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| (...) My understanding is that LEGO would like to have a site that they can feel comfortable sending traffic (kids and adults), but which they don't control and aren't responsible for. This site (LEGOFan) could include content (such as offsite (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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| In lugnet.build, Jake McKee wrote: Let me first trim down the newsgroup list - it was fine for the general annoucement, but would everyone responding take a moment to reduce the list to something more appropriate? (...) One of the tings that struck (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| [follow-to to .org, since that's where other people seem to be redirecting] (...) It has a really funny "Moderated for safety; Cool!" logo. I printed it out really big for our security team here. :) (URL) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Well, chiming in on Ben's message, 'cause here's a good a place as any :) A few things-- Any thread that gets Suz to post is okay in my books :) So here's LUGNET, being run, as many people have stated, by Todd (and by Suz in the past), and (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Perhaps it is time to have another revolution. After all, LUGNET was at least partly founded as a response to user's dissatisfaction with some problems inherent in r.t.l (one of them , ironically, being that r.t.l was too open a system which (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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| "Jindroush" <jindroush@nospam.se...nospam.cz> wrote in message news:402B9401.52E664...spam.cz... (...) OK, agreed. (...) Having re-read the original post, that's how I understand it now too. I don't think there's any intention to replace anything or (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| "Jake McKee" <jacob.mckee@america.lego.com> wrote in message news:Hsz7A4.3Bx@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) It seems a little strange that the community should need to provide the supplier with information about its products, but I'm not adverse to (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| I really don't have a problem with the community trying to set up a web-site and trying to get the community to come together. I agree (with Terry) that saying that a certain site will be the one-stop shop is insulting. The one point I'd like to (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the current forum on www.LEGO.com have a pretty hefty amount of modding? I remember reading when I first went there that no links to outside websites would be allowed, and all forum posts would be edited (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) YES. Thank you, Jake. I have a problem with being too subtle, so I'll be more blunt: Lugnet is targeted to a particular audience, an adult audience. This is _not_ the ONLY audience interested in LEGO. For those whose online LEGO experience (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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| No offense intended Terry, but yours was the latest post. Could we PLEASE trim the number of groups that this discussion has snared?! I hate digging to find the content that I want. -Duane (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) No, my point is: why to have two sets of data? I don't mind if two sites use the same data, but I'd like to see one centralized database. (...) Wasn't it told in previous debate about WorldLUG, that Lugnet doesn't evolve anymore? Not to (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I mean it is insulting to see someone trying to replace a website by using its ressources to publicize itself. I see this as insulting to Lugnet. To us, I see it as an insult that some people would want to create a website and call it the (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) My point exactly. No need for a third website copying the 2 already existing. (...) So why not work with Huw and Todd and make the already existing websites better? I have yet to see a good thing come of this debate. Terry (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) snip (...) I think you may be referring to a particular class of traffic here which (at least in the past) has caused a maximum of issues (i.e. cf [1]). Those types of messages *do* need to be moderated if you are operating in a sphere (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I don't think you should expect LEGOFan.net to lower the number of LEGO fan community sites. If we manage to release some easy to use software for setting up a community site, it will probably result in an increasing number of local LEGO fan (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: LEGOFan.net "TRIM THE NEWS GROUPS!"
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| (...) snip (...) Please trim your newsgroups. This thread has nothing to do with trains or castle and so on. ondrew (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains) !!
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| [ XFUT lugnet.org ] (...) Yes. (...) The devil seems to have plenty of legal representatives. :-) (...) It _is_ also something that is hard to do. And hopefully we can find a better solution than just depending on a LEGO sponsorship. We have already (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) There are a couple of reasons that there isn't more "corporate" presence on LUGNET. First and most important, the owners of the site have by and large declined it. Like you mentioned, the reason for this was to stay independent, and as far as (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains) !!
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| (...) I think that this is a real problem with the proposed new site. What are the chances that a site with official TLC backing will allow discussion of pictures in dealer catalogs? Or 'leaks'? Who knows if such a site would even allow criticism of (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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