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Re: WorldLUG into public domain
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 2 Feb 2004 21:23:58 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Tim Courtney wrote:
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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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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 turn a zillion points of entry into a more organized way for newbies (as well
as experienced AFOLs) to zoom in to what interests them. It sounds like glue
loosely binding the online LEGO fan community. Regardless of how popular any one
site is, a more structured method of steering traffic to and from each
individual resource could only be a good thing for everyone. There are
undoubtedly a lot of people who would find value in LUGNET who’ve never heard of
it.
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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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But that would limit it to people who are already familiar with LUGNET, and not
reach out to others who aren’t familiar with this site.
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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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My feeling is that new people will come in through any of the bajillion
LEGO-themed fan sites available, and this could be a way to help guide them
through the myriad levels of interests and specialty sites.
Kelly
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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