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Re: NXT newsgroup needed
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 5 Jul 2006 20:43:58 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Suzanne Rich wrote:
> If we do decide to add the group, I'd only be concerned about the non-inclusion
> of the large quantity of info that's been shared thus far. Because, I'd hate to
> see redundant querries from newcomers. Plus, the NXT group sort of has it's own
> history already. ...What if we made an early post to the new group with a list
> of links to the prior discussions? (we'd need a volunteer to assemble one.) Is
> it even a legitimate concern? Would there be a better way of acomplishing
> something like that (other than re-posting)? Reposting can be tough, as I
> understand it, and makes a mailbox-burden for e-mail subscribers.
Suz, I wouldn't worry too much about this - once NXT becomes widely available, a
separate group will more than have its justification. You'll always find
newcomer questions in such groups, as happens on all forums or lists, and the
well-established search feature of LUGNET as well as the increasing quality of
search engine indexing of the news will help to keep these requests on a
reasonable level.
As someone loosely interested in Mindstorms (owning quite a few sets and waiting
to order an NXT later this year) I favor a separate group as NXT is different
from previous robotics sets in a great many ways. RCX aficionados certainly will
not want to discuss NXT details when they are not considering an upgrade /
switch, while at the same time NXT problems won't be helped if they go under in
the number of RCX-related posts in a general group. As for issues relating to
more than one architecture, cross-posting is a valid and well-established way to
handle this within LUGNET.
So I certainly vote yes for an NXT group plus related pages if anyone is willing
and able to contribute there.
Jerry
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| (...) [...] (...) Ah, yes. I see. And yesterday a friend told me much the same thing. So, I understand both the logic and wisdom of what you are saying, and I agree. (...) true. I believe there are a fair number of such people. (...) good point. (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) What's the current consensus on this? Personally, I'm feeling like we should add a group, and do it now, as people are beginning to receive their sets. But I don't use this area frequently. Would we have a volunteer for curator of this new (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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