Why I don't use Longacre genres - an appeal for votes on suggestions

MJ. Smith

I don't use Longacre genres for several very common reasons:

• first, I don't understand how to use them effectively in studying the Bible text. Unlike semantic roles, I am not given a bibliography that includes an example. I immediately run into a roadblock because I would be more inclined to try the Sydney school of functional linguistics' genres (stories, histories, reports, explanations and procedures) if I were to replace the traditional coding of genres. In the documentation or blog posts or training materials, give me a reason for this particular classification being useful in Logos/Verbum. I'm easy, an answer could be as simple as Professor X or Seminary Y uses this scheme and requested it be included or Resource Z uses this scheme so it helps you understand the resource. Vote at Basic information on Logos coding schemes | Faithlife
• second, I am allergic to using classifications I only know in a nod-your-head and parrot-back manner. I suspect too much nod-your-head knowledge is partially responsible for the wide variety of denominations. I wish that Logos/Verbum had three level training. The first level would be simple vocabulary cards (even if they are an Anki deck) to insure the user actually knows what they mean rather than simply being able to read tool-tips. The second level would be excerpts from commentaries, monographs, and journals that show the feature in action, and finally, a training-harness function for their coding where the user could work at two levels: (1) the Logos coding text units are marked, the user tries to add the "correct" tag and (2) the user must define the text units and their coding. Vote at Three level training on Logos tagging/labeling | Faithlife

In short, I'm asking that Faithlife not equip us with tools without giving us the knowledge to use the tools.  In addition, as indicated in SUGGESTION: Modifications to the Context Menu - Logos Forums I'd like an environment where we can protect ourselves from the temptation to pretend to know more than we actually do.