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Re: Todd, can we have an Arctic posting group?
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Mon, 3 Jan 2000 21:01:29 GMT
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Todd writes:

Personally (just me speaking here, as a fan), I would like to see one group
for every last Play Theme (i.e., Arctic, Divers, Forestmen, etc.) within
every single System (i.e., Town, Castle, Space, etc.) within every single
product programme (i.e., LEGO SYSTEM, LEGO MINDSTORMS, LEGO DUPLO, etc),
because I'm confident that the positives would ultimately outweigh the
negatives, but at this point, very few people are actually indicating that
they agree that it would be a good idea at this point.  Which makes me
conclude that it may not be a good idea at this point, nevertheless I do
still think it's inevitable at some point, when that time is right.

I would support this if the LUGNET web interface facilitates collapsing
all of the sub-groups into larger groups.  For example, if I click on
space, I'd like the interface to show me all the messages for
space.blacktron, space.mtron, etc.  Then, if I click on one of
those subgroups, of course I only get messages for that particular
subgroup.

Since this is the way it already works (hooray!), I wouldn't mind
playtheme-oriented subgroups.  To me, it would look as if all of
those posts were still appearing in lugnet.town, lugnet.space, etc.

I do think it's a bit of a needless hypersubdivision, but it's not
a harmful one ... to me, using the web interface.  Someone who
suddenly now needs to subscribe to a dozen plus new newsgroups to
cover the space theme might feel differently.

--

jthompson@esker.com   "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily"



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: Todd, can we have an Arctic posting group?
 
(...) Of course, it doesn't work that way to those of us who prefer NNTP. (Unless Todd gets really ambitious and hacks in something.... hmmmm... could be done..... *grin*) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: Todd, can we have an Arctic posting group?
 
(...) The problem is that there isn't collapsing of newsgroups for newsreaders. Frankly, I am having difficulty really keeping track of all the groups as it is. Perhaps if I had the ultimate newsreader (which would let me flag messages that I had (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: Todd, can we have an Arctic posting group?
 
(...) That would be me. I like news better *until* the web interface gets all the stuff news has. IF some sort of magic that let me read (and post) to one group instead of the hyperdivisions could be devised, maybe. But it's not doable, think about (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: Todd, can we have an Arctic posting group?
 
(...) LEGO PRIMO, LEGO SCALA, and LEGO BELVILLE are all examples of whole Product Programmes, on par with LEGO DUPLO, LEGO SYSTEM, LEGO MINDSTORMS, etc., whereas Arctic and Divers are merely short-lived play themes within the Town System. (...) But (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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