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(...) Hmm, some good thoughts. Can we move this discussion to lugnet.admin.suggestions, and could someone start a new thread there, capturing the discussion so far? Frank FUT: lugnet.admin.suggestions (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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Lenny, please don't go. We need good people here to help grow community. Perhaps if we all shared more about building these kinds of things wouldn't happen. I have always felt that way. Please don't blame yourself. I think Felix put it best some (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) snip-a-lot Hello Kevin and everyone. I have to say that I have absolutely no clue has what you are referring to. I could try to guess, but then again, I could simply ignore the whole thing since it probably doesn't concern me on a personnal (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Hi Lenny, You're a great guy. When I met you for the first time 2 years ago you seemed to be an intelligent person with well thought out ideas. However, is this the best response you can come up with? Kevin made some very relevant and poignant (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I'm not sure if this is precisely true. Just looking at classic-castle, only because it's much quicker for me to get the stats, there are ~12000 posts in the "castle MOCs" forum and ~8800 posts in the "castle sets" forum. Assuming that (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Leonard Hoffman wrote: As with David, I was not going to reply till I saw my name in lights. (...) And I stand behind that 100%, it was a true and valid point and still is. And the fact that my post was spotlighted shows (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX) !
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(...) I wasn't thinking of that, actually, but it could be done. Basically generate a signature of the user's settings, and cache the spotlight for that signature. That would mean that multiple people sharing the same config (skip filter + spotlight (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Huh. So, rather than keep an individual's ranked posts, you'd just keep an "everyone with settings in configuration X" sort of thing. Makes sense. I wonder if there could be a limited number of configurations to start with, in case it *is* a (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Oops, my mistake-- I'm told there's a limit of posts within 10 days. Hence the re-ranking has to query all posts within 10 days (roughly 1000 posts at the current level of traffic). (That does admittedly make FAR more sense-- I always thought (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I think the *best* thing to do would be to have users put their own rankings in. "Posts to .pirates get +2, posts to .fabuland get -1, posts by my buddy get +1, etc". But that means re-ranking things constantly, since there's no time limit (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I think it shouldn't be very hard to implement. Have to add a chaching mechanism so that each member's version would be updated no more than once an hour, and not at all if they're not currently browsing. It would also work as a better gauge (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I like the solution but the implementation of the solution might be prohibitive--the coders would have to weigh in to see how feasable that is. If it requires a complete rewrite of LUGNET's current software, well, that'd be a little crazy... (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) "(URL) Apres nous, le deluge>", eh? If the admins had some positive achievements to justify their sense of self-importance, perhaps we wouldn't be in this mess. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) I posted a possible solution to some of the Spotlight issues here: (URL) In summary, I think it would be possible to give indivuals control over the weightings used to determine spotlights. This way, the person who wants MOC's spotlighted more (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I find myself agreeing with this completely. I have had discussions about this with some other people on this and I was told that there was a personal story behind that particular decision. LUGNET decisions should not be based on personal (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX) !
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(...) I am saddened to see someone of your caliber having to make a choice such as this. I remember you coming on board LUGNET as a newbie and have watched you grow both in your building abilities and your contributions to the community. It is (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX) !
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In lugnet.admin.general, Leonard Hoffman wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) <snip> I wasn't going to reply, but my name is here and, well, context is everything. Let's get the entire quotation-- " (...) " The idea, if it's not already obvious, was (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX) !
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What on earth are you talking about? What is the LPRV committee? And why does your message have lines that cause me to need to scroll across about three screen widths? Tim (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Lenny and Kevin, I've been (intentionally) out of the loop on internal processes for over a year now. But I want you to know that I see your posts, and that this makes me sad. I feel bad that you were hurt by the community's comments. I remember (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Kevin, You speak as if you are some great martyr for a cause. Well, I hope you get what you want - whatever that is. I personally find this whole post wrong, misinformed and offensive. The fact that it already has so many spotlights just makes me (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Dear Lugnet, Following the recent events concerning Administrator responsibility to the community, I have decided to resign my position. Several users have publically called my motives into question - have accused me of using my Admin powers for a (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX) !!
