A small voluntary donation from many of the regular members would be nice as I'm sure this upgrade costs quite a bit of money.Dutch Baka said:Again thanks Thomas and Maciamo for the work you guys are making for us! really appreciated, guess we should make a present for you guys... how?
Pachipro said:A small voluntary donation from many of the regular members would be nice as I'm sure this upgrade costs quite a bit of money.
Elizabeth said:I think a lot of regulars are like myself who have considered donating in the past
and are not at all reluctant to do whatever they can now. The thing that is just a little awkward is not having any idea of the amounts involved in an upgrade or what other members are doing....knowing mine would probably end up being embarrassingly inadequate at the bottom of the heap.
Carlson said:what is this thing you call a wallet?
Isn't donator just an archaic or less used form of donorMike Cash said:It isn't bashfulness over having it known that I had donated that prompts the question. My big stumbling block is the use of "donator" instead of "donor". I'd rather have nothing at all there than that.
Elizabeth said:Isn't donator just an archaic or less used form of donor
with exactly the same meaning ?
As far as doing it all anonymously. I'm not in it for my own benefit so that would be my preference as well.
Mike Cash said:Far, far less used. Webster's Online indicates that "donator" shows up about 2 times per 100 million words while "donor" shows up about 291 per 100 million. I find "donator" very odd and awkward sounding and don't wish to have it appear with my name above it.
I have a similar conundrum. I don't feel comfortable with the idea that 窶弖ﾂ皇 might appear under my "name". I'm serious. I most certainly am not a 窶弖ﾂ皇 nor do I think it should be used to refer to anyone other than a real 窶弖ﾂ皇 .Mike Cash said:I find "donator" very odd and awkward sounding and don't wish to have it appear with my name above it.
Maciamo said:I made a quick Google search and "donator" gave 926,000 results, which isn't that low.
Personally, "donor" always reminds me of "blood donor" or "organ donor". Therefore, I find it strange to use it as a "user title".
Maciamo said:Personally, "donor" always reminds me of "blood donor" or "organ donor". Therefore, I find it strange to use it as a "user title".
Mikawa Ossan said:I have a similar conundrum. I don't feel comfortable with the idea that 天皇 might appear under my "name". I'm serious. I most certainly am not a 天皇 nor do I think it should be used to refer to anyone other than a real 天皇 .
Mike Cash said:"Donator" just strikes me as not even being a real word.
Pemosan said:It holds money. When he says look in his wallet, it means he wants to see if he/she has money to spend.
It's unfortunate in a sense if this were imposed on anyone by a vocal minority, at the same time I concur with all the above and agree the changes will be 100% positive.thomas said:I have to agree to that.
Point taken. I am also in favour of changing the current system of user titles.
Regardless of what Webster's says, that's the way we call supportive users here at JREF.
Anyhow, while I do appreciate your support and loyalty to JREF, I don't want this thread to digress, so instead of expanding on the donors/donators issue let's please refocus on the proposed changes.