts: 720	May I help bump this up? Oh, wait a minute, I just did... Can you not reset the date of the first post to something like 3rd January 2005? That helps keep the FAQ and Policy threads at the top...but why am I telling you what to do? You are the owner/curator of this site! Sorry! [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] __________________ je suis une bonne odeur

01-03-2003, 11:17 AM	#8
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	I'm going to start deleting NEW offending posts. Those ridiculous diary threads are in my sights at the moment. __________________ The Barrow-Wight

01-04-2003, 05:16 PM	#9
VanimaEdhel Etheral Enchantress Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wellesley College! Posts: 1,461	Ping! __________________ "I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each others dreams, we can be together all the time." - Hobbes of Calvin and Hobbes

01-06-2003, 09:00 AM	#10
Lady_Báin Wight Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Peterborough, England Posts: 250	well you may have not expected replies but here goes, all of these guidelines make a lot of sense and all but i personally don't know what you want us to post, could you make some sort of post that is MM appropriate. I know I know i have not a creative bone in my body. i would be in your eternal debt. thank you. __________________ pæling.

01-06-2003, 03:06 PM	#11
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	...Or perhaps post a couple links to some threads that are the paragons of Mayhem perfection; the very quintessential jewels of light-hearted discussions—just to show what we should all be aspiring to. I have to admit I also draw a blank when I think of what kind of things to post under the guidelines. Does it always have to be something we "discuss" or are threads for writing different kinds of parodies acceptable? (For instance, Middle-earth Answering Machine Messages was a personal favorite, but when I think about it, it wasn't really a discussion.) I'm sorry...I know...you have to spell out everything for us, don't you? [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [ January 06, 2003: Message edited by: Diamond18 ] __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

01-19-2003, 08:04 AM	#12
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	A great example of clever Middle Earth mayhem is burrahobbit's Haiku thread. Bethberry __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

01-20-2003, 12:43 AM	#13
Blue Elf Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Gollum's cave Posts: 124	I'm new in the forum and somewhat clueless but... Are karaoke songs okay? They would somewhat be a list of songs, but then again not. is confused __________________ ...and when I conquer the world, you can be in charge of my ray gun!

01-20-2003, 03:28 AM	#14
Artalwen Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Lothlorien Posts: 52	Can I go "bump" now? Lol.... ...not that the thread needs helping moving up, it's near the top already. Oh well...tip top now! Well, for now. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ *~Artalwen~* :~~: Elven archer :~~: "On silver necklaces they strung The flowering stars, on crowns they hung The dragon fire, in twisted wire They meshed the light of moon and sun." -verse from a song found in 'The Hobbit'-

05-25-2003, 02:56 PM	#15
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	geez, its been 4 months. BUMP!

05-25-2003, 03:14 PM	#16
polices Animated Skeleton Join Date: May 2003 Location: a little place called "Stuck in a pot" Posts: 48	[img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] Oh! dear I just started a new thread that is a list how do I delete it? [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] __________________ "The time of the elfs has ended."Elrond "It is also the end of the men..."ME! "It is the time of the... SUPER-ROBOTIC-FLYING-GENETICALLY-MODIFIED-SUPER-DARVES!"

05-25-2003, 03:40 PM	#17
polices Animated Skeleton Join Date: May 2003 Location: a little place called "Stuck in a pot" Posts: 48	pip __________________ "The time of the elfs has ended."Elrond "It is also the end of the men..."ME! "It is the time of the... SUPER-ROBOTIC-FLYING-GENETICALLY-MODIFIED-SUPER-DARVES!"

05-25-2003, 03:55 PM	#18
GaladrieloftheOlden Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Massachusetts - digging up a bottomless hole, searching for something that's not there... Posts: 1,514	To delete your thread, I believe you can just delete the first post [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] ~Menelien __________________ "Glue... very powerful stuff."

06-07-2003, 05:10 PM	#19
Arafangwen Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: WtR: 413 miles/Floating happily across the floor in the arms of The Phantom..... Posts: 361	Bump Barrow Wight, are there any other "perfected" threads we should look to as examples? __________________ i indo ye vanya mi amaurëa cálë~LúcëwenElerínaEruiel Soooo..... I'm still doing the wave, anyone else? Anyone? Yeah!! Hmmm... What is that?

06-07-2003, 10:06 PM	#20
ArwenBaggins Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: I don't know... will there be a quiz on this later? Posts: 486	bump Barrow-Wight Can't you just lock/close this thread so it is always on top, like the Rules in the other forums? -Fëa [ June 08, 2003: Message edited by: ArwenBaggins ] __________________ .:Chelsy:. Reality is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. Terennth Kingdoms

06-08-2003, 08:32 AM	#21
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	Stop bumping this thread, please. __________________ The Barrow-Wight