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Re: The commonfolk's FAQ
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lugnet.faq
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Wed, 27 Jun 2001 20:54:39 GMT
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In lugnet.faq, Eric Kingsley writes:
> How about an "Acronym of the Week" instead/as well. A posting with an Acronym
> of the week with a link to your Acronym page might help a lot of people and >cut down on the number of "what does 'POOP', 'SPUD', or 'BURP' stand for"
> questions.
Huh. So you mean a post, once a week, including a single acronym that's
*already* on the FAQ? Interesting. I wonder if that would be useful. Does
anyone else think so, or disagree?
From what I understood, the person asking me for the entry-a-week intended a
new entry every week - with a humorous tone like the ones already there.
The message was:
> Nice idea. But I was hoping to be able to visit the FAQ on a semi regular >basis for a mix of education and entertainment. • <snip>
> Are you going to do a FAQ of the week :)
> It could become almost as important as going looking for the
> lsahs every week!
Does that make more sense? It would be different then what you are proposing
because the entry would be *new* every week, then to be tacked on to the
"commonfolk's FAQ".
> While I understand why questions are asked repeatedly over time I think
> something to help people out before they have to ask is a good thing and
> reduces the number of redundant posts.
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> Heck I still use the Acronym FAQ quite a bit and I've been here a while.
That's good to know! Even I consult it from time to time (hey, I only
collected it, didn't make it up, don't blame me ;-).
-Shiri
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| (...) Actually, I think it would be good to post an already defined acronym to the main LUGNET page. Sort of an "intro to LEGO". That way new people are aware that there are acronyms and a place where they are defined. The current FAQ page is a (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jun-01, to lugnet.faq)
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| (...) Shiri, How about an "Acronym of the Week" instead/as well. A posting with an Acronym of the week with a link to your Acronym page might help a lot of people and cut down on the number of "what does 'POOP', 'SPUD', or 'BURP' stand for" (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jun-01, to lugnet.faq)
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