aadam
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Post by aadam on Nov 16, 2005 3:18:12 GMT -7
Due to the arrival of our registered friend Eric, I am asking fot the new folder for the Russian matters. In this manner Eric will be encouraged to post his opinions about Russia and possibly some discussion will arise. Now Eric usally answers the questions about Poland with data concerning Russia which causes my confusion Russia is a neighbour of Poland, it's land is partly on the land that once belonged to Poland, our cultures are intertwined - I think that such a special folder for Russia would promote the dicussion and the growth of knowledge. And - welcome Eric, a well-known lover of everything Polish, in the Polish Culture Forum!
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forza
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Post by forza on Nov 16, 2005 7:54:28 GMT -7
aadam, Have you read my post about POLOT? We could have like two extra forums: USA - love and hate Russia - hate and like I mean I'm for it and would probably eagerly participated in both but Americans left Europe to set up a place up on the hill and shine to the rest of the world ....
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Post by Jaga on Nov 16, 2005 8:00:12 GMT -7
Dear all, especially Forza and Adam Thanks for posting the polls and for all the suggestions. I am for shaping this forum in the most comfortable ways possible, on the other hand it is sometimes hard to split the subjects that interconnect. I am a bit afraid that splitting the boards would make people a bit confused and that eventually everybody would come back to the general forum discussions. It also depends on how big we are going to be and how active if there would be as many of us as now of even more than splitting the forum into different subjects make more sense
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aadam
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Post by aadam on Nov 16, 2005 8:02:12 GMT -7
Forza, you're right, naturally, ha ha ha ha ha. So, please do vote, ladies and gentlemen, we'll have lots of POLOT more in our forum!
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aadam
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Post by aadam on Nov 16, 2005 8:04:02 GMT -7
Dear Jaga, so would you please just make the subfolder and we'll see how it works. naturally.
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Post by bescheid on Nov 16, 2005 8:23:08 GMT -7
I voted no, reason: It becomes more complicated to switch between folders, the kiss principal (keep it simple s) I am interested in what Eric has to say and many matters are very interrelated between discussions rather the content be Russia/Poland/Europe/United States or what ever.
Just my own opinion. What others decide, is fine with me. I will assess, adapt and adjust. how ever direction is decided, I will be happy with it.
Charles
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Post by leslie on Nov 16, 2005 8:46:55 GMT -7
I voted 'no', unless we had a Polish folder, a Russian folder, a UK folder, a Hollander folder. a north of the USA folder, a south of the USA folder, and so on. I am just being ridiculous! Our members keep switching the topic at least twice during one folder as it is - I cannot see the discipline holding. In any case, does a subfolder x? not introduce partisanship and missed comments? Leslie
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aadam
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Post by aadam on Nov 16, 2005 8:56:59 GMT -7
Your vote accepted and appreciated (as well as Charles' altough he usally agrees with Jaga However, please note that neither Hollanders, nor North US Americans, nor South US Amerians answer to every 'how is it in Poland' with ' in Holland...', in' Northern US...' etc. Besides I know many anecdoted as well as facts about Russia but do not post them since that's plain Polish Culture Forum ha ha ha. Well, anyways. You don't want no POLOT you won't get it!
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aadam
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Post by aadam on Nov 16, 2005 9:00:07 GMT -7
Oh, one more, what on Earth is "1 Invisible User" I just noticed in 'General Board'. A KGB agent or rather the CIA?
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Post by jimpres on Nov 16, 2005 9:46:21 GMT -7
I think it's a spook............
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Pawian
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Post by Pawian on Nov 16, 2005 13:05:09 GMT -7
I voted No. I am against such splitting.
First of all, I believe Ockham`s razor principle is a good one. We shouldn`t multiply things beyond necessity.
Secondly, putting Russia in a seperate folder would look like an attempt to ghettosise it, isolate it for silly nationalistic purposes. Russian threads should stay with all the others, in one folder.
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Post by suzanne on Nov 16, 2005 13:13:37 GMT -7
Oh, one more, what on Earth is "1 Invisible User" I just noticed in 'General Board'. A KGB agent or rather the CIA? Sorry, that was me. When going in to my profile page, I made a wrong click somewhere that hid my login status, which I hadn't intended to do. So, no, there's no CIA or KGB here! Or if there is, it's not me --The no-longer-invisible Suzanne
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piwo
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Post by piwo on Nov 16, 2005 13:49:15 GMT -7
I'd vote no far this type of sub-board because this forum openly elicits comment and opinion on all things politics as a part of "culture". In the "skins" thread, I partially explained my answer as follows:
“Polish Culture “, while sounding specific, is viewed more vaguely. Essentially, “anything and everything” makes up a given culture. Some boards, like cooking”, gardening, language, genealogy, art for example are topics that could easily be sub-divided. Just because a sub-board doesn't get lots of threads doesn't make it less valuable: it's an easy reference place to view all threads on that topic, or find a specific thread, or recipe and so forth. So much of this forum is looking at the news and commenting. This by its very nature is subjective, political and “anything goes”, which covers a wide spectrum of topics that could be construed as “culture”.
And the comment of going off topic (hijack) is also very relevant.. So, I'd say yes to some sub-boards, because they make organization and research of certain topics or items easy, but no to the division of threads by nation.
Just my 0.06809 Polish Zloty worth (based on today’s rate)......
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aadam
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Post by aadam on Nov 16, 2005 14:14:29 GMT -7
Thank you all very much for voting. I understand that till now - nothing will change, Yes, change is hard... Sooo, do we have a quorum already? Not yet, I guess... And, it just came to may mind, is Jaga ready to actually form the subboard if we'd have a 'yes' with a quorum?? Jaga? I think that Piwo is right, we should have more separate folders not just 'Russian' one, since right now it is really hard to follow everything - I am omitting more and more messages. But, fo Heavens sake, Piwo, Russian Subfolder does not define ethnicity just like Polish Culture forum does not define it either!! Anyway, once again thank you all who expressed their will/point of view.
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piwo
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Post by piwo on Nov 16, 2005 14:49:42 GMT -7
But, for Heavens sake, Piwo, Russian Subfolder does not define ethnicity just like Polish Culture forum does not define it either!! Anyway, once again thank you all who expressed their will/point of view. Please excuse if I've misspoke. Did you get my answer confused with someone else's? I'm not sure where I reference ethnicity, which means something here, and may mean something different elsewhere. There were some who responded about differentiating the cultures, but not me. My reason for not subdividing by folders by nation is simply that this forum elicits so much comment on other nations and what they do, that you'd really have to open up a folder on every nation to be consistent. Since this is titled Polish Culture, logically any deviation from that could certainly be accepted as practical. I don't believe I put a value judgment on it that would warrant a "heavens sake"! If I did, I'll try to choose my words more carefully. My first impression was I was for it; I changed my mind after watching posting patterns and forum practice.
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