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Hi there, I'm currently working on a University project which involves creating a magic community website. Not being a magician myself, I'd be grateful if anyone could provide some posts on what they feel they'd want from their ideal magician community.

I've looked across various communities, but, to understand best what magicians want; I need to ask those interested in magic directly.

Thanks

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He didn't he's just fishing for info.

Why magic? Why not do one on a subject you have mroe knowledge of?

Lawrence wrote:Why magic? Why not do one on a subject you have mroe knowledge of?

The idea is to do one of a subject that we don't have knowledge of. So that we are creating something for someone else. I'm just asking for a few suggestions as to what kind of features you'd come to expect of a community website. The site itself will be kept on internal servers for only a few weeks, so its not as if I'm trying to create a new ship to board ( which I can understand concerns ).

Sorry for any inconvenience.

One thing that I'd really love would be a calendar of any public shows or performances that members were doing.

The problem is, believe it or not a magic forum is no different to any other hoby related discussion forum.
they all have protected areas, and genre specific areas.
It's more baout rules than content.

All of the good conjuring forums, have strict rules regarding exposure, and open discussion of methods. All , or at least Most of them, also have ridgid guidelines about self advertising. This, mainly down to most of teh magic forums existing, thanks to teh financial aid from magic dealers.


If you look around other forums, you will see quite quickly the areas that differ between magic, and non magic forums ..

WAGroup4 wrote:I'm currently working on a University project...

Develop a hypothesis, do the experiment, collect the data, publish the result. I strongly suggest that rather than asking for subjective views, you develop your hypothesis based on features already common to successful forums.

Lady of Mystery wrote:One thing that I'd really love would be a calendar of any public shows or performances that members were doing.

OOh that would be good. Only if you could specify the range though. Most of the shows are in London, and thats 5 hours away... ... One day

I'd like a site without all that awful trolling that goes on around here.
At least we're not a Halo:Reach board though..... woa!

Speaking of that... where is Tom?

This might be controversial, but I would love a place with no amateurs and no close-up guys. A place to swap not so much magic as business information. If this is your profession that is the real knowledge.

Maybe it wouldn't need a complete forum, but certainly a section where entry was based not on invitation or number of posts, but on proof of professional standing. I know when I get together with my colleagues we talk gigs, not magic.

Also, I love the idea of a place to find out what gigs others are doing. Anything in my area I would love to catch.

phillipnorthfield wrote:Speaking of that... where is Tom?

Banhammered

Lawrence wrote:

phillipnorthfield wrote:Speaking of that... where is Tom?

Banhammered

I thought it was far too quiet around here!

Tomo wrote:

WAGroup4 wrote:I'm currently working on a University project...

Develop a hypothesis, do the experiment, collect the data, publish the result. I strongly suggest that rather than asking for subjective views, you develop your hypothesis based on features already common to successful forums.

Thank you for the advice, but this is only 1st year and the first project. The idea is to get information by talking to magicians and find out what it is they want. Subjective views is the idea.