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Re: Proposed changes to MOTM Submission guidelines
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lugnet.inst
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Tue, 6 Jan 2004 20:05:52 GMT
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In lugnet.inst, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Kevin L. Clague wrote:
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> > A much more interesting contest might be - building instruction of the month.
> > There are a broad set of techniques that can be applied when it comes to
> > creating building instructions. It would be a much richer set of things to
> > consider, and a much richer set of things to be taught and learned. Style
> > matters much more there.
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> I think you really are on to something now... The various instruction
> creator/authors all have their own styles, although some authors are similar in
> some areas to some other authors, you still can often tell who did which
> instructions if you've seen enough of them.
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> I (and I suspect other authors also) would like to think we've made good
> stylistic and presentation choices but absent feedback from users who have used
> a lot of different ones, who knows for sure?
I agree. I also percieve this as a great catalyst for invention of new
techniques and styles.
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> This contest might be a great way to raise the bar on instruction quality. As
> you say, presentation style matters a great deal here. One issue is that mine
> (and some others) are optimised for printing so any electronic presentation may
Raising the bar is a good thing.
> not show them in the very best light, but oh well.
>
> ++Lar
Kevin
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