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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga community support ideas => Topic started by: on November 18, 2004, 02:40:51 AM
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This forum is really here as an experiment. An invitation if you will to share with us any thoughts or ideas you might have for supporting the Amiga community (whether online or offline).
It doesn't matter who actually gets it done, we're not talking about "who gets credit" here, but I know that lots of you have ideas every single day about things that the Amiga community needs or "should have". Let's see who can come up with the next "UGN", "ADN", or "RC5 project". Who knows? Maybe an idea of yours could help everyone around you...
Wayne
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Greetings Wayne,
Cheers for the new forum. May the posts count rise. Many thanks to you Wayne! :pint:
What the Community needs, besides ideas are supports from hardware/software manufacturers and resellers as well. We can't build these ideas without them also. It's a continuous interaction between and the community. Likewise, cheers for the future plans, ideas and the works... :-D
:pint: Rootbeer float?
Regards,
Gizz
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bump because Xoops sucks.
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Amiga community support ideas
1. Stop all the damn fighting.
That's it.
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legion wrote:
1. Stop all the damn fighting.
That's it.
then the forums would go silent... with only the ocational "is it ready yet?" thread generaing a few negative posts...
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@bloodline:
When will Aros be ready? :-)
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x56h34 wrote:
@bloodline:
When will Aros be ready? :-)
At the rate it's going at the moment... I guess 2066... but that's just a rough estimate +-66 years :-D
Depends what you want to do with it... for playing it's pretty much ready... for use in an office forget it... for use surfing the internet... 2 more weeks (tm)...
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@bloodline:
Sounds like fun. I'd like to try it out, as soon as I find the time to assemble a P3 system, which I've been meaning to use for non-windows related stuff.
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Not sure how relevant it is (that is to say, I don't actually know, rather than being gratuitously OT), but I've been working on that FAQ I promised. Spent a couple of hours on it the other night, and have spent a few minutes here and there when I've had time. What I hope to do soon, is to perhaps post some of the ones nearing completed so they can be ripped apart, I mean, so people can make some helpful suggestions ;-)
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I know this is a stretch, but let's stay on topic please?
Wayne
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Thanks very much for your continued help and support.
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There is only one way for the fighting to end. That is to literally seperate all the red and blue children into seperate sites and don't allow them to speak to one another.
Since we all know THAT isn't going to happen any time soon, I can only say "get used to it", then start kicking ass every time people start acting stupid. Makes me "Mister Popular" but such is my burden in life.
Wayne
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Wayne wrote:
I know this is a stretch, but let's stay on topic please?
Wayne
That's what I mean. What IS the topic? I am a bit lost, hence why I said, 'I don't know if this is on-topic or not...'
I thought writing an FAQ for people returning to the scene was supporting the community, hence relevant.
What do you mean exactly by your original post? Sorry, I've just driven 300 miles and am a little bit zombified.
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The basic principle behind this forum is to allow people to create and work with ideas towards the goal of helping the Amiga community. For example, things I think the Amiga community currently needs (from a Webmaster's perspective)
- a site which is unique to Amiga users and doesn't rely on Xoops or any other packaged CMS
- a comprehensive and "living" online FAQ (unlike the usual, it's done, so never update it again)
- a real replacement for Aminet, to include classic and 4.x software, not just AmigaOS 4.x.
- a User Group management engine (though user groups are quickly growing passe thanks to the Internet)
Wayne
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- an Amiga-specific version of "ebay" where we can work to better help Amiga users and elimate the few scumbags running around on ebay preying on Amiga users.
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Wayne wrote:
- a comprehensive and "living" online FAQ (unlike the usual, it's done, so never update it again)
Wayne
Well, I'd be willing to help with that. What I mean to say is, actually look to update the FAQ when I've completed it. In any case, I need input from other users... Otherwise it'll just be 'What Cyberus thinks are frequently asked questions, and what Cyberus thinks are the answers to them'
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Wayne wrote:
There is only one way for the fighting to end. That is to literally seperate all the red and blue children into seperate sites and don't allow them to speak to one another.
I would have thought that`d only create more animosity/hatred/trolling etc etc.
Surely the best way is to get them to try out the machine/OS they hate so much,and get them chatting to others who use it in the hope that they might actually learn something.
Then again, that`s even less likely to happen than your suggestion.
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Wayne wrote:
- a real replacement for Aminet, to include classic and 4.x software, not just AmigaOS 4.x.
Dunno about a replacement, wouldn`t you run into copyright issues without asking the author of every single bit of sofware?
But it definately needs an independant mirror that can step in as the ftp upload site and distribution point for the other mirrors.
I saw Amiga.orgs server stats the other day..guess there`s not enough bandwidth left to host something like this here?
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a User Group management engine (though user groups are quickly growing passe thanks to the Internet)
Hmm... Interesting idea.
Imagine we had a list of Geographic areas submitted by forum users. That list could be refined and used by other members to choose their location for their profile. The list would expand as and when a user from a different place joined.
This would help us to get a clearer picture of which community members are in our area and therefore it would make it easier to organise user groups.
For example it would be interesting to know which members lived in Manchester (UK) but it would also be nice to know who lived in the North West of England.
[Edit] I know there already exists a location section in the profile but not everybody seems to be using it properly if at all :-)
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Wayne, how about quick links for newbies, lots of them ask the same old questions about the same hardware etc etc etc
the forums are great, lots of information for people, but nothing for newbies simple answers for simple questions
on the hardware forum, maybe at the top of the forum header, a quick link to those online help guides, like http://www.amiga-hardware.com/hardware or http://amiga.resource.cx/index.html#topics etc, so newbies can look quickly before posting forum requests.
We can live in hope anyway :-D
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That's what I'm working on at the moment
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how about quick links for newbies, lots of them ask the same old questions about the same hardware etc etc etc
It wouldn't matter how easy, or idiot-proof we make things, unless we read people's mind, they NEVER think (or I should say BOTHER) to search for an answer first, and there's no way to MAKE them click on a FAQ link before asking the same old questions.
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Wayne wrote:
how about quick links for newbies, lots of them ask the same old questions about the same hardware etc etc etc
It wouldn't matter how easy, or idiot-proof we make things, unless we read people's mind, they NEVER think (or I should say BOTHER) to search for an answer first, and there's no way to MAKE them click on a FAQ link before asking the same old questions.
Perhaps intergrating relevant parts of the faq into the top thread in each area, like your coffee house usage post is in the various CH threads :-)
Not that I've just ripped the idea straight out of Ars or anything ;-)