 | | CFD: lugnet.lego.* newsgroup hierarchy —Todd Lehman
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| | | Ever wished there were a Fabuland newsgroup? Got a soft spot for DUPLO Toolo? How about Pirates? Wild West? Castle? All of these (and more) are definitely in the plan -- it's just a matter of giving them names and positions in the larger newsgroup (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | | | | Re: CFD: lugnet.lego.* newsgroup hierarchy —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | (...) When I said there were "two main possibilities," I really meant that there were only two apparently feasable possibilities. But there's actually a third feasable possibility -- it was right under my nose and I didn't see it! (...) Here's the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: CFD: lugnet.lego.* newsgroup hierarchy —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | | | | In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes: *snip* (...) This is great I really like the new URL/DB structure. Much more intuitive. (...) This definitly seems like it might be a bit unweildy to me, especially as the LEGO product line grows. Now I (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: CFD: lugnet.lego.* newsgroup hierarchy —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | | | (...) Hmm. Well, there really are have been about 30 or 35 or so major categories over the past 30 or so years, right? So it may not grow much. In the past 10 years, for example, only about 10 major categories have been added: : 1989 - LEGO® SYSTEM™ (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: CFD: lugnet.lego.* newsgroup hierarchy —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | | | Todd Lehman wrote in message <37af3206.2187573@lu...et.com>... *snip* (...) and (...) does (...) *snip (...) and (...) *snip* Of course Freestyle has the same types of sets also, 4135 for example. Also it seems like I've seen 3-12 Freestyle (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: CFD: lugnet.lego.* newsgroup hierarchy —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | | In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes: <snip> (...) From the outset, I like this better. It's more intuitive. Dropping SYSTEM, because we can't really identify a pattern as to what qualifies as SYSTEM, is a good idea as well as dropping (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: CFD: lugnet.lego.* newsgroup hierarchy —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | (...) Right -- Space used to be called LEGOLAND Space, but now it's called LEGO SYSTEM Space or the LEGO Space System. (I'd have to check with Joshua to be absolutely sure, but that's basically the idea.) It would take a temporal database to put (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: CFD: lugnet.lego.* newsgroup hierarchy —Steve Demlow
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| | | | | | (...) I don't see much point in trying to stick to TLG's hierarchy. Not only would it involve kludges to resolve past inconsistencies/changes, you would be faced with the prospect of having to _move_ an existing category next time TLG decides to (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | Re: CFD: lugnet.lego.* newsgroup hierarchy —Kevin Loch
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| | | | | There are two ways to do this. One is completely subjective with broad categories like "space" "Town" "Trains" "Technic" etc and specific sub-themes below them, the other way is strict fact-based, with no assumptions. only If it has the system logo (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | Re: lugnet.lego.* newsgroup hierarchy —Allan Bedford
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| | | | | Hello Todd, I think your organizational structure looks just fine. I look forward to a Technic-related newsgroup. :) As far as whether to use U.S. or non-U.S. product names, well... I think that should be left at the discretion of the person doing (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | Re: CFD: lugnet.lego.* newsgroup hierarchy —Matthew Miller
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| | | | (...) I'm a big fan of throwing away TLG's naming scheme and using something logical instead. :) I'd go further than just throwing out "system" -- I'd reorganize the whole mess. I realize this comment may not be so helpful, because it doesn't fit (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: CFD: lugnet.lego.* newsgroup hierarchy —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | (...) Out on the table with your thoughts!! Let's hear it! :) --Todd (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: CFD: lugnet.lego.* newsgroup hierarchy —Adam Howard
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| | | | Hi Matthew, Matthew Miller <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message news:slrn7rk4jf.dm1.....bu.edu... (...) possible... (...) I agree here. I believe that if TLG is moving things around and changing numbers and names that it would probably be better. At (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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