<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: META: Review of FAQ's Bio Section --> <!--X-From-R13: Zvat <Y.Z.Zb-94Nfghqrag.yobeb.np.hx> --> <!--X-Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 12:05:05 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: Pine.SOL.3.96.981012193217.19116B-100000@sun-cc203 --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 003a01bdf605$d70c0340$65cc17d0#enterprise,healthbridge.org --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: META: Review of FAQ's Bio Section</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00157.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00159.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00156.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00189.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00158">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00158">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00158">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: META: Review of FAQ's Bio Section</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <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> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Benjamin D. Wiechel wrote: > From: Chris Gray <cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA> > > >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 </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00189" HREF="msg00189.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: META: Review of FAQ's Bio Section</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> J C Lawrence <claw#under,engr.sgi.com></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00156" HREF="msg00156.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: META: Review of FAQ's Bio Section</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> "Benjamin D. Wiechel" <strycher#toast,net></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00157.html">[MUD-Dev] Ethics & Identity</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00159.html">[MUD-Dev] (CDMag) Sosaria Cracked: Why OSI's great social experiment is doomed</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00156.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: META: Review of FAQ's Bio Section</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00189.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: META: Review of FAQ's Bio Section</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00158"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00158"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <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>, Scatter <a href="mailto:scatter#thevortex,com">scatter#thevortex,com</a>, Mon 12 Oct 1998, 17:38 GMT <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 <UL> <li><Possible follow-up(s)><br> <LI><strong><A NAME="00156" HREF="msg00156.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: META: Review of FAQ's Bio Section</A></strong>, Benjamin D. Wiechel <a href="mailto:strycher#toast,net">strycher#toast,net</a>, Mon 12 Oct 1998, 17:28 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00158" HREF="msg00158.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: META: Review of FAQ's Bio Section</A></strong>, Ling <a href="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk</a>, Mon 12 Oct 1998, 19:05 GMT <UL> <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 </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <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 </LI> </UL> </LI> <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 </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>