Hello people, Thank you for joining the group and thus giving the project your support. When I first mooted the idea I wasn't sure I would get any response at...
Protégé got suggested to me as software a lot of people use to build ontologies. I went and looked it up and it turns out it is actually open source and...
Fides, ... I was just looking at the xml site and was just wondering about software ... I'll go by your guidance as I'm clueless in this area. I don;t see what...
... software ... ... Trust me - just as clueless here. ;-) ... interesting to ... Well I registered and gave the yahoo group as the project webpage and ...
Hello to all our new members, First I would like to say thank you for joining us. A bit of general information - there are some links in the links area which...
Hi, all! Actually, I'm a newbie to this group, but have been involved in fandom and fanfic writing since the 1980's. (My sister and I were writing in back in...
Sounds great to me, someone who knows all the historical terms and how they've changed would be very useful! We could put them in as changing definitions,...
... Hey and welcome. ... Please don't take this the wrong way when I say - WOW! And we are all newbies to this group so now is when we get to decide how this...
... People are welcome to make suggestions ;-) Me Sue? Mary Doe? Oh! "Sue Doe" for straight character insertion. I like that one. Nice play on words. ... I...
Hi, all, I was thrilled when a friend pointed me to this group. I'm a self- proclaimed linguistics nerd with dreams of eventually being a lexicographer. I...
Fledge: Sorry about the weird indentation but it just does my head in and I prefer to go to plain text... hope this is clear. Fides: People are welcome to make...
... Oh I am so glad the word is spreading. When I first created this group I was worried it was going to be me and two people how knew me. Welcome aboard. ... ...
... Yep, but I am afraid I am too lazy to stick to it ;-) ... I think Marty-Sue is the equivilent of Mary-Sue. It was John and Jane Doe I was thinking of when...
Fides wrote:- My guess is the drift has been prompted by changes is the fandoms and the programs. [snip] It is sort of a logical progression but darn...
... Stu Doe! (or Stew Doe depending whether you prefer Stuart or Stewart) *giggles* Sometimes my sense of humour worries even me. ... Can you put normal...
... group I ... Welcome ... Thanks! I'm glad to be here. ... for ... helpful ... it). Heh. Good excuse. I've been interested in Lexicography since I was 15;...
... It's always possibly it did it different ways in different areas. I'm afaid I couldn't tell you were I got what. Some were definitions on fan websites I...
Wow, we are getting lots of people! <g> I don't have any experience in ontology per se, and what I know about computers are stuff I picked up as I bumbled...
... I know. Isn't it cool! *bounces* ... Same here. And now I am doing a postgrad degree with the things. Sometimes I wonder how the heck I got to where I am...
... They've tended to use "Marty Stu" in XF fandom, from what I've seen. ... I know that (again) in the XF fandom, a "MarySue" that's an author insertion but...
... So Stu Doe would be the male equivilent of Sue Doe. Yay. *giggle* ... Fair enough. Going to add i into the database for us? Please? I have to admit I still...
I can think of a whole host of terms (mostly pairing nicknames) that are specific to various fandoms. Popslash, especially, is a fertile breeding ground for...
... I have got to admitt I am answering this question from position of mostly ignorance but this is my take: I'd add them in to the database because the...
I should probably weigh in and say hello. I've been a fan of fanfic for about 2-3 years, and I've been actively writing in the Stargate fandom for just over...
Greetings all I'll be one that puts my hand up as being around since the early 80's - and being an Aussie was into Trek, Blakes 7, Dr Who and just about...
... Nowadays I read almost exclusively in TS and SG, and in TS, most authors / archives seem to use pre-slash for stories that focus on UST (hey another term ...
... Hey *waves* ... Not sure. I lost track :-) ... Eek, yes I can see that could have been difficult (I'm not sure I know what all of those mean). I am not...
Was pointed over here yesterday by a fellow lister elsewhere and realized this was right up my alley. ^_^ As the subject suggests, I participate in various...