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pt_tangles) wrote2007-04-25 01:58 pm
pt_tangles) wrote2007-04-25 01:58 pm
New Forum Idea
As many of you know, PW is sinking again, and I am not entirely certain that I am going to make the effort to save it. Most have jumped ship, and those who remain are infrequent posters at best (except of course for the ever verbous LadyK).
And I am sure that most of you have seen me complain about PC, which has become and will continue to become nothing at all like I wanted it to be (already it has failed to provide a place where Mysteries can be discussed without someone or other comparing those trads to dangerous and useless cults). Honestly, and without any sour grapes, I just don't think that there is enough in common between the creators/maintainers' vision and mine to make it a place where I could feel at home.
This makes me long for TT. I miss it. I miss everyone who was there, and I miss the Witch-focussed conversations that we had. I was thinking a bit about the idea that was tossed around the first time I was bucking at the core concepts of PC - creating my own forum. I have some time on my hands, and I could create a place that could strive to fill the hole TT left in me.
I was even thinking of names (names help to cement concepts for me), and what sort of tribute I could make to TT. I came up with Wickets. Simple word smooshing. I looked it up, just to make sure that there weren't any meanings that I didn't want associated with the site (I knew about wickets in cricket and croquet), and I found this: A small door or gate, especially one built into or near a larger one.
I think that is about the perfect image for what I am going for here (we all remember what the front page image of TT was ... Wickets made me think of This). I will have to do some research on what I will need in the way of software and hosting, but I think that Wickets has already had the first breath of life breathed into it. I am excited to see what this brainchild will become.
--Phae
And I am sure that most of you have seen me complain about PC, which has become and will continue to become nothing at all like I wanted it to be (already it has failed to provide a place where Mysteries can be discussed without someone or other comparing those trads to dangerous and useless cults). Honestly, and without any sour grapes, I just don't think that there is enough in common between the creators/maintainers' vision and mine to make it a place where I could feel at home.
This makes me long for TT. I miss it. I miss everyone who was there, and I miss the Witch-focussed conversations that we had. I was thinking a bit about the idea that was tossed around the first time I was bucking at the core concepts of PC - creating my own forum. I have some time on my hands, and I could create a place that could strive to fill the hole TT left in me.
I was even thinking of names (names help to cement concepts for me), and what sort of tribute I could make to TT. I came up with Wickets. Simple word smooshing. I looked it up, just to make sure that there weren't any meanings that I didn't want associated with the site (I knew about wickets in cricket and croquet), and I found this: A small door or gate, especially one built into or near a larger one.
I think that is about the perfect image for what I am going for here (we all remember what the front page image of TT was ... Wickets made me think of This). I will have to do some research on what I will need in the way of software and hosting, but I think that Wickets has already had the first breath of life breathed into it. I am excited to see what this brainchild will become.
--Phae
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(I have to fight to keep from saying, "you don't like such requirements? Very simple solution: don't join those groups. Myself, I don't like groups that require vows of abstinence and chastity... note my non-Carmelite nun membership.")
But Wickets sounds good. (Can it be subtitled "Home of the Ubiquitous Others?") Beehive software, or something like that, maybe?
I think TC's problem(s) with the software had to do with activity level more than anything else, and this would be smaller.
More nifty wicket pics: http://www.poppyland.co.uk/index.php?s=KINGS_LYNN, http://www.saxonshorebenefice.fsnet.co.uk/thornham.htm (both churches), doors for urban fairies.
I kinda like that "door within a door" thing. Implies there's a big door for everyone... and a smaller one for just those who need it.
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And yeah, I think that 'Home of the Ubiquitous Others' would be a great subtitle ;)
Beehive is about the only software I know how to run, so that would prolly be what I go with. I would like to see if it can show profile images the way PW does. That would be cool.
TWO is fairly small too, and we do ok with Beehive. I don't expect that Wickets would get as big as TC, especially since I want it to be a forum that has more of a Witchcraft bent rather than a multi-Pagan bent (not to say that it still wouldn't be interfaith, but you know what I mean).
--Phae