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Re: Conlang Web pages Top 10

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 6, 1999, 7:26
At 14:33 05/01/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Diana Slattery wrote: > >> charles wrote: >> >> > On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Terrence Donnelly wrote: >> > >> > > At 01:37 PM 1/5/99 +0100, Christophe Grandsire wrote: >> > > > Hello everybody, >> > > > >> > > > Here is an idea I got while talking in #conlang: to create
a Top 10 of
>> > > >Conlang related web pages. >> > > > The most interesting thing in that Top 10 is that the
people who would
>> > > >have to vote are... you! >> > > >> > > Frankly, I can't think of an idea more likely to sow hurt feelings >> > > and dissention. What's the point of such a list? Who is ever going=
to
>> > > see the voting results except us on this list, and why do we need to >> > > rank our colleagues in this way? >> > > >> > > Sorry, I vote No. >> > >> > But it's only a vote on "top" URL, i.e. a web page. >> > Obviously my conlang is the best, but this vote makes >> > me spiff up the web page a bit. OK, I'd have to start over. >> > But it's all in fun. I'll vote for Borg the first time ... >> >> I'd have to agree that there is enough of a potential for
misunderstandings and
>> hurt feelings to forego a top ten until we are all beatified. However,
it is also
>> clear the Christophe meant no harm at all--just enthusiastic about an=
idea.
>> My vote is no. >> Diana > >Of course we all feel differently... I could thing my website is
beautifully designed,
>my conlang is well documented, etc. but not been offended if I'm not in
the Top 10,
>because I know that people could thing that those ten are better sites
than mine or
>because they didn't know my site (well). >
I thought it would be the major opinion in this list. I meant no harm, but if you don't like the idea, just don't participate, it's not an obligation.
>That if that is clear that the Top 10 is about sites, not about conlangs.
How many
>sites are there in Scattered Tongues web ring? much more than 10. How
many in Christ
>Bogart's or Jeffry Henning's lists? if mine is not in the Top 10... I will
try to
>improve it... but I won't feel bad against CONLANG-L people. >
That was one of the goals of such a Top 10.
>Just a suggestion: vote should be private and it would be clear which are
the criteria:
>HTML design, documentation, beuty of the conlang, weirdness... >
I already asked for private vote (just send a post to ME, not to the conlang list) and asked for a commentary to explain your choice. The conlang itself ust be only one criteria (as I think it's impossible to rank conlangs, I wanted only to rank webpages). BTW, charles, I can't accept your vote if you don't vote privately and add a commentary to justify your choice. Don't forget the limitations I gave. I think they are enough to avoid all the problems you thought about (I tought about them before you, and thought I found a solution).
>If the Idea of Christophe is that outside people would know the best
conlang sites, I
>thing the weight should be the documentation of the conlang and the
completeness of the
>content, with less enphasis on the language itself or the site design. >
Good criteria I think.
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