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Help[Opinions] Re: Is it too late to point out this was grossly off topic? (m)
in reply to a message by Miranda, the Amateur Mod
Well I didn't know there was such a thing as the Lounge. But I dont' really see the difference? Who cares? It's all about babies still... It's not hurting a thing.
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It's OK that you didn't see the descriptions of the boards: http://www.behindthename.com/boards.html. As you can see, the Opinion Board is only "about names: baby name suggestions, character names, name aesthetics, etc.", while the Lounge is for "any subject other than names."
This is because this site is, first and foremost, about the etymology and history of names, whether they're for people, pets, or occasionally businesses or bands, whether they're real or characters. It's not about babies.
In the beginnning, the site only had one board; the General and the Opinion boards were one. But then Mike recognised the need to split the two for organisation and clarity purposes, so he did. After a while, he realised the need for an off-topic board where the community of BtN could "meet" and "talk" about things not related to names; so the Off-Topic Board, later re-named the Lounge, was born. Finally, the Test Board came into existence when people turned to the Lounge for testing purposes, which wasn't the Lounge's function.
Obviously, Mike has an organised mind, rather like me really. Though you'd never know it from looking at my room, I like things to be in the right place, at least on my computer/cyberspace. So, that's why I was admittedly aggravated to see this off topic discussion here, rather than the Lounge. I'm really am sorry if you thought I worded things meanly. I genuinely thought that I was just pointing out that this discussion shouldn't be here. But it's OK that you made that mistake; goodness knows I've done gaffes before here too, lol.
Miranda
This is because this site is, first and foremost, about the etymology and history of names, whether they're for people, pets, or occasionally businesses or bands, whether they're real or characters. It's not about babies.
In the beginnning, the site only had one board; the General and the Opinion boards were one. But then Mike recognised the need to split the two for organisation and clarity purposes, so he did. After a while, he realised the need for an off-topic board where the community of BtN could "meet" and "talk" about things not related to names; so the Off-Topic Board, later re-named the Lounge, was born. Finally, the Test Board came into existence when people turned to the Lounge for testing purposes, which wasn't the Lounge's function.
Obviously, Mike has an organised mind, rather like me really. Though you'd never know it from looking at my room, I like things to be in the right place, at least on my computer/cyberspace. So, that's why I was admittedly aggravated to see this off topic discussion here, rather than the Lounge. I'm really am sorry if you thought I worded things meanly. I genuinely thought that I was just pointing out that this discussion shouldn't be here. But it's OK that you made that mistake; goodness knows I've done gaffes before here too, lol.
Miranda
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It's not all about babies, that's the thing. This is an etymology site. The Lounge is the off-topic board. I'm sure Miranda didn't mean to be mean to you, she's just pointing it out. It's fine that you're new and all.
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