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Perdition
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Message 16 of 92 (533745)
11-02-2009 4:21 PM
Reply to: Message 14 by Jazzns
11-02-2009 4:05 PM


Re: Whats the problem?
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
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Message 17 of 92 (533746)
11-02-2009 4:27 PM
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11-02-2009 4:16 PM


Re: To Perdition and Theodoric
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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Message 18 of 92 (533747)
11-02-2009 4:27 PM
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11-02-2009 4:05 PM


Re: Whats the problem?
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)

--Percy
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Message 19 of 92 (533749)
11-02-2009 4:35 PM
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11-02-2009 4:27 PM


Re: To Perdition and Theodoric
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.

--Percy
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NosyNed
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Message 20 of 92 (533752)
11-02-2009 4:44 PM


http://www.oursocieties.com
For the website.
forums groups:
economics
political philosophies
voting procedures
The Media
Money and Politics
NGOs
and more

  
Perdition
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Message 21 of 92 (533756)
11-02-2009 5:03 PM
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11-02-2009 4:35 PM


Re: To Perdition and Theodoric
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
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Message 22 of 92 (533768)
11-02-2009 6:11 PM


just name suggestions
more names:
political shootout
wide 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 & you
political will
political clout
political fiasco
political tourniquet
sign of the times
open door politics
beyond 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 out
pork 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 heard
political 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
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Perdition
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Message 23 of 92 (533770)
11-02-2009 6:17 PM
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11-02-2009 6:11 PM


Spectrum
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
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Message 24 of 92 (533775)
11-02-2009 7:02 PM


PoliticsRU.com

  
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Message 25 of 92 (533782)
11-02-2009 8:11 PM
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11-02-2009 2:40 PM


Peek problem should be fixed.

--Percy
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Message 26 of 92 (533784)
11-02-2009 8:12 PM


Website Name
Some of the new name suggestions look promising, I'm holding off another day.

--Percy
EvC Forum Director

  
onifre
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Message 27 of 92 (533793)
11-02-2009 9:48 PM
Reply to: Message 23 by Perdition
11-02-2009 6:17 PM


Re: Spectrum
Just the word Spectrum would be a good title.
How about R2LSpectrum.com ?

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Buzsaw
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Message 28 of 92 (533799)
11-02-2009 11:05 PM


PoliticusDiscuss.com
ABE: PoliticalForums4U.com
Edited by Buzsaw, : No reason given.

  
iano
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Message 29 of 92 (533814)
11-03-2009 4:24 AM


The PolitBureau.

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caffeine
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Message 30 of 92 (533818)
11-03-2009 4:35 AM
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11-02-2009 2:44 PM


Website Name - dichotomies are bad
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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