Talk:Archive:Monthly Write-a-Thon

Libations, and teaming arrangements for Attractions?

Somewhere in the libation list has to be madeira -- accompanied by "Have some Madeira, m'dear".

I was thinking of some places I've been, can't easily go revisit, and wonder if some teaming might be possible. For example, one small but outstanding attraction is the Museum of the Resistance in Copenhagen. Oh, I went there interested in the history, but in reading commentaries, including the "we wish it were true, but the King didn't put on the first yellow star". To me, even beyond the heroism, it's a chronicle of a community that constantly was guided by one principle: Do The Right Thing.

Any Danes here, who might do a proxy visit?

If it helps, while I'm no longer living in the DC area (not by choice), I'm a pretty good tourguide to Washington DC, including some things that don't often get visited.

Howard C. Berkowitz 23:05, 5 August 2008 (CDT)

with a beard on her earlobe that tickled and said, "Haaaaaaaaaave some Madeira, m'deara....?" Ah way, where are the debauches of yesteryear? Hayford Peirce 23:23, 5 August 2008 (CDT)

I've only ever heard this poem once, recited by the late Tony Randall, a man of great talent that I only came to know of late in his life.

I say we definitely all work on Madeira next time, with a view to making it libation of the month. Is it always capital 'M'? (My gut says 'yes', but see how little I know?)

Aleta Curry 22:50, 7 August 2008 (CDT)

The BIG Collaboration

Now that we've had a Big Collaboration experiment, and people are making suggestions and this is at the top of the Write-a-Thon page, may I suggest that we begin CZ:The Big Collaboration if participants are so inclined?

We could link to THE BIG COLLABORATION on the monthly write-a-thon page, and link to the write-a-thon on the Big Collaboration page. Since the write-a-thon is, I think, an unqualified success, I would not like to see it hijacked or see the momentum destroyed.

Comments?

Aleta Curry 22:47, 7 August 2008 (CDT)

Hi Aleta, I didn't mean to hijack or to destroy momentum. On the contrary - if wisely chosen, I think that THE BIG COLLABORATION might even lend momentum to the write-a-thon, as this will almost certainly be an article on which you will not be working alone. So I suggest that we always have a BIG COLLABORATION article that fits the chosen write-a-thon theme, e.g. Music for September, something like House, Household or Housekeeping for October, National park for November and so on. -- Daniel Mietchen 03:35, 28 August 2008 (CDT)