Whistle Tech Talk #5...Enough's Enough!!!

madguy · Post by **madguy** » Mon Oct 28, 2002 10:19 am

Please take this talk elsewhere!!!!

~Larry

goesto11 · Post by **goesto11** » Mon Oct 28, 2002 10:54 am

Yeah, take it to the Whistle Making Forum!

John Mac

aderyn_du · Post by **aderyn_du** » Mon Oct 28, 2002 11:17 am

But why? This is probably opening a can of worms, but I don't see why Bill can't post about this stuff-- plenty of people post about all types of things. This is a *whistle* board, and these posts are *about whistles*-- not too long ago people were complaining about the lack of whistle-related posts.

I haven't the foggiest idea about making whistles, nor do I plan to make any in the future, but I can see how others might want to talk about it. Personally, I think it's rather nice to have these threads clearly labeled so that if someone is not interested, they can just skip the thread without having to wade through. JMHO.

Andrea ~*~

dkehoe · Post by **dkehoe** » Mon Oct 28, 2002 11:46 am

Sorry, madguy, we'll remove the gun to your head that is making you read the tech talks

Tyghress · Post by **Tyghress** » Mon Oct 28, 2002 11:53 am

Mad. . .what gives? Talk about USEFUL information! Don't like it? Don't read it. Simple!

ErikT · Post by **ErikT** » Mon Oct 28, 2002 11:59 am

Larry,

While I don't agree with the tack that Bill is taking, this is the perfect place for these discussions to be going on. I say keep them going. For *years* we've been discussing whistle making here (personally, only 2 years, but others have been here talking for 4). It's certainly the topic that most interests me and many other forum folks.

So let's cut Bill a bit of a break. HOWEVER, Bill, can I make a recommendation? There's no reason to think of these posts as any more special than the others. I'd skip the whole "Whistle Tech talk" and just post a subject. If people like the subject, the'll read... if not, they won't. I read one of your tech posts that wasn't even about a topic; it was just a random mishmash of ideas. Please consider just choosing a topic and posting on that topic. It will make it much more fun for me, and I assume others, to follow or add our own thoughts (Or just keep posting under one of the "Whistle Tech Talks" if the discussion is going to be random anyway).

Anyway, them's my thoughts.
Erik

[ This Message was edited by: ErikT on 2002-10-28 13:00 ]

garycrosby · Post by **garycrosby** » Mon Oct 28, 2002 12:04 pm

On 2002-10-28 11:19, madguy wrote:
Please take this talk elsewhere!!!!

~Larry

Why?

If you aren't interesting in building whistles and such then by all means don't read the posts -- they are clearly labelled so that evryone knows what they are (unlike this thread).

If the forum is "the ultimate on-line whistle community" that it claims to be then the "whistle tech talk" posts do have a place here. If they don't have a place here then perhaps some serious discussion should take place as to what the purpose of the forum actually is.

bassnwhistle · Post by **bassnwhistle** » Mon Oct 28, 2002 12:31 pm

IMHO, this is *exactly* where the whistle-making posts need to be. If we can talk ad nauseum about Andrea Corr and her little black dress.... errr, little black whistle, then *surely* this is the place for discussions about manufacture, design and improvement of our beloved whistles. Now if someone started a bunch of rec%#*der-making threads here, THAT would get my goat!
Ian

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[ This Message was edited by: bassnwhistle on 2002-10-28 13:34 ]

Caoimhin · Post by **Caoimhin** » Tue Oct 29, 2002 12:59 am

Please, no 'special' forum for whistle-making. Whistles ARE whistles, making or playing. Consider this: if there's a separate forum, it's gonna be real empty, not to mention everyone has to get more hassle going there.

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Tue Oct 29, 2002 6:12 am

I agree that Tech Talk should remain here, and that posts, by Bill or anyone else, should be clearly labeled as such. That way, non-interested people have the option of not reading them.

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » Tue Oct 29, 2002 6:22 am

On 2002-10-29 07:12, brewerpaul wrote:
I agree that Tech Talk should remain here, and that posts, by Bill or anyone else, should be clearly labeled as such. That way, non-interested people have the option of not reading them.

Hear, hear!

serpent · Post by **serpent** » Tue Oct 29, 2002 8:14 am

On 2002-10-28 12:59, ErikT wrote:
Larry,

While I don't agree with the tack that Bill is taking, this is the perfect place for these discussions to be going on. I say keep them going. For *years* we've been discussing whistle making here (personally, only 2 years, but others have been here talking for 4). It's certainly the topic that most interests me and many other forum folks.

So let's cut Bill a bit of a break. HOWEVER, Bill, can I make a recommendation? There's no reason to think of these posts as any more special than the others. I'd skip the whole "Whistle Tech talk" and just post a subject. If people like the subject, the'll read... if not, they won't. I read one of your tech posts that wasn't even about a topic; it was just a random mishmash of ideas. Please consider just choosing a topic and posting on that topic. It will make it much more fun for me, and I assume others, to follow or add our own thoughts (Or just keep posting under one of the "Whistle Tech Talks" if the discussion is going to be random anyway).

Anyway, them's my thoughts.
Erik

[ This Message was edited by: ErikT on 2002-10-28 13:00 ]

Hi, Erik, and thanks for being fair. The "hodgepodge" thread shifted to "tuning", as that's where it went.
As to keeping OnTopic, I'm not even going to go there!

All I do is set 'em up and try to get a discussion started. Where it goes from there is up to the participants. I don't "own" the thread, so, even though I may request that folks stick to the topic, I won't demand it. The discussion is what it is. And sometimes, where it goes is even more interesting, so...

Thanks for your ideas, and for remaining nice, polite, and Reasonable!
Cheers,

Bill Whedon

ErikT · Post by **ErikT** » Tue Oct 29, 2002 11:29 am

On 2002-10-29 09:14, serpent wrote:
As to keeping OnTopic, I'm not even going to go there!

Actually, I'm not worried about staying on topic - I'm the last person to be accusatory there! In fact, I rather like it when the topic spins off and there becomes an interaction about people and ideas or sometimes just goofiness. I'm just in favor of starting in one place.

Here's an idea. I see that people seem to be in favor of a special indication in the topic to show that it's about manufacturing - how about "WT -". Just like "OT -", this will help folks readily identify the topic, but will not be as gangly as "Whistle Tech Talk #10020".

Thanks for your ideas, and for remaining nice, polite, and Reasonable!
Cheers,
Bill Whedon

I appreciate your presence here, Bill. It's nice to have someone excited and energitic about what they're doing. I hope that my previous posts haven't shown otherwise (it's unfortunate that my first posts were in disagreement with you, but I wasn't disagreeing with you, rather your idea).

Erik

serpent · Post by **serpent** » Tue Oct 29, 2002 4:14 pm

Hmmmm... Erik raises an interesting idea! So, if the rest of y'all who have been watching the Whistle Tech Talk threads have no major objections, howzabout I go back and rename them all (except for Mike's, which he'd have to do) to like "WTT #n - whatever"
Makes sense to me! That way, you can still search on the threads via "WTT" and get 'em all with no problem! And the tech title part tells what each is about. V. Cool!

Cheers,
Bill Whedon

amar · Post by **amar** » Tue Oct 29, 2002 5:01 pm

Bill, ah'll drink tae that;-)