case studies

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 9:02 am

Cross posting. Please consolidate.
http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=8438
http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... ht=#153883
and
http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... ht=#153885
(Whatdyathink--the Express? My idea for a story--buying someone a ticket. . .)

spectabillis · Post by **spectabillis** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:36 am

Thanks Cryptofishist, Chai Guy mentioned it and only one will be left when the admin does the trimming.

hopefully not the flaming one

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:38 am

spectabillis wrote: hopefully not the flaming one

But, but this is burningman. Flaming is of our essence.

spectabillis · Post by **spectabillis** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:49 am

theCryptofishist wrote:But, but this is burningman. Flaming is of our essence.

That joke sounded fishy.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:54 am

*crestfallen*
busted

emily sparkle · Post by **emily sparkle** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 2:08 pm

hiya,

i deleted the empty duplicate and tried to merge the 2 with replies. unfortunately the merging thing wasn't working, so i copied over tiara's answer, but didn't copy over the additional cross-posting thrashes... the 'flaming' thread seemed to have plenty of those.

thanks for letting us know!

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 2:15 pm

Thanks for taking care of it.

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 5:49 pm

Is there a way I can rig my hard drive to go off like four pounds of hot magnesium anytime someone posts poetry on the board?

just curious.

spectabillis · Post by **spectabillis** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 5:53 pm

Badger wrote:Is there a way I can rig my hard drive to go off like four pounds of hot magnesium anytime someone posts poetry on the board?

may not need it, thats what happens to the brain if its bad enough.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:04 am

So, Badger
Haiku is 4# of magnesium
Limerick is 4# of magnesium
128 Cantos of Epic Lost Love is 4# of magnisium

Just checking.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 2:36 pm

this thread should be moved
http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=8471
Not to the 2004 event place--too obscure, I don't know if General Discussion is the best place either.
Q&A or Experiences is my best guess.

spectabillis · Post by **spectabillis** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:47 pm

I saw that earlier, but wanted to leave it there to see if anyone got why thats funny...

guess not.

I think its getting close to spring cleaning time. What 'cha think? Time to go through and start moving topics around into the right categories?

Ideally, the Index/Overview will explain that, but I think it would be a good idea to straighten things out as well so people can have a better idea of how to keep things organized. Q&A has over 26 pages of topics.

Anyone have any thoughts? Please feel free to bitch about it.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 9:28 am

Yes, sort and retire.
Sort, because otherwise it will become chaos. We may or may not like the system, but if we don't keep it it will become worse than not having one.
Retire, because some of the stuff is old. We do want to have access to the wisdom of the past, but 24 pages of topics=1000s of posts and threads, intimidating newbies and cluttering up the place. It's sort of a hard thing--any system and any choice is going to be 2nd guessed. I'd say "anything pre-(chosen date) and more geared towards community and joking around. Useful threads are worth keeping nad threads about the philosopical yeas and neays of children (for instance) are issues that are gonna keep coming up again, so we may want to keep the old discussions and build on them. Maybe trying to prune to a pre-set number of topic pages (4 perhaps) would mean that we get rid of enough dead wood without killing the tree.

IMHO

spectabillis · Post by **spectabillis** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:07 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:Yes, sort and retire.
Sort, because otherwise it will become chaos. We may or may not like the system, but if we don't keep it it will become worse than not having one.
Retire, because some of the stuff is old. We do want to have access to the wisdom of the past, but 24 pages of topics=1000s of posts and threads, intimidating newbies and cluttering up the place. It's sort of a hard thing--any system and any choice is going to be 2nd guessed. I'd say "anything pre-(chosen date) and more geared towards community and joking around. Useful threads are worth keeping nad threads about the philosopical yeas and neays of children (for instance) are issues that are gonna keep coming up again, so we may want to keep the old discussions and build on them. Maybe trying to prune to a pre-set number of topic pages (4 perhaps) would mean that we get rid of enough dead wood without killing the tree.

IMHO

I replied/moved this to here... http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=8292

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 3:08 pm

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=8515

Commerce

emily sparkle · Post by **emily sparkle** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 3:18 pm

I have removed the thread "Playa ready vehicle for sale" from the tickets forum.

Thanks for letting me know!

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 1:23 pm

Cross-posting:

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... highlight=
http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... highlight=

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 1:35 pm

How do fundraisers rate in the no commerce clause?
http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... 019#156019

emily sparkle · Post by **emily sparkle** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 2:10 pm

i would like to hear other's opinions on the fundraising topic. we've let these types of posts remain in the past since they were for burning man groups presumably in support of their camp.

i'm going to leave the one in regional events for now. if the conversation shows that we need to delete the other one, i can do that too.

thanks.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 3:24 pm

That felt a little "slick" to me, and they do have access in JRS. But then there's just something about DG that raises my hackles. The only valid point is the JRS.

Kinetic IV · Post by **Kinetic IV** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 9:56 am

Crossposting:

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... ht=#156173
http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... ht=#156172

emily sparkle · Post by **emily sparkle** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 3:14 pm

got it. thanks!

Kinetic IV · Post by **Kinetic IV** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:11 pm

Duplicate posts, unintentionally done:

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=8573
http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=8574

The thread ending in 8574 has more views and more poll questions so I'd assume it's the one he wants to keep. But otherwise they appear to be identical and 8573 would be an ideal cleanup target.

Post by **actiongrl** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:50 pm

Fundraisers within the community, I think, are okay - they're also regional events and an opportunity for folks to convene around a project, which is part of our mission, right?

Kinetic IV · Post by **Kinetic IV** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 6:18 pm

I thought if it was in the JRS it had defacto BM LLC approval and that was that. I'm surprised this debate even came up.

emily sparkle · Post by **emily sparkle** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:21 pm

Kinetic IV wrote:Duplicate posts, unintentionally done:

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=8573
http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=8574

The thread ending in 8574 has more views and more poll questions so I'd assume it's the one he wants to keep. But otherwise they appear to be identical and 8573 would be an ideal cleanup target.

I have deleted 8573. Thanks!

Kinetic IV · Post by **Kinetic IV** » Mon May 02, 2005 2:07 pm

Since someone else posted this in the wrong thread, I'll take care of it for him.

Commerce:
http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... 953#156953

emily sparkle · Post by **emily sparkle** » Mon May 02, 2005 4:40 pm

The admin team (and several people who were asked to weight in) agreed that this posting is not commerce. It's a job opportunity that In House clearly wants a Burner to benefit ftom.

Kinetic IV · Post by **Kinetic IV** » Mon May 02, 2005 5:32 pm

I had a hunch that was the case, thanks for the official clarification.

Isotopia · Post by **Isotopia** » Mon May 02, 2005 9:56 pm

The admin team (and several people who were asked to weight in) agreed that this posting is not commerce. It's a job opportunity that In House clearly wants a Burner to benefit ftom.

On secod look, I can go with that.