Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine ( the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers )

…you know how sometimes it seems Readers have a little difficulty ‘getting’ ‘the point’ of this ‘blog’?  No, really, we have heard from friends coming to the Wakefield Doctrine for the first time and their reactions have been along the lines of, “Really interesting site, but what is it about?”, and observations such as, “Hey I get that I am a roger and that scottian fella is a real hoot, but what are you trying to do with all those Post and pictures?” Over the course of the last 12 months of Posts we have tried different formats and layouts and themes, all with the goal of finding the best way of presenting the Wakefield Doctrine  to visitors.  So the consensus of the opinion is that the Doctrine itself is not difficult to ‘get’; the explanations, examples and definitions of the three types are clear enough for the average Reader (according to feedback). Unfortunately we still are getting the “I don’t get what this site is all about”  from those brave enough to give us feedback.

While it is tempting to think that the solution is to hire a consultant to re-design the blog, change the theme and otherwise package the site better;  we will try a few more things before we resort to such a significant, serious, expensive, time-consuming and expensive fix. ( If there are any Consultants out there who feel they can show us the way to structure our little blog, we are open to suggestions). We have heard all of the standard advice about writing lots of content and linking to other sites and writing Comments on other blogs,  however if anyone out there wants to suggest a presentation/structure to the site that will help the new Reader quickly assimilate the basic information and (therefore) get involved with what we are doing, then we are all damn ears.

Not having a surfeit of patience, we will be making some changes immediately.
That “About” section in the upper right corner of this here ‘Landing Page’, here is where we will start. If people say they have trouble figuring out what we are doing here, then we need to be more direct and more clearerer. And since this is the Wakefield Doctrine,  surely that is where we will find the best solution to our problem. If we are not communicating with the First Time Reader quickly enough for them to stick around, we need to be more direct, and the Doctrine tells us the answer in two words: scott.  Ms. AKH has volunteered to help create a more scottian Introduction to the blog. While not without some risk (…“what do you mean you still don’t get it?!?! get back to your %&%# computer and write us a %&% Comment!! and it better be nice and sweet, there you go…good Reader, take a penny, please!! “).

So we all excited about the prospect of Readers staying around the Doctrine and reading more of the background on the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers and maybe going back to some of the old, fun Posts like the one without punctation which was one of my favorites. And while you are here we have a blogroll with a couple of good blogs on it like the  whirlygirl or the dragon muffins.  You can even find a place where you can see pictures of Una! (Look for the ‘Hubs’ that say Chodsky Pes).

(You know there is a Fashion Center where you can see what the hats (for your damn head) look like; if you want one, don’t be clarklike write us a Comment and just ask!)

Oh! yeah, before I forget, we are serious about suggestions about how to get this thing our ours all consumable and maintstreamed. Let us know, or call us Saturday Night Live….operators will be sitting by!