To Administrarion - Proposal - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Marileangorifurnimaluim · 10-19-2002, 04:13 PM

GildorInglorion - there is a way you can do that now, though not in the manner you describe.

To find topics where you've previously posted, click on your 'rate member' (you'll see it to left of any posts).

This will take you to your profile.

Then in the upper right hand corner of your profile you will see 'view recent posts.'

Click that, and voila! you can find those topics you found interesting.

This is all assuming that if you found it interesting, you posted there.

Hope that helps. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

-Maril

[ October 19, 2002: Message edited by: Marileangorifurnimaluim ]

The Perky Ent · 08-06-2004, 01:04 AM

HerenIstarion, with two forums in the books: the regular, and Chapter by Chapter, you finally got your wish......sorta

Cheers!

HerenIstarion · 08-07-2004, 01:04 PM

That must be the effect of my new avatar, I'm sure. It is intended to hypnotize the beholder into doing my bidding

If anyone here had looked onto it for more than a minute... had anyone? Someone had? Had they indeed? They had! You, go bring me some cold beer this instant!

piosenniel · 08-07-2004, 01:05 PM

HerenIstarion · 08-07-2004, 01:56 PM

er... thank you...

*mutters under his nose * It is working?

HerenIstarion · 08-31-2005, 09:46 AM

That is, for this thread. Bringing it up has in view two goals:

1. As the post is titled, I want this thread revived. Following 'suggestion box' idea working well in Chapter-by-Chapter sub-forum, let it incorporate all ideas and suggestions there may come concerning the forum and its well-being as a whole (I know there is special area for this, but sometimes, ‘vox populi’ should be heard as well, surely?)

2. Naturally, I have a suggestion of my own. Why would I remember the thread at all if it were not so?

Let the credit go where it is due, first - I was inspired to think about the issue at all by SpM's Does LoTR have cross-cultural appeal? thread. First sprouts of the current suggestion were voiced by me there (post #34)

Now, the idea grew in thinking, and now may be restated thus:

Wouldn’t it be nice if we were o-o-older, than we would not have to wait so lo-o-ong… Sorry, I meant to say, Wouldn’t it be nice if we had Social Inquiries sub-forum? (as part of BD sub-forum, where all announcements and obituaries go, and were we study each other as well with our Coming of Age clubs and Where are you from? type of threads.

Let me elaborate:

As recent poll-o-mania and other inquiries show, we are curious folk. We want to know things (the very abundance of mentioned ‘where do you…’ threads speaks for itself. Now I would be ‘curiouser’ of all, but it seems a logical next step to have things like ‘what do you believe in’, ‘what family language you speak belongs to’ and ‘what continent were you born on’ inquired upon

Currently active related threads (same Where are you from and now dusty What do you do for a living and others) may be moved into the new sub-forum for completeness’ sake. Otherwise, the new Social Inquiries sub-forum will contain polls mainly - public or private, depending on confidentiality of subjects inquired into.

After some time, quite coherent puzzle-picture of our (meaning by ‘our’ BD, not fandom in general) social cleavage may be assembled.

Now, my main weak spot – so what? What would be the point of such data collection? Nothing special, just curiosity satisfied (hope no cats are harmed in the process). And since it is ‘nothing special’, I now bring the suggestion to your collective judgment, over which, of course, lies the absolute power of administration (whose ways are inscrutable, as every rookie and old-hand likewise knows)

Hence the title of the thread once again justified – to Administration, Proposal

HerenIstarion · 09-09-2005, 12:39 AM

What news from the West, Riders of Rohan?

10-19-2002, 04:13 PM	#1
Marileangorifurnimaluim Eerie Forest Spectre Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Buried in scrolls of fanfiction Posts: 798	GildorInglorion - there is a way you can do that now, though not in the manner you describe. To find topics where you've previously posted, click on your 'rate member' (you'll see it to left of any posts). This will take you to your profile. Then in the upper right hand corner of your profile you will see 'view recent posts.' Click that, and voila! you can find those topics you found interesting. This is all assuming that if you found it interesting, you posted there. Hope that helps. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] -Maril [ October 19, 2002: Message edited by: Marileangorifurnimaluim ] __________________ Deserves death! I daresay he does... And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them?

08-06-2004, 01:04 AM	#2
The Perky Ent Maniacal Mage Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Setting sail for Umbar, with Firefoot at my side! Posts: 3,297	HerenIstarion, with two forums in the books: the regular, and Chapter by Chapter, you finally got your wish......sorta Cheers! __________________ 'But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.'

08-07-2004, 01:05 PM	#4
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	__________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

08-07-2004, 01:56 PM	#5
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	er... thank you... mutters under his nose It is working? __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

08-31-2005, 09:46 AM	#6
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Kiss of Life That is, for this thread. Bringing it up has in view two goals: 1. As the post is titled, I want this thread revived. Following 'suggestion box' idea working well in Chapter-by-Chapter sub-forum, let it incorporate all ideas and suggestions there may come concerning the forum and its well-being as a whole (I know there is special area for this, but sometimes, ‘vox populi’ should be heard as well, surely?) 2. Naturally, I have a suggestion of my own. Why would I remember the thread at all if it were not so? Let the credit go where it is due, first - I was inspired to think about the issue at all by SpM's Does LoTR have cross-cultural appeal? thread. First sprouts of the current suggestion were voiced by me there (post #34) Now, the idea grew in thinking, and now may be restated thus: Wouldn’t it be nice if we were o-o-older, than we would not have to wait so lo-o-ong… Sorry, I meant to say, Wouldn’t it be nice if we had Social Inquiries sub-forum? (as part of BD sub-forum, where all announcements and obituaries go, and were we study each other as well with our Coming of Age clubs and Where are you from? type of threads. Let me elaborate: As recent poll-o-mania and other inquiries show, we are curious folk. We want to know things (the very abundance of mentioned ‘where do you…’ threads speaks for itself. Now I would be ‘curiouser’ of all, but it seems a logical next step to have things like ‘what do you believe in’, ‘what family language you speak belongs to’ and ‘what continent were you born on’ inquired upon Currently active related threads (same Where are you from and now dusty What do you do for a living and others) may be moved into the new sub-forum for completeness’ sake. Otherwise, the new Social Inquiries sub-forum will contain polls mainly - public or private, depending on confidentiality of subjects inquired into. After some time, quite coherent puzzle-picture of our (meaning by ‘our’ BD, not fandom in general) social cleavage may be assembled. Now, my main weak spot – so what? What would be the point of such data collection? Nothing special, just curiosity satisfied (hope no cats are harmed in the process). And since it is ‘nothing special’, I now bring the suggestion to your collective judgment, over which, of course, lies the absolute power of administration (whose ways are inscrutable, as every rookie and old-hand likewise knows) Hence the title of the thread once again justified – to Administration, Proposal __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

08-07-2004, 01:04 PM	#3
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	That must be the effect of my new avatar, I'm sure. It is intended to hypnotize the beholder into doing my bidding If anyone here had looked onto it for more than a minute... had anyone? Someone had? Had they indeed? They had! You, go bring me some cold beer this instant! __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

09-09-2005, 12:39 AM	#7
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	What news from the West, Riders of Rohan? __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!