New membership level descriptions?

stuinzuri · #1 26.06.2006, 13:15

Maybe it would be fun to have a Swiss-themed membership level nomenclature?

I'm struggeling to think of something that would not be region specific...

mark · #2 26.06.2006, 13:45

Yes I've been thinking about new membership level descriptions as well. (see other posts in this area to see us kicking around some old ideas). Not sure if localised terms would be the order of the day however. One of the goals here is that I'd like someone who has just arrived in the country to feel at home here. We already use a fair bit of German and French terms in our posts, so would like to keep the rest as understandable as possible.

Naturally you've touched on the issue that often faces Switzerland when it tries to unite across the entire country - which terms should we use. Often the solution for the Swiss is use an English term so I guess we should do the same thing

But seriously, if anyone has any suggestions apart from "Junior Member", etc. I'd love to hear them.

stuinzuri · #3 26.06.2006, 13:50

Junior Member: Gipfeli-level
Member: Rosti-level
Senior Member: Grappa-level

Ha...or permits (L, B, C

)

gbn · #4 26.06.2006, 13:59

Swiss themed... hmmmm

From lowest...
non EU "L"
non EU "B"
EU "L"
EU "B"
non EU "C"
EU "C"
Swiss...

gooner · #5 26.06.2006, 14:51

doux, mi-salé, salé and surchoix

stuinzuri · #6 26.06.2006, 14:55

Ausländer, Zweiter, and Schweizer

hehehe....

Scott · #7 27.06.2006, 06:54

Gemeinderat
Kantonrat
Bundesrat

Lob · #8 07.07.2006, 12:03

Cow Bell
Cow
Herd of Blinking Noisy Bastard Cows outside my House
?

muze7 · #9 11.07.2006, 14:13

ok it is boring but why not do the standard thing:

like newbie, junior, senior, expert or similar terms. You can always do a triple language option:

perhaps for example newbie/ ... /.... translated into german and french too, if there are funny words for those?

At least people will see how experienced the poster is and one can adjust the reply to this.

muze7 · #10 13.07.2006, 01:09

They have changed! You implemented a system

.

But what is a Brockle Sort?

mark · #11 13.07.2006, 06:34

That's a custom user title which Lob has given himself. Lob is also a moderator which is where he got the rights to change that.

Lob · #12 13.07.2006, 09:01

	Quote:	muze7
	They have changed! You implemented a system . But what is a Brockle Sort?

cunningly, it's an anagram of Lob Rockster

And yes, I have been "entrusted". Look out for a whole bunch of banning orders if you don't agree with everything I say

gbn · #13 13.07.2006, 09:34

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Brockle

Of food odors: malodorous, flatulent, pungent: smelling of sulfur, hydrogen sulfide, or hydrogen disulfide.

aye, perhaps a rethink may be in order.

Lob · #14 13.07.2006, 09:37

your mother was a hamster and your father smells of elderberries - I fart in your general direction.
now go away or I will do it a second time!

muze7 · #15 13.07.2006, 19:24

Ha I get it, the word broccoli would have the same stem, and it is also a vegetable high in sulphur compounds (which is why the cruciferous veggies are very healthy).

Still, it sounds more like a Harry Potter type connotation to me. Brockle Sort, Hufflepuff etc.

gbn · #16 13.07.2006, 19:29

Speaking of HP movies isn't "Recktor Slob" the bad guy in the 3rd movie

mark · #17 16.08.2006, 16:49

Ok, well now is the time to finally do something about it.

I have the following proposal.

0-9 posts - Newbie
10-29 posts - Newbie 1st class
30-100 posts - Junior Member
101-250 posts - Member
251-500 posts - Senior Member
501-2500 posts - Forum Groupie
2501+ posts - Forum Legend

There would be a set of little stars (or something) to indicate the rank ranging from 0 to 6 stars for the above ranks.

People with over 500 posts could also use a custom title if they wanted.

Remember that posts in off-topic do not count towards these totals.

Of course I'm open to sensible suggestions to change the titles... Will implement this very soon.

Lob · #18 16.08.2006, 17:19

look at my stars, so pretty

stuinzuri · #19 16.08.2006, 17:22

Maaaaannnnnn....i'm getting robbed. just made 'senior member' and now it is back to a lowly 'member'.

I guess once i hit SM it stuck even though some posts were deleted...I assume it was the Iranian 419-er posts.

(EDIT: ouch...now i am back down to junior because of the adjustment...a conspiracy by the man to keep me down...for sure...)

Newbie titles: how about 'Junior Newbie' and 'Senior Newbie'? it is consistant with member title modifiers...and '1st class' just sounds to military like for my tastes.

stu

Lob · #20 16.08.2006, 17:24

you have a star so stop complaining.

You got that for complaining about posts yesterday