General Question

Hi All,

I am curious as to what you all feel about a dedicated numismatics
website with a forum to act as an online community for collectors? I
know some people don't like web based forums preferring groups and
newsgroups. It would obviously be slightly less democratic than a
newsgroup but a forum would eliminate spam and cross posts from other
newsgroups.

Thoughts greatly appreciated.

Mame du Bois

On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:41:26 +1000, MDB wrote:
Hi All,

I am curious as to what you all feel about a dedicated numismatics
website with a forum to act as an online community for collectors? I
know some people don't like web based forums preferring groups and
newsgroups.

Well, a website can come and go at the whim of whoever is running it.
Usenet by it's nature is decentralized, which is what keeps it alive
long after the originators get bored with a group or project.

It would obviously be slightly less democratic than a
newsgroup but a forum would eliminate spam and cross posts from other
newsgroups.

It's been tried with varying success on varying topics. If someone
wants to try, go for it, but don't expect the world.

MDB wrote:

Hi All,

I am curious as to what you all feel about a dedicated numismatics
website with a forum to act as an online community for collectors? I
know some people don't like web based forums preferring groups and
newsgroups. It would obviously be slightly less democratic than a
newsgroup but a forum would eliminate spam and cross posts from other
newsgroups.

Thoughts greatly appreciated.

Mame du Bois

Is there a need?

There are already eight or ten, maybe more.

Check yahoo, google or here

http://www.canadiancoin.com/index.htm

JAM

On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:41:26 +1000, MDB
wrote:

Hi All,

I am curious as to what you all feel about a dedicated numismatics
website with a forum to act as an online community for collectors? I
know some people don't like web based forums preferring groups and
newsgroups. It would obviously be slightly less democratic than a
newsgroup but a forum would eliminate spam and cross posts from other
newsgroups.

Thoughts greatly appreciated.

Mame du Bois

Try this one:
http://www.coinpeople.com

or this one:
http://www.coinforum.com

I prefer to hang out at CoinPeople because of the Russian coins
subforum. Many people from the Russian Numismatic Society also go
there, and therefore the knowledge level in the exchanges is quite
high (and the people are very nice!) Also, it is nice to be able to
post pictures (and an occasional word or passage in Russian.)

--
Bob Hairgrove