Thread: No more green dits. Say hello to our mentors

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Hmmmmm guess there is a reason why they call you the "Ray the Theme Man G"

Wouldn't want Bruno to lose more sleep with site modifications.

Originally Posted by RayG

Originally Posted by randydance062449 View Post

Just a suggestion..... If I make a post in the stropping forum or the shaving forum I do not believe that my mentor badge should be shown. Those are not my strong points and I believe that the Mentor badge might give my post more credence than it deserves. My strong suit is in honing, I would be more comfortable with Mentor badge being displayed in the honing forums and in the Newbies forum but nowhere else.

If I may make a suggestion... Randy has a good point. One easy solution is in the "custom title" field, where it usually says "Senior Member" the mentor can just substitute the particular field he is most comfortable with. Like Randy has placed "Razors and Rocks."

I would leave mine blank then as I don't consider myself expert in any of those fields, just experienced.

The term "mentor" implies someone willing to help and teach, not expert. Anyone who would follow, without question, what a teacher or mentor says will not do well in any field of endeavor.

I am honored that somebody saw fit to think that any help I might offer has merit.

I don't see any difference between these badges and the titles used by corporate America... managers, supervisors, directors, vp's, etc. They are used to separate people into groups according to their jobs and responsibilities.

Works for corporate america, seems like a good idea here, too.

I was an apprentice ironworker and I became a journeyman when I graduated apprentice school. When I began installing carpet I was a "helper." When I reached a certain level of expertise I was a "mechanic" in the parlance of the trade. Personally I don't care for the term helper. Journeyman or something like that would be preferable to me but mentor is alright. As Hamlet told Polonius when he was asked what he was reading ...."words".

Originally Posted by RayG

If I may make a suggestion... Randy has a good point. One easy solution is in the "custom title" field, where it usually says "Senior Member" the mentor can just substitute the particular field he is most comfortable with. Like Randy has placed "Razors and Rocks."

Thanks. that is a good suggestions. It's not mandatory of course, but if you want to show some detail, this might be a nice way.
Separate buttons would be an administrative nightmare, and hvaing them not show up would involve hacking the vb code.

I endorse RayG's idea of having the various mentors state somewhere obvious what their areas of strength are. After all they were chosen by management for those strengths and their willingness to share their opinion/comment with those seeking advice. The idea behind this badge of mentorship is to give those with questions an idea of where to look or of whom one may ask for help.

I'm hoping the mentors are not assumed to be polymaths simply because they have the badge. I also hope that the conversation between management and the mentors included the reasons for which they were asked to assume the mantle: "I think you know a bunch about this, are you willing to have the inexperienced PM you with questions which are likely to become endlessly repetitive?" The "THIS" ought to be identified for the sake of our new mentors' sanity.

Good luck mentor mantle wearers

Originally Posted by Bruce

I'm hoping the mentors are not assumed to be polymaths simply because they have the badge.

Heavens no! I would never assume this....mainly because I had to Google "polymath" to be sure that I knew the definition.


Oh yeah, I'm sure everyone else was familiar. Maybe I need a Mentor.

Originally Posted by Bruce

I endorse RayG's idea of having the various mentors state somewhere obvious what their areas of strength are. After all they were chosen by management for those strengths and their willingness to share their opinion/comment with those seeking advice. The idea behind this badge of mentorship is to give those with questions an idea of where to look or of whom one may ask for help.

Good luck mentor mantle wearers

That is an interesting idea, and I'm for it. But someone's going to have to tell me what my area of strength is. Friendliness? Ability to use the search function and google? I'm kind of joking, but kind of serious too. If I was told what to put there, I honestly wouldn't know what to put.

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

If I was told what to put there...

put "polymath"

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

put "polymath"

I'm liking this word