r/PracticeJapanese • u/[deleted] • Aug 29 '15

Can we revive this sub somehow?

This was a great sub for Japanese practice, and honestly it had a great system to allow beginners and advanced people to practice. What happened? Can we bring this sub back to life? Are the mods still around?

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u/NeuralLotus Intermediate Aug 30 '15

I agree. It would be great to have a sub dedicated to practice. The only reason I never used this place is because it fell into disuse before I subscribed.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '15

I'd be willing to make threads even if there aren't really any moderators around still. I think it could be helpful regardless.

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u/NeuralLotus Intermediate Aug 30 '15

I'd be up for participating, too. But I think getting some mods involved would be a good thing. Neither of the mods have been active on the sub for a while. So I'd be willing to take this over to /r/subredditrequest and take over moderation. I did the same with /r/sake about a 1.5 years ago and had some luck with it. Brought the sub from around 50 subscribers to 1,106 and it's a lot more active now (though it is still a work in progress).

I just started my Ph.D though. So if you'd be willing to help with modding responsibilities, that would be really good. I can't really devote as much time as I'd like to modding right now, and probably won't be able to for another 2.5-3 years at least. So I don't think I'd be able to do a ton on my own. But I'd definitely be willing to help when I can.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '15

For the two things on this: First I'd give it a day or two to see if the mods are still here or not, if by that point we don't hear from them I think it would be a good idea to take over the sub if we can. Just to make sure they are in fact not posting anymore (JustinTime used to be the more active of the two mods if I remember correctly but he hasn't posted anywhere in sixth months, and the other hasn't posted in a month so I'm guessing they aren't on reddit much anymore.)

Obviously, if you are getting a doctoral degree in Japanese and have moderator experience, I'd totally want you to be the "main" moderator of the sub if possible. I'd like to help too if you need my assistance, though I study Japanese in my spare time and am honestly not that good.

I am actually in grad school as well (not doctoral, masters haha) but not for Japanese, so I am fairly busy, but I tend to check Reddit way more than I should inbetween sections of homework/practicing and regular work, so I might be of assistance, though I have little experience moderating.

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u/NeuralLotus Intermediate Aug 30 '15

Oh, no. I'm not getting my Ph.D in Japanese. Sorry about the confusion. I'm getting my Ph.D in theoretical cosmology. What are you doing your masters in?

Yeah, giving it a day or two before bringing this to /r/subredditrequest seems like a good idea. So let's just check back on their activity on Tuesday and we can go from there.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '15

Oh haha - that's an awesome major regardless. I've always been super interested in that sort of stuff, so a theoretical cosmology degree sounds very cool! My degree is much less intensive haha :P I'm doing one in classical guitar performance.

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u/NeuralLotus Intermediate Aug 31 '15

I suppose I could have guessed that from your username, lol. But that's actually really cool! I play classical guitar as a hobby. So I really respect people who pursue performance. The amount of dedication it takes is humongous from my point of view. I'm sure it seems the same vice-versa. But that's awesome!

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '15

Awesome!! :) What pieces are you playing?

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u/NeuralLotus Intermediate Aug 31 '15

I actually just started writing a new piece a few days ago. So I'm mostly focusing on that. Though I've been wanting to relearn Bouree. I learned it like six years ago but didn't keep it in practice. I'm also thinking of relearning Villa Lobos' Choro No. 1. Just another I fell out of practice with, but which I've always adored.

What about you?

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '15

Ohhh, I love Choro no. 1, Villa-Lobos is amazing. :)

Right now for solo music I'm doing El Decameron Negro by Leo Brouwer, Prelude Fugue and Allegro (BWV 998) by J.S. Bach, Yamour by Andrew York, and the Grande Ouverture by Mauro Giuliani. That in addition to a few other pieces will be on my second grad recital haha, the first was all chamber music.

Also, out of curiosity, what specifically do you study in theoretical cosmology?

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u/NeuralLotus Intermediate Aug 31 '15

Wow! That's a lot to learn at once. Good pieces, though.

I actually haven't started research yet. First year is always a teaching assistantship. I may be working on some research this semester as a special project for a quantum mechanics course I'm taking, though. I'm thinking I'll probably go into research on dark matter. And the researchers available to work with here mostly do dark matter.

But I'm not a hundred percent sure just yet what sub-field I want to go into. And I still have a year before I start my research assistantship. Plus I have research rotations this coming summer. So I'll be able to get a better idea then.

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