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Re: Curator for lugnet.trains
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 22 Nov 2001 17:58:24 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Scott Arthur writes:
> > In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > > In lugnet.trains, Scott Arthur writes:
> > > > In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > > > > What sorts of things do folks want to see on the trains front page?
> > > > >
> > > > > Please mail me with your thoughts, as I've just assumed the curator role.
> > > > > Probably best not to clutter the discussion with suggestions unless you
> > > > > think they merit discussion themselves, just send them on in.
>
> Note this request...
>
> > > > > Mostly I am thinking update the representative/showcase sites (I already
> > > > > removed mine, it's dated) and add more informational links...
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > The current page has some missing data.
> > >
> > > Such as what?
> >
> > "Will Chapman’s LEGO® Site (Link??)"
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> When I got it, there was no link there. I added the (Link?) so that if
> people have the link they would send it to me. Like I said, it's going to
> get waxed if I don't get a link for it soon.
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> > "Neat images of the (mumble time period)"
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> This is a bit of an inside joke because I have not decided how frequently I
> will be able to update this. So instead of saying "of the week", it gets a
> mumble.
My point exactly! New users/readers are confronted with inside jokes
masquerading as sloppy editing. Welcome to LUGNET!
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> > > There's nothing missing that wasn't missing when I took it on.
> > > I've a mind to remove Will's link if no one comes forth with a correction
> > > for it as it's a bit dated. Other than that everything is correct AFAIK.
> > > Certainly if you or anyone else knows of particular factual errors and have
> > > corrections, please send them in.
> > >
> > > > Perhaps you should consider tidying up the existing page, and making changes
> > > > offline/elsewhere until you have a professional looking effort for the group
> > > > to consider?
> > >
> > > Is that how you do the pages *you* curate? Drop me a note with the URL of
> > > one of your curated FTX pages and I'll check it out and learn from your
> > > example. Thanks for the offer of mentorship, it's certainly appreciated.
> >
> > What is your point? What is wrong with my suggestion?
>
> My point is that if you have a curated page I would love to see it, I've
> never used FTX for much of anything and can benefit from constructive
> practical suggestions, if they are on offer. Are you a curator of anything?
Do I have to be to make a suggestion? Can you check the TOS for me?
If you are inexperienced with FTX, I would suggest (again) that you post
trial pages for inspection. What is the big deal?
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> If you're just sniping, take it elsewhere, or to email, but quite seriously
> if you have practical experience I am all ears.
So you ask for suggestions. Now it turns out that you only want suggestions
from "curators". ho hum.
I have made my suggestion - reject it if you wish. I'm not going to bicker
with you on this.
Scott A
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> > > Doing the work offline is certainly worthy of consideration but the way I'm
> > > doing it is to modify the page as I get notes about what to add (and I have
> > > gotten several already, thank you all very much). Less labor intensive that
> > > way than keeping an offline copy
> >
> > Take the lazy path if you wish, I'm sure newcomers will appreciate it. I
> > thought what I was suggesting was commonsense. It appears not.
>
> My offline mail suggests that others have a rather different view of your
> motives in suggesting anything, actually.
>
> > > (which, since it isn't HTML, can't just be
> > > tested in any old browser, it has to be tested here on LUGNET).
> >
> > Indeed. But why test it on the train page?
>
> Because that's where the *data* is already. When you make changes you get a
> preview button. Press that button and you get to see what your changes look
> like. If you like them, press save, If not, continue editing and press
> preview again, or abandon by pressing cancel.
>
> So that's what I do. I don't copy the text to some other page and work it
> there, I edit in place. That seems to be the FTX paradigm. Each change you
> see in the page (and I made one in another window while I was composing this
> post to add Jake's site) may be the result of several cycles of edit. (it
> was, I got the URL spec wrong on the first try)
>
> It's not like HTML where you keep it in your local folder and view it in a
> browser, the editing happens ON the page itself. Working offline just isn't
> very practical, as far as I can see. If you have a scheme that you've
> developed for editing FTX offline I'd love to hear about it.
>
> FUT admin.general (the group I think is the best for discussing effective
> use of FTX, although I welcome further redirect if there is a better one)
>
> ++Lar
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| (...) Note this request... (...) When I got it, there was no link there. I added the (Link?) so that if people have the link they would send it to me. Like I said, it's going to get waxed if I don't get a link for it soon. (...) This is a bit of an (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.general)
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