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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 a very underused Dreamhost account. Adding another domain to the account would only be a few dollars a year. As long as bandwidth didn't get too outrageous (or if it did, as long as a few folks could chip into the kitty to cover it), I'd be more than willing to host.
I don't have a lot of time to devote to handling the software side right now since I'm in the middle of a software rebuild at work and am putting in way too much time there... but if someone would be willing to help out to get things set up and assist in covering things while I dug out from the current work boondoggle...
Oh - and I really like "Wickets" as well. Both for the connotations that could be linked to Craft, as well as the mental pictures it brought up for me.
Do we need an LJ community (locked, of course) for planning, or do we want to make use of the YahooGroups list that Robin started way back when about building a forum (UTWFC - Unnamed Trad / Witchcraft Forum Creation (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UTWFC/))?
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--Phae