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Subject:	Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
Newsgroups:	lugnet.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general
Date:	Sun, 15 Feb 2004 14:55:32 GMT
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Matthew Miller wrote: > Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk> wrote: > > * It is not just that we plan to use Open Source > > software. > > Which I'm a big fan of. What software, and how far along > is it? Dan will start throwing heavy stuff across the Atlantic, if I claim it is vapor-ware at the moment, but it is at least not in a usable state yet. Basically (and possibly not quite correctly) it is a content management system with access control lists designed(?) primarily for use in the LEGO fan community. But since it isn't up and running in a usable state yet, don't trust my words too much. I feel a little bit uncomfortable with all the talk there is about the project, even before we have something usable to show. > So, sounds like you intend to duplicate a lot of the > functionality of Lugnet. Yes. > Have you discussed the possibility of sharing (NNTP seems > ideal for this!) newsgroup posts <-> Lugnet? Yes (but not with Todd, yet). We are considering how we can feed discussion group articles between existing sites in a practical way. This will of course involve agreements with the various site owners and some kind of system for exchanging user validation (preferably without exchanging actual user data). Play well, Jacob -- Bison (building instructions): http://jacob.sparre.dk/LEGO/Dyr/Bison/

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		Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
(...) That sounds like mostly server-side stuff. Have you figured out yet what you are going to require from clients (users)? The reason I ask is that I'm an old-fashioned soul, and am unlikely to use discussion groups that are not NNTP-reachable, (...) (21 years ago, 15-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)

		Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
(...) Which part of the community, specifically? General LEGO fans? Webmasters of other LEGO-related fan web sites? (...) Why? Although I have been vocal in my opinion that Lugnet is not the perfect LEGO hub site, since it deals with a subset of (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general) !

		Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
(...) Well, if it comes down to it, there's a reason the Lugnet groups are all in a lugnet hierarchy. But as you may have gathered from my other posts, I'm strongly in favor of not duplicating discussion forums. (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)

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		Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
(...) [Okay, but leaving .general and putting in .admin.general] (...) Which I'm a big fan of. What software, and how far along is it? (...) Also good! [snip] (...) So, sounds like you intend to duplicate a lot of the functionality of Lugnet. Have (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)

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