🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Wed, Apr 4, 2018 10:45 AM UTC:
I don't think the term 'recognized' could cause any confusion
We should not make any such assumption until we look at how people understand the term.
Kevin Pacey has said, "most or all of these Famous variants are more or less literally 'recognized' (by mere mention) by the whole chess variants world."
You have said, "The way I see it is that the 'recognized' concept should mean 'embraced by the World.'"
Greg Strong has said, "These are not variants recognized by the world at large, they are variants called out for recognition by us - the CVP community."
I have said on this page, "A recognized variant is one that we have selected, either by ballot or editorial decision, as one that is worth trying out, or at least worth knowing about."
Since these do not all express the same understanding of what is meant, it appears that someone is confused.
and I don;t think it is a good idea to change it. Certainly not into 'recommended'. I would never recommend Shatranj...
In case you missed it, I was recommending removing Shatranj from the list. As long as we do that, Shatranj wouldn't continue to be an objection to renaming Recognized variants to the less confusing Recommended variants.
We should not make any such assumption until we look at how people understand the term.
Kevin Pacey has said, "most or all of these Famous variants are more or less literally 'recognized' (by mere mention) by the whole chess variants world."
You have said, "The way I see it is that the 'recognized' concept should mean 'embraced by the World.'"
Greg Strong has said, "These are not variants recognized by the world at large, they are variants called out for recognition by us - the CVP community."
I have said on this page, "A recognized variant is one that we have selected, either by ballot or editorial decision, as one that is worth trying out, or at least worth knowing about."
Since these do not all express the same understanding of what is meant, it appears that someone is confused.
In case you missed it, I was recommending removing Shatranj from the list. As long as we do that, Shatranj wouldn't continue to be an objection to renaming Recognized variants to the less confusing Recommended variants.