Return-path: X-Spam-Personal-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.1 (2007-05-02) on chain.digitalkingdom.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.1 (2007-05-02) on chain.digitalkingdom.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DNS_FROM_DOB, RCVD_IN_DOB autolearn=no version=3.2.1 Envelope-to: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Delivery-date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:31:31 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.66.169]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IbKcU-0005tX-It; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:31:24 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list jbovlaste); Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:31:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IbKcI-0005tR-75 for jbovlaste-real@lojban.org; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:31:10 -0700 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.188]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IbKcF-0005tC-5s for jbovlaste@lojban.org; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:31:10 -0700 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id 4so2057565nfv for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:31:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=QmYDVzC2X8lVyKT0DdO8wPoaKYCWD0ZqXQDoGyHNOzo=; b=Hx8/hDgjoZzDwSDNpbGBBmUiATaZfm4ZxnaMILqOdy9LSxr4PVN/bhRWv6La7uhwLpOCX1C/a7NdWq/F7/LG+qRIAvEVp8/0tuP0psh8kB6PUR6rin0HhzaQyVKxNUlBICq3e5nan4Woo1kgtuT8sklxbc782oyjh0eun3XCeZo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=t1QTSL4HSo4D2wONdVQTUvML1+vikfIBOqRWw8+0GaKb5uwG/ScKXxJxz5iDDsUPiaBcgiqKsZIvl972X36Kx3RSS6fPDhLPVjWJsbkeM9MGKIjKhpVIiTurkuGxbzZuKECr8tV/rWcUjteSxk7X/YkQ6ZYm6MrCAsN2hvhf2+k= Received: by 10.78.137.7 with SMTP id k7mr174792hud.1191004264268; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:31:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.150.15 with HTTP; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:31:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:31:04 -0700 From: "Theodore Reed" To: jbovlaste@lojban.org Subject: [jbovlaste] Re: "jargon" field added. In-Reply-To: <20070928182722.GB1196@nvg.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070927005204.GL10656@digitalkingdom.org> <20070927184628.GA1196@nvg.org> <20070927215701.GP10656@digitalkingdom.org> <20070928182722.GB1196@nvg.org> X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: jbovlaste-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: jbovlaste-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: ted.reed@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: jbovlaste@lojban.org X-list: jbovlaste Content-Length: 975 Lines: 19 On 9/28/07, Arnt Richard Johansen wrote: > Are you saying that "noljedai" could conceivably have a different meaning when being used in your RPG campaign from when it is used elsewhere? If so, this is a break with unambiguousness (which is an express design criterion of Lojban), and should not be endorsed by an official LLG project. > > Or are you saying that most of the words that are coined for the project are likely to be of poor quality, and should hence be avoided? If so, I think a more appropriate solution is downvoting, or a checkbox in the definition editing page which says "do not vote after adding". This was similar to my original idea. I told him that he should have a "jargon" boolean field that would simply disallow votes. I think he's saying that the words are only useful to a very, very small segment of the lojban population, and shouldn't be included in any print dictionary. -- Theodore Reed (treed/bancus) www.surreality.us