Re: Conlang Web pages Top 10

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).

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.

Just a suggestion: vote should be private and it would be clear which are the criteria:
HTML design, documentation, beuty of the conlang, weirdness...

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.


--
Carlos Eugenio Thompson Pinzsn
  ITEC-Telecom, Colombia

  cthompso@alpha.telecom-co.net
  http://come.to/chlewey