However, I still think that the current titles do not reflect the culture of respect that I have found here.
What they *
do* reflect is a hell of a lot of effort on the part of the Ranger who created the forum, updated the permissions so posters could access it, and spent a good bit of time trying to figure out the name for it. The effort alone DOES show the culture of respect found on these boards.
I can't speak for the Ranger who created the movies forum. As the person who created the music forum though... I spent about three hours going through a book of music phrases & definitions, writing down all the words I thought were not only beautiful, but whose definition would be a good representation of that forum on board 77. After narrowing it down, discussing it with others, and figuring out which one to use, I then created the forum and spent about three more hours individually updating each posters permissions so that they would have access to the forum. Then I found all the threads that would fit into that forum and moved them there
To have someone, months later, come and say,
"too bad about the effort, but the forum title sucks and isn't representative, at least in MY mind" is really hurtful and demeaning.
Am I overreacting? Probably. I can't tell you the pride I feel when I come online, see the forums, and think
"Wow, I made that. I did something lasting and important. Something good." Now to find out - "erm, no you didn't. Your effort was worth nothing. Should've just named it 'MUSIC' so that when it got changed, you wouldn't have cared.
Hell, lets just change the name of Board77 while we're at it. I mean, it's so generic, and meaningless. Nobody cares, right? Especially about Alandriel who came up with the name, and built something that really mattered. We need a more representative name that everyone understands.
I'm sorry for my sarcasm, but I must admit, this has angered and hurt me - how callously this is being discussed. To have so much work and effort dismissed out of hand.... please tell me you understand why I feel so strongly about this
So long as the sub-titles adequately describe what's in the forum.... why can't the names just remain? And for the record, I've always loved the name of the movies forum even though I have no idea what it means - such effort put in to translating, and such a spirit of fun and mischief in that effort.