Forum names

[Myrddraal]

The MTW forums have individual names for each of their subforums. Should we do the same for the guides and general forum? Yes or No for the time being.

If you think yes, post your suggestions here.

I was thinking (keeping with roman style), we could have Temple of Minerva or something for the Guides forum or maybe the academy or something... and maybe something like the Baths for the general forum?
What do you think?

[Duke Malcolm]

General and Guides forum is a bit too general, and perhaps forge, too. Something in Latin, perhaps.

[Myrddraal]

How about "Bibliotheca" or more simply "Library" for the guides.

Or maybe "The Codex"

"The Forum" for the general forum, problem with the term forum in latin and forum as message board though.

Or the market or something.... I'm just throwing ideas into the air, to see what you think.

[saundersag]

I suggested this before for the name for the forge when it was being decided and it nearly won, it is the word officina which means workshop, dux or duxis is the word for a guide so we could have those and then as general is where people just come to talk and share ideas a bit like the roman bath houses so for the general part we could call balineum or balneum.

[Myrddraal]

Maybe:
Codex Dux
for the guides forum? Am I right in thinking that is the book of guides?

But I think that if we can have an original name for the forum and avoid latin at the same time, we should. Afterall, it has to be catchy for everyone, not just those who know latin. Because of this I think The Baths would be better than Balineum

[Epistolary Richard]

Guides etc.

Maybe:
Codex Dux
for the guides forum? Am I right in thinking that is the book of guides?

It's "guide" as in a person, a leader type of thing. And you'd need to change it into the genitive, which would be ducis, and then into the plural because there's more than one... and... er... ducorum?

Plus you just know people are going to come in and ask where all the ducks are.

Liber would be a more appropriate Latin word - codex is valid, but slightly more obscure (plus it has all the 40K connotations these days). But "Library" is a bit too generic again - there's already literary/historical forums here, first and foremost it has to be connected to modding, changing things, making discoveries.

I think we should be wary of being too obscure with the names - we don't want more posts misdirected than we have already. Plus it's hard enough to get people to read the guides forum as it is - IMO "Modding Guides, Tools & Tutorials" would be best - not flashy, but it gets the job done.

General forum

On the other hand, the General forum is a bit too general a name. What's the forum for? It's for questions, it's for research, it's for discoveries, conversations happen there, yes, but it's not just shooting the breeze as in taverns or bath-houses. It should give the air of a research faculty of a scientific school. If there isn't something similar from history then something like:

Novamus : We make anew, refresh, revive, change, alter, invent
or Locus Novamus : the place (where) we make anew, refresh, etc.

But maybe that's too obscure as well - doesn't have to be accurate latin, just needs to be snappy, latinesque and preferably have the word Mod in it somewhere.

How about Moditorium?


Edit: On the topic of the guides forum, have you considered moderator approval of all new threads there (in the same way as Ludus Magna)? There's barely a couple of new threads there a week and it would solve the problem behind Duke John's comedy stickies.

[Simetrical]

I think the modding forum name should itself have something to do with modding. TWC's choice of "Workshop" is nice—maybe that in Latin? Officina?

-Simetrical

[hoggy]

Hehe, well if you change the forum names be prepared for even more signature pointing Myrddraal, it's hard enough getting people to post in the right forum without them being called moribundium or rexmoisturux or whatever

[Myrddraal]

To true, but I think I'm willing to put up with it.

Well I think for Forge is quite good. After all, it is where we forge and create our mods.

[Laridus Konivaich]

I say more individual names, it just adds something to the forums.

Has it been considered to not let Junior members post new topics in Guides, which seems to me to have the most problems with improper posts, but I am no expert... it is just that almost all of the guides are written by older members or Myrddraal, so it probably would not create too much of a problem.

I have a few ideas on names, but I want to check the Latin first. I would definately use Latin names, it gives them a more academic feeling. But do either all Latin, or all English, not a mixture of the two.

[Myrddraal]

There are some latin translators on the net. I'm no good at latin so I use them. search for latin translator on google.

[Sundjata Keita]

I suggest avoiding too much latin, or at least try to use colloquial latin. I think something like the baths would be a good name for the general modding forum although expect some confusion, especially if you call the guides forum codex dux. Maybee you could call it the rectum, meaning to guide, direct or to rule

[Epistolary Richard]

Read my SIG

The Basilica is for asking questions
The Caminus is for mods in development
The Codex Ducorum is for Guides Tutorials and Tools

Rota Temporis mut forum
Rota Temporis mut locus tela
Rota Temporis mut vexillum dux

[Myrddraal]

Translation?

[SwordsMaster]

How about Forum for the general subforum, Forge for the forge and Scriptorium for the G&T subforum?

[Epistolary Richard]

Translation?

Errr...

Basilica = large building erected over open-air forums/baths etc., place of doing business
Caminus = Forge
Codex Ducorum = Book of Leaders
Rota = Wheel
Temporis = of Time
mut = mod
forum = forum
locus = site
tela = web
vexillum = team/unit
dux = leader

[Myrddraal]

Thx, well any more suggestions? If not then I'll wait a few more days and post another poll...

[Sundjata Keita]

I think codex decorum doesn't sound right. It doesn't make sense because it translates as book of leaders where as it should really be something like book of guidance or lists of guidance. So maybee Codex Magisterium (an account book of guides/guidance) or Bibliotheca Magisterium (a library of guidance). The verb to guide is actually rego, regere, rexi, rectum but I doubt we want to call the place the rectum so I put in Magisterium meaning directorship , magistracy; direction, guidance. What do you think?

Bibliotheca Magisterium
Codex Magisterium

[Myrddraal]

What about Codex Intellectus or Codex Scio

These mean book of knowledge or understanding don't they?

[SwordsMaster]

I think you should go for something simple and understandable to prety much everyone. The average patron (and I dont want to be patronizing) doesnt understand the difference between Codex Scio or Bibliotheca Magisterium.

And even I am forgetting the little latin I did in school...

[Myrddraal]

How about something really simple:

General -> The Forum/The Baths
Forge -> The Forge
Guides -> The Library

[SwordsMaster]

How about something really simple:

General -> The Forum/The Baths
Forge -> The Forge
Guides -> The Library

Looks great to me

[Epistolary Richard]

I understand the role the Baths played in Roman society but we can't escape the fact that it has different connotations now - just like Sundjata Keita's Rectum...

If we're doing a poll then I'd suggest we throw all the names so far suggested into a pot and have an initial vote on it. Then, if there's a clear winner we pick that one, if there are several with a few votes then we do a second round vote with the top three from the inital round.

Sounds a bit complicated maybe, but with so many options and so few voters a forum name that most people dislike could easily be voted in with just a couple of votes.

Most people seem happy with the Forge so we can safely leave that as it is:

Here are the ones for the General forum:
Remain as the General Forum
The Baths
The Forum
Balineum
Locus Novamus
Moditorium
Officina
Basilica

Here's the options for the GTT forum
Remain as Guides, Tutorials & Tools
Bibliotheca
The Library
The Codex
Codex Dux
Modding Guides, Tools & Tutorials
Academy
Scriptorium
Codex Magisterium
Bibliotheca Magisterium
Codex Intellectus
Codex Scio

[Myrddraal]

Vote Here
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=46583

I'll close this thread now. Discussion should move to the other thread.