Re: Conlang Web pages Top 10

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 agree.  This vote would say nothing definitive about individual
conlangs, only about the manner in which it's presented, which can
change without destroying the creativity of the project or feelings being hurt.

Perhaps what might be better is if we have many different categories on
which to vote, and not just limit it to one particular website of our choosing.
As long as the categories are specific so that each person voting would
know exactly what he or she's supposed to be evaluating.  When all the
scores come in, we could average them to find overall enjoyment.


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