Right now it feels like all the sections are used more or less interchangeably for asking questions by most people. Of course I don't know how to make the categories work better, but since I believe the main strength of Parf Edhellen is it's collaborative approach, I think that it would be useful to separate the tools for this from the general discussion board and somehow enforce their correct use. I could, for example, imagine a system like this dividing the sections into two categories (of course only if it isn't too hard to implement):
Discussion
In this category people can create fee-form posts. It could include the following:
- FAQ: A section for links to other resources, an FAQ about Elvish (perhaps Elaran would share the r/Sindarin FAQ, “Neologisms aren't pure invention” and “Naurhîr”?) and a place to which other common questions like How did Tolkien use accents in his languages? could be moved. Read only for regular users.
- General Conversation: discussions about anything related to Tolkien, his works, various communities and Parf Edhellen... well, anything appropriate really!
- Translation Requests: ask members of the community for help with translations.
- Translation Review: share your Elvish translations here!
- Questions: ask questions about Tolkien's languages
(Perhaps there should be a category for “high level discussions” as well, but I don't have an idea for a good name and I believe most of them would happen on Vinye Lambengolmor anyway)
Posts From Elsewhere on Parf Edhellen
Aggregated view of posts from elsewhere on Parf Edhellen. People can't freely make posts there all threads in this category must be attached to a gloss, profile etc.
- Glosses: questions and discussions about dictionary entries. (Browse to a word in the dictionary and open a thread about it with the
<comment-icon> icon.) - Contributions: questions and discussions about user-created contributions, particularly phrases and additions to the dictionary. (???, I don't know how the review of an actual Contribution would look like)
- Phrases: questions and discussions about various phrases, including fan-created poetry. (Browse to a phrase and comment under it to open a thread here)
- Profiles: aggregated view of engagements on peoples' profiles. (Browse to a profile and comment under it to open a thread here)
Gilruin
