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Re: Decisions (Was: Re: Creating Lugent Rating Criteria)
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Fri, 21 Apr 2000 15:50:22 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Richard Franks writes:

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I trust that Todd put a lot of individual thought into the original system, but
that didn't stop confusion and peoples feelings getting hurt. The replacement
should be thought out *very* carefully.

Within minutes of the original system coming online, several people had
pinpointed potential problems - many of which came to life. Maybe LUGNET should
go back to its roots and have an 'experimental' test server or area which could
test out new features, and give an idea of the technical and social problems
that could be caused. No matter how smart Todd is, a group of indivuals using
LUGNET via a test-interface/server/whatever will always be able to come up with
more insights than one person.

This would also stop confusion and annoyance to casual users who (suprise!)
just want to talk about LEGO, and don't care that much about the latest fun
features.

what if there was a group .admin.server to discuss and test new features?  That
way, we'll move this traffic from .admin.general, (since I agree that it
doesn't really belong here), and have a playground to test new things, without
affecting the casual user...  In this case, the rating system would have been
tested only in that group, before being released to all of lugnet...

:)

Dan



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  Re: Decisions (Was: Re: Creating Lugent Rating Criteria)
 
(...) I think something like admin.server would be useful, at the moment normal admin.general traffic is getting drowned. Maybe admin.playground would convey the testing-ground message? (...) At the moment, members have cookies that tell LUGNET to (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  

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(...) I'm just advocating objectivity and consideration, rather than optimism. I trust that Todd put a lot of individual thought into the original system, but that didn't stop confusion and peoples feelings getting hurt. The replacement should be (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general) ! 

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