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In lugnet.admin.general, Kevin L. Clague wrote: <snip> (...) Few things-- First, love the story telling abilities of Kevin--whilst being offended at what actually transpired (as I still am, but that's neither here nor there), I still smiled because (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Todd. (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Hi all, More than a month ago I applied for Lugnet membership. It took some time to get the money transfer organized (I'm no paypal member, and other means where simply not acceptable because of the banking fees involved), but Rene of 1000steine.de (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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The story you are about to hear is true, but the names were changed to protect the innocent..... Freddy-engineer used to really enjoy Tengul, a park where he and friends talked about their favorite toy, LEGO. Freddy enjoyed this park very much and (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general) !!
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(...) The best example by far was the Toy Fair. Larry posted his pictures to .announce and to .lego, giving it only a +1 (since .announce is +1 and .lego is -1). He also posted it on a Friday (or so I seem to recall), and IIRC a bunch of MOC's had (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) While this would be interesting, I think it's a separate problem. As illustrated in this thread there are postings that make the Spotlight that have no human rating applied to them. Since the Top Stories list has a cap on the number of (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Your quote doesn't refute my statement, nor does it support yours. I would say that Lugnet is home to the LEGO Community, and that MOCs are a key importance to that community. Do you think that is incorrect? Since MOCs are the clearest (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Is that right? The top four items are now the Brickfest announcement, two on the survey. and one on a mecha contest. Between them they have 36 spotlights ('human recommendations'). Do those 'human recommendations' include the effects of the (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Is LUGNET about MOCs? I thought it was meant to be a place for the LEGO Community to center around. "Where minds connect: You are not alone! LUGNET is home to thousands of LEGO fans of all ages. We are a community which never sleeps...." But (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I personally would be more convinced if you could find some threads that SHOULD be there, but aren't. Also include whether those threads have been spotlighted or not. If Lugnet is about LEGO, and LEGO MOCs in particular, I think added weight (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Replying to my own post and I don't think anyone is really looking at this thread anymore anyway, even though it continues to be a "top stories" item. I just wanted to metion that now, 24 hours later, the conditions of the above referenced (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I don't know about LUGNET's highlighting, but as for Brickshelf - when I hit reload/refresh, the only thing that seems to change is the "ad" that seems to be randomly placed amoung the folder spots. The folders' order of appearance does not (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) The space people (myself included) are in the process of transitioning to the Classic Space forums ((URL)). These forums use a more modern, more standard, web based discussion group engine. This is the same sort of engine that I've seen at (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) As a software developer, I don’t think this would be all *that* bad, at least performance wise. First, you’d calculate a ranking of postings which would be similar to how you create the spotlight list today. Call this new (internal list) the (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Actually, the easiest way to make this work for everyone is to have the weighting of the spotlights settable for each person's account. That way if I really care about color postings, I can weight that higher than someone who's sick and tired (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) You'd think people would do this, but they clearly don't. It's "too hard" for people to post their pictures to their Bricklink folders, wait for them to be moderated, then post to Lugnet. It's easier for people to do both at the same time (or (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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Here is a good example: (URL) highlights or spotlights. Post has coding mistakes making it difficult to find the pictures The model (imho) is nothing special. The photos are (imho) poor quality. Yet it is on the top stories (#5, just before this (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) But don't forget that people reading through news readers are not able to highlight even if they are members! (21 years ago, 14-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) This one, (URL) had not had the brickshelf gallery moderated when I viewed it yesterday but it appeared on the front page. (I'm not saying it wouldn't deserve it when moderated) There wasn't really anything to base judgement on. Tim (21 years ago, 14-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) When