Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-16 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> * What should be on the main page? [it's pretty outdated now, and I feel > like it could use a facelift and some new copy] Information for people who want to know what Agora is. I think the current content is pretty good for that. I think having recent events and up-to-date information about th

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-14 Thread Jason Cobb via agora-discussion
On 6/14/20 2:06 PM, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > I tried that. The problem is that, if I want users to be able to access a > .txt version (the original) and an .html version, I have to maintain two > copies of every single case, which is a pain both for number of files and > the possi

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-14 Thread Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion
On 6/14/2020 11:06 AM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > On 6/14/2020 11:01 AM, Jason Cobb via agora-discussion wrote: >> On 6/14/20 1:44 PM, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: >>> I'll start pushing my weekly report somewhere so people can bookmark it to >>> check deadlines or whatnot - would people pre

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-14 Thread Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion
On 6/14/2020 11:01 AM, Jason Cobb via agora-discussion wrote: > On 6/14/20 1:44 PM, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: >> I'll start pushing my weekly report somewhere so people can bookmark it to >> check deadlines or whatnot - would people prefer it on my site or on >> Agoranomic somewhere

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-14 Thread Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion
On 6/14/2020 2:36 AM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus wrote: > On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 12:44 AM Rebecca wrote: >> >> we can be a little overly rude to people who misinterpret the rules or >> forget about a rule or two but if anyone actually tries to tell you they've >> never made a similar mistak

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-14 Thread Jason Cobb via agora-discussion
On 6/14/20 1:44 PM, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > I'll start pushing my weekly report somewhere so people can bookmark it to > check deadlines or whatnot - would people prefer it on my site or on > Agoranomic somewhere. I only update it when I also publish the weekly > but maybe usefu

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-14 Thread Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion
On 6/14/2020 4:14 AM, nch via agora-discussion wrote: > On 6/14/20 5:03 AM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-discussion > wrote: >>> * What resources do you wish were online? >> I'd like to put my reports online since people seem to want them all to >> be online, but I don't currently h

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-14 Thread ATMunn via agora-discussion
I should also mention that I had started working on something called Makor, basically a web-based gadget for creating proposals and reports. It would take a lot of work to bring it to the point of being more practical than just writing reports manually, but it could definitely help new players be

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-14 Thread ATMunn via agora-discussion
Haven't looked at anyone else's answers yet, so there might be some repeat stuff in here, but I wanted to be unbiased in my answers. On 6/13/2020 9:27 PM, nch via agora-discussion wrote: Some questions to help me plan some improvements to the web content. * What should be on the main page? [it

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-14 Thread lucidiot via agora-discussion
On Sunday 14 June 2020 08:55, Reuben Staley via agora-discussion wrote: > For some reason or another (probably that we're mentioned on the Nomic > Wikipedia page) people can find Agora. That's how I found Agora myself! I later learned about Infinite Nomic by clicking on links and finding a ment

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-14 Thread nch via agora-discussion
On 6/14/20 5:03 AM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-discussion wrote: >> * What resources do you wish were online? > I'd like to put my reports online since people seem to want them all to > be online, but I don't currently have write access to the Agoran > repositories. > You have read

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-14 Thread nch via agora-discussion
On 6/14/20 5:36 AM, nch via agora-discussion wrote: > On 6/14/20 5:03 AM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-discussion > wrote: >>> * What kinds of tips should go on a New Player page? >> I'd include a description of the customs and systems that aren't >> described in the ruleset and a shor

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-14 Thread nch via agora-discussion
On 6/13/20 10:43 PM, lucidiot via agora-discussion wrote: > Hello there! First time posting here! > > I have been watching the lists for a bit more than a month now, and as I have > been trying to keep up with the updates and understand all the concepts of > Agora, I feel like I am in a pretty g

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-14 Thread nch via agora-discussion
On 6/14/20 5:03 AM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-discussion wrote: >> * What kinds of tips should go on a New Player page? > I'd include a description of the customs and systems that aren't > described in the ruleset and a short description of major game actions > and any major system

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-14 Thread Alex Smith via agora-discussion
On Sunday, 14 June 2020, 11:15:58 GMT+1, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-discussion wrote: > On 6/14/20 6:11 AM, Cuddle Beam via agora-discussion wrote: > > Links to all thesis, we have so many lost ones > > We have many of the theses in GitHub. If you know of any others > available o

