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User talk:Tobin

2004-10-25T01:22:12Z

Metahacker: /* Hi back */ hi yerself....

I'm the Ursulan Chron. A pathological tendency to correct spelling mistakes keeps me around... [[User:Morgant|Morgant]] 11:46 9 Jul 2003 (EST)

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Tobin,

Please stop removing my personal attributions. If I wrote it, I want it to be identified as mine, so if someone has a problem they can talk to me about it.

I dont want to hide behind anonymity, especially for my views on stuff like "The Renaissence never happened".

I dont mind it being edited, or even amended, but for scholarship to work you have to be able to stand behind your work.

Make me upset about this, and I'll find that quote from St Jerome about proper attribution *grin*

Anton

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Tobin,

On the page [[Humanists]] I have added a section about SCA personas being humanists. It contains a bullet point beginning with the words " You can quote several Greek texts ...". Down the bottom someone's added a comment "Specific names to drop could be ...". Can you take that comment and do your HTML trick to make it a side-note to the bullet point above about greek texts? I'd do it myself but now I can't remember where you explained how to do it and my HTML skills are fairly rough.

I want to make some more "Your SCA Persona is a ..." bits on various other pages too but I'll get this one right first.

Thanx,

[[User:Del|Del]]

===Hello from a Wikipedian===
Hi Tobin -- I noticed the article on [[Cunnan]] at Wikipedia, and dropped by to check it out. '''Very cool!''' I also noticed the authorship discussion. In case you aren't already aware of it, there are a lot of good resources at [http://meta.wikipedia.org Meta Wikipedia] and at [http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?WhyWikiWorks Meatball Wiki]. Good luck! [http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bcorr Wikipedia:User:Bcorr] [[User:64.91.162.225|64.91.162.225]] 04:51, 25 Dec 2003 (EST)

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Checking changes.

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So, any idea what the story with symbols is? I tried to move the Æthelmearc page to the right spot and it said it couldn't submit the form. And you will have noticed that your recipe pages are a mess too. Also, your change of the name Æthelmearc on the Kingdom page made no difference to me. I'm not sure if thie is a viewer specific thing. Oh, and get some sleep!

[[User:Conrad Leviston|Conrad Leviston]] 23:22, 16 Jun 2004 (EST)

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Tobin, I have noticed that the [[List Keeper]] link redirects to [[List keeper]] which wants to redirect to [[Lists Officer]], but doesn't. Is this to be expected? -- [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 13:26, 17 Jun 2004 (EST)
ps. the Aethelmearc above still looks funky to me, but not correct.

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Hi, I am a librarian at Central Michigan University and I added links to several of your pages dealing with national histories (see France and Germany). I was amused by the comical history attempts on the prior pages and thought I would add a link to better the histories. I was quite mystified to see these labelled as possible link spam. :]

I was going to blog Cunnan at my information literacy blog (lorenzen.blogspot.com) pointing out how outsiders can improve flawed history sites but if you think I am spam...

I appreciate your link vigillance. Could you let me know how you determine real link adds from spam? (Note what you reply may be used on my blog.)

Thanks,

Best wishes,

Michael Lorenzen

== Hi back ==

Thanks. :) I've been in the SCA a good while, plus I'm opinionated, so a Wiki seemed like a good activity. Besides, I think what y'all have here is really great. [[User:Sabine|Sabine]]

Also hi back! By the way, I just pointed our local mailing list at your site, as they were beginning to start a scrambled wiki of their own, and the wikipedia format just works so much better. So...expect an influx, as Carolingia houses a lot of knowledgable but...err...vocal people. ;-) -- [[User:Metahacker|Metahacker]] 11:22, 25 Oct 2004 (EST)

== midi ==

What are the chances of allowing midi file uploads? As you can probably tell I've started putting in dances, and midi music would be helpful.

fireworks
== Features turned off==
Is one of the features you have turned off the suffix stuff for wikis like [[weapon]]s, so the suffix no longer looks like it is part of the linked word?
- [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 17:00, 14 Oct 2004 (EST)

User talk:Metahacker

2004-10-25T01:20:09Z

Metahacker:

Hi Metahacker,
Welcome to Cunnan. We usually start by encouraging new users to make some edits but you seem to have the hang of things already ;-) Remember to visit the [[Cunnan:Village pump|Village pump]] if you need help with anything. -- [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 13:52, 21 Oct 2004 (EST)
:Thanks! I came over from the wikipedia, so I'm already a bit Bold. ;-) -- [[User:Metahacker|Metahacker]] 11:20, 25 Oct 2004 (EST)

User talk:Metahacker

2004-10-25T01:19:47Z

Metahacker:

Hi Metahacker,
Welcome to Cunnan. We usually start by encouraging new users to make some edits but you seem to have the hang of things already ;-) Remember to visit the [[Cunnan:Village pump|Village pump]] if you need help with anything.