I understood Larry correctly, this is not what he wants. Some people here on lugnet become downright hostile when certain topics get discussed, and tons of replies end up in these threads telling users that they should stop discussing (...) (21 years ago, 14-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Hello, This is my first post to lugnet so please be nice. I rely on lugnet to point me to the latest lego news, and for that I have found no better site. So first of all thank you to all the people who make this possible. Secondly, I have a few (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Hmmm I just tried this and got no ads and no shuffling, even when I'm not logged in. Maybe Kevin has temporarily disabled the ads to work on it? ROSCO (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) What defines "old"? Is it a certain time period, or is it just things that are no longer available on lego.com (does this affect Legends, BTW)? Bruce (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Yes, we do have permission to publish "old" instructions on Brickshelf.com. Any request to change that policy to cover recent sets should be directed to Jake. (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Hi Kevin, This would be cool. Will there be restrictions on what scans can be uploaded--i.e., will it be restricted to sets of a certain age, or sets that are no longer available on Lego.com? Or could someone run to the store, grab the most (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) We have no forums at Brickshelf so Lugnet is the best place to discuss things like this. You can also send questions/suggestions to support@brickshelf.com. Kevin (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Hi Kevin, Thanks for responding. I appreciate that the change was an experiment, and I figured that there was probably some rationale behind it. Was this change ever announced or described somewhere? If so, I imagine that my comments merely (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) The current system for updating the scan library is obviously not working, but I have a fix: Soon anyone with a Brickshelf account will be able to upload to the scan library. I'm still working on the details for how to handle them after they (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) The randomizing of the recent pages was an experiment the 23 folders on each recent page were randomized but it still had the appropriate 23 folders by modification date. There have been some complaints so it is back to modification order. The (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Before December, what percentage of MOCs announced on Lugnet were in .space? Is it possible that part of the problem is that the most active group of builders (and possibly highlighters) has moved to another site? I don't mean to imply that (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) I'm a paying member, didn't realise you were not. (I figured the people raising functionality concerns were paying members)... I'll try to try to remember to try it tonite. I forget where we should talk about BrickShelf functionality... prolly (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) No dice. I logged in and the content still shuffles. Maybe if you are a PAYING member, the functionality is suppressed? (URL) I know that it suppresses the ads though. -Duane (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Hmm, that suggests a test... what happens if you're logged in? Logging in suppresses ads I thought, so MAYBE suppresses shuffle too? (...) Nod. I expect that's a common feeling. (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) I find it especially bothersome when there has been one or two new additions and the page gets shuffled. The one or two additions get lost in all of the "old" thumbnails. It creates the illusion among the uninitiated that there is a lot of new (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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Hey, Just wanted to second the idea of excluding unreviewed posts from making the highlight lists. A couple of times recently I have posted MOCs and then been pleasantly surprised to see them on the highlight list the next time I went to Lugnet. But (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) I just now noticed this for myself. It used to be that the position of the add on each page would sequentially shuffle the order of the thumbnails depending on which frame it appeared in, but now the order seems random. I would bet that what (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Um, I encourage people to spotlight posts every chance I get... (...) Adjusting spotlight weights isn't changing the whole scheme, though, is it? Spotlight weights have been around for a very long time and they get periodically adjusted. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Point taken. There are a number of issues that LUGNET is struggling with, but this certainly is one of them. (...) Left that dangling... I agree that it doesn't. Personally I think it might be desireable to not consider posts that didn't get (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) I see this as being a key distinction. It's a perk of membership. If a person wants to be able to influence the focus of spotlights, they should become a member, otherwise the general lay visitor is stuck with what the members feel is (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX) !
