A funny thing happened on the way to the canon - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Aiwendil · 03-13-2002, 12:07 PM

I know at first voting sounds like something of a bad idea here - but when you think about it, that's the only way we can really proceed. We are not arbitrarily voting for whatever changes we personally would like to make; we are looking at each section, determining what we should do with it in terms of our principles, and then reaching a consensus on how to implement those changes. Personal preference is explicitly not to be involved. Nor do I think the kind of political vote-buying you mention will be a problem. No one's ego is on the line here; we all genuinely want to create the best Tolkien canon that we can.

03-13-2002, 12:07 PM	#5
Aiwendil Late Istar Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,224	I know at first voting sounds like something of a bad idea here - but when you think about it, that's the only way we can really proceed. We are not arbitrarily voting for whatever changes we personally would like to make; we are looking at each section, determining what we should do with it in terms of our principles, and then reaching a consensus on how to implement those changes. Personal preference is explicitly not to be involved. Nor do I think the kind of political vote-buying you mention will be a problem. No one's ego is on the line here; we all genuinely want to create the best Tolkien canon that we can.