Serious suggestion for the languages forum - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Child of the 7th Age · 01-05-2003, 01:07 PM

I would like to make a serious suggestion for the Languages forum.

We have a flood of people putting up threads for "Where Can I Learn ......usually some form of Elvish" The actual titles of the thread vary, but the question being asked is basically that. This has been going on for some time, even though we have many threads on back pages that answer these same questions. The problem has reached flood proportions with the new movie.

Many of the other forums have a permanent thread on top which lays out very basic things. Why can't we have a permanent thread on top that reads like this.....Where to go if you want to learn Elvish. This would have links to other sites for Sindarin, Quenya, tengwar, etc. Maybe even languages other than Elvish?

I know we don't want to direct traffic away from the site, but I don't believe it was ever part of the Downs' purpose to offer a basic Elvish course. Please correct me if I'm wrong. This same thread would also encourage folk to raise appropriate questions and comments in the Downs Forum and would give some examples of the topics to be discussed. This might include things like references to new resources not listed in the permanent thread, pleas for help in translating, discussions of the language itself, where you an find certain quotes, etc.

Many of the other forums in the Barrow-downs have been looked at and "improved" in recent months. But this is one forum which hasn't. Does anyone else agree or disagree, or have other ideas how to improve the languages forum? Are there people who have special expertise or interest in this area?

Does Estelyn have to moderate this forum as well as the Books, Movies, Novices, etc.? If so, she must be running in circles.

I am not so naive as to think that simply posting such a thread would "solve" all the duplication problems. Many will still post thei separate questions. But at least it would be a place to start and quickly refer newbies to, and might even justify putting a lock on duplicate threads.

BTW, I am unfortunately not the person to carry out a task like this. I am one of the rare folk on the site who have memorized chunks of the Westron and Adunaic word lists, but my Elvish is definitely weak.

[ January 05, 2003: Message edited by: Child of the 7th Age ]

01-05-2003, 01:07 PM	#1
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	Serious suggestion for the languages forum I would like to make a serious suggestion for the Languages forum. We have a flood of people putting up threads for "Where Can I Learn ......usually some form of Elvish" The actual titles of the thread vary, but the question being asked is basically that. This has been going on for some time, even though we have many threads on back pages that answer these same questions. The problem has reached flood proportions with the new movie. Many of the other forums have a permanent thread on top which lays out very basic things. Why can't we have a permanent thread on top that reads like this.....Where to go if you want to learn Elvish. This would have links to other sites for Sindarin, Quenya, tengwar, etc. Maybe even languages other than Elvish? I know we don't want to direct traffic away from the site, but I don't believe it was ever part of the Downs' purpose to offer a basic Elvish course. Please correct me if I'm wrong. This same thread would also encourage folk to raise appropriate questions and comments in the Downs Forum and would give some examples of the topics to be discussed. This might include things like references to new resources not listed in the permanent thread, pleas for help in translating, discussions of the language itself, where you an find certain quotes, etc. Many of the other forums in the Barrow-downs have been looked at and "improved" in recent months. But this is one forum which hasn't. Does anyone else agree or disagree, or have other ideas how to improve the languages forum? Are there people who have special expertise or interest in this area? Does Estelyn have to moderate this forum as well as the Books, Movies, Novices, etc.? If so, she must be running in circles. I am not so naive as to think that simply posting such a thread would "solve" all the duplication problems. Many will still post thei separate questions. But at least it would be a place to start and quickly refer newbies to, and might even justify putting a lock on duplicate threads. BTW, I am unfortunately not the person to carry out a task like this. I am one of the rare folk on the site who have memorized chunks of the Westron and Adunaic word lists, but my Elvish is definitely weak. [ January 05, 2003: Message edited by: Child of the 7th Age ] __________________ Multitasking women are never too busy to vote.