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Some of us had a little chat about the state of the loc.uk front page at Jon's and Jon also brought it up in another place recently. I think it would be very useful if we had a curator and, having read up on FTX I am just about willing to volunteer (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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"Simon Bennett" <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:GunrLG.50q@lugnet.com... (...) know (...) feel (...) Most definitely :-) (...) I'd be happy to help out... Just [Mr Discount] Jono .oO (23 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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"Simon Bennett" <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:GunrLG.50q@lugnet.com... (...) at (...) it (...) am (...) all know (...) is (...) Please feel (...) Ah! The annual "how do we manage a UK AFOL website?" question :-) lawrence (23 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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(...) Well not really. Your previous hard work was helpful and comprehensive but, though I can't speak for others, I still spent most time on Lugnet and would have preferred to have the loc.uk page be up to date and relevant. All I would plan to do (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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Interestingly the yahoo group seems to be surprisingly well used. I was thinking of setting up a similar Fest co-ordination group. Lugnet is OK, but there are far more sophisticated things out there for managing a group - like sharing a calender, (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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(...) Partly for reasons we can't enter into here. (...) Absolutely agreed about the extended functionality, and I'd put a link to such a site on loc.uk but I for one would prefer one place for actual messages and Lugnet would be my preference as (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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"Simon Bennett" <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:Guo41y.F4G@lugnet.com... (...) for (...) solution (...) to (...) groups be (...) I wonder if lugnet is the best place for newbies to find us? The UK lugnet community has always (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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"Lawrence Wilkes" <l.wilkes@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:Guo4LL.GMA@lugnet.com... (...) Actually ignore the above. This really depends on the settings. It is only if you limit it to UK sites only that you don't see Lugnet. lawrence (23 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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(...) FYI, loc.uk currently has Richard Franks as its curator. (URL) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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"LUGNET Admin" <suz@lugnet.com> wrote in message news:Guo5B6.IJD@lugnet.com... (...) at (...) it (...) should all (...) Who made a plea back in 2000 for someone to take over. Which people said they would. But no one ever did. Hence my sarcastic (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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(...) Did they actually ask Suz for a shift or just say they were interested? Suz and Todd may not have felt there was a clear "I agree to be curator" statement to warrant shifting. Or maybe they were too busy and overlooked their mail, but let's (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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(...) It was me and Carbon60, with many emails to Todd ans Suz, nothing happened.. so it kinda the dust settled on that - I don't have the resources or time to do this now. Since I am in full time what some fans hate ... *Bioncle* I can't speak for (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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"Simon Bennett" <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:GunrLG.50q@lugnet.com... (...) know (...) feel (...) I think it's an excellent idea to get it (and keep) it updated. You have my backing! We need a one-stop-shop for event (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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"LUGNET Admin" <suz@lugnet.com> wrote in message news:Guo5B6.IJD@lugnet.com... (...) that role. To be honest I don't recall seeing posts from him for some time. Perhaps you have an admin function to see when he did post last. Huw (23 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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(...) Ah, I hope I haven't stepped off on the wrong foot but I did check the page and read the whole of admin.curators and found no reference to us having one. My suggested way forward is that I give loc.uk readers a week to put forward their (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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(...) I've seen this, the last I can see that he posted was 7 months ago. Here is another good reason to turn over the curatorship: (URL) from UK, but putting my 2 P(ence) in... :) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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(...) Something for the admins to think about in general is under what circumstances should a call for a new curator combined with a volunteer for that position be honored. Clearly people's interest comes and goes and if the users of a group would (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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A willing volunteer is worth ten pressganged men! Regards Jason (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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You get my vote Simon. Do us proud :) -- James Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 - I'm a citizen of Legoland travelling Incommunicado "Simon Bennett" <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:GunrLG.50q@lugnet.com... (...) know (...) (...) (23 years ago, 17-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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"Simon Bennett" <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:GunrLG.50q@lugnet.com... (...) at (...) it (...) am (...) all know (...) is (...) Please feel (...) 1. Yes we should have a curator. the loc.uk page is badly in need of a makeover (...) (23 years ago, 17-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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(...) Well, for a start we should all put a LUGNet button on our sites then! (I can say that now I've got one!). Jason J Railton (23 years ago, 17-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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(...) In lugnet.loc.uk, Benjamin Medinets writes: (...) job for a long time. I think I speak for me here when I say you have my support. :-) Jason J Railton (23 years ago, 17-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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(...) Me too - if there's anything I can do to expedite the process, let me know! It was great fun maintaining lok.uk, just that moving to Toronto (and being seperated from my collection), rather induced.. not a dark age, but definately a murky (...) (23 years ago, 20-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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(...) Would that you lot would have remembered that just prior to the War of 1812! (grin, duck, run) Looks like Richard F. has spoken up and blessed the transition. Hats off to all parties for working hard to do the right thing... Have we learned (...) (23 years ago, 20-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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All: Now that the subject has been fully discussed and settled, it is clear that Simon will be curating loc.uk. Big thanks to him for taking this on! -Suz (...) (23 years ago, 22-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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(...) Dear all. I've just got the email from Suz switching on my editing privileges, Thanks Suz. I've also emailed T.J. Avery to get a bit of advice and a sneaky look at his code for .technic, cheers T.J.! I hope to do a quick tidy up tonight to get (...) (23 years ago, 23-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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(...) Good luck and have fun! (...) I believe your previous revisions will be saved automatically. Check out this part of the Guide: (URL) course I saved the .Technic original just to be safe too. TJ (23 years ago, 23-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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(...) I think I dropped the ball on this one... We were in the middle of formalizing (or planning the formalizing of) the curatorships, and up until then, the page stuff had been done in an ad-hoc way with a separate sign-in system (not based on the (...) (23 years ago, 23-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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(...) Seconded! (...) personal pages. Does it work for you, TJ??? Thanks! ++Lar (23 years ago, 24-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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(...) Nope, it doesn't work for me either. I can see past revisions for any of the sub pages I've created, though. I guess those are "FTX pages", so they work. TJ (23 years ago, 24-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.curators)
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