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Re: Request to move .mecha
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
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Mon, 14 Mar 2005 19:13:16 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Mark Neumann wrote:
> We (the curators of .mecha, Mark Neumann and Eric Sophie) have been talking for
> a while amongst ourselves about moving .mecha to a location that makes it easier
> to find mecha related stuff on Lugnet.
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> I am formally requesting that .mecha be moved from .build to .space to better
> reflect it's nature and hopefully make it a bit easier to find.
> i.e. from: www.lugnet.com/build/mecha
> to: www.lugnet.com/space/mecha
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> Idealy I'd love to see .mecha even easier to find, along similar lines as .space
> or .general. But I also know that mecha isn't an official Lego theme so it
> doesnt' really fit there. And it isn't a general thing so we can skip that.
> Mecha is often associated with space, so I am hoping that people searching for
> Lego Mecha related things would go searching there. If there could be a
> shortcut on the Lugnet Home page to .mecha, I'd be just as happy.
>
> I am of course asking that all the sub pages that have been created for .mecha
> follow along with the mecha page.
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> cross posted to .space and .mecha for commentary.
>
> Mark Neumann
I second the above statement and endorse it fully.
I would also ask any and all members of the Mecha Building communinty, aka,
newsgroup readers to lend their support by posting along to this message thread.
The only other issue I would like to address is one of inclusion.
Mecha, bots, robots, etc... have been a part of the Space theme from the very
begining. The LUGNET newsgroup system included .mecha in an effort to recognize
the pioneering efforts of those who first began building such creations beyond
what was previously known.
Really all along they were a sub theme in the space system.
Due to those efforts before my arrvial to LUGNET as well as the current and
recent generation of builders, the LEGO company itself started to create Mecha
sets with the release of the Robobots and others as well as the recent Titan XP.
This move towards creating actual robot sets by LEGO is a direct influence by
AFoLs and the Brickshelf / Web based community.
Please consider the growth of the genre and the degree to which our "community"
has had an impact on current and yet to be released sets.
I would also point out, proudly, the total of posts in build.mecha out number
all of the other sub newsgroups of .build put together. This is an idication of
how ingrained the roots of the genre are; space.
Thank you,
Signed: Silly Important Mecha Guy.
Eric Sophie
LUGNET Member 1051
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