Do we still need the "The Temple:Building our new society.
" stickied in Boardania. Just thought we could unsticky it as it's a bit old now?

I was thinking that myself. It's not really revilant now, espeically as there isn't much going on in here right now.I'll move it to the rubbish folder.

I was thinking that we could, maybe, and only if enough people are interested, start a group chat about it; one or two sessions, with a little time beforehand to make some notes, to get this moving again.

It would have the benefit of instant feedback for those involved, and that we could come up with vague things that we want to see built in, or prevented, but that we can't really quite put our fingers on.
In these particular threads, I've always had the feeling that if I posted something, it had to be, well, written in stone, or really finished, instead of the vague stuff I've got on my mind. I feel a little guilty for not really having participated enough in this so far.

We should either pick it up soon or let it be entirely, and just invoke tradition when it comes to conflicts - it doesn't make sense presenting especially the guidelines to people after they've been here for half a year, and have done things differently, or never heard of them.

I personally would like to see it picked up again, because setting some standards and rely on them was one of the things why we moved here. I just have the problem that I can't add anything usable right now, and that hardly puts me in the position of asking other people to get back to work...

Yer, It would be good to get things going agian... I think once grace returns from her uberbusyness she going to write up a first draft, but it's not really fair to let one person do all the work, i guess.

What do our newbies think of these threads? Have you read them? Now is the perfect time to have your say.

**looks around Newbie wasteland**

You talking to meee ?? You talking to [b:2bc003fd7e]ME[/b:2bc003fd7e] ?

**decides to stop being goofy before she gets punched by a raving monkey**

Ok... err... Well, I must say, I don't easily reply to anything sticky, it does make things look a tad bit... well, [b:2bc003fd7e]final[/b:2bc003fd7e], dunno why now I actually [b:2bc003fd7e]think[/b:2bc003fd7e] about it. Oh dear. You've got me thinking again. I've been on the wagon for [b:2bc003fd7e]years[/b:2bc003fd7e] now ! I'm gonna have to go back to Thinkers Anonymous. Damn you.

[quote:18420d6e85="Rincewind"]Yer, It would be good to get things going agian... I think once grace returns from her uberbusyness she going to write up a first draft, but it's not really fair to let one person do all the work, i guess.
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My words. That's why I had the chat conference idea. Which may be crap... but a short honest answer is easier given in a chat, than posted. It might, kind of, lower the inhibition threshold.

Yer...It sounds good....although I don't know what you mean by chat converance...like massive msning? or e-mail thread or the chat rooms here? Msning might get a bit hecktic.

Katcal, and other 'newbies', I think it would be a really good idea if you guys looked at the threads in the temple about constructing the rules of this board.
For many reasons, the more opinions and ideas we have, the more points rasied and dealt with the better it's going to be. By taking part you move from though who must follow the rules, to those who *helped* create the rules/guidlines.

One of the best things about things board is the community atmoshere and things like *all* of us contructing the 'rules' to the place help force that atmosphere. You shouldn't let apathy or some bizzaire fear stop you from being about of it.

Obivously, to a certain extent, the more experienced members know will know more about what works and what doesn't, but there is always difference ways to view things and ways to make it better. Even if you can't offer improvements saying 'i think THIS works, I'm not sure about THIS' will all help.

Come on people, look through the threads here/take part in this chat thing.

MAKE YOURSELF HEARD!

I have already browsed through at least a few of the threads about this, but I must say I didn't really dare to add my own personal opinion being only a newbit... but if the monkey man says I may, then I will... You may actually live to regret this, Rinso

Don't worry, I'll shout down any suggestion you make no matter how good it is....unless you suggest that everyone send me money.

I suggest everyone sends Rinso money.

(I'll take a 10% commission on that, thank you.)

I concur will Katcals suggestions. I think they are Valid and Wise.

And yes, I had something in mind like a msn chatroom, although in this special case, we might meet on the board's chat-platform...

It's no idea I'd fight to the blood for, mind you, just something that popped into my mind.

Is it anything to do with spoons?

I also think we should do this, whatever we come up with doesn't have to be permanently set in stone - it can be a fluid thing that develops and grows over time, nothing at all like Rinso's beard.

It is taking us a very long time though. It might have been better to just put the simple code of conduct thing I came up with (or the other rules list), and others added to, on the site for all new people to read until we came up with something better, or altered it to fit situations. Then at least we'd have something.

We could still set that up with a disclaimer, saying it's an interim solution, and that even though it was open to constructive criticism and we invite everyone to discuss ot and add useful paragraphs, we'd still be grateful if anyone posting here acted within those rules.
That way we'd have something to direct people to, and refer to something else but *because we say so*.

I agree with Hsing, a link to the FAQ/rules discussion at the bottom (not at the top, make sure that if they don't read it, at least they have been to the effort of scrolling down) with a disclaimer seems fine to me. As a semi-professional newbit, I have read them, and they seem good to me, and fine tuning can go on forever if you don't decide on something at some point (see "where does creativity stop" debate )