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Hi everyone,
For some time now, a group of us have been discussing the concept of a LEGO
site that the community could truly call its own-- community owned,
designed, and operated. To this end, we have been endeavoring for more than
half a year to bring that concept to life. After the recent announcement
concerning WorldLUG, we decided that it would be a good time to bring this
into the public eye.
Who are we? Presently, the group is made up of 9 people: Jacob Sparre
Andersen, Steve Bliss, Dan Boger, Jennifer Boger, David Eaton, Sean Kenney,
Jake Mckee, Richard Morton, and Calum Tsang.
What we have been working towards is a site called LEGOFan.net, that can act
as a central hub for the community. A site where LEGO fans worldwide can get
information, be directed towards resources, and interact. We also are
developing an infrastructure that will allow community members to be
involved with the running of the site, from administration tasks to
open-source code maintenance. We hope in this way to actually create a site
that is in all ways by fans, for fans.
Perhaps what excites us most about LEGOFan.net, however, is the involvement
of the LEGO Company itself. Presently, the LEGO Company works informally and
sporadically with multiple independent fan sites. LEGOFan.net will provide a
more centralized point for the LEGO Company to interact with the fan
community, thus increasing the frequency of their interaction, updates,
news, and releases.
We're working out the details of the agreement with TLC to allow LEGOFan.net
to do such things as use the word 'LEGO' in its domain name, as well as many
other benefits and surprises directly from the 'inside'!
For now, the site is still in its beginning stages, and it may still be a
while yet before LEGOFan.net is actually ready to be launched. Many aspects
such as language globalization and privacy issues present considerable
problems, and even more so as the LEGO Company wants to be especially
careful where certain issues are concerned. However, we look forward to
finally being able to present the community with LEGOFan.net.
We welcome and ask your thoughts and feedback. As you can certainly
understand, however, we need to stay focused for our initial launch to
actually get launched. We are listening and will continue to listen, even if
your suggestions and requests don't make it into the first release. One of
our main focuses in creating an initial structure that allows for and
encourages community participation well into the future.
Play Well,
The LEGOFan Team
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| (...) I have to ask: Since Lego the company seems to be involved, does this central hub exclude the use of bricks manufactured by other companies? Don (20 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) SNIP (...) I'm not trying to be a wet towel, but I've always viewed LUGnet as the 'center portal' or 'hub' of the lego community--it functions as exactly that, AND a discussion site. Secondly, Lugnet already fits the "concept of a LEGO site (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) That all sounds good. Just don't let Jake force you to focus on Trains and hog up all the space for that theme! ;o) I'd like to see something that has real news, focus on current and upcoming product and the good product history. We also need (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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| Hi everyone Please forgive my ignorance but could someone explain what LUGNET is if it does not meet the description of a LEGO fansite? I have read some of the posts regarding WorldLUG and now LEGOFan.net but I may be missing something here. Also, (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
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| In lugnet.build, Richard Morton wrote: <snip> (...) Wadda? I'm sorry to say this, but this is the worst lack of respect towards Lugnet and this community I've seen in a long time. What would your website do if not copy what Lugnet does? Why come on (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains) !
| | | Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
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| (...) Perhaps it is time to have another revolution. After all, LUGNET was at least partly founded as a response to user's dissatisfaction with some problems inherent in r.t.l (one of them , ironically, being that r.t.l was too open a system which (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
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| (...) <snip> What exactly does it mean to be "community owned"? Is the site going to be like a WIKI and anyone can change the content? Is there going to be a controlling body (say, for example, of 9 people) who are going to make all the decisions (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
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| (...) why don't you guys just take over WorldLUG. I'll give you the whole architecture. Anybody can develop any module in any language, plus you can syndicate all the content out to people's sites using XML/SOAP/RSS etc. jus email me if you want, (...) (20 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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