Physics Forums: Help & Learn with a Sense of Community

[Andre]

That's a great idea. The first paragraph is familiar but this is great:

Physics Forums is a beautiful example of people coming together to create something with the purpose to help, to learn, and to create a sense of community among people that share a love of science and not for monetary gain.
- Evo

I would suggest to move it up to the top or maybe right below the 'stay connected' box if needed. I'm sure that we can live with 'who's online' and such being pushed down a bit.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

ha, there is a type in there!

 

[phinds]

That's an excellent sentiment but it's a description, not a mission statement.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

That's an excellent sentiment but it's a description, not a mission statement.

Fair enough, I'll title it "Who we are".

 

[Andre]

That's an excellent sentiment but it's a description, not a mission statement.

True, maybe we could edit it slightly:

Physics Forums intends to be a platform for people coming together to create something with the purpose to help, to learn, and to create a sense of community and friendship among people that share a love of science and not for monetary gain
- Evo.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

True, maybe we could edit it slightly:

Physics Forums intends to be a platform for people coming together to create something with the purpose to help, to learn, and to create a sense of community among people that share a love of science and not for monetary gain
Evo.

We'll have to ask Evo, it's her quote :D

 

[Evo]

I was always wanting to change it to something like

Physics Forums is a beautiful example of people coming together with the purpose to help, to learn, and to create a sense of community among people that share a love of science and not for monetary gain.
- Evo

Hey, it's got to sound like me.

 

[phinds]

Fair enough, I'll title it "Who we are".

EXCELLENT idea. Much better than a mission statement.

Physics Forums is a beautiful example of people coming together with the purpose to help, to learn, and to create a sense of community among people that share a love of science and not for monetary gain.

Excellent statement.

The only thing I would add is "DEATH TO CRACKPOTS". Well OK, maybe a little over the top

 

[collinsmark]

Sorry to go all grammar police, but I think there's a problem involving sentence parallelism with the current wording. Perhaps it can be changed to something more along the lines of

Physics Forums intends to be a platform for people coming together with the purpose of helping, learning, and creating a sense of community among people that share a love of science, and is not for monetary gain.
- Evo

[STRIKE]And maybe also break it into two separate sentences to avoid a run on (not shown).[/STRIKE] [Edit: On second thought, nevermind about breaking it up into two sentences. It's fine as-is in that respect.]

 

[collinsmark]

On third thought, I might be misinterpreting the quote. Now I'm not so sure of the intended meaning of "not for monetary gain." Perhaps some more rewording is necessary.

 

[collinsmark]

Okay, I realize now that I totally butchered Evo's original intended meaning. Sorry about that Evo.

At the risk of re-butchering the text, what do you think of this?

Physics Forums is a beautiful example of people coming together to create something with the purpose of helping, learning and creating a sense of community among people that share a love of science for the sake of science, not for monetary gain.
- Evo

[Edit: On fourth thought, nevermind. It's fine the way it is. I'll just shut up now.]

 

[Evo]

Okay, I realize now that I totally butchered Evo's original intended meaning. Sorry about that Evo.

At the risk of re-butchering the text, what do you think of this?
[Edit: On fourth thought, nevermind. I'll just shut up now. It's fine the way it is.]

It was just an off the cuff comment I made in a thread reflecting how I felt about the forum. After I saw it years later it reminded me of how poor my grammar is. It was spontaneous and heartfelt. I didn't spend time creating it.

 

[AlephZero]

[Edit: On fourth thought, nevermind. It's fine the way it is. I'll just shut up now.]

Only four thoughts isn't good enough

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[George Jones]

Mission statement:

Your mission, should you decide to accept it, ...

 

[Mentalist]

Mission statement:

Your mission, should you decide to accept it, ...

I like this statement. Gets the feeling across. We all are curious but how far are we willing to go to satisfy this curiosity or can it ever be satisfied?