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Dennis
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 Posted - 03 Apr 2011 : 05:55:49
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It occurs to me that some scribes, myself included, might want to read a novel with others’ recommendation in the form of reviews. I know the thread Experienced help for recommending FR Novels has been helpful. However, I guess reading a full review might be more of help. And with the problem of the current Search function of this site, it’s really difficult at times to search for those wanted reviews, as if they’re forever lost in the ether. So, to address this, I suggest, Sage, Wooly, Al, that there be a Reviews Section, not just a thread.
What do my fellow scribes think?
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 03 Apr 2011 : 07:11:35
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Heh. It's been tried before and it's largely fallen onto the wayside. We simply don't have enough activity here to warrant such a section.
Besides, when scribes have tended into the oft-precarious territory of offering up their novel reviews online, they're usually placed right here, on the Novels shelf. And given the few that tend to pop up in a single twelve-month period of book releases, I think that serves the purpose well enough.
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 03 Apr 2011 : 07:19:04
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You see, I'm planning to write reviews of all the FR novels and short short stories I read. And I think it nice and neat to see them, among those by fellow scribes, in one section. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 03 Apr 2011 : 07:25:15
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| Maybe you could just set up one scroll entirely composed of your reviews? Just make a note that discussion of your reviews should take place in separate scrolls, to keep your review scroll free from clutter. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 03 Apr 2011 : 07:37:35
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But I also want to read my fellow scribes' reviews. Performing the "search" is rarely a help at all. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 03 Apr 2011 : 09:39:16
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Well, scribes have in the past been told to add a [REVIEW] tag to their scrolls which contain personal reviews of novels they've read. Unfortunately, not all adhere to such a policy.
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 03 Apr 2011 : 21:14:40
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That's what I've been doing. |
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Kno
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 07 Apr 2011 : 11:56:26
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| There should be a separate part for the reviews, would generate more discussion. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 07 Apr 2011 : 12:14:16
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Originally posted by Kno
There should be a separate part for the reviews, would generate more discussion.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 07 Apr 2011 : 15:39:26
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quote:
Originally posted by Kno
There should be a separate part for the reviews, would generate more discussion.
As I said above, we've tried it before. There simply isn't a large and active enough community for this work for any appreciable length of time. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 07 Apr 2011 : 16:18:22
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Originally posted by The Sage
quote:
Originally posted by Kno
There should be a separate part for the reviews, would generate more discussion.
As I said above, we've tried it before. There simply isn't a large and active enough community for this work for any appreciable length of time.
There are a lot of new members now who might participate more actively.
Besides, I wasn't around when you tried it. |
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