On the the thread dealing with the flight of the Earls, Domnhanll raised the issue whether only registered users should be permitted to use this board.

Has this been raised before?

Yes, at least a few time with always the same outcome - status quo.

GRMA, a Mhic

In all fairness i wasn't complaining, there's nothing keeping any of us from leaving and using another forum.

It's Daltaí's and they should run it as they see fit..

I don't feel like registration should be necessary at all. I think that making rules about registration is very confining and would scare away people. I might not have bothered if I couldn't write a few times without registering. The concept of forcing people to register sort of scares me to be perfectly honest. I registered when I wanted to after I found out that I liked it here and I feel that others should continue to have that choice. So I like the way it is now.

Beir bua agus beannacht

People would only be scared, if they've something to hide!

It would also curb the flow of abusive "cacamis" that has been ruining the discussions.

Anois, tá focal nua agam: cacamas.

(Now, I have a new word: cacamas: (m1) dross refuse; worthless thing.)

i can think of very few (actually, none i frequent come to mind) boards that allow anonymous posting. most require a relatively painless registration before posting and don't seem to suffer much.

irishgaelictranslator.com is an example...they get tons of "one time" posters looking for translations and they all register without issue...

A leithéid de chacamise - What a pile of sh*te!

Cac is used to say shit

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de chacamise

de chacamas

Ní focal an-láidir é i gcaint an lae inniu, dar liomsa. "Cacamas" usually doesn't mean anything much stronger than "nonsense".

I wouldn't even bother looking it up in the dictionary -- it obviously comes from "cac" which means "feces". It'd say it has the same meaning of "seafóid", but that it's used in a derogatory manner.

I don't like things that one must register for to participate in. It is constraining and unwelcoming in my opinion. Some very smart and important people are either not registered at present or took a long time to decide to register. As to trouble makers, there have been some who are registered so that is not the solution in my view.

About IrishGaelictranslator, I'd have a grand time being part of that site but for one thing, the format doesn't agree with me and thus I haven't ever posted due to its inconvenient set-up and lay-out. The lay-out here is grand and I figured out how to use it very quickly and painlessly.

Beir bua agus beannacht

Scríobh Ríona: I don't like things that one must register for to participate in. It is constraining and unwelcoming in my opinion.

Aontaim leat a Ríona. B'fheidir biodh duais ann ma cheartófaí, chomh Crackerjacks

Scriobh Ríona freisin: As to trouble makers, there have been some who are registered so that is not the solution in my view

Very good point a Ríona! Perhaps we just need more vigilance, especially from our topic-control staff. But this topic of compulsory registration (which itself may be off topic) has been discussed numerous times with the same result - ipso facto - prima facie - status quo.

Ríona, you've mentioned the format of that site a couple times now. Is there anything in particular you find inconvenient about it, or just that it's different from what you're used to here?

The reason I ask is that I'm one of the moderators on that board... if there's one particular feature that's annoying lots of people, we might be able to get the administrator to change it.

Agus aontaím leat go mbeadh "grand time" agat ansin! Bheadh fáilte mhór romhat.

Abigail

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I'm one of the moderators on that board

Cé hiad na moderators eile?

Redwolf, wdsci agus kgleoite na hainmneacha scáileáin atá orthu. Tá cúpla modhnóir eile ann ar annamh dúinn iad a fheiceáil: Conor, Cymro-Breatnach.

Fágtar faoin leitheoir (mar a deirtear) m'ainm scáileáin féin a fhiosrú i bhfianaise sin. :-)

Abigail

Nach bhfuil siad sásta a ainmneacha féin a úsáid? An mbeadh sé sin contúirteach ar an suíomh sin? ;-) Is maith an rud é go bhfuil tusa agus an chuid is mó de na daoine luachmhaire eile ar an gclár plé seo sásta a bhfíorainmneacha a úsáid, nó gan a bhfíorainmneacha a cheilt orainn má tá screen names eile acu anseo.

Tá "Conor" faoina fhíorainm, agus síníonn David ("wdsci") a fhíorainm faoina chuid teachtaireachtaí uilig. Agus maidir liom féin, ní mór an difear atá idir Abigail agus "Aibigéal"!

Ach tá an ceart agat, níl an nós sin coitianta againn. Tá fíorainmneacha na mball rialta ar eolas ag a chéile ceart go leor, nó a n-ainmneacha báiste ar a laghad, ach is é an cleachtadh atá ag an gclár gan úsáid a bhaint astu seachas i dTP (teachtaireachtaí príobheadacha.)

B'fhéidir gurb 'in an difríocht. Anseo, níl ach dhá rogha agat: t'ainm a nochtadh nó a cheilt. Fóram a bhfuil córas TP ag baint leis, tugann sé rogha eile duit: is féidir leat leasainm a úsáid os cionn an phobail (agus is mó an pobal é atá ansiúd ná mar atá dár léamh anseo!) agus d'fhíorainm leis na baill rialta eile.

Nó b'fhéidir go bhfuil muid ansin ag filleadh ar ár ndúchas. Tuigim go bhfuil name taboos a bhfad níos gnáthúla i measc sochaithe cianach. :-)

A Abigail a chara,

It is just the fact that this site is more convenient for me to use. For instance, each thread is all laid out on one page instead of many. I also like the double spacing between topics which didn't seem to be happening last time I was at IGT. These are things that probably won't cause difficulty for anyone else so there is really no reason to change them being as I'm the only one who objects to them. GRMA for asking though.

Beir bua agus beannacht

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Tuigim go bhfuil name taboos a bhfad níos gnáthúla i measc sochaithe cianach. :-)

Tá tú eolach ar na focail noa (focal a úsáidtear i leaba focal eile a bhfuil tabú air) is clúití i nGaeilge, gan dabht: mac tíre, damhán alla, mathúin. An bhfuil aon samplaí eile agat? Of course, tá a lán focal againn, i mBéarla ach go háirithe, a bhfuil baint acu leis an gcorp daonna nach féidir a úsáid i bpolite society! Ach... an dóigh leat dáiríre gur sochaí "cianach" (= melancholy) muidne? ;-)

An Fear Dubh
Muise
Dar Fia

Tugadh "Gaeilge Chianach" ar "Primitive Irish" ag focal.ie, agus níor lig an leisce dom FGB a láimhseáil chun é a chinntiú. :-)

Níl a fhios agam an é seo an sórt ruda atá uait go díreach, ach is é "spriog neanta" a bheadh agam ar "caterpillar." (Chuardach mé é tráth i bhfoclóir Dineen - is ionann "spriog" agus "spiorad" dar leis.)

Abigail

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"Primitive Irish"

Tugtar Gaeilge Ársa ar Ghaeilge an 5ú agus an 6ú haois, agus Gaeilge Réamhstairiúil ar an teanga a bhí ann roimhe sin.