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In lugnet.cad, Steve Bliss wrote:
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In lugnet.cad, Jake McKee wrote:
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So the bigger question to me is how to create a singular, AFOL-friendly,
language agnostic (or as close to agnostic as possible) naming system that
is shared among all the sites and tools that use such a system. Couldn’t
this be a committee task of the LSC?
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The LSC could address this, but the LSC members aren’t necessarily experts on
the color palette. And it’s an issue bigger than LDraw.org. So maybe a
cross-organization group is called for?
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I know it’s not, by definition, a LSC issue, but perhaps it should be. Much of
the cross-site element “system” has been based on LDraw’s part numbering and
whatnot. If you look at Peeron, for instance, the parts are listed by their
LDraw number. Bricklink uses both the part number (where they exist) and the
LDraw part name.
I could be totally off base, but my thinking is that some group has to “own” the
naming/numbering, and what better group than LDraw.org? (With input from
relevant players, of course)
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If we’re going to talk about a ‘system’ for the color palette, I’d really
like to see some semi-official definitions for the various adjectives that
appear in the Daneglish color names. You mentioned ‘Earth Blue’. There’s
also ‘Earth Orange’ (and probably other ‘Earths’). Does ‘Earth’ have any
specific meaning? Darker? More brown? Establishing a glossary of adjectives
could help people navigate the color tree.
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So help me out. In all seriousness, I think I’m missing why this is really that
important. What does our definition of “earth”, for instance, have to do with
the way you define “earth” type parts?
I can look into getting the names, but I have a feeling it won’t do anything but
add another reference tool to confuse things. I guess what I was suggesting was
that perhaps it would be best to simply start from scratch and create an
AFOL-friendly naming system standard based on the palette of colors that’s been
release. (There can’t be any surprises because all of the planned for colors are
there, as far as I know)
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Getting official/semi-official notification of new colors and color changes
would be very helpful. I don’t care so much if (for instance) y’all decide
to ‘tweak’ Purple, just let us know that it’s going to happen.
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Yeah, I don’t want start the color discussion again, but yes, as previously
mentioned here, we’ll be doing a better job of communicating this stuff in the
future.
I hope I’m helping and not confusing. I’ll do my best to get what info you
really need, I just want to make sure before I start knocking down doors I know
what I’m going in, :) (And yes, I’ve been watching too many episodes of The
Shield lately!)
Jake
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Jake McKee
Community Liaison
LEGO Community Development
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| (...) I think it's a good idea for LDraw.org to lead the way on this. Of course, as both of you mentioned, such project would include input from other groups. (...) I think instead of coming together and trying to hash out universal naming schemes (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Because when a new color is introduced, it would help if people could infer the official name without having to ask for it. (...) What about previous colors? TLC might only have to be concerned about the current color pallete, but Bricklink (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) I do not think anybody would need to "own" anything here (other than Lego). And I do not think any one site should be the leader with this. If the 3 sites chose to work something out then they should all have an equal say. As catalog admin on (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) The LSC could address this, but the LSC members aren't necessarily experts on the color palette. And it's an issue bigger than LDraw.org. So maybe a cross-organization group is called for? If we're going to talk about a 'system' for the color (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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