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Post by Elliot Kane on Jul 5, 2005 20:14:21 GMT
Looking down the board, I'm pretty sure we have everything covered. We have all forms of entertainment (that are suitable for all ages, at least ) We have people stuff. We have writing & art stuff. My question to you guys is - is there anything missing? Or can I relax at last, and stop adding new forums? All thoughts and suggestions are appreciated
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Post by Shan on Jul 5, 2005 20:27:11 GMT
Well, since you asked........................ ;D This idea doesn't really require any work from you, but it is a forum idea that idea that I would like some opinions on. I was thinking of starting a thread in the Art/Literature section for ideas, comments, likes, dislikes, and just things people might be interested in seeing over there. It would also be a thread where if anyone had an artist that they would like Phil to do a write up about they could leave a message for him. People could just drop in from time to time look around and then post their thoughts. I was thinking about entitling it Art and Literature Guestbook or Art and Literature Suggestion Box or Thread. Any thoughts on this from anyone? Shan
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Post by peterh on Jul 6, 2005 1:23:03 GMT
Well, I once had a vague idea of an international board of sorts where we can discuss those things that makes our respective countried so unique, be it education, food, sports or whatever. But I guess this DOA idea can be incorporated in other boards.
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Post by sps1000 on Jul 6, 2005 1:33:23 GMT
How about a food and beverage forum? One where aspiring chefs or home cooks can swap recipies and whatnot. I don't think we could go into fine wines and whatnot because some of our members can't drink.
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Post by philster on Jul 6, 2005 1:48:39 GMT
That'd be interesting. A kind of cultural thread, maybe. I've always been a big fan of learning about the world (people, geography, cultures) but never saw how it could be incorporated into discussion on a message board.
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Post by philster on Jul 6, 2005 1:58:55 GMT
I mean, I know we have a humanology forum, but that seems more like a place to state your opinions about something rather than just exploring a culture.
We all act like know-it-alls over there. LoL
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Post by janggut on Jul 6, 2005 4:04:23 GMT
though it's nice to have a culture thread of some sort but i rather it be explored in different aspect rather than trying (in vain) to sum it all up in a wallop. for example, in music we can always explore the instruments, styles, history etc of different cultures. in pedro's photography thread, we can always explore culture as well visually. in humanology, we explore culture in philosophical sense. then in art, we explore artforms present in different cultures. my say in this, EK, is to maybe give yourself as well as the rest of us time to breathe & see what we can do with what we already have rather than opening up more & more which may be too ambitious for all of the cascaders. 2 cents.
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Post by philster on Jul 6, 2005 5:30:49 GMT
You make sense jags Yeah, I think there's not much need for another forum to be added, but I wouldn't mind Shantara's suggestion being put in effect. Phil
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Post by Elliot Kane on Jul 6, 2005 12:07:57 GMT
Thanks for all the ideas & thoughts, everybody My own feeling right now is that everything major is already covered, but I figured I might have missed something. A Food & Drink forum might happen at a later date, but right now I get the impression it would be used by a couple of people at most. Nothing stops you all discussing them in General, right now International/Culture - is not only covered by Humanology in part, but in whole, so there seems to be no need for a separate Culture forum. That's just Sociology, after all. Unless what you are suggesting is basically a Tourist Guide forum, which I don't see huge uses for. And Shan - go for it Thanks again, folks. Keep 'em coming
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Post by Shan on Jul 6, 2005 16:05:25 GMT
After reading all of this I've got 2 things I'd like to throw at everybody. I like what Jags threw out. I think we can cover most, if not all of the cultural stuff in the forums we already have. If we look at our culture or any other, we will see that in some way they all are made up of the different things we are already talking about in our different forums. So here is an idea for everybody to think about. Why don't the mods post a sticky in their forums giving their ideas of what parts of other cultures they thing would fall in their forum. Then we could all add our thoughts and suggestions to each sticky. OR We could start one long general thread and everybody could tell what they are interested in and in what forum they think it should be included. After a certain period of time, then it could be decided which forum to include the different topics in. The only reason I suggest going about it like this is because alot of times people don't always agree where things should be included. What do you guys think? Shan
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Post by Shan on Jul 6, 2005 16:09:43 GMT
Thanks Elliot. I think I will do something like that. Not sure exactly what I will call it, but I will make it a sticky so it will always be available for posts. OK guys, when it is posted, I expected to see some people posting their ideas, comments, likes, dislikes and such to it. Also throw some ideas at Phil. Oh, and be sure to take a look at his Michelangelo thread, it is great. Shan
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Post by SilvaShado on Jul 6, 2005 16:24:40 GMT
I think everything's covered. Topics like culture could go into Humonology or general.
Too many boards and some will go empty for a while, which a few already are.... Though I'm not suggesting you delete forums yet, but just don't add any more.
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Post by BJC on Jul 6, 2005 17:16:29 GMT
How about a food and beverage forum? One where aspiring chefs or home cooks can swap recipies and whatnot. I don't think we could go into fine wines and whatnot because some of our members can't drink. I'm up for that. Cooking isnt a 'specialty' hobby of mine, but its something I really enjoy.....
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Post by Elliot Kane on Jul 6, 2005 18:51:39 GMT
Shan... I added a note to each forum already to say what it covers I like avoiding confusion wherever possible. Just sayin'
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Post by Shan on Jul 6, 2005 19:19:01 GMT
Oops, my goof. I forgot about that when I said whay I did. Just forget what I said everybody. I don't know what I am talking about anyway. ;D Oh, and you can blame it on Tsel and Jags and Phil. They keep me confused all the time. ;D Shan
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Post by philster on Jul 6, 2005 22:05:29 GMT
My confusion CAN be contagious Bewaaarree! Maybe some "more-friendly" topics to Humanology/Sociology forum could be added just for the purpose of exploring the world. "What do you know about...." topics, maybe, with a first post covering some stuff we know. No unfriendly or opinion-based incriminating comments allowed in these ones, just information. And maybe we can all learn some cool stuff. Phil
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Post by janggut on Jul 7, 2005 3:17:34 GMT
@ Shan -> hey don't look at me *making subtle signs which points at Tsel* ;D
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Post by Shan on Jul 9, 2005 15:15:44 GMT
Yeah, hanging around you guys has me so confused I don't know what is going on most of the time. ;D Shan
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Post by Shan on Jul 9, 2005 15:24:18 GMT
Then why don't you start us a cooking thread, BJ. SP seems to be up for it and I'll throw in some recipes and stuff from time to time. Since we have members from other parts of the world, we could end up with some great new recipes to try. Plus we could always look for some good recipes from around the world and post them (Ones that we thought people might like to try or that sound yummy to us). I'm not the best cook, but I'd like to get hold of some new recipes to try. Everybody could talk about what they like about them, tell success stories or not so successful attempts and all kinds of stuff. I think it could be a very interesting thread. Shan
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Post by Shan on Jul 9, 2005 15:38:21 GMT
Phil, you mentioned exploring a culture here. This interests me. Any suggestions or thoughts on how to go about it. Would we do it here in the Gerneral forum or in the Humanology forum which seems like the most logical place, but yet we would want to cover all aspects of it. (like where Jags lives, Malaysia, people, houses, myth, legends, foods, music, art, all aspects) This makes it seem more like a topic for the General Forum when you think of it this way. I really think it would be alot of fun and we could learn too. Elliot, where do you think we should put a thread like this here or in Humanology? Ideas? Shan
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