What name would you choose?

[Sunday21]

1 hour ago, Grunt said:

Sigh.  I like Mormon Hub.

Me too. How will nonmembers find us? Can’t we say Former Mormon Hub? Mormons for Christ? Mormons Are Christians? 

[zil]

1 hour ago, Sunday21 said:

Former Mormon Hub

That's for ex-members.

1 hour ago, Sunday21 said:

Mormons for Christ

Implies some of us aren't (for Christ).

Personally, I don't like the idea of the Lord's name in a URL or site name - seems like it would cause too-casual use of his name.  But that's me.

I like MormonHub too, but I'm very glad that the owners decided to follow the prophet's counsel to not refer to the Church or its members as "Mormon":

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When referring to Church members, the terms "members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" or "Latter-day Saints" are preferred. We ask that the term "Mormons" not be used.

https://www.mormonnewsroom.org/style-guide

I always think of "MormonHub" as a central / gathering place for members of the Church, thus replacing "Mormon" with "Latter-day Saint" is the closest way to adhere to the guidelines: Latter-daySaint(s)Hub.

Even if it's not so obvious to people who are not members, (a) it's still unique to us (as far as I know), (b) it shows that we follow the counsel of the prophet, and (c) it helps make "Latter-day Saint" more common, thus increasing the chance others will use it.  This seems like a more-than-worthwhile effort.

[Just_A_Guy]

“The hub formerly known as Mormon”, expressed in written form by some character from the Deseret Alphabet?

 

[NeuroTypical]

MyrmidonHubble

[zil]

37 minutes ago, Just_A_Guy said:

...expressed in written form by some character from the Deseret Alphabet? 

 

I vote for one of the three marked below:

[Traveler]

how about - Latter-day Pioneer tales.

 

The Traveler

[Traveler]

latterdaysainthub

 

The Traveler

[person0]

kolobexpress

[zil]

2 minutes ago, person0 said:

kolobexpress

I like it!

KolobHub

KolobCentral

Hieing to Kolob  (or Hying to Kolob, if you must)

[NeuroTypical]

My Elders Quorum does temple trips starting at 6:00AM.  If you show at 5:30, you get to participate in "Kolob & Kremes".

 

Anyway, have a video unrelated to what I just said, but totally related to the topic.

 

[Guest]

On 9/17/2018 at 2:18 PM, pam said:

Can't use the name Mormon.

I was thinking that was what it was about.

Doesn't this fall in the category of proper nouns like "Mormon Tabernacle Choir"?

If you take "Mormon" and "LDS" out of the title, you will have to do some pretty hard search engine manipulation to get traffic to the site.

Edited September 20, 2018 by Guest

[Guest]

7 hours ago, NeuroTypical said:

 

 

"Bleep". Yup I listened to the whole thing and that's what I remember.

Edited September 20, 2018 by Guest

[Guest]

9 hours ago, zil said:

I like it!

KolobHub

KolobCentral

Hieing to Kolob  (or Hying to Kolob, if you must)

I'd prefer kolobcentral.

If we're going for traffic by name, then... latter-day(something) is probably best.

Latter-day discussions was mentioned.

Latter-day forum (pretty straight forward).

Latter-day threads

Latter-day questions

Latter-day assembly, colloquium, gathering...

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[Vort]

I take all the "kolob*" suggestions as jokey. If any of them are meant seriously...I strongly disagree.

[zil]

1 minute ago, Vort said:

I take all the "kolob*" suggestions as jokey. If any of them are meant seriously...I strongly disagree.

Well, fine then!  We'll just hie to Kolob without you!

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, Vort said:

I take all the "kolob*" suggestions as jokey. If any of them are meant seriously...I strongly disagree.

I thought kolobcentral made a lot of sense. It is uniquely part of the faith and easily recognized. 

Would you care to expound a bit von your distaste for it?

We could also go for deseret forums or hub or...

Edited September 20, 2018 by Guest

[Vort]

2 minutes ago, Carborendum said:

Would you care to expound a bit von your distaste for it?

The antiMormons have poisoned that well. Fair or not, using "kolob" in the site's name marks it as the home of fringe elements and evokes all the bizarre and dishonest antiMormon claims against us.

I like the idea of using "Deseret" in the name, though it's sure that many (especially non-members, but also some members) will assume the site owners misspelled "desert".

[zil]

3 minutes ago, Carborendum said:

I thought kolobcentral made a lot of sense. It is uniquely part of the faith and easily recognized. 

Would you care to expound a bit von your distaste for it?

@Vort's been to Kolob.  Didn't like the weather, or how slowly time passes.

[Guest]

Now that I think about it, remember a while back I was wondering why the word deseret was transliterated rather than translated when it wasn't a proper noun or a unique item?

Zil joked that it was because we can use it in proper nouns.  We had a discussion about its use.

I believe the use of "deseret" would be highly appropriate.

[Vort]

Just now, zil said:

@Vort's been to Kolob.  Didn't like the weather, or how slowly time passes.

I said "hi" to Kolob.

[zil]

Just now, Vort said:

I like the idea of using "Deseret" in the name, though it's sure that many (especially non-members, but also some members) will assume the site owners misspelled "desert". 

Nonsense.  We're the ones who can't have a simple meeting without cookies and Jell-o.  They'd assume it was misspelled dessert!

[Vort]

Just now, zil said:

Nonsense.  We're the ones who can't have a simple meeting without cookies and Jell-o.  They'd assume it was misspelled dessert!

We need to do that more at Church. Maybe people wouldn't complain about the three-hour block as much.

[SilentOne]

1 minute ago, Vort said:

We need to do that more at Church. Maybe people wouldn't complain about the three-hour block as much.

So you're suggesting we switch out the bread and water for cookies and punch?

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, Vort said:

The antiMormons have poisoned that well. Fair or not, using "kolob" in the site's name marks it as the home of fringe elements and evokes all the bizarre and dishonest antiMormon claims against us.

Fair enough.

5 minutes ago, Vort said:

I like the idea of using "Deseret" in the name, though it's sure that many (especially non-members, but also some members) will assume the site owners misspelled "desert".

That will drive traffic

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, Vort said:

The antiMormons have poisoned that well. Fair or not, using "kolob" in the site's name marks it as the home of fringe elements and evokes all the bizarre and dishonest antiMormon claims against us.

Fair enough.

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I like the idea of using "Deseret" in the name, though it's sure that many (especially non-members, but also some members) will assume the site owners misspelled "desert".

That will drive traffic