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[Phaedra]

[META] Glossary Clean-Up

[Giskard]

For one thing, I think having a glossary to let other people in on terms, even if they are just humourous, is preventing it from becoming elitist.

Once the "merge" option is back for moderators, we could move all the humourous in-jokes into one big thread so that it will not distract from the "regular" ones.

As for people trying to coin new terminology, I don't see anything wrong with that really... it at least makes people that are on the boards or in chat aware of the term, even if it's not in mainstream use.

Oh, and while some terms may have originated from a certain community of players (like 'banana' which orginated with the PXC players), that doesn't mean that it should be excluded from the glossary, as it does not necessarily only apply to a particular game or group of players.

[vpisteve]

That's an absolutely scrumtrillescent idea!

[SirQuady]

What about 1 stickied topic on the basic ARG terms, like TINAG and puppetmaster and such? plus, newbies can ask questions about terms they don't understand there. Sound good?

[imbri]

I've stickied terms that are well established and used quite frequently. This way they'll stand out from the in-jokes or terms that are only seen in a few different games, while not discouraging people from posting or adding to the discussion.

That said - this shouldn't be an open license to create terms or post something that's only been used once or twice in hopes that it'll catch on. Let's try to keep our language as simple and friendly as possible. ARGs can be frustrating enough without having to learn dozens of new words.

Hope this helps

[djsampson]

Thanks for all the hard work. I didn't mean to cause any drastic changes. But I do have to say the new layout for this thread will make it easier to show new people as well as still being able to add new info.

Good job you guys, and thanks again!

[imbri]

[Phaedra]

Good idea -- thanks!