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« Reply #78 on: August 24, 2010, 02:57:38 PM » |
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Do I get to vote or am I still on the list?
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« Reply #81 on: August 24, 2010, 05:31:09 PM » |
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Just re-connecting here after a busy work day. You all have been busy! I like what you're coming up with, too. A couple of thoughts: - I like having Cervantes in there, but if we do the whole name, it may line-break and look cluttery in people's avatar area. (The longest name we have right now - Doyle - is 18 characters and that's about the max before it line-breaks on most displays.) An option perhaps is to just use the last name "Cervantes". - I paused to think about Scheherazade. She's not a "real person", as far as I know. But I think that's okay and a good addition as a legendary story-teller. - If you wish, I can post about this on the forum news banner, to invite more people to comment before we implement the change. - Regarding stars: yes, I just checked inventory and we can provide more stars for those new higher levels.  Current proposal:Dr. Seuss - less than 50 posts Madeleine L'Engle - 50 Lewis Carroll - 100 Jane Austen - 250 Arthur Conan Doyle - 500 Miguel de Cervantes - 1000 Scheherazade - 2500 Isaac Asimov - 5,000 Agatha Christie - 10,000 Shakespeare - 25,000 |
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« Reply #82 on: August 24, 2010, 06:05:01 PM » |
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Sounds good, Harvey!
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« Reply #83 on: August 24, 2010, 06:17:43 PM » |
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works for me.
If you made it "Miguel deCervantes" would that solve the wrap around problem. . . .without being totally wrong and calling down all sorts of grief from the semanticists. . . . . .
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« Reply #84 on: August 24, 2010, 06:18:54 PM » |
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Or M. de Cervantes...
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« Reply #85 on: August 24, 2010, 06:21:09 PM » |
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Yes. . .that's what I just thought of too. . . .that's better
You could even go A. Conan Doyle if you wanted. . . . .
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« Reply #87 on: August 24, 2010, 06:32:07 PM » |
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Is there a reason that the only American author is Isaak Yudovich Ozimov?
I don't really care, I just wanted to start trouble.
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« Reply #88 on: August 24, 2010, 06:39:14 PM » |
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Good, this thread doesn't have enough of that... Betsy |
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« Reply #89 on: August 24, 2010, 06:41:29 PM » |
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Although there is also Dr. Suess... Betsy |
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« Reply #90 on: August 24, 2010, 06:47:14 PM » |
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Although there is also Dr. Suess...
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« Reply #91 on: August 24, 2010, 06:48:18 PM » |
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But American...
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« Reply #92 on: August 24, 2010, 08:09:47 PM » |
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I never noticed it, but our list does have a definite British persuasion. And we never even included Dickens!
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« Reply #93 on: August 24, 2010, 08:12:42 PM » |
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I never noticed it, but our list does have a definite British persuasion. And we never even included Dickens!
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« Reply #94 on: August 24, 2010, 08:17:02 PM » |
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But then we *really* shift the balance to the Brits!!
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« Reply #95 on: August 24, 2010, 08:30:27 PM » |
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But then we *really* shift the balance to the Brits!!
<cough> And what's wrong with that? (I'd prefer Scheherazade to Dickens, myself... I like her stories better.) |
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« Reply #96 on: August 24, 2010, 08:34:01 PM » |
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I like Scheherazade too...one of my earliest favorite books was Arabian Nights...I still have the book.
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« Reply #97 on: August 24, 2010, 08:40:19 PM » |
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It feels odd to me to swap Lewis Carroll and Madeline L'Engle, but it makes sense for the alternating male and female.
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« Reply #98 on: August 24, 2010, 09:12:51 PM » |
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I'll come out on record that I really don't care which authors we finally agree on. I'm just happy to be adding some new levels! That means we're planning to stick around awhile longer so we can reach some of these goals!
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« Reply #99 on: August 24, 2010, 09:22:48 PM » |
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At least you're not bumping me down to Jane Austen again! I'm with Heather, I'm not really over-concerned about WHO we add. But it will be nice to have some new goals to work towards. |
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