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Unified UK Lego Web Page/Community?
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Newsgroups:
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Date:
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Sat, 27 Nov 1999 22:01:50 GMT
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+ Why?
The loc.uk newsgroup is great, and searching it can reveal a whole host of
useful information. But we are over 1900 messages now in just over a year.. and
as I keep posting the signal to noise ratio will decline, and it'll get harder
to find the things you want :)
+ What?
I think a main use for a UK Lego page would be reference, perhaps similar to
<http://www.lugnet.com/?p=spotlight>, but maybe even categorised further
(Shopping - good deals etc, Events + LEGOFests - past and present, Personal
- users of loc.uk; location and home-pages).
The point wouldn't be to duplicate the loc.uk newsgroup, just filter out the
information with a degree of longevity!
+ Who?
It would require someone, or preferably some people to maintain it and keep it
up to date. Once the bulk of the work was done, the rest would be mostly a
matter of maintenance: adding a good shop to a list, adding a request to be put
on the people list etc.
Obviously, the amount of free time that people have available changes from time
to time - so it would be better if it didn't go through just one person, as
they may become a bottleneck.
+ Where?
Regarding the last two paragraphs of <http://www.lugnet.com/org/us/?n=182>, it
seems that Lugnet might be a willing host. Although we are more of a community
than an organisation, I think we could have similar reasons for wanting a
separate web-page to centralise our important information.
Because Lugnet has a system of membership, with inherent security, that would
be *very* handy, as we could use that to allow people to add their *own*
personal information, submit a shopping link or whatever.
I have checked the Lugnet plan, the most relevant page
<http://www.lugnet.com/admin/plan/4.html> doesn't seem to cover what I'm
thinking of, although the virtual communities idea sounds as cool as ever!
+ When?
Well, if a few more people like the idea, then we can enquire politely about
using Lugnet as the host, or find space elsewhere. I have 14.9Mb doing nothing
and I know other people probably have room too!
+ Waffle?
Yes, sorry, I should be studying!
Richard
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Unified UK Lego Web Page/Community?
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| Goodness! I was only thinking a similar sort of thing the other day! I haven't done any research, or anything, but this all seems like a jolly good idea to me. I was also wondering about starting to use the more local groups as well, now that there (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | Re: Unified UK Lego Web Page/Community?
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| An excellent idea, and one Carbon60 and I have been discussing via e-mail. If you sign up with www.freenetnames.co.uk you get a free .co.uk domain name, as well as web space, so a meaningful name could be chosen. I won't reveal what Simon is (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | Re: Unified UK Lego Web Page/Community?
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| (...) Sounds good. However, although a few people do post to the group now, I'm not sure how much of a sense of "community" does exist. Admittedly, I've never been to any of the the fests *yet*, so perhaps others' perception of a community will be (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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