Should Tiki Central be stripped of any hawaiiana discussions? - General Tiki

TS Tiki Shaker Grand Member (8 years) Menifee, CA Joined: Jun 28, 2008 Posts: 775	TS Tiki Shaker Posted posted on Fri, Jan 23, 2009 3:51 PM I think the key is to keep this site about things tiki, and things related or paired with tiki.. not more than a degree or two of separation though. Hawaiiana should be fine obviously. So should Don Ho. So should any pop culture or current event/items that can be associated or paired with tiki. The problem arises in situations where the degrees of separation extend too far. For example, going from tiki culture to ancient tiki sculpture to modern interpretations of tiki sculpture, to modern hula girl sculptures would be fine. This is a logical progression, and even at the end - a modern hula girl sculpture - would be a logical link to tiki, for most of us. But if that line would continue, and this was added at the end http://www.getclay.com/ like when this link was posted on a previous post http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=30953&forum=5&hilite=dragons the the logical link and association with tiki is broken. A dragon sculpture is no longer a link. So, as was discussed in the previous post, it was then transfered to Beyond Tiki. To me, this just makes sense. If you can't picture something being in a tiki bar, don't post it in the tiki related parts of the forum.

I think the key is to keep this site about things tiki, and things related or paired with tiki.. not more than a degree or two of separation though. Hawaiiana should be fine obviously. So should Don Ho. So should any pop culture or current event/items that can be associated or paired with tiki. The problem arises in situations where the degrees of separation extend too far.

For example, going from tiki culture to ancient tiki sculpture to modern interpretations of tiki sculpture, to modern hula girl sculptures would be fine. This is a logical progression, and even at the end - a modern hula girl sculpture - would be a logical link to tiki, for most of us. But if that line would continue, and this was added at the end

http://www.getclay.com/

like when this link was posted on a previous post

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=30953&forum=5&hilite=dragons

the the logical link and association with tiki is broken. A dragon sculpture is no longer a link. So, as was discussed in the previous post, it was then transfered to Beyond Tiki.

To me, this just makes sense. If you can't picture something being in a tiki bar, don't post it in the tiki related parts of the forum.

Post #430275 by Tiki Shaker on Fri, Jan 23, 2009 3:51 PM