tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post7191861262196692505..comments2024-03-26T17:47:16.530-04:00Comments on Poets and Storytellers United: Writers’ Pantry #20: A Name by Any Other Name Can Be… ConfusingMagaly Guerrerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-91459690989067229392020-05-19T12:17:41.459-04:002020-05-19T12:17:41.459-04:00I agree, adding the link is supper important. That...I agree, adding the link is supper important. That way even if the names don't match, those who might want to take the chance can find the post a bit easier.Magaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-44644814519039920132020-05-18T18:24:41.022-04:002020-05-18T18:24:41.022-04:00Thanks for elaborating! There was a time when the...Thanks for elaborating! There was a time when the user name connected to my Wordpress gravatar was SnakyPoet – the name of my very first and for a long time my only blog (which still exists), my twitter handle (long ago when I was on twitter) and now my Instagram name. But at some point I decided to change my gravatar name to Rosemary Nissen-Wade, for the very reason that I thought SnakyPoet might be confusing nowadays. (On Instagram, and on the SP blog itself, my own name is visibly connected to it, but gravatar doesn't allow for that to be immediately obvious.) <br /><br />Another thing I think important is always to put a note on a post I'm sharing, as to which prompt I'm linking it to – even if I am linking a really old piece to the Pantry, as I sometimes do.<br /><br />So it seems I'm doing all that's needful. That's good! Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-24155515491297004962020-05-18T10:10:59.050-04:002020-05-18T10:10:59.050-04:00Things would be made dramatically easier if every ...Things would be made dramatically easier if every username link would lead to a full profile, which includes the participants blog. But even that isn't a perfect system, if the person doesn't leave a direct link. For as our beloved Susie pointed out above, some writers have a collection of blogs (e.i. you and cie). If you failed to provide the direct link, a reader would have to go through over 10 blogs before they could find the one with your post. And after they got there, they would have to search for the specific entry too. Magaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-44342272527790253702020-05-18T10:07:33.168-04:002020-05-18T10:07:33.168-04:00I think your posts are easily found, since you alw...I think your posts are easily found, since you always add the direct link to Mr. Linky and you sign all your blogs with the name you use to leave comments. One might have to come back to the original prompt to reply--that's what I and most of us do, I think. The problem arises when the username and link people leave on comments lead to an empty profile. This is especially true for people who blog on WordPress or other sites and have to create a Blogger profile--many don't add a link to their blogs to said profile. And again, when the name they used to comment and the name they leave on Mr. Linky doesn't match, the break comes. Take this as an example, for the longest time, I wasn't sure who Jenna was. I suspected that she blogged at Revived Writer, but I couldn't be completely sure. When I searched the blog for the name Jenna I couldn't find it there. Then, when I followed the link she leaves on comments she made on my blog, the link would take me to a Blogger profile that offered no connection to Revived Writer. <br /><br />If everyone followed the same pattern things would be very clear. But we are people, and people will do things differently. So, the only thing we do have is offering some sort of connection between username and blog name, which will lead us directly to a post or will guide us there if we come back to the prompt. Magaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-60045513695270127642020-05-18T09:43:25.257-04:002020-05-18T09:43:25.257-04:00Hmmm, old hand as I may be, perhaps I don't kn...Hmmm, old hand as I may be, perhaps I don't know well enough how things work! I never realised that people wanting to find a post of mine again would not do what I always do – which is to come back to the particular P&SU feature and find the link I want in Mr Linky again. Doing that, I personally never get confused about which blog is whose.<br /><br />When I comment on people's posts and am asked to supply website, I put www.nissen-wade.com which is the url of a blog I have designed as my official website. It has links to my 13 blogs-that-are-blogs, 5 of which are poetry blogs. Enheduanna's Daughter is my current main poetry/storytelling blog and most often the one I link to here – but not always. (If I'm leaving a comment on a Wordpress blog, it will sometimes automatically put my gravatar url and I don't change it because I think it does the same: leading to the list of my blogs.) <br /><br />For the Mr Linky link, I have been using my whole name, and linking to the particular post at the particular blog for the piece of writing I'm sharing. ‘Rosemary Nissen-Wade’ does appear prominently on any blog I might link to here, either as sub-title of the blog or at the top of the Home page.<br /><br />(To further complicate matters, my email address is not simply my name either, but just my first name plus an old business name I used to have. I never changed it as so many people already knew it as my email address.) <br /><br />I was puzzled a little while back when one reader said she had trouble finding my post. She was confused by being directed to my website, from the information I left on a comment at her blog – and also because I wasn't posting on that occasion at my usual poetry blog but one of the others, so she thought that the Mr Linky link must have been wrong (which it wasn’t) and then that the website was another misdirection. <br /><br />I can see that it could be useful to put both my name and the blog name on Mr Linky, but I hope I need not change the url on my comments to whichever blog I'm using at the time. My website is called Rosemary Nissen-Wade and right at the top, clearly visible, is a menu link to 'My Poetry Blogs'. Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-49571845487069421032020-05-18T08:32:57.022-04:002020-05-18T08:32:57.022-04:00P.S. It's good to see you, cie. ;-)P.S. It's good to see you, cie. ;-)Magaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-79332290263533389662020-05-18T08:32:17.591-04:002020-05-18T08:32:17.591-04:00I think things are rarely confusing for regulars--...I think things are rarely confusing for regulars--those of us who have been around for a while can recognize each other easily. Still, when someone has several blogs (aka you and Susie, lol) having the username and blog name in the added link helps. Magaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-71178329407105707772020-05-18T08:25:46.136-04:002020-05-18T08:25:46.136-04:00Yay! for better.Yay! for better.Magaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-69438775425420628292020-05-18T00:11:26.664-04:002020-05-18T00:11:26.664-04:00Thank you for asking, Magaly. The corn is up along...Thank you for asking, Magaly. The corn is up along with the weeds since we don't use herbicides. We also had a fair start for our tree planting. Even with unexpected repairs this is much better than last year (so far).<br />We hope for a good year for once. Ha!Joel (@Stranded Tree)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00088694600301047120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-41842791933749574672020-05-17T22:53:47.730-04:002020-05-17T22:53:47.730-04:00I like to go all e.e. cummings when I'm doing ...I like to go all e.e. cummings when I'm doing poetry, so I tend to just write "cie" and leave the direct link to my post. It never occurred to me that it might be confusing when my Blogger handle is "The Ornery Old Lady." Although anyone who gets to know me a little quickly sees that the two are one and the same! ;-)Ornery Owl of Naughty Netherworld Press and Readers Roost https://www.blogger.com/profile/07596105116325246476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-83869582216024171962020-05-17T17:45:32.554-04:002020-05-17T17:45:32.554-04:00Welcome back, Audrey. I hope life is getting a lit...Welcome back, Audrey. I hope life is getting a little better. Magaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-75591242180818137262020-05-17T17:44:30.874-04:002020-05-17T17:44:30.874-04:00Happy Sunday to you, Gillena. Happy Sunday to you, Gillena. Magaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-21835473634571507012020-05-17T17:44:07.898-04:002020-05-17T17:44:07.898-04:00Susie, the blog collector. :-DSusie, the blog collector. :-DMagaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-48271355934179422722020-05-17T17:23:21.139-04:002020-05-17T17:23:21.139-04:00Hi Everyone! Making my out from under a rock--betw...Hi Everyone! Making my out from under a rock--between the pandemic, and loss of income, and NaPo--sorry for my absence!Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-22679078696739542852020-05-17T14:59:58.586-04:002020-05-17T14:59:58.586-04:00Congrats to H. Hennenburg.
Happy Sunday everyone
...Congrats to H. Hennenburg.<br /> Happy Sunday everyone<br /><br />Much💜loveGillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830061733849775594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-23008852611539810202020-05-17T14:19:47.769-04:002020-05-17T14:19:47.769-04:00Thanks for sharing the book and keep us on our toe...Thanks for sharing the book and keep us on our toes about clarity on our posts. I have so many blogs people wouldn't know who the heck I was if I posted without using my name.Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-91887961599655693072020-05-17T11:30:28.851-04:002020-05-17T11:30:28.851-04:00You are not alone. Well, we all sort of are in a w...You are not alone. Well, we all sort of are in a way, but you know what I mean--we, too, are staying home (and hoping for the best). 😁Magaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-65369774225083099012020-05-17T11:29:14.384-04:002020-05-17T11:29:14.384-04:00Thank you so much for reading, Joel, and for being...Thank you so much for reading, Joel, and for being so good at making the process easier for all of us. I hope things are growing well in the farm! Magaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-50294636857270125442020-05-17T11:27:43.652-04:002020-05-17T11:27:43.652-04:00Good morning, Bright Stuff! Good morning, Bright Stuff! Magaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-30387633347630208992020-05-17T11:11:34.285-04:002020-05-17T11:11:34.285-04:00Good day, everyone. Still sitting out the lockdown...Good day, everyone. Still sitting out the lockdown here. Stay safe!<br />Hi H. Hennenburg, congrats on your book! :)dsnake1https://www.blogger.com/profile/08724264906690080704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-41545077381098520612020-05-17T10:09:42.883-04:002020-05-17T10:09:42.883-04:00Magaly, I will include "Joel (@Stranded Tree)...Magaly, I will include "Joel (@Stranded Tree)" on my links from now on. It makes better sense since I also include a sister-site (for more personal and non-farm related writings.) <br />This was a good reminder as I try to reply to every comment on my site and it took me a while to connect names to bloggers. I appreciate the visitors that read my meager ramblings and I try to get to everyone I can, although I'm late, especially this time of year.<br /><br />After discovering Poets United, I've felt welcomed by you all. Thank you and Cheers!Joel (@Stranded Tree)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00088694600301047120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-69007079200842369872020-05-17T09:51:15.658-04:002020-05-17T09:51:15.658-04:00Good morning Sunshine!!Good morning Sunshine!!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-7646945084441577252020-05-17T08:57:48.223-04:002020-05-17T08:57:48.223-04:00Correct links do add a level of ease to the proces...Correct links do add a level of ease to the process.Magaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-7095108885034177702020-05-17T08:55:53.380-04:002020-05-17T08:55:53.380-04:00I knew there would squealing! 😁I knew there would squealing! 😁Magaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-7601673357509535162020-05-17T08:55:02.435-04:002020-05-17T08:55:02.435-04:00Beginnings are always a bit tricky for us all, I t...Beginnings are always a bit tricky for us all, I think. Magaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.com