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[Lateralthinking1]

I've just spotted this thread. I'm going to enjoy reading this.

[french frank]

Quite a conundrum really, and difficult to form a consensus on what for3.org’s future role and signature might be.

Well, Hyperstar is over there waiting for customers and I'm sure would welcome some ideas as to how people would like the board be.

I've no wish to 'poach' R4 people (especially if they don't have any interest in the arts/speech side of R3's output). The offer was there - on the model of when the announcement was made about the R3 boards - in case people didn't want to lose touch. We'd love to hear from those who listen to Do3, of course, or who perhaps want to discuss wider arts/cultural issues.

[Lateralthinking1]

Confused as always. Does this mean there are to be no changes here then?

I always thought Anna was a sort of brand name with the role being filled by several people whereas there is and could only ever be one frenchfrank.

I've been wondering about Mr S. I thought he might have gone to Cornwall until Libya and Japan wear themselves out. I wouldn't blame him. I don't place him in my mind as being close to 6music. Just goes to show how wrong I can be. But wasn't he the guy who described it as the perfect example of how not to run a station or is my imagination playing tricks on me?

[french frank]

Confused as always. Does this mean there are to be no changes here then?

I suppose if hordes of R4/R4X/R7 &c listeners poured in, changes would have to be made. But I shan't make changes to attract them . It looks as if there are other options open to them.

I've been wondering about Mr S. I thought he might have gone to Cornwall until Libya and Japan wear themselves out. I wouldn't blame him. don't place him in my mind as being close to 6music. Wasn't he the guy who described it as the perfect example of how not to run a station or is my imagination playing tricks on me?

Well, he's been over there chatting with Gideon Coe and seemed to approve the new look (the MB new look, not Gideon Coe's).

[Lateralthinking1]

Better than being with Gideon of the Budget. Personally, I've never met a Gideon but that's just me and my unworldly world.

[aeolium]

Personally I wouldn't mind having a sub-forum (along the lines of the Proms or the BaL one) for R4/R7 drama discussions, though if it's cumbersome or overly cluttering to set up then it probably isn't worth bothering. It's just that I do from time to time come across R4 drama broadcasts that I do find interesting, sometimes more interesting than those on R3. For instance the current production of the Cairo Trilogy by the Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz - the first episode broadcast last Friday and still available on LA until this Friday evening. Though an adaptation of novels, not something I generally care for in drama slots, I was interested by the subject matter and also because it was the work of a Nobel Prize winning writer and one whose work I hadn't read at all.

[Lateralthinking1]

Could we have some "twin towns" with R4/R4E? Links between, say, The Verb, the poetry on Radio 4, and Word of Mouth as well as links for drama on 3 and 4?

[french frank]

Personally I wouldn't mind having a sub-forum (along the lines of the Proms or the BaL one) for R4/R7 drama discussions, though if it's cumbersome or overly cluttering to set up then it probably isn't worth bothering.

It's easy enough to do, but not worth it if few people are posting on any one programme.

We always put 'Do3 -' before the thread title so 'R4 -' or 'R7/R4X -' would flag it up, even if there was no discussion.

[french frank]

Could we have some "twin towns" with R4/R4E? Links between, say, The Verb, the poetry on Radio 4, and Word of Mouth as well as links for drama on 3 and 4?

Where do you want these links to be? I'm now trying to discover how to set up a sidebar (we seem to have given up on adding buttons to the navbar) but various things have cropped up recently.

[Mus' go now - have to get up early in the morning ...]

[Lateralthinking1]

On #23, I agree but I find the figures questionable. I was on the R4 board a lot for several years and saw the participation dwindle. The heavy moderation/censorship, the redesign of the forum, and the removal of one piece and then another. People became demoralised and left it for those reasons, not because of a lack of interest in the programmes.

On #24, I think for "The Verb", it would be near the title of the thread. As in the music magazines, "if you like this, you might like these". For drama, more difficult, unless you are able to group R3 drama productions somehow.

[eighthobstruction]

I've just registered over at this R4 new site....in my ol'R3/R4 name Rooooosta....if you have time, can you tell ref where/when this board first materialised....it's obviously been under a dust sheet for some time waiting; should the moment arise, to be resurrected....EEEee it's a reet clunky dinosaur of a board....Should I feel free to advertise it on the R4 CIY board or What??....While CIY is full of nutters [some may consider me to be one] there are some really interesting and funny/eccentric posters that I would sorely miss....and in only 7 days or less....tim

[french frank]

I wasn't meaning to give the new board my personal recommendation but it seemed to have been set up by a genuine R4 listener/messageboarder. The speed at which it appeared is not unusual - I assume it's a free site and they can be set up very quickly.

The very first r3ok site appeared overnight while Mark was plodding along with producing the very first FoR3 forum from scratch: it took him a further fortnight to launch it. Free ones only need a bit of customisation but there are good ones and less good ones from the point of view of software.

[Lateralthinking1]

One of the things I have noticed is that it has a big Radio 4 logo and looks at first glance like it is a BBC site. That might need to be changed. Although the quality can be variable, one of R4/R4E's great strengths is comedy. I hope they have a separate section for it. This is one of the areas where they will differ I think. It is difficult to see how we could have a formal comedy section here on the serious people's forum although there is no shortage of comedians around the place.

[eighthobstruction]

I see the Leigh Aspin the BBC administrator who is closing the R4 sites is logged as taking an interest in this new site/board....

....thanks ff....

[string]

One of the things I have noticed is that it has a big Radio 4 logo and looks at first glance like it is a BBC site.

My problem is that it takes an age to load - probably because of the horrible ads at the top and bottom of the page. FF can we post on here if there is a good play and just put R4 in the title as with Do3?