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Re: Perspectives on a Lego Community Website
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lugnet.general, lugnet.org
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Fri, 19 Sep 2003 17:59:41 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jason Spears wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Paul Hartzog wrote:
> > I have been architecting/building a website for the lego community for over
> > a year now based on principles of bottom-up organization. We, the community
> > would run the site, a site FOR us BY us.
> >
> > At BrickFest of 2002 I even spoke with TLC about the scope of such a massive
> > and diverse project. One goal of the site would be to promote
> > iteroperability and interactivity among all lego fan sites. (This is the
> > same concept as the .space Moonbase standards created by the .spacers at
> > the 2002 Brickfest)
> >
> > Why do it this way? Because no one maintains a Lego train site like Lego
> > Train enthusiasts, and no one gets into a .space site like .space
> > enthusiasts. In the quest for a generally useful site (like lugnet) the
> > burdens falling on the "managers" can be overwhelming and they don't have
> > the level of interest required to produce really exciting content. This is
> > one of the reasons that specialized sites like FBTB or BZPower can become so
> > interesting. {As a community we don't need ONE central site that does
> > everything}, we just need to create interoperability to facilitate all our
> > sites working together to enhance our online experience.
> >
> > I would love for us to start a thread here on lugnet to discuss how we could
> > all work together to implement a community-run effort and a web-site
> > organized around that effort. Articles, Calendars, Newbie info, shared
> > databases, etc. can all go into the mix.
>
> It seems to me that if areas of the website could be editted/updated by
> individuals who don't necessarily have permissions to the overall format, the
> website would have a lot more of a community feel, and the burden on any one
> particular individual would be minimal. (Similar to curators on LUGNET.) This
> would help a lot in helping the website gain support from all corners of the
> community.
>
> On the topic of Calanders, I have an idea that I think would be really
> useful. Imagine a place where every club could announce their events in a
> central location. And they hand out the url to people who attend their
> events and visit their website. So a person goes to this website, gets a
> login (perhaps) and tells the system that they would like to recieve (in
> their email) announcements of LEGO events within 100miles (or whatever
> distance) of whatever zip code they choose to give. That way a person is
> signed up for only one list but gets notices of NILTC, Michiana-LUG, &
> MichLUG (1) events, assuming those events are close to them.
I have more on the whole concept coming up in a later post, but just want to
bounce off of this idea. Calendar links could be entered in a central spot -
that would be good. But, taking it a step further (and underscoring that the
central site is a foundation to build _off of_), web objects could be developed
so a club could stick their interactive events calendar on their homepage.
See our upcoming events:
- public library 1/2/03
- big choo choo show 4/5/06
- meeting at joe's church 7/8/09
and then a link...
See LEGO Events by All Clubs
...that links off to the global event calendar, so people can see events all
over the world.
Just a thought - bring a piece of the foundation site to the club sites.
Interactivity and interoperability. :-)
-Tim
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| (...) The whole concept of web objects rests on creating some community standards for database interactivity and website interoperability, etc. What is the Stud? Lego is a perfect example. The stud is an interface standard. Each brick has a way of (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) It seems to me that if areas of the website could be editted/updated by individuals who don't necessarily have permissions to the overall format, the website would have a lot more of a community feel, and the burden on any one particular (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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