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Subject:	Re: 3960p01.dat - Space Radar Dish 4 x 4 with Red/Green Petals pattern
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.dat.parts
Date:	Sat, 30 Dec 2000 08:17:15 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Steve Bliss writes: > In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Franklin W. Cain wrote: > > > I see a problem with the CATEGORY for this piece. > > As a "radar dish", its CATEGORY is "Space", > > and yet this specific patterned piece is available > > *only* in "Town" sets, and not "Space". :-/ > > > > Please LMKWYT. Thanks. > > I think "Space" needs to cease to exist as a category, and all the parts in > it need to be moved to more rational classifications. I agree. I'd do the same for town and castle and all the rest. (excepting train of course... all other themes exist as spare parts for train)... Ok, train too. More seriously, I believe I've argued in the past for a purely functional categorization system. A more robust keyword usage goes a long way to letting you recategorize as you see fit, but not all the way.

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		Re: 3960p01.dat, "CYLINDER??? Radar Dish 4 x 4 - Red/Green Petals"
So.... What would be the CATEGORY for this part, then? "Radar Dish"? ;-) Or "Cylinder"? (As in "Cylinder Radar Dish...") If we're gonna do it, how 'bout we get started now? (A new year, a new beginning... :-) Thanks, Franklin (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

		Re: 3960p01.dat - Space Radar Dish 4 x 4 with Red/Green Petals pattern
(...) Right. Except that I seriously think Train should stay. There are many parts which are fairly Train-specific. But there are number of current Train parts that should be moved into other areas. (...) Right. But there are more pressing issues, (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

		Re: 3960p01.dat - Space Radar Dish 4 x 4 with Red/Green Petals pattern
Pushing my posting-count up another notch, I forgot to hit this one point, so I'm making another reply... (...) 'Functional' or 'descriptive'? 'Brick' isn't a functional label, except indirectly. Anyway, the categories should fall along the lines of (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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		Re: 3960p01.dat - Space Radar Dish 4 x 4 with Red/Green Petals pattern
(...) I think "Space" needs to cease to exist as a category, and all the parts in it need to be moved to more rational classifications. Steve (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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