That "fiesty bunch of guys $5000 camera" thing...your chance to change it

[fate_faith_change_chains]

<p>Ah, it even says fiesty in this thread title. Well, my mac dictionary says that <strong>feisty </strong>can simply mean<strong> </strong>strongly determined. Hardly shocking....</p>

[JDMvW]

<p>Yeah, Josh, I take your point, but it's still a shame. Some of us <em>are</em> kinda feisty (aka fiesty) all the same.</p>

<p>Whatever, let's not make the Leica part of "Leica/RF" get too overwhelming, though.</p>

[khi]

<p>don't forget to add: "and forum for certain Canon digital camera users who are special" :)</p>

[Alex_Es]

<p>Try:</p>

<p>Dedicated to Leica M and LTM cameras and other rangefinders, as well as Leica's film and digital SLR systems.</p>

[Alex_Es]

<p>Or:</p>

<p>An eclectic forum dedicated to all thing Leica, and rangefinder cameras too. </p>

[joshroot]

<blockquote>

<p>A forum for Leica M, LTM, and all other rangefinders, plus Leica's film and digital SLRs. Dedicated to continuing and advancing the art and practice of Leica and Rangefinder photography tools, techniques, and practices.</p>

</blockquote>

<p>What about this? There really is no reason to say "Leica and Rangefinder forum" in the beginning of the description, as people will be hovering over the words "Leica & Rangefinder forum" in order to make that description pop up. So I took that part out and replaced it with a version of Alex's sentence. Not totally grammatically correct, but I'm not a stickler for that sort of thing in this particular instance.</p>

[doug herr]

<p>Works for me, Josh.</p>

[joshroot]

<p>For now, I went with the description above.</p>

<p>http://www.photo.net/community/</p>

[kens]

<p>Looks pretty good. "...practice..." and "...practices." sounds a little repetitive, but otherwise I think it delivers the message well. If you go back in there maybe something like...<br>

<i>A forum for Leica M, LTM, and all other rangefinders, plus Leica's film and digital SLRs. Dedicated to continuing and advancing Leica and Rangefinder photography tools, techniques, art, and practices.</i></p>

[Alex_Es]

<p>I like it Josh. Go for it.</p>

[nzdavid]

<p>Shouldn't be too wordy. Feisty is fun. It just shouldn' be rude. Ricky Eng's is closest. Keep it simple. How about:</p>

<p>Leica and rangefinder forum. Informative and sometimes feisty discussion on all aspects of Leica and rangefinder photography. </p>

[Alex_Es]

<p>Josh, just a slight revision. Try this: "A forum for Leica M, LTM, and all other rangefinders, plus Leica's film and digital SLRs. Dedicated to continuing and advancing the art and practice of Leica and Rangefinder photography." Cut "tools, techniques, and practices," (redundant, if you look closely) and you have it! Perfection! </p>

 

[mike dixon]

<p>I suggest, "A forum for witty, intelligent, and charming folk who are passionate about shooting with the best damn camera in the whole wide world. But you're also welcome . . ."</p>

[jonathan_reynolds]

<p>Dull, dull, dull. Guaranteed to condemn this forum to conventionality. I'm for Mike Dixon's version, only substitute '<em>humane but feisty</em> ' for '<em>and charming</em> '.<br>

I appreciate how frustrating it must be for a tidy-minded moderator to have a disparate set of forums, but let's face it, some of them work and some don't. This Leica forum used to be a lively place, but recently it has really been struggling. Please don't kill it off.</p>

[alan_ginman]

<p>I love the original. It is too close to the truth for some, but come on folks: where's your sense of humour?</p>

<p>Cheers</p>

<p>Alan</p>

[Alex_Es]

<p>Friends, you know what happens when you hear the same joke over and over? :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) Well, it's time for at least a fresh joke. Or something utilitarian, which lasts longer.</p>

[joshroot]

<p>I'll make the change to alex's last version at some point today and call it good.</p>

[joshroot]

<p>Jonathan,</p>

<p>It's just a small description located on a page listing every forum on this site. It needs to be accurate and informative. Jokes don't help new users find where to go to get their questions asked. The place for being clever and interesting is on the forum itself, not on a page like http://www.photo.net/community/</p>

[Tony Rowlett]

I like it. Thanks, Josh.

[joshroot]

<p>Here's what I went with:</p>

<blockquote>

<p>A forum for Leica M, LTM, Voigtlander, Ziess, Contax, FED and ALL other rangefinders, plus Leica's film and digital SLRs. Dedicated to continuing and advancing the art and practice of Leica and Rangefinder photography.</p>

</blockquote>

<p>Replaces the "tools, techniques, and practices," and presents a list that makes the breadth of the forum more obvious. Unless anyone has a good reason why that won't work, I think I'm onto other projects (particularly since I already <a href="../casual-conversations-forum/00THDp">broke that page</a> by screwing with it yesterday).</p>

[JDMvW]

<p>Hey, I like the specific mention of non-Leica RFs. Doesn't sound like the others are just "poor relations".</p>

<p>And thanks for throwing in FED, that's sweet for those of us who love these cranky old "Leicas" made under actually-existing socialist production. Only mention of Kievs would make it sweeter ;)</p>

[richard jepsen]

<p>Rangefinder Forum<br>

Make it the big tent</p>

[vivek iyer]

<blockquote>

<p>A forum for Leica M, LTM, Voigtlander, Ziess, Contax, FED and ALL other rangefinders, plus Leica's film and digital SLRs. Dedicated to continuing and advancing the art and practice of Leica and Rangefinder photography.</p>

</blockquote>

<p>Josh, Please ask someone to proof read it for you before you replace it again.</p>

<p>It should be <strong>Zeiss</strong> and not Ziess.</p>

[joshroot]

<p>hooray for typos. Comes from having too much to do and trying to do it all.</p>

[Uhooru]

<p>Looks fine to me, but it all seems a tempest in a teapot anyways, didn't see a need for any change.</p>