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<LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI>
<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: META: Review of FAQ's Bio Section</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Ling <<A HREF="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 20:03:05 +0100 (BST)</LI>
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On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Benjamin D. Wiechel wrote:
> From: Chris Gray <cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA>
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> >The problem with a web page is that it becomes searchable, and is quite
> >likely to get indexed all over the place. Perhaps if it were one where
> >the members email addresses are munged like in the archives, and was
> >only "officially" available at kanga.nu?
Noted. I am hoping to get JCL to support a webpage version, preferably on
kanga. I'm quite happy to pseudo-maintain it from afar but it does mean
some of his time will be nibbled away which I wanna minimise. I'd much
rather not have the faq live on any server other than kanga.
> I would think having it as a part of the kanga.nu website with the rest
> of the materials would be good. The other thing I would find to be of
> benefit would be if someone wanted to donate the time and experience to
> make it into something that we could update ourselves. Go to url X and
> put in your password perhaps, and then update your info. At any rate,
> that's my thought.
Agreed but not something I can implement personally. Also, I do think the
return on investment is kinda small, there's only a handful of bios and I
only lose a few hours every odd month updating the faq which I would waste
vegetating in front of the telly anyway. I'm a strong believer in filling
my days with things to do (and spreading myself incredibly thinly :)
> >The main difficulty, I expect, is that of keeping it up-to-date.
> >People just have to let you know about updates. (Mine definitely needs
> >updating, but I need to accomplish something more on my MUD first!).
> >Of course, asking this question on MUD-Dev may well trigger a flurry
> >of updates...
If this section of the faq survives in some form or other (looks likely)
I'm gonna poll people every three months. Privately, of course. Oh,
anyone wanting to update their bio, a private email will do nicely.
> I agree, I think it's useful, and I think it would be more useful in a
> searchable website so that when we want to look up someone that just
> replied or posted, we can find them quickly, and see what their
> background is. Very useful in understanding someone's perspective on an
> issue.
Hurrah! Others in favour of having bios as opposed to projects. Hurrah!
Concerning searching, would tags help? Like:
[Bubba]
Bubba
Rest of bio, blah blah blah
Then you can shunt the bios into a text editor and ask it to find [Bubba]
where Bubba is the name as it would appear in the sender field of his
mailing. Although, I think you were more thinking of having an html
version to faciliate point and click. :P
| Ling Lo (cod)
_O_O_ kllo#iee,org
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00159" HREF="msg00159.html">[MUD-Dev] (CDMag) Sosaria Cracked: Why OSI's great social experiment is doomed</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 13 Oct 1998, 00:39 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00157" HREF="msg00157.html">[MUD-Dev] Ethics & Identity</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00155" HREF="msg00155.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: META: Review of FAQ's Bio Section</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Mon 12 Oct 1998, 16:13 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00156" HREF="msg00156.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: META: Review of FAQ's Bio Section</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00158" HREF="msg00158.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: META: Review of FAQ's Bio Section</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00189" HREF="msg00189.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: META: Review of FAQ's Bio Section</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 13 Oct 1998, 22:37 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00183" HREF="msg00183.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: META: Review of FAQ's Bio Section</A></strong>,
Michael.Willey <a href="mailto:Michael.Willey#abnamro,com">Michael.Willey#abnamro,com</a>, Tue 13 Oct 1998, 19:53 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00154" HREF="msg00154.html">[MUD-Dev] Advance book review</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Mon 12 Oct 1998, 15:40 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00152" HREF="msg00152.html">[MUD-Dev] MUVE vs. MUD [was Re: Current Projects]</A></strong>,
Richard Bartle <a href="mailto:76703.3042#compuserve,com">76703.3042#compuserve,com</a>, Sun 11 Oct 1998, 20:27 GMT
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