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RE: Where did you lot spring from?
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lugnet.loc.au
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Wed, 3 May 2000 02:01:06 GMT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd Lehman [mailto:lehman@javanet.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 9:11 AM
> To: lugnet.loc.au@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: Where did you lot spring from?
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> In lugnet.loc.au, Benjamin Whytcross writes:
> > I wasn't nessesarily referring to lugnet on this, just • making a general
> > statement about the way things seem to be [unfortunately].
> >
> > 1 thing that springs to mind though, is the number of posts • regarding things
> > like WalMart, and other sales. These messages, which are • only of intrest to
> > the US always get posted in .general. Unfortunately, • nothing gets done about
> > having these either posted in .loc.us, • or.market.shopping/wherever. This
> > makes it hard to sift through .general looking for • anything. [Admittedly, I
> > can't recall what is allowed to be posted in .general • regarding sales, but I
> > feel that this sort of posting would be better in .loc.us, • and .market, not
> > .general, and I try to keep news of Aus sales in .loc.au, • so as not to cause
> > offense to people who would have no intrest in this.]
>
> OK, good point. Thanks. Hadn't noticed that, and
> wouldn't've seen any
> problem if Aus sales had been posted in .general either. But
> now that you
> mention it, announcements of sales and such ARE rather
> off-topic to .general.
It's not the placing of sale info that bugs me, it is the assumption that
everyone wants/needs to know about this. I believe simple courtesy would
dictate that information regarding what is basically an item of intrest to
the US people would be placed in .loc.us, rather than filling a forum which
I believe is designed/should be designed for items of international intrest.
[which is why I only post sale info to .loc.au.][And I'm not sure items
regarding canada and the US could really be designated international,
either, but that's my opinion.]
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> > Also, due to there being more americans on lugnet, • everything seems aimed at
> > making their life easier. For someone from Australia who is • new to lugnet,
> > but has been collecting lego for some years, a set name • like crocodile
> > engine would mean nothing, as the set was called 'FEDERAL • RAILWAY ENGINE'
> > when it was released here in 1991. However, on Lugnet and • pause (and most
> > other pages), all reference to sets is given in a way that • makes it easy for
> > US-ers to use, but at the expense of the rest of the world. • [Even a link on
> > the set info page on pause, with a list of official names • the set has had in
> > different countries would be a nice gesture to the rest of • the world, and
> > help prove that the lugnet/pause site isn't only about US info.]
>
> OK, gotcha. Thanks the for examples. Starting to see what you mean.
>
> Part of the set-DB restructuring BTW is to include
> locale-specific names for
> sets and to index on multiple locales. What do you think BTW
> of the two-
> haracter locale designators shown here on one of Joshua
> Delahunty's review
> pages?--
>
> http://alumni.cse.ucsc.edu/~dulcaoin/reviews/noframes/6987-1.html
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> I think it's great to be able to see multiple names in such a way. Jim • Hughes
> does something similar on his pages, for example:
? http://w3.one.net/~hughesj/technica/index/800/850.html
>
> but uses both 2- and 3-character locale abbreviations. I think what Jim • also
> did with the dual set numbers shown is tops.
> --Todd
I'll look at these tonight, when I get home to web access.
Benjamin Whytcross
BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au
Ph: (03) 9856 5282
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