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Re: new part description changes?
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Date: 
Tue, 18 May 1999 16:46:24 GMT
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Terry K wrote:

> There were some suggestions for description changes on the new parts.  Any
> support for these changes, or leave the parts as-is?

> > 2871.dat  http://hugin.ldraw.org/JJ_Memorial/voting/2871.gif
> > Current Description:  Electric Train Motor  9V Decorative Side
> >   New suggestion:    Electric Train Motor  9V Bogie Detail

Speaking as the author of this part,  I like the idea of using the word
"Bogie" in the description. But also I would like to express in the name
that you normally clip this part on the side of the train motor.
So I would prefer the following description:

Electric Train Motor  9V Bogie Side Clip


> > 32059.dat  http://hugin.ldraw.org/JJ_Memorial/voting/32059.gif
> > Current Description: Plate  4 x  6 without Corners
> >   New suggestion:   Plate  4 x  6 Tapered

Me being a NENS (No English Native Speaker) "without Corners" sounds more
familiar to me than "Tapered".


> > 30250.dat  http://hugin.ldraw.org/JJ_Memorial/voting/30250.gif
> > Current Description: Brick  2 x  4 x  3 Notched with Side  5 x  4 Plate
> >   New suggestion:   Bracket  4 x  7 x  3 Notched with Cutout
> >   New suggestion:   Bracket  4 x  7 x  3 Top Notched without Corners
> >   New suggestion:   Bracket  4 x  7 x  3 with Cutout and Top Notch

Steve answered:

[snip]
> None of these [existing Brackets...] provide any description of shape,
> except for the brackets with studs in two different directions.  So this
> piece could be simply:

> 30250.DAT     Bracket  4 x  7 x  3

I agree with Steve


> > I would like to point out that the suggestion below is not workable. The
> > word "Plants" in the original description serves as the category name in
> > LDAO's VEC.
> > Changing it by dropping the 's' in 'Plants' would force the VEC to place
> > this piece in an entirely different category. Please try to keep this in
> > mind when suggesting new descriptions.

> > 30093.dat
> > Current Description:  Plants Sea Grass
> >   New suggestion:    Plant Sea Grass

Steve answered:

> You are correct.  But the category name should have been 'Plant' to begin
> with, to match the singular style of other categories.

Maybe the solution is to tackle the problem later and rename the whole
category to "Plant" in Terry's next LMU  (LDraw Maintenance Update :-)


Greetings, M. Moolhuysen.



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  Re: new part description changes?
 
(...) I favor this one as well. (...) I agree. And as Steve pointed out, there is precedence for "without Corners", whereas there is none for "Tapered". (...) Cow-like, I will follow this herd and agree. (...) Beat me to it! I was just going to say (...) (27 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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