08-09-2011, 11:02 AM
The board will take it's cues from all of us. If we're welcoming to new people others will be. What we slap down will likely be what others slap down. I think you mostly just set the quiet tone.
One site I've posted on uses Post for Comments. We don't need to use that terminology we could call it anything...new to poetry, share your poems, etc.
We want beginners to get used to posting their poems and to get used to critique. I would say something like.
Post your poem for general feedback
comment on two poems in this forum for each poem you post.
--share what you like about the poem (what works)
--suggest something that can be improved in the poem.
Basic and non-threatening.
I'm in favor of collapsing poetry practice to make room. We could place individual sticky practices in any of the forums if we want.
One site I've posted on uses Post for Comments. We don't need to use that terminology we could call it anything...new to poetry, share your poems, etc.
We want beginners to get used to posting their poems and to get used to critique. I would say something like.
Post your poem for general feedback
comment on two poems in this forum for each poem you post.
--share what you like about the poem (what works)
--suggest something that can be improved in the poem.
Basic and non-threatening.
I'm in favor of collapsing poetry practice to make room. We could place individual sticky practices in any of the forums if we want.
The secret of poetry is cruelty.--Jon Anderson