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Re: Collapsing the lugnet.loc.uk hierarchy
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lugnet.admin.general
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Tue, 20 Jul 1999 17:18:28 GMT
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On Sat, 17 Jul 1999 04:05:52 GMT, Todd Lehman uttered the following
profundities...
> Now that the web new interface is in place, now is an excellent time to
> revisit the shrinking of the lugnet.loc.uk hierarchy to a more appropriate
> size. This is continuing an earlier thread from about 4 weeks ago.
Great news.
> I think this is a good idea, and it can be done while preserving the
> original underlying structure for other purposes -- such as organizing
> links more locally (as appropriate) and, with memberships later, allowing
> people to associate themselves with a particular sub-area and creating
> topic pages for particular sub-areas.
This is prudent, should some of us be proven embarassingly incorrect
in a few years time, when numbers increase substantially. However, I
remain certain that this is the correct decision.
> This is still (a tiny bit) open for discussion -- but not so much on the
> details as simply whether or not it is still OK with everyone (since it
> is a rather drastic step and it means that a small number of existing
> articles will be wiped).
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> If it goes well with the .loc.uk collapsing, BTW, it probably would be a
> good idea to collapse a few other loc hierarchies, most notably .fr, .it,
> .es, .nz, .at, .ch, .be, .br, and perhaps also .se, .no, .dk, .de, and .ie.
I do believe all in the UK agree that there were too many. As regards to other
nations, it would be best to speak with any posters from those countries.
> Seems a shame to un-do all of those groups, but at least it can be done in
> such a way that their empty shells remain on the website and can be re-
> activated someday as needed/as appropriate.
No, not really a shame. It is unfortunate, though, in light of all of the work
you had put into their creation.
> --Todd
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