From lojbab@lojban.org Sun Dec 22 05:36:24 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 22 Dec 2002 13:36:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 41027 invoked from network); 22 Dec 2002 13:36:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m8.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 22 Dec 2002 13:36:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lakemtao01.cox.net) (68.1.17.244) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 22 Dec 2002 13:36:23 -0000 Received: from lojban.lojban.org ([68.100.206.153]) by lakemtao01.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.05 201-253-122-122-105-20011231) with ESMTP id <20021222133622.XESB4411.lakemtao01.cox.net@lojban.lojban.org> for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 08:36:22 -0500 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20021222082844.0347e2f0@pop.east.cox.net> X-Sender: rlechevalier@pop.east.cox.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 08:34:26 -0500 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] BPFK: Call for volunteers: discussion board setup In-Reply-To: <82942DAE-1576-11D7-92D7-003065D4EC72@optushome.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: Robert LeChevalier X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=1120595 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojbab At 05:27 PM 12/22/02 +1100, Nick Nicholas wrote: >Since we cannot wait for the Elephant, and we need a more general >solution anyway, I call on people with savvy about discussion fora to >find out which discussion board software fulfils the following >criteria, and can be set up on lojban.org to host threaded discussions. >This will in the short term solve the jboske problem (well, a jboske >problem), in the medium term serve as discussion infrastructure for the >BPFK, and in the long term help whenever all discussion on Lojban >matters blows up. > >The main concern is that threads going at the same time and in >different directions do not allow people to follow who said what where, >and what is currently debated. The solution is to be able to browse one >thread on one page. I believe discussion fora are the answer. I have >some specific requirements I think we need for such software: > >All the content on one topic is in the one place, and is threaded. > >Preferably there is some hierarchical structure of topics (so there are >subtopics and trees) > >There is some way to flag posts as being of particular kinds (proposed >solutions, chat, whatever) > >There is some way of extracting the text of discussion into an archive >readily. > >New posts to the board can be forwarded to a mailing list. Call me ignorant, but most of those things seem to be not-unlike Usenet (though the flagging is lacking). What would be involved in appropriating and setting up a local "loj" hierarchy, and would it solve anything (other than being VERY cheap, and supported by newsreaders, which are far more text-friendly than browsers designed to support graphics and designer fonts)? lojbab -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org