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(...) I agree that people not highlighting isn't necessarily a bad thing, UNLESS those people then complain about what shows up in the spotlight. Instead of encouraging those dissatisfied people to highlight more often, the admins rejiggered the (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) That's not really actionable, sorry. At least not for me anyway. (...) Great suggestions. However, they weren't clear to me, no... That is, they didn't jump out at me AS SUGGESTIONS at all. I've asked that posts that should be tracked as (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) I agree! IF everyone that cared about what hits the spotlight list consistently highlighted (or didn't highlight) things, you would be absolutely correct. (...) Right... We don't. BECAUSE, based on user comments, which we listen to carefully, (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, Marc. That helps my understanding of the current scheme ... Shaun (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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(...) Again - in my opinion - yes. Lugnet has already been besieged by some serious challenges in the past 18 months, most of which were natural and forseeable consequences of a community that loved its small-village feel enough that it did (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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(...) Actually, having the spotlight feature honor the skip filter would resolve the highlighting issue, but unfortunately that won't happen. -Duane (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) snip You can get the justification for the Spotlight weights (URL) here> and (URL) here>. This bit strikes me as particularly absurd: These can be tweaked as necessary. And will be, if we can't get spotlighting to highlight what we believe (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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(...) Seriously jeopardised? (...) It's not the only thing that matters, no, but posts to .announce.* and in particular, posts to announce.moc get an upweighting, and posts to .admin.* and .off-topic.* get a downweighting. That was spoecifically in (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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Frustrated Comments Ahead: Is there any summary information available to try and understand how some of the major AFOL resources are now being administered? Both Lugnet and Brickshelf seem to have undergone major practical changes in the last few (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX) !!
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(...) No, it isn't. (...) something (...) links to (...) to (...) something. Hmm. I agree. Thank you for your help, Mr. Pieniazek. This will help tremendously, because I can subscribe to the two groups I frequent (Robotics and Technic), and not have (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...e.DOT.com> wrote in message news:IEnsro.1DM@lugnet.com... (snip) (...) be (...) How about adding 'Getting Started' to the links on the home page: Newsgroups | Spotlight | Events | Links | Guide | Shop | (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I might advocate changing the little link on the front page to say something like "Join Lugnet!" instead of "Membership". Then underneath, have links to both posting setup and membership, briefly explaining the difference. Possibly also change (...) (21 years ago, 9-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Rather than asking everyone to email you replies, you may want to look into subscribing to the group (perhaps temporarily) by email, via this URL: (URL) first doing this subscription setup: (URL) to get your confirmation code ) XFUT (...) (21 years ago, 9-Apr-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Try this link. (URL) (after waiting a day or so for one of us to process it) write any admin if you still have trouble. See the header of admin.general for our addresses (which group this is XFUT) It's not necessarily an easy link to find. (...) (21 years ago, 9-Apr-05, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) It's its own custom thing, written by Todd, mostly (I think) in 1997-1999. Long ago Todd had considered selling it for other forums, but I don't think it ever really took off. DaveE (21 years ago, 7-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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LUGNET is by far the best web forum I've ever seen. I'm trying to find out what software runs it. Is it a custom job? If so, written by whom? If not, what is it and where can I learn more about it? Thanks, - Joe (21 years ago, 7-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I'm not sure if a curator can fix this or if someone else needs to...the eToys (& KBtoys) affiliate link no longer work. (URL) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.curators, lugnet.admin.general)
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As mentioned (URL) here>, the LUGNET administration team has been working on a Policies and Procedures document (sometimes called the P&P for short) that will help clarify to everyone what the various roles and responsibilities related to LUGNET (...) (21 years ago, 1-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Hmm, I tried to respond to this in e-mail, but got trapped twice by spamproofing... E-mailers that hide the destination e-mail behind the name are annoying, you have to know the address is even spam proofed since you just see "To: Larry (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Reminder: PLEASE don't post suggestions to this thread. Start a new thread if you can't find the original. Thanks. This post will self destruct if Frank's does. :-) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) No, it (technically) wasn't an official post since it wasn't officially signed. But since the list is modifying content in the admin area, the list is official, as far as it goes, it's officially the best list we have, until it's improved, at (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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| | Re: In support of Larry