[[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 13:52, 21 Oct 2004 (EST)
:Thanks! I came over from the wikipedia, so I'm already a bit Bold. ;-)

User:Metahacker

2004-10-21T03:08:05Z

Metahacker: creating this

Hi! In the Society I'm known as Alexander Robison, or Alexander the Landless, and reside in the [[Barony of Carolingia]], in the [[East Kingdom]].

Drop me a line if you've got any comments. I'm trying to add a little "EK" POV to the wiki. :)

University

2004-10-21T03:04:54Z

Metahacker: /* Universities in the SCA */ rearranging, adding EK POV

The word '''University''' is derived from the [[Latin]] word for "[[guild]]". The church established schools with the purpose of educating people in a particular profession (a non-trade profession), and then universities arose purely for "higher education". In the [[Middle Ages]], it was mostly [[church]]es or courts who had the better [[book]] collections of the times, so therefore those involved with these institutions (who were mostly those with lots of [[money]]) therefore had access to higher education.

== Universities in [[Europe]] ==

The first university, [[Al-Azhar]], was founded in Cairo, [[Egypt]] in 970AD.

The first university founded in [[Europe]] was the one in [[Bologna]], in 1088AD, which was followed up with more being founded predominently in [[Italy]], [[France]], [[England]] and [[Spain]] (during the [[1100]]s) and later in [[Germany]] and [[Austria]] ([[1300]]s). They had various faculties, as they do today. Note that the age of a university does not necessarily reflect on its status.

The premiere theology university of medieval Europe was the [[University of Paris]] at [[Notre Dame]], but [[Bologna]] was the place to go for [[Law]], and Palermo for [[Medicine]]. In [[England]], [[Oxford]] and [[Cambridge]] weren't bad. Most medieval universities, and students at them, were supported by the [[Catholic Church]], or by bequests from the rich and the pious. University students had a fair amount of control over the faculty and started to organise themselves as [[nation]]s (people of like cultural origin or [[language]]). Brawls between local townspeople and students were not unknown. A successful university career was often a stepping-stone to important positions at [[Court]] or in the [[Church]].

== Universities in the SCA ==

[[SCA]] groups may be based at modern universities and are referred to as a [[college]]. These are often a popular recruitment base for the [[Shire]] or [[Barony]] in which the College lies. In the [[East Kingdom]], these groups are often referred to as [[Borough|Boroughs]].

In [[New Zealand]] the use of the word '''University''' is reserved for actual government acredited institutions approved to use that name, and therefore the [[Kingdom of Lochac]] does not use the word "University" to describe any of its internal institutions.

The word "university" can also be used in the [[SCA]] to refer to an institution offering semi-structured courses of learning about medieval facts or crafts. The kingdom of [[An Tir]] has the kingdom-wide [[University of Ithra]]; the [[East Kingdom|East]] runs Universities as focused [[event|events]] which specifically emphasize scholarly learning.

''This page contains some writing from a [[Cunnan:Regional point of view|regional point of view]]. Feel free to edit to encompass the ways of the rest of the [[Known World]].''

== External Links ==
* [http://www.kateryndedevelyn.org/royal1.htm Information about Royal Colleges and Universities]

Events

2004-10-21T03:04:43Z

Metahacker: /* Types of Events */

Reeve

2004-10-21T02:55:26Z

Metahacker: /* Reeves in the SCA */ adding link to exchequer

A '''reeve''' was responsible for the management of the laws and finances of an area. The position evolved in time from the original [[Anglo-Saxon]] role as a [[steward]] or [[governor]] into one more of a local head of the judiciary or a [[bailiff]]. The word was usually linked to the area it managed e.g. [[port]]reeve, [[shire]]-reeve. Shire-reeve eventually became [[sheriff]].

==Reeves in the SCA==

A '''reeve''' is the [[SCA]] [[officer]] who acts as the [[groups|group]] [[treasurer]]. They deal with all the [[mundane]] [[financial issue]]s of the group/s, keeping financial records and accounts, and ensuring the group/s they are in charge of are not running themselves into debt!

Many groups refer to this position as [[Exchequer]].