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-14 Thread Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-discussion
On 6/14/20 6:11 AM, Cuddle Beam via agora-discussion wrote: I should answer the whole thing actually * What should be on the main page? [it's pretty outdated now, and I feel like it could use a facelift and some new copy] I think it's good actually. The "Historical Records" thing could be updat

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-14 Thread Cuddle Beam via agora-discussion
I should answer the whole thing actually * What should be on the main page? [it's pretty outdated now, and I feel like it could use a facelift and some new copy] I think it's good actually. The "Historical Records" thing could be updated/removed but it's otherwise very fine imo. * What kinds of

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-14 Thread Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-discussion
On 6/13/20 9:27 PM, nch via agora-discussion wrote: Some questions to help me plan some improvements to the web content. * What should be on the main page? [it's pretty outdated now, and I feel like it could use a facelift and some new copy] I'd personally lean towards simply updating what we

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-14 Thread Cuddle Beam via agora-discussion
>* What kinds of tips should go on a New Player page? Just ad libbing this but: - Something that acknowledges that Agora's learning curve to being fully fluent in it is steep and huge, but that it's not necessary to have a full grip on everything to play. Plenty of players don't have a full comman

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-14 Thread Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-discussion
On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 12:44 AM Rebecca via agora-discussion wrote: > > we can be a little overly rude to people who misinterpret the rules or > forget about a rule or two but if anyone actually tries to tell you they've > never made a similar mistake or that they actually understand and remember

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-13 Thread Reuben Staley via agora-discussion
On 2020-06-13 19:27, nch via agora-discussion wrote: * What should be on the main page? [it's pretty outdated now, and I feel like it could use a facelift and some new copy] I echo everything that people have already requested. * What kinds of tips should go on a New Player page? It might b

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-13 Thread Rebecca via agora-discussion
we can be a little overly rude to people who misinterpret the rules or forget about a rule or two but if anyone actually tries to tell you they've never made a similar mistake or that they actually understand and remember all the rules, they are lying. On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 2:41 PM Rebecca wrot

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-13 Thread Rebecca via agora-discussion
Welcome lucidiot as well. We have treated some new players poorly in the past (we were awful to Cuddlebeam when e first joined) but I'd like to think we are relatively welcoming. Expectations might be high (maybe too high) for someone like PSS who holds like a million offices. I think what would be

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-13 Thread Rebecca via agora-discussion
* What should be on the main page? [it's pretty outdated now, and I feel like it could use a facelift and some new copy] The Ruleset should have more prominent links and be updated to remove outdated info and with the current name of the Rulekeepor. "As of May 2017" should obviously be updated peri

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-13 Thread Jason Cobb via agora-discussion
On 6/13/20 11:43 PM, lucidiot via agora-discussion wrote: > Hello there! First time posting here! Welcome! > On Sunday 14 June 2020 03:27, nch via agora-discussion wrote: >> Some questions to help me plan some improvements to the web content. >> >> * What should be on the main page? [it's prett

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-13 Thread Jason Cobb via agora-discussion
On 6/13/20 9:27 PM, nch via agora-discussion wrote: > Some questions to help me plan some improvements to the web content. > > * What should be on the main page? [it's pretty outdated now, and I feel > like it could use a facelift and some new copy] I think current events would be a good idea, an

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-13 Thread Alex Smith via agora-discussion
On Sunday, 14 June 2020, 04:43:56 GMT+1, lucidiot via agora-discussion wrote: > > * How do you access Agora? [your email's web client, a desktop client, > > phone client] > > I am currently replying using Protonmail's webmail, because I am having > issues with my normal desktop client, Evoluti

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-13 Thread lucidiot via agora-discussion
Hello there! First time posting here! I have been watching the lists for a bit more than a month now, and as I have been trying to keep up with the updates and understand all the concepts of Agora, I feel like I am in a pretty good spot to share some thoughts. I also have a general interest in

DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-13 Thread nch via agora-discussion
Some questions to help me plan some improvements to the web content. * What should be on the main page? [it's pretty outdated now, and I feel like it could use a facelift and some new copy] * What kinds of tips should go on a New Player page? * What online resources do you use the most? * What