Judging from the EXCELLENT website that letterboxing has, what I'm
proposing should be a snap for the webmaster and no inconvenience for
the rest of us. Simply arrange for the general disclaimer to come up
when a person presses any links that lead to the main clues map. In
order to get to the clues, the person has to press a button that in
effect says, "Yes, I have read the disclaimer and understand my
responsibilities."
Even if we don't keep a database, that's enough to scare anyone away
who doesn't have enough common sense to take care of themselves. Not
only does it guarantee that people will have the disclaimer in front
of them,(even if they don't read it) but it saves the placers the
trouble of writing "War and Peace" everytime they make a placement.
Anyone who complains can simply be told that there's no possible way
that you could have gotten to those clues without seeing the warnings.
I hope this puts an end to it.
Forester
THE SOLUTION - Without bureacracy!
6 messages in this thread |
Started on 2001-06-01
THE SOLUTION - Without bureacracy!
From: (jrovetto@baysidegroup.net) |
Date: 2001-06-01 18:21:15 UTC
Re: [LbNA] THE SOLUTION - Without bureacracy!
From: Denise A. Nelson (isagobi@gate.net) |
Date: 2001-06-01 17:36:00 UTC-04:00
That sounds like a good idea - maybe it can put the matter to rest and
satisfy all.
satisfy all.
Re: [LbNA] THE SOLUTION - Without bureacracy!
From: Randy Hall (randy@mapsurfer.com) |
Date: 2001-06-01 18:19:02 UTC-04:00
> Judging from the EXCELLENT website that letterboxing has, what I'm
> proposing should be a snap for the webmaster and no inconvenience for
> the rest of us. Simply arrange for the general disclaimer to come up
> when a person presses any links that lead to the main clues map. In
> order to get to the clues, the person has to press a button
I was an LbNA webmaster for a long time so perhaps I can speak with
some insight.
Many, if not most, of the letterbox clues reachable from the LbNA pages
are not stored on the LbNA server, but on the personal web pages of
the people who wrote them, in the list archive, etc.
My clues (as are Todd's), are an example of this. In analyzing the
hit logs to my clues, I find that more hits come from the search engines
than from the links on the LbNA server. This means that most of the
eyeballs that see my clues do not even see the LbNA server, and thus
would miss this popup.
Even if the webmasters force everyone to see such a popup, I do not
feel that it is a tenable argument that a popup disclaimer would
prevent someone from going out inappropriately, when the actual
field conditions in question would not.
In order to close this thread down, I will point out that we do have
a solution. One individual on the list spotted something they didn't
like about someone else's clues. They said so, and the writer of
the clues, though in no way obliged to, thought about it and perhaps
decided the suggestion had merit, and chose to modify their clues.
Is that not a solution we can all live with?
Cheers
Randy
Re: [LbNA] THE SOLUTION - Without bureacracy!
From: (jrovetto@baysidegroup.net) |
Date: 2001-06-02 00:43:44 UTC
As far as I'm concerned, the subject is closed. In the future I'll
direct criticism through private e-mails.
Regards,
forester
direct criticism through private e-mails.
Regards,
forester
Re: [LbNA] THE SOLUTION - Without bureacracy!
From: (jrovetto@baysidegroup.net) |
Date: 2001-06-02 00:50:23 UTC
Thanks for your input. As far as I'm concerned the subject is closed
for this group. I still think that there is room for dialogue, but
that can be conducted in private. I'm asking that anyone who is
interested in the topic to only continue the discussion via direct
email. I'm not looking for a debate; I'm looking for ideas.
enough said.
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., "Denise A. Nelson" wrote:
> That sounds like a good idea - maybe it can put the matter to rest
and
> satisfy all.
for this group. I still think that there is room for dialogue, but
that can be conducted in private. I'm asking that anyone who is
interested in the topic to only continue the discussion via direct
email. I'm not looking for a debate; I'm looking for ideas.
enough said.
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., "Denise A. Nelson"
> That sounds like a good idea - maybe it can put the matter to rest
and
> satisfy all.
Re: [LbNA] THE SOLUTION - Without bureacracy!
From: (bayletterbox@juno.com) |
Date: 2001-06-23 14:42:22 UTC-04:00
On Fri, 01 Jun 2001 18:19:02 -0400 Randy Hall
writes:
"... In order to close this thread down, I will point out that we do have
a solution. One individual on the list spotted something they didn't
like about someone else's clues. They said so, and the writer of the
clues, though in no way obliged to, thought about it and perhaps decided
the suggestion had merit, and chose to modify their clues. Is that not a
solution we can all live with?... Cheers.. Randy..."
Here ! Here!-Bayboxer
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