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Re: Allocation of member #'s
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sat, 3 Jul 1999 14:48:05 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> Perhaps we could do something along these lines (and this would only be a
> one-time thing for the initial low numbers): Invite people to participate
> in a public discussion to decide the allocation of low numbers (say, less
> than 100). People could say what number they'd like, and if there are any
> overlaps, discussion could decide who would get it. If there were any major
> irreconcilable differences, maybe the winner could be decided via auction or
> something. And if someone were shy or unavailable to participate, someone
> could nominate them to get a particular low number or somewhere in a range.
> After maybe a week of discussion, the numbers could be locked-in and
> guaranteed to be reserved for each person. Then for higher numbers, up
> through 9999, there could be a simple automated system (news would be too
> much hassle for that big of a range).
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> Does that sound like the fairest way?
Well, short of slurping all the old ATL and RTL posts, and automatically
assigning lugnet id's based on the oldest post from each e-mail id, it sounds
pretty reasonable to me. As long as you randomized the exact numbers after
the selection process, so there was no implied ranking. Since the numbers
would end up describing a list the top 100 online fans of LEGO. Oh, except
you should be #1 and Suzanne should be #2.
Steve
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| (...) I think they're missing the first year or so of RTL and the first two years or so of ATL. But even if you could go back and check those definitively, what do you do about people who lurked for along time first (and maybe still participated, (...) (26 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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