Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 18

[cahn]

...apparently reading group is the way to get lots of comments quickly?

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The artist formerly known as Enlightenment RPF

[mildred_of_midgard]

I still think it's silly that past Yuletides in the last two years signed off on "19th Century German Literature RPF" (which in theory would have encompassed anyone from E.T.A. Hoffmann to Thomas Mann, who did start to publish before the century ended), and "19th Century British Writers RPF" (ditto, and did include Charles Dickens and Lewis Carroll as well as Byron and the Shelleys), i.e. an enormous amount of time, and a cast of thousands who don't have anything in common but geography, but "Enlightenment Writers and Scientists" is too broad.

I'm not going to pick a fight in the Yuletide admin community, but let's not forget "Historical Royals and Their Favourites RPF", which the mods and a couple of us, myself included, arrived at after much discussion, for which the nominated characters included Alexander the Great (4th century BCE Macedon) and James VI and I (17th century CE Great Britain). 2000 years and an entire continent, and we went with a gender-neutral "royals" specifically to make sure women like Anne could get included if needed. I mean, we could have included Catherine and Poniatowksi for 18th century Russia! Gilgamesh and Enkidu, probably. :P

But all right, Circle of Voltaire it is. :D

Algarotti: *I'm* the one who's six degrees from everyone who even slightly overlaps the 1700-1799 period!
Voltaire: Nobody knows who you are. Even in the salon, nobody had heard of you before last year.
Algarotti: :(

Re: The artist formerly known as Enlightenment RPF

[selenak]

My Circle of Voltaire/Enlightenment nominations are accepted! We're in there, too!

Re: The artist formerly known as Enlightenment RPF

[mildred_of_midgard]

Woot! Next year, we'll have Fritz, Voltaire, and envoys! :P

Re: The artist formerly known as Enlightenment RPF

[selenak]

Incidentally, I suck at spreadsheet filling - could you add both our Frederician and our Voltaire lot to the confirmed nominations, oh mighty tabulator?

Re: The artist formerly known as Enlightenment RPF

[mildred_of_midgard]

Happy to, if you point me to the right place. I'm not seeing a post in YT or YT-admin about a different spreadsheet, and I'm not seeing either a column or a sheet in the existing spreadsheet to indicate what's been approved. Help?

Re: The artist formerly known as Enlightenment RPF

[cahn]

Ah, you don't hang out in the slums like selenak and I do :) (It's being hosted by FFA and coaltide, as far as I know.)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XO2D8BbqeafK29a7mB2AARN-r0xcdIxaz_AGdYg5-z0/edit?usp=sharing

I would have done it myself but I guess you have to ask the administrator for edit access and I have to get back on the VPN before school ends... But if you don't do it by tonight I can do it.

Re: The artist formerly known as Enlightenment RPF

[mildred_of_midgard]

Thanks! I figured Selena had gone to bed and you would see this and pop in with an answer. :) I've requested edit access and will let you know if I'm successful before tonight.

ETA: Still no edit access, alas. You're on your own!

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[cahn]

OK, it looks like spreadsheeter is asleep; when they wake up, and if they are giving out access, I would expect them to give you edit access then --

-- now, I'm not totally sure whether the spreadsheet editor is letting other random people edit (which is... probably wise). If you haven't got access by the time you wake up, then I expect it's not happening and one or more of us can report in an FFA or coaltide thread. Though honestly, I think it's OK if we don't report it -- we'll get the whole tagset in a few days!