31-10-2000 19:45									#1
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About two weeks ago, I asked for comments in this thread in the OT, on the idea of setting up an Apolyton Location FAQ. I posed the question in the OT first, as I thought the people most likely to change their location field to something humorous instead of their actual location would be OT'ers. Anyway, the proposal got no negative responses, and I decided to go on with the idea.

I'm willing to start the Location FAQ and maintain it in the future. I'd like it to be placed here in the Apolyton Forum, as the intent of it is for all posters to be able to quickly find out the location of others without having to search for the username first (and possibly find that the location field doesn't reflect the location).

The idea is for me to collect the locations of as many posters as possible by looking at their profile/location field. Those that currently don't display their location in the location field can then post it here, if they are interested in being included in the FAQ. In other words, those that already display their location or post it here will be included - and those that prefer to keep their location to themselves will be left out.

Would this be a desirable feature to include in our community, DanQ and MarkG?

As an example, I've set up a mini-FAQ below with the locations of the people who replied to the aforementioned thread in the OT. I'm thinking of listing the posters alphabetically as well as listing the locations alphabetically, more or less as it's shown here. But I will need some ideas on how to format it better (especially the list sorted by locations).

Questions and comments to this suggestion are most welcome.

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Andz83: Germany, Cottbus
Bas: Netherlands, Groningen
Builder: Israel, Ashdod
Chowlett: United Kingdom, Cambridge
ColdWizard: USA, Upstate New York
Dr.Oogkloot: Netherlands, Amstelveen
Du_Chateau: USA, California, Riverside
Empress: USA, Louisiana
finbar: Australia, Sydney
GP: USA, Georgia, Atlanta
HsFB: Argentina, Buenos Aires
Hueij: Netherlands, Arnhem
Iain Lindley: United Kingdom, Manchester
JohnT: USA, Tennessee, Knoxville
Lancer: USA, Oregon Coast
Lefty Scaevola: USA, Texas, San Antonio
Legman: Denmark, Copenhagen
Lincoln: USA, Tennessee, Altamont
Midshipman: USA, Minnesota, Minneapolis
MOBIUS: United Kingdom, London
Monk: Denmark, Aalborg
Narck: USA, Texas, Houston
Patriqvium: Finland, Espoo
Phantom: Germany, Bavaria
phoenixcager: Singapore, Singapore
Provost Harrison: United Kingdom, Hull
reismark: USA, New York, Ithaca
Scouse Gits (all three of 'em!): United Kingdom, Liverpool
Seneca: United Kingdom, Bristol
Stefan Härtel: Germany, Hemhofen
Stefu: Finland, Joensuu
SuperSneak: USA, Oregon, Portland
Tizzy: United Kingdom, London
tonic: Australia, Melbourne
UltraSonix: Australia, Melbourne
WhiteKnight: USA, Louisiana

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Argentina
- Buenos Aires: HsFB

Australia
- Melbourne: tonic, UltraSonix
- Sydney: finbar

Denmark
- Aalborg: Monk
- Copenhagen: Legman

Finland
- Espoo: Patriqvium
- Joensuu: Stefu

Germany: Phantom (Bavaria)
- Cottbus: Andz83
- Hemhofen: Stefan Härtel

Israel
- Ashdod: Builder

Netherlands
- Amstelveen: Dr.Oogkloot
- Arnhem: Hueij
- Groningen: Bas

Singapore
- Singapore: phoenixcager

United Kingdom
- Bristol: Seneca
- Cambridge: Chowlett
- Hull: Provost Harrison
- Liverpool: Scouse Gits (all three of 'em!)
- London: MOBIUS, Tizzy
- Manchester: Iain Lindley

United States of America
- California
-- Riverside: Du_Chateau

- Georgia
-- Atlanta: GP

- Louisiana: Empress, WhiteKnight

- Minnesota
-- Minneapolis: Midshipman

- New York: ColdWizard (upstate New York)
-- Ithaca: reismark

- Oregon: Lancer (Oregon Coast)
-- Portland: SuperSneak

- Tennessee
-- Altamont: Lincoln
-- Knoxville: JohnT

- Texas
-- Houston: Narck
-- San Antonio: Lefty Scaevola

Edit: Updated November 16th, 2000 to include the people who actively posted their location in this thread or sent me a personal message to the same effect.
<font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by Legman (edited November 16, 2000).]</font>

	31-10-2000 21:29									#2
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Hi, I'm from Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK

	31-10-2000 23:07									#3
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too much americans...

	31-10-2000 23:56									#4
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Hometown: New York City
Current Residence: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

	31-10-2000 23:57									#5
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It's OogklOOt.

Aside from that, good work.

	01-11-2000 00:07									#6
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Klote, man

	01-11-2000 01:40									#7
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Great work - hope those with unspecified country fields in their profile will come forward. BTW it should be possible for those who know to dob in their mates.

	01-11-2000 02:24									#8
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<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
<img src=/forums/"/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1>
</font><font size=1>Originally posted by tonic on 10-31-2000 03:40 PM</font>
BTW it should be possible for those who know to dob in their mates.
<img src=/forums/"/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></font></td></tr></table></center>I would not suggest taking info from anyone other than the person in question, since we don't know whether or not they want their location disclosed.

For that matter, people who have their location field in their profile, may not wish to be added to the list either. I think it's safer to only add people who actually come to Legman's thread and announce they wish to be added to the list.

To give you one example from the age faq, I had one guy come in once and request that I take him off the birthday calendar. Even though his date of birth was in the age faq (and he didn't care about that) he didn't want it to be in the calendar. There may be ppl on the forums who have their location in their profile, but don't wish to be added to any list, for whatever reason. Just a thought...