The Reeve is sometimes an underappreciated job. Hug a Reeve Today!

People in the SCA

2004-10-21T02:52:11Z

Metahacker: /* Other Notables */ adding "Count"; wikifying better

== [[Newbies]] ==

anyone not having 'played' for more than 10 years.

Barony of Carolingia

2004-10-21T02:46:14Z

Metahacker: converting AD dates to A.S.

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The Barony of Carolingia is located in the northern region of the [[Kingdom of the East]]. Mundanely it represents [[wikipedia:Boston, Massachusetts]], and the surrounding areas. The current Baron is [[Jehan Du Lac]].

Its [[device]] is: Azure, a pall wavy or. [[http://www.carolingia.org/Images/carolingian_arms.gif]]

== History ==

The Barony was founded in 1970 as "The Barony of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Middlesex", and has a rich and well-documented history.

* February 13, [[A.S. V]] - First "Carolingian" event (St. Valentine's Day Revel)
* May 1, [[A.S. VI]] - First Carolingian [[tournament]] (May Day Tournament and Revel)
* October 7, [[A.S. VI]] - Lord [[John of Isleway]] is chosen as the new Baron.

=== Recurring events ===

* May Day - on or around May 1st, at the [[Borough of Fenmere]]
* Falling Leaves - late September/early October, at the [[Borough of Felding]]

== External Links ==

* [http://www.waks.org/Carolingia/ 'Official' website], which is being transitioned to the...
* [http://www.carolingia.org/ '(Un)official' website]

Barony of Carolingia

2004-10-21T02:44:25Z

Metahacker: creating general outline

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The Barony of Carolingia is located in the northern region of the [[Kingdom of the East]]. Mundanely it represents [[wikipedia:Boston, Massachusetts]], and the surrounding areas. The current Baron is [[Jehan Du Lac]].

Its [[device]] is: Azure, a pall wavy or. [[http://www.carolingia.org/Images/carolingian_arms.gif]]

== History ==

The Barony was founded in 1970 as "The Barony of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Middlesex", and has a rich and well-documented history.

* February 13, 1971 - First "Carolingian" event (St. Valentine's Day Revel)
* May 1, 1971 - First Carolingian [[tournament]] (May Day Tournament and Revel)
* October 7, 1971 - Lord [[John of Isleway]] is chosen as the new Baron.

=== Recurring events ===

* May Day - on or around May 1st, at the [[Borough of Fenmere]]
* Falling Leaves - late September/early October, at the [[Borough of Felding]]

== External Links ==

* [http://www.waks.org/Carolingia/ 'Official' website], which is being transitioned to the...
* [http://www.carolingia.org/ '(Un)official' website]

English Country Dance

2004-10-21T02:20:40Z

Metahacker: adding some examples of ECD, brief description of the dances themselves

'''English Country Dance''' is the common name for [[dance]]s propagated by [[John Playford]] and later his sons and other heirs in the book titled ''The English Dancing Master'' (later renamed to ''The Dancing Master''). This style of dancing evolved in [[England]], most likely from the [[Branle]], and eventually spread to [[France]] and [[Germany]] and later to the New World, and even Australia. Bush dances such as ''Strip the Willow'' are included in later editions of ''The English Dancing Master''.

It was published in 1651 and is theoretically outside of the [[SCA]] [[period]] but is commonly done in the [[SCA]] anyway. English Country Dance can properly be thought of as early [[Baroque Dance]] rather than [[Renaissance Dance]]. There are references to dances with some of the same names as those in ''Playford'' before 1600, although from the description of a couple of these it is clear that the dance was significantly different from those later printed by Playford.

The reconstructed dances are somewhat similar in form, usually being for sets of two, three, or four couples, consisting of a verse-and-chorus structure. The three "verse" sections tend to involve processing up and back in the first verse; siding in the second; and arming in the third. However, this is at best a general guideline.

== Some English country dances ==

From the [[Carolingia|Carolingian]] dance book:
* Chestnut
* Dargason
* Gathering Peascods
* Grimstock
* Heart's Ease
* Hyde Park
* If all the world were paper
* Jenny Plucks Pears
* Mage on a Cree
* Parsons Farewell
* Picking of Sticks
* Rufty Tufty
* Upon a Summer's Day

== External Links ==

* [http://www.sca.org.au/del/ddb/ Del's Dance Book], contains many English Country Dance reconstructions with their music.
* [http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~flip/contrib/dance/playford.html Transcription of the first edition of The English Dancing Master].