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Re: WorldLUG into public domain
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 2 Feb 2004 05:25:27 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Derek Schin wrote:
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In lugnet.general, Tim Courtney wrote:
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In lugnet.general, Jon Palmer wrote:
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In lugnet.general, Paul Hartzog wrote:
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Bearing in mind that I adore LUGNET, I think this post and this way of
thinking is extremely important for the future of our community. All
developers within ear shot should think about it. I’m barely a graphic
designer but I would pitch in if it was called for.
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I agree with Jon here. LUGNET is a good thing, it allows us to discuss
serious aspects of our hobby with other like-minded folks, but its time to
start looking ahead to integrating all of the wonderful community resources
out there in a cooperative spirit. By integrating the various online LEGO
resources, sites and services will become easier to find and use - and the
benefit of participating in the online community will become clearer to
lurkers and newbies, creating a more vibrant and diverse community.
Its time to take forward steps for the sake of the hobby.
-Tim
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Hmm, I don’t know, guys. I see a lot of the above mission either already
being taken care of by LUGNET, or being something that LUGNET could grow
into.
However, I do love the idea of a single point of entry for newbies...Eight or
ten years ago (oh, I’m old...) that entry point was rec.toys.lego, but now,
things are so big that while LUGNET is the closest thing to a beginning
point, there’s really a huge number of resources out there to be exploited.
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LUGNET leaves a lot to be desired as a single point of entry, I think. It’s
confusing to navigate - especially for newbies, and doesn’t do a good job of
linking out to other sites from obvious places - ie guide.lugnet.com/shop
doesn’t even mention BrickLink.
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So while I see a beautiful opportunity here, I think it might be best
established within the LUGNET framework that’s already in place instead of
propping up an entirely new organization and structure. That’s because I’m
not sure that the long term benefits of a separate umbrella organization
would outweigh all of the work required to put it in place.
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It would be great if LUGNET admins opened the site up to more contributors to
allow this to fully develop.
I think a key problem here is the ‘umbrella’ paradigm. Don’t think of an
umbrella, think of a foundation. We should have ourselves a common starting
point, and *encourage* people to build out from there. I don’t think the LUGNET
website by nature encourages that - but it would be a very good thing if it did.
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I might be wrong about this, though; maybe there is a place for a WorldLUG.
But right now, someone who is new to the hobby can find most of what they
need on LUGNET; taking LUGNET to the next level seems like the right answer
to me.
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I think LUGNET would best serve the communtiy by orienting itself towards being
an open standard. I think that’s what the WorldLUG concept is trying to solve.
The truth is, right now you don’t find most of what you need on LUGNET. Better
inventories exist on Peeron and BrickLink, the marketplace is on BrickLink,
serious theme enthusiasts have started their own hubs, etc. But, there’s no
reason you shouldn’t be able to find links to what you need from LUGNET. I
believe LUGNET could co-opt this proposed solution and benefit...
-Tim
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Community involvement is the key. I posted all this because I don't really care who picks up the ball: Lugnet or whomever. I'm happy to help out, too. But the ideas and intentions are sound community policy. -paul (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) You're right, Tim... I don't think there can be any single point of entry for people to discover the LEGO fan community online. There's too much, and it's too diverse. From the description I've read here, WorldLUG actually seems like a way to (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Hmm, I don't know, guys. I see a lot of the above mission either already being taken care of by LUGNET, or being something that LUGNET could grow into. However, I do love the idea of a single point of entry for newbies...Eight or ten years ago (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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