The Factory Floor

12:27 AM

Hey @ArtOfCode, you around?

12:43 AM

@MonicaCellio No problem, it's a good idea. I only say I'll move tomorrow because it's the wee hours here. Anything that helps us out is a good move in my book. — ArtOfCode 11 mins ago

@ArtOfCode sorry, I forgot about what timezone you're native to. Get some sleep. :-) There was no intent to push you to do it now now NOW. I'm glad you like the idea!

Green

1:11 AM

I'm pretty sure that I can justify removing modern-in-medieval in at least a few questions. Am I editing with the explicit intent of just eliminating a crap tag?

Monica Cellio

@Green if there are other tagging changes that you think should be made, please make them. If you happen to notice other things (like typos in titles or something) please go ahead and fix, but you don't have to proofread every question just to make some tag improvements. Thanks.

Green

@MonicaCellio Thanks for the clarification. I'll start working on cleaning up that tag.

Monica Cellio

@Green great, thanks!

Green

Is it okay to clean up self-referential stuff where the OP says stuff like "I don't really know what I'm talking about...." Can/should I clean that up?

Monica Cellio

Yeah, if you can fix up stuff like that, please do. Also greetings and "thanks in advance"s and stuff like that.

Green

1:59 AM

@MonicaCellio The funny thing is, I'm just undoing the work of someone named zovits who added a bunch of those tags in early April 2015.

Monica Cellio

@Green ah, I wondered how we'd gotten so many of them. Oh well; these things happen, especially in beta. Tag taxonomies are hard, especially with many people editing them, especially when they "just grow" rather than being planned. (And no, you can't really plan them, not on SE.)

Green

I've discovered the rollback feature and it's proving incredibly handy.

Monica Cellio

Yup, that's handy.

Green

And....the tag is done!

Er, well, empty.

HAHAHAHAH!!! And all those questions have popped up on the front page.

My handiwork for all to see!

Monica Cellio

2:37 AM

Excellent!

bilbo_pingouin

9:47 AM

dieselsweeties.com/archive/3409

is a webcomic... which talks (on this occasion) about world-building. I don't know if there's any reference to us, but you might like it anyway :)

ArtOfCode

10:31 AM

@MonicaCellio I'm around on and off for the next 12-13 hours. Give me a ping :)

ArtOfCode

10:59 AM

Also, @All: have we got any suggestions for a better name than the Magrathean Forges?

bilbo_pingouin

@ArtOfCode I probably missed it, as I was away the last few weeks... but what are you refering to?

ArtOfCode

@bilbo_pingouin The blog I'm currently moving to another platform

bilbo_pingouin

ok

Green

12:21 PM

@HDE226868 Is this a post about the deprecation of the moderin-in-medieval tag?

Green

12:59 PM

@ArtOfCode You're looking for a name for the WB blog (should such a thing appear?)

ArtOfCode

@Green I am indeed

Green

Personally, I'm a little leery of references to potentially copyrighted names like that. I don't have any alternate suggestions but copyright makes me nervous.

Maybe it's fairuse but I wouldn't want to chance it.

ArtOfCode

@Green "Magrathea" can't be copyrighted

It's a name, which isn't eligible for copyright

Green

Oh, that's good then :)

ArtOfCode

I live on Open Source these days, and I deal in copyright :)

bilbo_pingouin

1:13 PM

Copyright on names is a rather complex thing not fully following the same rules than software

ArtOfCode

@bilbo_pingouin Well aware of that. However, names in the absolute majority of cases can't be copyrighted: copyright.gov/circs/circ34.pdf

bilbo_pingouin

basically even if you use a name, but by using that name you might give the impression that you are in some way related to an original product, might fall under a copyright breach

ArtOfCode

@bilbo_pingouin Only if you're in unfair competition. Read the doc I linked above, which explains that too

bilbo_pingouin

common words neither, but have had a look at a warhammer book recently? ^^"

ArtOfCode

Since a blog is not competition to book or movie sales, we're good

Green

1:15 PM

Perhaps a trademark infringement using Magrathea? (haven't read the doc yet.)

ArtOfCode

@Green Would be if it was trademarked, but it's not

Green

Dang, you've been thorough!

ArtOfCode

Yep :) I do my homework on these things

Mainly because getting sued is not a good idea

Green

No, it really isn't.

bilbo_pingouin

true that! :-)

Green

1:16 PM

That won't stop people from suing, it just makes it easier for you to sue back for attorney fees.

ArtOfCode

True. Anyone can sue anyone, but if they're stupid they'll still lose

in most cases

bilbo_pingouin

it's a complex world... sometimes they know they'll loose, but hope you'll get drown by the length, stress and money required to actually prove you were right.

or keep you out of business long enough

(which, is our case isn't relevant)

ArtOfCode

Yeah, that's the sneaky bit

Green

1:32 PM

What the heck! I'm bored at work! SO BORED!

And I can't even occupy myself with answering questions!

I know, I know. First world problems.

ArtOfCode

@MonicaCellio Would you object to another few meta threads, similar to those we had for the last blog, to get a fresh start on things?

James

1:54 PM

@ArtOfCode dO IT

errr do it. friggin caps.

Monica Cellio

2:48 PM

@ArtOfCode hi! Good (appropriate time of day). If you think meta posts are needed, go for it. What did you want to bring up there? Let me share what I was thinking in case it overlaps where you're going:

Once you move the blog, we use that and the upcoming birthday as a catalyst, asking people to prepare blog posts. The previous thread collected a bunch of ideas for material to cover, so remind people of that. You, as blog owner, appoint some editors to distribute the administration a bit, and tell people who want to be "invited" (I think an invitation is needed to contribute) to get in touch. Sound good?

It looks like Medium uses site-wide tags, so I recommend being conservative there. Maybe start by just tagging all our stuff "worldbuilding". If people post, say, short stories, those could be tagged "fiction";. game modules, "games". That sort of thing. Our tags fit into a broader mix and we don't get as many, so think broad.

ArtOfCode

@MonicaCellio Afternoon. I was thinking of going back over the name, and also another meta post inviting people to contribute and asking for volunteers to edit

Monica Cellio

@ArtOfCode ok, that makes sense. May I suggest one meta question where you ask for editors and contributors, with a community wiki answer for people to add themselves, and a separate one about the name?

You should probably clarify that "editor" here is more like "curator", not "people who are going to change your stuff".

ArtOfCode

@MonicaCellio Sounds good to me

Monica Cellio

@ArtOfCode ok, great! Thanks.

Worldbuilding Meta

3:05 PM

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Q: Medium Blog - Naming

I'm in the process of moving our old blog over to a new platform (Medium) as part of our birthday celebrations. In doing so, I'm reconsidering the name, which is currently The Magrathean Forges. That's an OK name, but it could certainly be better. Has anyone got any other suggestions for names?

James

I still like Deadalus' Workshop though an explicitly obvious name also has it's usefulness.

ArtOfCode

Chuck it on the post @James

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