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Currently, there is a rank or title under everybody's username. This reflects the user's post count.
The current titles are: Title - Minimum number of posts Newcomer - 1 Lounger - 10 Student - 30 Intern - 100 Teacher's Assistant - 500 Grad Student - 800 Assistant Teacher - 1000 I never really liked these when I made them, and I'd like to change them. Do you have any suggestions? Maybe they could be like: Grunt - 1 Peon - 10 Knave - 30 Tinker - 100 Page - 300 Archer - 500 Hunter - 1000 Raider - 1300 Scout - 1600 Warrior - 2000 Leader - 2300 Ranger - 2600 Rider - 3000 Sniper - 3300 Master - 3600 Knight - 4000 Bucaneer - 4500 King - 5000 Sage - 6000 What do you think?
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Hmmmm.
At least one poster lamented being 'promoted' past student. Perhaps this was because we all feel like students (even after *years* of study). For those who don't post very much, 'newcomer' doesn't seem like an appropriate title, especially when the poster may be a long-time member. It's a hard call. Maybe ranks or titles aren't needed at all. I was admittedly confused by them at first. Perhaps ranks based on number of posts may not be the best idea, either. If you decide to stick with ranks or titles, I personally don't care for 'grunt' or 'peon.' They seem derogatory. How about something like precious stones (opal, jade, ruby, emerald, diamond) or metals (nickel, bronze, silver, gold, platinum)? Another idea would be to use colors. There are 7 colors in a rainbow, in a well-known order; add black, brown, and white to get 10 ranks. You could also just use 'level 1,' or 'stage 1,' etc. That made me think of a video game. There are some possibilities there, too. Last edited by Rusty; March 07, 2009 at 10:39 PM. |
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Thanks for the input Rusty, I like the precious stones idea. Of course I could always disable them altogether, or use something simple (unimaginative?) like 'Junior Member', 'Member' and 'Senior Member'. There's no limit to how many ranks there can be.
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I don't care much. Three are enough.
You can also use "hoja, panfleto, folleto, cuaderno, librito, novela, tomo, imprenta, gran editorial, Biblioteca Nacional, wiklipedia..".... so the level implies the number of post, and not the level. greetings ![]() |
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I don't mind much one way or the other, but I think Rusty's precious stones idea is pretty good. We could also do without ranks...
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I'll settle for some star sapphires-- big ones.
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David, I think you opened Pandora's box. I want to remain student!
On the other hand, I can teach Spanish, while at the same time I'm learning English. As most of us I'm half student half teacher. This kind of information is for me the most valuable I may gather from other people: what are you willing to teach, and what do you want to learn. But this doesn't depend on the number of posts you've made, but on your willingness. So, it is mostly your choice. What about an on-line language exam for each language? Try this, English speakers, and tell us: http://ave.cervantes.es/#prueba
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star sapphires are pleasing to me. Poli Last edited by poli; April 03, 2008 at 11:46 AM. |
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Estoy de acuerdo. Todos los que aquí dedicamos algún tiempo a mejorar nuestra capacidad de comunicación en una segunda lengua somos estudiantes. Mientras siga tratando de mejorar, seré estudiante, aunque star sapphires are pleasing to me. Repito mejorar porque las otras opciones, afilar, agudizar... no encajan. En español, facilidades tiene que ver con fácil, nunca con capacidad. Tampoco puedes traducir siempre skills por habilidades, pues éstas últimas suelen ser de índole física, normalmente en singular: habilidad deportiva, habilidad con el balón, habilidad con las manos; aunque también: habilidad para hacer trampas, habilidad para ganar dinero, etc.
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Alfonso,
Entonces una persona no puede tener habilidad en comunicación, pero pueden tener terner habilidad con el balón. ¿Correcto? ¿Se puede usar el verbo alfilar o agudizar metaforicamente? Me dijiste que no ecage agudizar una capacidad , pero se puede agudizar un sentido de humor (o otra cosa que no es material) o solamente un cuchillo. Gracias Poli |
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