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ProgramFOX
ProgramFOX
17:15
First message! :D
durron597
durron597
@ProgramFOX Second Message! First reply!
Mr. Bultitude
Mr. Bultitude
17:55
Kaboooom!
Piper
Piper
This needs a cooler name. The Agora?
iyrin
iyrin
The Pantheon
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Mr. Bultitude
Mr. Bultitude
18:13
@Piper I like Agora.
Piper
Piper
18:32
Well, it was the Ancient equivalent of a chatroom ;)
Young Guilo
Young Guilo
19:16
WE DID IT!
@Piper The Agora would be much cooler.
senshin
senshin
@Piper Personally, I would prefer something more mythos-neutral. The site is going to be heavily Greco-Roman/Norse already (just for demographic reasons), so I would rather not name the primary chatroom something mythos-specific.
Not that this is anything that needs to be decided on soon or anything.
Piper
Piper
19:31
I did initially hesitate to suggest it for that reason, and would love something more neutral since my mythos of choice is Sumerian, but I couldn't think of anything that was both non-Greco-centric AND not some obscure reference.
@YoungGuilo YAY. I'm pretty happy, I've been eyeing this one for a while. I'm really happy it's reached beta! As in, refreshed the Area 51 page daily since it fulfilled the commitment :o
durron597
durron597
20:19
Whee my first meta argument
Piper
Piper
20:33
@durron597 Are you talking about your Trojan War question?
durron597
durron597
@Piper Yea
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Q: Are questions about the relationship between History and Mythology on topic?

durron597So I asked this question: Why did the Trojan War really happen? Clearly, the Trojan War and the Iliad in particular are squarely within the realm of Greek mythology. However, my question is about the relationship between the Mythology and actual history. Questions clearly must have some sort of...

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Christofian
Christofian
20:55
What are other people's opinions on sources? I've noticed a lot of questions (and answers) with no sources, which doesn't seem like a good practice. meta.mythology.stackexchange.com/questions/18/…
I think even worse is when people link to wikipedia articles, instead of actual stories.
Ero Sɘnnin
Ero Sɘnnin
Hellow :)
senshin
senshin
@Christofian Agree that sources are hugely important (cf. meta.mythology.stackexchange.com/a/5). I don't know if you've been through any private betas, but the whole Wikipedia-answer thing is something that happens in basically every early-stage private beta until some actual experts show up and start posting good answers.
Christofian
Christofian
@senshin Thank you. I have committed to sites before, but I've never participated in a beta.
Ero Sɘnnin
Ero Sɘnnin
Okay .. the stack's on Engage mode.
senshin
senshin
@Christofian Now we just have to hope that experts actually show up...
Christofian
Christofian
21:01
@senshin Hows this for an expert answer: mythology.stackexchange.com/questions/74/…
(written by me)
senshin
senshin
@Christofian I don't know anything about Welsh myth, but it looks pretty solid to me.
Ero Sɘnnin
Ero Sɘnnin
@senshin In Islamic theology jinn are said to be creatures with free will, made from smokeless fire by Allah as humans were made of clay, among other things.
smokeless fire? Means they can take on any shape they like (?)
Yannis Rizos
Yannis Rizos
21:26
@Piper Agora is taken. It's the Politics.SE main chat room.
chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/info/6619/agora
Piper
Piper
Well damn.
Now what?
senshin
senshin
I actually like @iyrin's suggestion of "The Pantheon" quite a bit.
Ero Sɘnnin
Ero Sɘnnin
21:44
@senshin u there ?
durron597
durron597
21:56
Name our chatroom (cc: @senshin @YannisRizos @iyrin @Piper @Mr.Bultitude)
 
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El'endia Starman
El'endia Starman
23:14
> Daily vote limit reached. Vote again 46 minutes.
Whoohoo! Good timing on my part! :P
iyrin
iyrin
23:55
i missed it huh
Agora is definitely apropos. I just thought Pantheon is cooler because then Mythology geeks can identify with the gods :D
btw will the site be going to beta now? Is that correct?

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