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Post by Charles Stover on Dec 19, 2005 21:34:51 GMT
This is something that has always pushed my buttons. Only on ProBoards are forums called "boards." Every other message board, such as IPB, phpBB, wtcBB, BBB, you name it, calls the website as a whole a "message board," while each of the individual smaller pieces are called "forums."
Could you correct this for SSD? ProBoards is too stubborn to do it, themselves.
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Post by Assassinator/Young Everest on Dec 19, 2005 21:37:48 GMT
No, proboards just want to be different. Don't complain. I only know a collection of boards as a forum and each individual section a board. *shrugs* I don't have a problem.
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Post by Josh on Dec 19, 2005 21:47:37 GMT
I don't see the problem. It isn't a flaw or anything, it just sets it apart from others. And it is one word really. :-\
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Post by Admin on Dec 19, 2005 21:52:14 GMT
I don't quite understand, what are you suggesting that SSD does?
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Post by Josh on Dec 19, 2005 21:54:16 GMT
I just reread the post. It appears what he wants is how it is. He says that most forum systems call it a message board, we call it a board, which is short for message board. And the main page calls each inividual board a forum as well.
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Post by Me on Dec 19, 2005 22:53:49 GMT
I actually hate when people call them forums. It is wrong to me.
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Post by Charles Stover on Dec 20, 2005 1:32:36 GMT
I mean, it's navigatable, but it's just a pet peave of mine. I can't stand ignorance (in no offensive way). The descriptions of some forums say things like "this board is for this" and such. Perhaps correcting some of the wording. It's just a pet peave that makes me twitch whenever it's used wrong.  |
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Post by Josh on Dec 20, 2005 1:35:56 GMT
*Twitch* Well, it is inconsistent throughout the board, though "Forum" sounds kinda odd when used in that way. |
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Post by Me on Dec 20, 2005 1:49:47 GMT
If you said the chillout forum I would twitch madly sending me into a corybantic reaction that would most likely end up knocking me through the window. You don't want that, do you?
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Post by Happy! on Dec 20, 2005 1:52:10 GMT
I'm still seeing this confusing, what's the diferent calling board, message board, or forums. people will say it the way they like it after all they kind of having it in the same meaning, I mean if you don't like it that doesn't me I don't like it either...everyone is diferent Rather than that I have no idea what u talking about. |
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Post by Charles Stover on Dec 20, 2005 2:25:20 GMT
A board is the same as a message board, of course. The message board is the whole website as a whole. Which is one thing that ProBoards contradicts themselves on. They insist on calling the sub-parts "boards," but they also call the thing as a whole a "message board." What's right: The whole thing is a "board," "message board," or "community." The individual parts are "forums." The sub-sections of the individual parts are "sub-forums." What ProBoards uses: The whole thing is a "forum," "message board," or "community." The individual parts are "boards." The sub-sections of the individual parts are "sub-boards." There are different meanings. It's like saying "chicken" instead of "ham," just because you like that word better. I would enjoy your exagerated way of destroying your ignorance.  This is mainly why I hate it so much. Since so many people use ProBoards, so many people are learning it wrong. It's like if you were responsible for ending slavery, but a large History book company said that someone else did it. You wouldn't care that when you say "I ended slavery" people would say "ya, right, geezer! He did it. Stop lying. What a dork." I didn't invent communities, but I find it my duty to get rid of the ignorance in this world. |
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Post by James on Dec 20, 2005 2:42:02 GMT
Provide me documentation saying that it's wrong. An offical document release saying what is correct and what isn't. Oh wise one.
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Post by Ovi on Dec 20, 2005 4:55:59 GMT
This is a PB thing. SSD has nothing to do with it.
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Post by Admin on Dec 20, 2005 11:36:27 GMT
A board is the same as a message board, of course. The message board is the whole website as a whole. Which is one thing that ProBoards contradicts themselves on. They insist on calling the sub-parts "boards," but they also call the thing as a whole a "message board." What's right: The whole thing is a "board," "message board," or "community." The individual parts are "forums." The sub-sections of the individual parts are "sub-forums." What ProBoards uses: The whole thing is a "forum," "message board," or "community." The individual parts are "boards." The sub-sections of the individual parts are "sub-boards." There are different meanings. It's like saying "chicken" instead of "ham," just because you like that word better. I would enjoy your exagerated way of destroying your ignorance. This is mainly why I hate it so much. Since so many people use ProBoards, so many people are learning it wrong. It's like if you were responsible for ending slavery, but a large History book company said that someone else did it. You wouldn't care that when you say "I ended slavery" people would say "ya, right, geezer! He did it. Stop lying. What a dork." I didn't invent communities, but I find it my duty to get rid of the ignorance in this world. So what do you want us to do about it? These are built in features. People can easily argue the other way around too. It really does not matter. |
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Post by Smurfy on Dec 20, 2005 12:17:09 GMT
I actually hate when people call them forums. It is wrong to me. I don't hate it but it still doesn't feel right to me, but there again, i've only been mostly on PB so ive got used to it. But i wouldn't worry about it, just try to forget about it if you can |
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Post by Mitchell on Dec 20, 2005 15:32:58 GMT
Everyone else calls each individual board a forum, while PB calls the whole site a "forum". I've gotten used to this... infact, I have known no other way than to call the whole thing a "forum". There is no right or wrong way, it's all about what you're used to and what you prefer. PB prefers to be different. You could look at it like this...
board (bôrd, brd)
n.
1. A long flat slab of sawed lumber; a plank.
2. A flat piece of wood or similarly rigid material adapted for a special use.
3. Games. A flat surface on which a game is played.
4. The hard cover of a book.
5. boards A theater stage.
6.
1. A table, especially one set for serving food.
2. Food or meals considered as a whole: board and lodging.
7. A table at which official meetings are held; a council table.
8. An organized body of administrators or investigators: a board of trustees; a board of directors.
9. An electrical-equipment panel.
fo·rum (fôrm, fr-)
n. pl. fo·rums, also fo·ra (fôr, fr)
1.
1. The public square or marketplace of an ancient Roman city that was the assembly place for judicial activity and public business.
2. A public meeting place for open discussion.
3. A medium of open discussion or voicing of ideas, such as a newspaper or a radio or television program.
2. A public meeting or presentation involving a discussion usually among experts and often including audience participation.
A board is smaller than a forum, therefore, it only seems fit too call the whole site a forum rather than a board.
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Post by Pojo on Dec 20, 2005 22:51:29 GMT
Does it matter? o.O
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Post by Mitchell on Dec 20, 2005 23:22:00 GMT
Apparently, to this guy, it does. |
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Post by Morgoth on Dec 22, 2005 10:54:02 GMT
An Internet forum is a facility on the World Wide Web for holding discussions, or the web application software used to provide the facility. Web-based forums, which date from around 1995, perform a similar function as the dial-up bulletin boards and Internet newsgroups that were numerous in the 1980s and 1990s. A sense of virtual community often develops around forums that have regular users. Technology, computer games, and politics are popular areas for forum themes, but there are forums for a huge number of different topics. Internet forums are also commonly referred to as web forums, message boards, discussion boards, discussion groups, bulletin boards (but see also dial-up bulletin boards) fora (proper latin plural) or simply forums. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum |
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