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Post by Project Aon on Apr 9, 2004 20:55:37 GMT
If you don't see a job listed in the Help Wanted board that fits your talents, or you have a great idea, please reply to this message with your suggestions. We welcome free thinkers.
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Post by Thomas Wolmer on Apr 11, 2004 9:11:08 GMT
One suggestion for the forum: If it's possible, limit the avatar size to something rather small. I believe most people have better uses for their time than to scroll past one-line posts that swell to half a page each due a huge avatars.
Actually, as far as I am concerned, avatars could be removed completely, but I'm an old fart who thinks that an 80x40 VT100 terminal is a perfect interface for internet communication, so people may not want to listen to me. :-)
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Cry Havoc
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And let slip the cats of war!
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Post by Cry Havoc on Apr 11, 2004 17:32:44 GMT
Another suggestion is to remove the individual user post counts that are currently displayed. On other forums it usually elicits much needless posting. If the rank is also tied to post count, then it might be prudent to make it related to something else, such as time since registration.  |
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Juri
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Post by Juri on Apr 11, 2004 17:47:53 GMT
I think that Cry Havoc is right it may couse needless troubles in future - its better to deal with that at start.
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Post by Elix Nosferatu on Apr 11, 2004 21:38:30 GMT
I don't think rank has any value if it is not tied to something that is an indicator of how active a member is. The moderators can easily delete irrelevant posts.
As far as avatars go, maybe a compromise between nothing and HUGE. 100x100 isn't very big, but it isn't too small either.
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Tim
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Post by Tim on Apr 11, 2004 22:04:36 GMT
I'd limit avatars to 100x100 in size. I feel they are an important part of any forum, as they allow you to quickly identify who the poster was (text just doesn't stand out the same way), and even add a little character to each user.
As for the post count and rank, it's a tough issue. I've been on a BBS (remember those?) which died after the first "post race". How active a member is doesn't need to correspond with the number of posts they have. It could be an indicator of how often they log on, or how much of a contribution the moderators feel they make to the forum.
My $0.02.
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Cry Havoc
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And let slip the cats of war!
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Post by Cry Havoc on Apr 11, 2004 22:34:37 GMT
I don't think rank has any value if it is not tied to something that is an indicator of how active a member is. The moderators can easily delete irrelevant posts. As a moderator of official game forums and an active browser of many forums, I can say that things are much easier without any post counts or ratings based on post counts. All it really does is motivate users to make more needless posts, both off and on topic. So it's not just an easy matter of removing the blatantly irrelevant posts, and it just takes up server space and creates more work for the moderators. I'm hoping that those who will use these forums will show greater than average thoughtfulness and restraint, though. |
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Post by Elix Nosferatu on Apr 12, 2004 15:09:54 GMT
Well if we can't find another way, then we will be forced to rely on the discretion of the members. My experience with boards has been that people aren't too bad overall. Of course, the members of those boards are all people that I know personally.
I think that arbitrary decisions by the moderators isn't a very solid standard to use. For the sake of fairness, it would be better to choose something that is measureable to some degree.
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Post by paido on Apr 13, 2004 8:22:43 GMT
I'd be happy to help in any feasible way. If you find I'm active on these boards I'd love to be considered as a moderator. |
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Post by outspaced on Apr 13, 2004 10:45:47 GMT
I think this is the correct place to put this. If not: whoops!
The following illustrators have worked on Joe Dever books and are currently MIA:
Paul Bonner (World of Lone Wolf 1-4)
Rob Adams (Magnamund Companion)
Richard Hooks (Magnamund Companion)
Jane Laythingy (Magnamund Companion, calligraphy only)
Peter Lyon (Magnamund Companion)
Graham Round (Magnamund Companion)
Until we can contact these illustrators, we cannot use their work as part of Project Aon. If anyone has any information as to their whereabouts or web presence, please post on this forum and Project Aon will attempt to contact the illustrator(s) and get their permission. Thanks in advance.
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Post by outspaced on Apr 13, 2004 22:58:42 GMT
Jane Laythingy (Magnamund Companion, calligraphy only)
Jane Lay_c_o_c_k (for some reason, the board seems to have altered a potentially 'rude' word to 'thingy', except it's being used as half a word so there should be no censorship. Oh well).
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Tim
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Post by Tim on Apr 14, 2004 20:32:56 GMT
I guess this would be a suggestion in regards to the functionality of the forum. It currently tells us when there are new posts in a topic, but it would be more user friendly if it would also jump to the newest post (or at least mark it in some way) when we click on the topic. This isn't really a big deal, but I thought I would mention it as it might be a very easy to turn on this setting.
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Post by outspaced on Apr 15, 2004 10:05:15 GMT
As a complement to the Illustrator Detectives thread, I propose the Missing Newsletter Pages Thread: The following pages of the Lone Wolf Club Newsletters currently available from Project Aon are missing or incomplete. Please contact Project Aon if you have access to them. Newsletter 4: pages 5, 6 Newsletter 5: pages 9, 10 Newsletter 6: pages 7, 8, 9, 10 Newsletter 10: pages 9,10 Newsletter 11: pages 9, 10 Newsletter 12: pages 9, 10 Newsletter 13: pages 3, 4 Newsletter 14: pages 9, 10, 11, 12 Newsletter 15 : pages 11, 12 Newsletter 16: pages 5, 6 Newsletter 17: pages 11, 12 Newsletter 18: pages 13, 14 Newsletter 19: pages 7, 8 Newsletter 20: pages 9, 10, 11, 12 Newsletter 21: pages 9, 10 Newsletter 22: pages 7, 8 Newsletter 23: pages 9,10 Newsletter New Year's Special 1993: pages 9,10 That's more pages than I thought were missing.  [ OK, separate thread created / Thomas ] |
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Post by Elix Nosferatu on Apr 15, 2004 20:23:03 GMT
Jane Lay_c_o_c_k (for some reason, the board seems to have altered a potentially 'rude' word to 'thingy', except it's being used as half a word so there should be no censorship. Oh well). There is a function of the board that changes a certain sequence of letters like what you typed into another. It can't be avoided unless the change is removed. There might be a way of displaying the posts with the most recent on top, but I can't change anything from my position. Tom? Jon? |
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Post by outspaced on Apr 15, 2004 21:44:31 GMT
[ OK, separate thread created / Thomas ] Thanks to Thomas and the other Admin guy (Jon?) for creating the threads. We'll just have to wait and hope now. |
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