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Encyclopedia Test Pages

From: Jerry Han <jhan@c...>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 19:51:46 -0500
Subject: Encyclopedia Test Pages

Hi everybody!

I've been trying to keep track of all the email flying back and forth;
I'm glad for the vote of confidence for Editor, but I want to make sure
I have time before I commit to anything else other than sticking web
pages
up (or just making webspace available.)

That being said, I've got a 'suggestion' up for pages, and page format.
I'm from the minimalist school of page design.	I've read other people's
suggestion, but I only had twenty spare minutes to put this up, so I 
decided to just go with that and then take the time to organize what
people said later on, and incorporated said suggestions then.  

Basically, the index pages would either link to pages on my site, or to
off site pages with information, depending on how the 'keeper' of that
information would want it.  

I used the first example graphic I found.

As for consistency; I think we should realize that absolute consistency
is
impossible, since everybody will have different ideas of what the future
should be like.  I like the idea of making sure that Tuffley's canon be
separated out from the rest of our ideas, so people know 'this is a fan
idea',
and 'this is what the sourcebooks say'.  

Project Management/Process Ideas:  Get an Editor.  Editor designs an
index,
with
input from the list.  (Not sent to the list, but sent to the editor.)  
After a week or two, Editor publishes index to the list, and asks for 
volunteers to write articles for the various things.  As articles come
in,
Editor gets other people to proofread, or does it him/her/itself,
depending
on load.  Links/pages are published. Iterate as required.  

How's that sound for a really quick summation of what everybody has
suggested?

Oh, heck, I'll volunteer to fill the Editor spot as well, if that's
alright
with people.  I seem to have gotten the bug pretty badly.  And besides,
it's what I do all day anyways.  (8-)

Anyways, please comment.  Note that I'm going to be out of touch
tomorrow,
so don't expect too many changes; I guess I'll start in earnest on 
Friday or Monday, depending on what the heck happens at work.

Thanks everybody,
J.

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