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(...) [...] I totally see what you mean here. Until I met Larry in person and spent some time with him (he came to SF on business and we had dinner together) I didn't care much for him either. But after meeting him in person I really like the guy. (...) (21 years ago, 29-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.people)
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(...) Good questions, Dave! I've raised this with the Admin team... We'll mull this over and get back to you with an answer with our usual alacrity(1)... this contest doesn't start for a month or two I hope?(1) ++Lar XFUT to just .terms 1 - that's (...) (21 years ago, 29-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Not sure in which .admin forum this belongs; please FUT as appropriate. I'd like to call for a simple contest involving clone bricks and I wondered if it would be appropriate to make announce it in .build.contests, in .build.mecha, in .announce, in (...) (21 years ago, 29-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Update please
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(...) Damn. Leaves me out... :P OK, back to modding... Robbo (21 years ago, 29-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Update please
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In lugnet.admin.general, Larry Pieniazek wrote: snip (...) Thank you Larry et al, I look forward to reviewing the Policies and Procedures document, and hope that this is the first step in many for a more productive/pleasant Lugnet. Thank you for (...) (21 years ago, 29-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) We appreciate your concern and that of the other LUGNET members who have spotlighted your post. Your desire is understandable, your honesty in bringing this up for attention is appreciated, and your tactfulness in the way you bring it up is (...) (21 years ago, 29-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Dear Todd, Lenny, Frank, Kelly, Matt and Lar, It has been around three weeks since I have posted to Lugnet, and because of my self imposed suspension I have been waiting for the new policies re: this post..... (URL) and here..... (URL) and/or (...) (21 years ago, 27-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general) !!
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| | Re: [WARNING: OBJECTIONABLE CONTENT] New MOC: The Shpleem's Night Out
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(...) Why?(1) The content may(2) get neutronbot on to the netNanny list but that's your site's issue, not LUGNET's, a mere link should NOT get LUGNET on that list. What's wrong with a link to it? It seems pretty solidly warned for those that might (...) (21 years ago, 25-Mar-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Friendly reminder about use of .general
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(...) Kinda goes against the descrption for .general: lugnet.general– General community discussion of LEGO® sets, themes, promotions, characters, business units, parks, histories, future plans, catalogs, item pricing and availability, etc.; also, (...) (21 years ago, 24-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Did you notice the LUGNET masses complaining about it? (...) Wilde: "A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal." Scott A (...) (21 years ago, 22-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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"Leonard Hoffman" <lenny.hoffman@lugnet.com> wrote in message news:IDr98J.1A8r@lugnet.com... (...) snip (...) for me (...) purpose (...) announcements (...) Hi, I was not referring to "announcements" only. Many discussions and questions starts out (...) (21 years ago, 22-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Although it may be useful for you in particular, it is specifically the purpose of the .announce heirarchy for announcements. Use of .general for announcements is off-topic. The decision to sub-divide Lugnet is a very old decision - one of the (...) (21 years ago, 22-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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"Leonard Hoffman" <lenny.hoffman@lugnet.com> wrote in message news:IDq1ru.E0p@lugnet.com... (...) should be (...) is (...) quite a (...) Hi, the use of .general for most of the announcements is a good thing for me using a news reader. The only (...) (21 years ago, 22-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Well, I've had an insight of my own: I'm a knucklehead. I figured it out, and it was just a problem with the way I formatted my filter settings. Oops. Dave! (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Please change my "from" e-mail address in posts
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(...) Larry, Looks like it worked just fine. Thanks again for all your help, and again, a big thank you to the whole team for all you put up with and all you do. Peace and Long Life, Tony (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Please change my "from" e-mail address in posts
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(...) Hi Tony. Have you been to this form yet? (URL) (it's not very obvious that's where you have to go to effect the change, it's on our list of things to fix) Once you do that and we process it, it's changed. No other way is available to do it, in (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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