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Perdition Member (Idle past 3267 days) Posts: 1593 From: Wisconsin Joined: |
Did I miss something or did someone address why this is a problem for EvC such that it needs a seperate board? Well, the politics gets relegated to the coffeehouse because the board is designed and focused on science and religion. Politics will creep in, inevitably, but since we have no good place to put political discussions that only tengentially, or not at all, touch on the EvC debate, it makes sense to expand to another forum. Personally, I think the two fora should be very closely twined, such that getting from one to the other is a simple click of a link on every page. It also makes sense from a development standpoint. If Percy wants to work out his Forum software, it helps to have more than one "experiment" running. Politics will attract different people, with different interests and different perspectives on the software. It will also give prospective buyers of the software more than one example to look at. Keeping them closely linked makes sure our community doesn't fragment, and keeping the "brand" the same (as I suggested above) would help in that regard, as well as making the connection obvious for the aforementioned buyers.
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Perdition Member (Idle past 3267 days) Posts: 1593 From: Wisconsin Joined: |
Thanks for offering to pitch in. Anytime. I like politics as much as I like science, and I love this forum software, so being able to help expand it to one of my other loves would be awesome.
If some of this doesn't make sense, don't worry, it's actually easy and I'm available to answer any questions. I'm sure I'll have a lot of questions, if this ends up in my hands, but I'm a quick study.
I'm going with "http://www.politicusmaximus.net" unless I hear a better name by tonight, or unless someone wants more time to think up names. Are you itching to pull the trigger on this right now? I think a little time for people to come up with names is warranted, Politicus Maximus does have a nice ring to it, but if it's used for a blog already, we may become confused with the other, and some may assume a connection between the two.
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Admin Director Posts: 13042 From: EvC Forum Joined: Member Rating: 2.3 |
You're right, people can discuss politics here in the Coffee House as much as they like, and I hope they continue to do so. But setting up discussion site about politics is something I've wanted to do for a long time (weird, I know, since I'm almost apolitical), and it's a wonderful opportunity for me to get feedback about the board software.
Another discussion site I'd like to create is along the same lines as a bunch of already existing sites with names like http://www.ventyourrage.com and http://www.unleashyouranger.com and so forth. I don't think it's been done right yet. Any takers? (http://www.ventyourrage.com is taken, but there's no website at that URL anymore, so maybe it can be obtained)
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Admin Director Posts: 13042 From: EvC Forum Joined: Member Rating: 2.3 |
Perdition writes: Are you itching to pull the trigger on this right now? I'm in no hurry, but experience has taught me to strike while the iron's hot. I'll wait, take as much time as you need. About EvC branding, I'd prefer not to associate the two sites. About each site linking to the other, this wouldn't be difficult, and it occurs to me that it should be made easier to do this than it already is. I'm already getting some good usability ideas out of this.
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NosyNed Member Posts: 9004 From: Canada Joined: |
For the website.
forums groups:economics political philosophies voting procedures The Media Money and Politics NGOs and more
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Perdition Member (Idle past 3267 days) Posts: 1593 From: Wisconsin Joined: |
About EvC branding, I'd prefer not to associate the two sites. Ok, works for me. In that case, feel free to strike with as warm an iron as you desire. I kind of like NosyNed's ideas as well.
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CosmicChimp Member Posts: 311 From: Muenchen Bayern Deutschland Joined: |
more names:
political shootoutwide world of politics worldwide politics issues in politics future politics political scenarios political spectrum forces of politics body politic polity politic niveau politique on politics politics & youpolitical will political clout political fiasco political tourniquet sign of the times open door politicsbeyond politics beyond parties in office political savvy left vs right liberal conservative cringe (could be an album title) political pandemonium what they say knock down drag outpork belly politics earmark wet behind the earmark (some of these are dumb, but it might help) coattails coattail effect head of state get me the president concerned voices vox ad rem mox nox mox nox in rem voices heardpolitical pendulum kings & knaves crazy pills rule of law western discourse first world plan swing votes I'm just brain-storming with google. Will do some more, maybe this can jump start a few more brain-storms too. Edited by CosmicChimp, : added to the list Edited by CosmicChimp, : more items Edited by CosmicChimp, : even more items Edited by CosmicChimp, : a few more
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Perdition Member (Idle past 3267 days) Posts: 1593 From: Wisconsin Joined: |
Just the word Spectrum would be a good title. It' indicates the full spectrum of political ideologies one can find, but also the community of people itself who come from a whole spectrum of places and backgrounds.
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Buzsaw Inactive Member |
PoliticsRU.com
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Admin Director Posts: 13042 From: EvC Forum Joined: Member Rating: 2.3 |
Peek problem should be fixed.
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Admin Director Posts: 13042 From: EvC Forum Joined: Member Rating: 2.3 |
Some of the new name suggestions look promising, I'm holding off another day.
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onifre Member (Idle past 2980 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined: |
Just the word Spectrum would be a good title. How about R2LSpectrum.com ?
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Buzsaw Inactive Member |
PoliticusDiscuss.com
ABE: PoliticalForums4U.com Edited by Buzsaw, : No reason given.
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iano Member (Idle past 1970 days) Posts: 6165 From: Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Joined: |
The PolitBureau.
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caffeine Member (Idle past 1053 days) Posts: 1800 From: Prague, Czech Republic Joined: |
But I do have opinions. About debate versus discussion, it seems it could go either way. There's the conservative/liberal dichotomy that parallels creation/evolution, but in general there seems a greater variety of possible positions and views in politics. I don't have any positive suggestions, but one thing I will suggest is that any name or layout evoking the liberal/conservative divide should be avoided like the plague. It frustrates me so much that, due to the English-language internet being dominated by Americans, all political discussion forums seem to wind up falling in line with this same vapid distinction. Conservative/liberal describes socially created ingroups in American society, not coherent political positions, and the endless harping on about it and reification of these concepts actually makes talking politics with many Americans really difficult. - caffeine, sitting in a country in which the biggest party in the lower house describes itself as 'liberal conservative'.
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