	01-11-2000 04:30									#9
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As the field states, currently in Cambridge, UK. That's uni. Perm address is Troon, Scotland

	01-11-2000 06:59									#10
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Narck, your point is well taken. I guess I was a bit frivolous.

	01-11-2000 09:51									#11
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Aussies:
AH is from Canberra, MidKnight Lament is from Melbourne, Biddles is from Melbourne, Bkeela is from Brisbane, and Hydey currently has: Troll of Carrum Downs, Victoria, Australia,Earth, which you could probably just list as "near Melbourne". I can't recall anymore Aussies right now - sorry if I've left you out.

edit: And there's someone from Darwin, but his handle escapes me...

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	03-11-2000 02:01									#12
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This thread definetly deserves bumping.

	03-11-2000 05:15									#13
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Another Aussie (maybe):
Duke of the Stratosphear
King
Of Australia

But I've no idea which part of Australia he's from. Or if indee he's even in Australia.

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	03-11-2000 09:38									#14
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Good work Legman! Is there a way we can get more people to post their locations? Maybe you should put a link to this thread in your signature or something...

	03-11-2000 14:50									#15
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Thanks for the warm welcome you've given this idea - and for the eagerness I sense to get this thing set up. But for now (next couple of days), work with the FAQ will be put on hold - for two reasons:

1) I will need some kind of reaction (preferably with a stamp of approval ) from the admins on the whole idea of the FAQ before I continue to collect the info needed to set it up

2) I'm catching a nasty cold and I feel like I'm going down fast

- So until word is given by the admins, aa-choo! to you all for now.

	03-11-2000 16:16									#16
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If the admins didn't approved, you'd have known about it by now. The thread would have been closed or deleted yonks ago...

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	03-11-2000 16:30									#17
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<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
<img src=/forums/"/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1>
</font><font size=1>Originally posted by UltraSonix on 11-03-2000 06:16 AM</font>
If the admins didn't approved, you'd have known about it by now. The thread would have been closed or deleted yonks ago...

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* nods *

	03-11-2000 16:31									#18
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<font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by Builder (edited November 03, 2000).]</font>

	03-11-2000 17:45									#19
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It would be worthwhile to transfer some of the extant data from previous threads viz:
http://apolyton.net/forums/Forum1/HTML/001327.html?75

I also started one on "Where do we come from?" in OT but I can't seem to find it in the current OT listing.

	03-11-2000 19:09									#20
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Germany

Cottbus: Andz83

Aren't Stefan Härtel and Phantom from the same place?

	03-11-2000 19:56									#21
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you could include time zone to the faq, it'd be quite useful

format: for the user name list, i suggest a table, main headings: User Name, Country, City/State, Time Zone. As for the location list, the way you have it may be the simplest format to go with.

	04-11-2000 09:35									#22
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<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
<img src=/forums/"/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1>
</font>you could include time zone to the faq, it'd be quite useful
<img src=/forums/"/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></font></td></tr></table></center>If I'm not mistaken, that was one of the orig suggestions in the OT version of this thread...

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	05-11-2000 08:29									#23
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Another Aussie. also from the most livable city in the world, Melbourne - Makeo

edit: Maybe he's not from Melbourne, but it'll be close enough since he's got Victoria (the state) listed.

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	07-11-2000 00:44									#24
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Add me before the most glorious Stefu!
I'm from Espoo, Finland.

	07-11-2000 20:29									#25
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Iain Lindley - Manchester, UK

	07-11-2000 21:45									#26
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Barrett H Moursund
711 Terrell RD
San Antonio TX 78209

office # 210 736 1791

. Rather than a FAQ which requires much fiddling around to be useful, I would suggest an additional otional profile, assuming that is posible, with plenty of fields for whatever indetifying infromation the menber fells confortable to reveal to us (mad ravining maniacs). This would not require any entry or updates by the admin/moderators, it would tbe filled out by the member himself. Not being too familer with IT or the UBB in particular I do Not Know if this is posible either as an additional optional profile for the "real person" as as opposed to the "cyber personna"
or as additional fields to the existing profile. If two profiles are posibble, the existing "cyber one should contain all the cyber personna's info & humor and only such real info as is neccesary for to have membership. The optional real profile would have feild for id, addresses, contact numbers, birthdays, bio etc.
. If psoiible this could eliminate all the personel FAQs and their updates and other demands on the admin.

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	08-11-2000 05:14									#27
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Good thinking, Lefty Scaevola. It's just that - speaking for myself only of course - I know I'd actually enjoy setting up a location FAQ like I've proposed here. (I'm not into legs exclusively - geography can make my day too ). And I think an FAQ would be darn useful too.

If only the admins would voice their opinion of my suggestion so I could get to work on it.

	08-11-2000 06:55									#28
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<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
<img src=/forums/"/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1>
</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Legman on 11-07-2000 07:14 PM</font>
(I'm not into legs exclusively - geography can make my day too ).
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I know just the the area of specialisation: "The Geography of Legs"

On topic, I note that the "where are we" thread in Civ2-General is having a new lease of life. There's minable data being collected while we wait.
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	08-11-2000 13:36									#29
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I'm in 'where are we?' and it's in my location field - but for the record:

SG[1] - Liverpool, UK
SG(2) - Liverpool, UK (we really are two people!)
and my brat daughter:
SG{3} - Liverpool, UK



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	15-11-2000 01:46									#30
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Great idea Legman!

Put me down for Louisiana