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Request to add a Wee Corner feature to the site

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Arregaithel · 18/03/2026 15:29

Could we please have a Wee Corner.

If MN'ers discover amazing/interesting articles that may captivate the community, they could post in the "Wee Corner"

Purely, as an example, I offer this about Joshua Bell, a world renowned musician.

and

The story behind the performance

The "wee corner" does not have to just relate to music ofc but could cover a gamut of interests which may engage a vast majority of MN

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KilkennyCats · 18/03/2026 15:31

People will assume the wee corner is a place for the piss troll.

JaneJeffer · 18/03/2026 15:31

KilkennyCats · 18/03/2026 15:31

People will assume the wee corner is a place for the piss troll.

🤣

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Arregaithel · 18/03/2026 15:44

Ok... 🧐 interesting that's where you both went first 🙄

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Namechange1345677 · 18/03/2026 15:44

KilkennyCats · 18/03/2026 15:31

People will assume the wee corner is a place for the piss troll.

Haha I had the same thought!

JustGiveMeReason · 18/03/2026 15:46

Yeah, I also assumed this was to do with toileting.

Maybe you need to be Scottish ?

EvangelineTheNightStar · 18/03/2026 15:48

Stop the bus I need a wee wee cup of tea song now in my head…

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Arregaithel · 18/03/2026 15:48

JustGiveMeReason · 18/03/2026 15:46

Yeah, I also assumed this was to do with toileting.

Maybe you need to be Scottish ?

"Maybe you need to be Scottish" how very perceptive 🦄

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LittleGreenDragons · 18/03/2026 15:51

I went to the same place as the others. I was going to claim discrimination on behalf of the poo troll 😂

Anyway, to return to more serious matters - isn't that what the Chat forum is for?

LondonRidge · 18/03/2026 15:56

Arregaithel · 18/03/2026 15:44

Ok... 🧐 interesting that's where you both went first 🙄

I also thought this. What else would it be, what does weeing have to do with music?

EveryKneeShallBow · 18/03/2026 15:59

FWIW I knew what you meant, though I do live in Scotland. I think probably a thread or series of threads in Chat called The Wee Choral Chat Corner or whatever would probably do it.

EEHHH · 18/03/2026 16:02

Im not in Scotland and not from Scotland but I knew what you meant.
Some on this site just love to nit pick.

MyThreeWords · 18/03/2026 16:03

I don't really understand what the proposal is. Do you mean it would be a place for posting links to interesting articles/podcasts/etc?

Aren't these best posted in topic-specific areas, as currently? No article is interesting to everyone. Dog articles are interesting to doggy people, craft articles to crafty types, etc

PrettyLies · 18/03/2026 16:15

I’m sorry, I’m probably completely missing the point. But why would be called the “wee corner”? I have to say I thought of piss too 😂😂.

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Arregaithel · 18/03/2026 16:34

PrettyLies · 18/03/2026 16:15

I’m sorry, I’m probably completely missing the point. But why would be called the “wee corner”? I have to say I thought of piss too 😂😂.

well as everyone seems to be takin' the p... 😛 🤣 it's a daft suggestion.

@PrettyLies TIL, wee, in the UK, is not just "to urinate", who knew!

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DappledThings · 18/03/2026 16:36

Arregaithel · 18/03/2026 16:34

well as everyone seems to be takin' the p... 😛 🤣 it's a daft suggestion.

@PrettyLies TIL, wee, in the UK, is not just "to urinate", who knew!

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I understand the use of wee in the context. I just don't understand how it would be different from the existing chat board.

Walkacrossthesand · 18/03/2026 16:37

I’m sassenach and don’t use the word ‘wee’ to mean little, unless I’m culturally appropriating eg a wee dram. Which I wouldn’t say anyway as I dislike whisky, but you get my drift

DameOfThrones · 18/03/2026 16:38

We'd be inundated with ads for Tena Lady! 🤭

EmeraldRoulette · 18/03/2026 16:42

@Arregaithel I assumed you meant "little corner" but even then I wonder if I'm missing a reference

You mean just a place for random interesting things? It needs a more descriptive title, surely.

or did you capitalise those letters by mistake?

I'm honestly not trying to nitpick. I'm just trying to work out whether you want a wee
corner as the thread title or you mean you think a wee corner of the site should be devoted to random interesting things.

CallingOnTheMegaphone · 18/03/2026 16:44

I am Scottish and I still assumed it would be about peeing. I think it's a ridiculous idea.

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Arregaithel · 18/03/2026 16:51

@EmeraldRoulette thank you,

I thought it was self-explanatory tbh, but most obviously not.

This is indeed what I meant;
"a wee corner of the site should be devoted to random interesting things"

Although chat does cover many different topics, "my thinking" doh!

was specifically trying to encompass those interesting articles/subjects that any of us may have stumbled upon.

Am obvs numpty though 😂

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EasterlyDirection · 18/03/2026 16:56

I don't think anyone would understand what it was for with that name. Scottish or not.

MyThreeWords · 18/03/2026 17:01

What does it mean in Scotland? I mean, I know wee means little, but what is conveyed by the term 'wee corner'. I'm imagining either a noticeboard in a local shop, where people pin postcards about pet sitting, secondhand trumpets, etc; or something like a nature table at school, where children bring in interesting finds.

(I don't think it can be the former, because I never heard the term in Fags, Mags and Bags, which is my main cultural reference point for small Scottish shopsGrin

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Arregaithel · 18/03/2026 17:20

CallingOnTheMegaphone · 18/03/2026 16:44

I am Scottish and I still assumed it would be about peeing. I think it's a ridiculous idea.

I am actually quite surprised that some find it somewhat tricky to comprehend that a "wee corner" could just be a small area within the MN site to offer unusual/interesting/random, bits and bobs.

@CallingOnTheMegaphone you must be east coast then 😉

Where does likle/ickle sit then? Wondering 🤔

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WhatHoJeeves · 18/03/2026 17:21

Are people really not getting that the OP just means a thread on MN to share interesting things you have come across that might also be of interest to others? Why are people fixating on the meanings of 'wee' and 'corner'?!

I don't know that 'Wee Corner' would be the best thread title (I've seen worse!) but the idea is a good one I think. I'd enjoy dipping in and finding interesting things I might not otherwise have stumbled across. Would be a nice change from some of the griping and sniping and could be quite uplifting.

RhododendronFlowers · 18/03/2026 17:27

KilkennyCats · 18/03/2026 15:31

People will assume the wee corner is a place for the piss troll.

Oh my god, I thought the same!