Constantly today, and everyday I look at my inbox and see letters from mmorpgs, pictures to host, people wanting to build, spam, and circle mailing list. Everyday I read all I can to learn from examples of others. How they code, how they debug, and how they maintian there servers. I watch as days go by newbies post some things that have been answered over and over and over again. I see flames and Alex pulling his hair out trying to keep things in order. Me and some other members have discussed a few things about the mailing list and order. In my honest opion we should look into a message board instead of a mailing list for people to come to and get help with CircleMUD code-base. You may ask why such an idea would be formed. Basically I see the benifits of a forum (or message board as some call them) to be: > You can delete post from "meanies" > You can edit peoples post > Censor out the evil stuff and ban words > Keep long running archives of the board > Newbies and pros alike can get along peacefully due to securitys and user groups. > Long standing members can be made mods so that the board is constantly looked over and everything ok > Ranks will show who has been there a long time and who has not. > Personal signatures can be attached and universal. > People can get banned easily :) > Backups can be made and if any corruption to the board worst to happen you can restore the board quickly and easily > Setup and maintance would not be diffcult > Seprate boards would be available for certain topic thus makeing organzationa cinch. > When announcments are made they can be posted in a admin section. > You can force the wtfaq and the faq down everyones throat and make everyone read it before signing up :) The only problem I see is people who do not have the new age fancy browsers (IE 3.0 and the such) who can not stand tables and all the nice stuff that is every where on the internet today. Other problems may include the evil monster known as bandwidth and anyone who may want to get power hungry =/ From what I see a message board would be alot more organized and easier to go through then the mailing list. People who do not know how in the world to sign up for the mailing list would have easier time signing up for a message board (an example of how less of a strain on some people it would be) Thank you for listening and feedback is accepted. Zerin "The bard that could" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAQ: http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html | | Archives: http://post.queensu.ca/listserv/wwwarch/circle.html | | Newbie List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/circle-newbies/ | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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