Other Stack Exchange sites often have a clever name for their main chat room. For example Code Review has "The 2nd Monitor" and Programming Puzzles and Code Golf has "The Nineteenth Byte".
What should we call our Worldbuilding chat?
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asked Sep 24, 2014 at 14:24
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"White Mice Lounge" in reference to Douglas Adam's Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, where the white mice are credited with creating earth.
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$\begingroup$ I like this idea, assuming that it doesn't infringe on any rights. Couple it with a room description like "General worldbuilding discussions" or something like that, and I think it will be both a nice touch as well as discoverable. $\endgroup$– userSep 24, 2014 at 17:21
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Following on from @MontyWild 's Douglas Adams suggestion what about
The Factory Floor?
From Slartibartfast line to Arthur "Welcome to our factory floor" (where they build the planets).
WoldBuilding: The Factory Floor
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1$\begingroup$ I think wold building has a slightly narrower scope than worldbuilding ;) $\endgroup$ Oct 16, 2014 at 10:52
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$\begingroup$ (I was about to edit the typo but then I thought it would be funnier to leave it as is...) $\endgroup$ Oct 16, 2014 at 10:54
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As I just got the Room Owner mantle automagically appointed me, I'm going with Worldbuilders' General Chat for now. Reasoning: It's obvious what SE it attaches to without being confusingly similar to the SE main site's name.
I like the idea of a more "clever" name, and will occasionally return to this space to see what the gestalt thinks up as our site's identity congeals.
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I think that the best name our chat could have is the one it already has - "Worldbuilding". This makes it immediately obvious that it is the right chat room and helps ensure new users can find the chat and participate as early as possible. I think our community will benefit from maximising communication with new users.
answered Sep 24, 2014 at 14:24
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1$\begingroup$ While this is clear I don't like it since then our chat and our site would have the same name. That could be confusing and redundant. $\endgroup$ Sep 24, 2014 at 17:31
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1$\begingroup$ @Vulcronos I don't understand how having the same name for the chat room and the Q&A site is confusing. Quite the contrary, figuring out that the chat room for Worldbuilding is “White Mice Lounge” or vice versa is a source of confusion. $\endgroup$ Sep 24, 2014 at 18:30
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$\begingroup$ @Gilles It is probably my background as a computer programmer and a hatred of naming conflicts. White Mice Lounge, while amusing isn't descriptive enough for me. That is why I suggested World Architects or World Blueprinting. It isn't great but just changing the name up a bit makes me happy. $\endgroup$ Sep 24, 2014 at 18:32
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3$\begingroup$ @Vulcronos Ah, a programmer. Chat room names and site names live in different namespaces, and are not automatically synchronized (unlike main and meta sites, whose names are synchronized). However, the convention to use the same names makes it a lot less confusing, because you can tell instantly which chat room is associated with which site. Amusing names have to be really worth it. $\endgroup$ Sep 24, 2014 at 18:36
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1$\begingroup$ @Gilles Thanks for explaining. I can see worldbuilding working then. $\endgroup$ Sep 24, 2014 at 19:53
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"The Drawing Board" in the metaphorical sense as used in "back to the drawing board".
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In reference to the Matrix: "The Architect's Room".
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To carry on with the Douglas Adams quotes begun by MadMAxJr, the white mice may have commissioned Earth, but Magrathea actually built it.
So, "The Magrathean Watercooler"
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The Demiurges’ Lounge (or something else involving demiurges)
I will leave it to Wikipedia to explain the concept of the demiurge, which fits worldbuilding very well in my opinion. While a concept of gnosticism, which can be considered a religion, I would be surprised if anybody were offended by this.
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I think something like World Architects or Blueprinting for Worlds could work.
Maybe even Fictional Realities or something along those lines.
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"the first day" As i just said on the Chat in reference to the bible "at the first day, god made the earth". would be controversy but also a bit funny.
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7$\begingroup$ We should be very careful with anything that can be construed as a religious reference. Stack Exchange has users literally from all over the world, observing (and not observing) a significant number of different religions. We do not want to turn people off by implying a particular religious slant on the site. $\endgroup$– userSep 24, 2014 at 18:07
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$\begingroup$ +1 for @MichaelKjörling i know that this would be very harsh (only god makes worlds) but i still find it funny. $\endgroup$– FulliSep 24, 2014 at 18:08
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1$\begingroup$ I'm sure some Christian's might find it offensive, but honestly, as a pretty devout Christian, I find the cultural nod to be not at all offensive. It isn't like it is a bad light, it's just making reference to a famous world creator. That said, I'd be more inclined to the white mice since I love Hitchhikers Guide. $\endgroup$ Sep 24, 2014 at 18:37
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$\begingroup$ did the islam not have the same story of alah build the earth? $\endgroup$– FulliSep 24, 2014 at 18:45
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$\begingroup$ @Fulli - yeah, I think they do, but I can't speak for how they would react (or Jews for that matter). $\endgroup$ Sep 24, 2014 at 18:46
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$\begingroup$ The reference is an Abrahamic one, so reflects the creation story of islam, judaism and christianity. The possible offence or even just feeling of unwelcomeness (which we really want to avoid) would be for other beliefs, such as unrelated religions or atheism. $\endgroup$ Sep 24, 2014 at 19:00
General discussion about Code Review -> http://codereview.stackexchange.com; ours could certainly be similar. $\endgroup$