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Written on: 19. 05. 2010 [17:36]
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gjensen
Gerard Jensen
registered since: 02.01.2009
Posts: 39
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Danny wrote: also i will see what other topics we can add.. you have any suggestions? Actually, we should start thinking about categories first, then forums within these categories - and the topics inside of these forums will then be created by users. Primary suggestion would obviously be a category "Feedback" (see below for further details on how to structure this) where you could create a forum "Forum suggestions" and another named "Category suggestions", where users can simply create a new topic specifying a new forum or category they's wish to see. That would take away the guesswork behind the question "what forums or categories do we need?" - let the users decide, and then develop a hierarchial category/forum structure out of that. An initial thought might be to mirror the categories section of the online version of The Namibian, allowing every editor of an article in The Namibian to actually also link to the appropriate forum as some sort for "Discuss this" link below his/her article: Category: News Forums below that: Top Stories, Africa, Environment, Marketplace, National, Oshiwambo, World, General Discussions (already existing forum) Category: Sport Forums below that: Local, International Category: Feedback Forums below that: Notable Quotes, Political Perspective, Columns, SMSes, Letters, Website (here the "Columns" forum could get a discussion topic for every "Columns" entry that you have on the main website - where you then simply add a "Feedback and discussion" link below every such main Columns-entry made by the editors of The Namibian) The idea is to keep that initial set of categories expandable as well as changable. As the need arises, you can add additional categories and forums. One category that I would personally like to see would be "Technology" for example - another perhaps "Education". Another could be "Regions" with forums for each of the regions of Namibia, where people could for example create topics for events they are planning (cultural and otherwise), or simply discuss "homegrown" issues that don't quote fit into the big "National News" forum. But that's just *my* suggestions - let's create a forum within that suggested "Feedback" category where we *all* can discuss this and other suggestions. |
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Written on: 28. 05. 2010 [16:06]
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Danny
Daniel
registered since: 15.04.2009
Posts: 17
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thats awesome.. i will get started... on the structure.. by the way i made you a mod.. |
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Written on: 03. 06. 2010 [11:45]
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gjensen
Gerard Jensen
registered since: 02.01.2009
Posts: 39
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Danny wrote: thats awesome.. i will get started... on the structure.. by the way i made you a mod.. Well, thanks for the moderator privs - yet I seem to stumble accross two difficulties: the new forums you have created are not initially visible (only once you logged in, you can see them - if the idea is to attract new members by showing everyone that The Namibian now slowly comes back to the old plethora of forums, then this setup at the moment pretty much does the exact opposite). Plus: I only seem to have moderator privs in the already existing "News" forum, and thus can't help you in setting up new catehories or forums. Was that intended? I'll try to move this specific entry to the new "Site feedback" forum now, let's see how that works and wether replies are then still posisble... |
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Written on: 03. 06. 2010 [11:58]
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gjensen
Gerard Jensen
registered since: 02.01.2009
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gjensen wrote: Plus: I only seem to have moderator privs in the already existing "News" forum, and thus can't help you in setting up new catehories or forums. Was that intended? Cancel the first part of the sentence: as soon as ther *are* posts in a forum, I actually can perform moderator tasks. However the second part still stands: I can't create and/or modify new or existing forums and/or categories. |
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Written on: 03. 06. 2010 [15:24]
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Danny
Daniel
registered since: 15.04.2009
Posts: 17
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thats odd, i fixed the visibility issues.. so that should be fine now i will fine tune your privilages, |
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Written on: 19. 06. 2010 [02:21]
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Gambrinus
Franko
Topic creator
registered since: 28.07.2009
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I am tryig to develop a foosball federation in Namibia and want to know how the best way would be to find out how many ppl actually play this sport. How would be the most bestest way to make a survey? I mean alot of ppl do not have a cell(poorppl) or don't read newspaper (scholars)etc. Any advice? |
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Written on: 20. 06. 2010 [08:56]
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gjensen
Gerard Jensen
registered since: 02.01.2009
Posts: 39
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Gambrinus wrote: I am tryig to develop a foosball federation in Namibia and want to know how the best way would be to find out how many ppl actually play this sport. I'd start by interviewing the folks at the NFA first - with more than 20 years of experience under their belt, they should be able to give you much more than just an "educated guess". How would be the most bestest way to make a survey? I mean alot of ppl do not have a cell(poorppl) or don't read newspaper (scholars)etc. Any advice? If you can't reach them by phone/cell/newspaper/internet, all you can do is appear in person. Which means a lot of travelling - unless you find folks in the different towns of Namibia that will do the survey on behalf of you. To achive that, you may however need a sponsor first - and later on too of course, as the administrational work will quickly mount to a point where you allone can't handle it anymore, and thus need staff that in turn need money to feed their family. Looking at the notoriously cash strapped NFA, finding that sponsor (or: sponsors) may be the bigger challenge - as soon as you have the financial means to get the word out, I'm pretty sure that more and more "followers" will contact you. On the other hand: if you do *not* have sound financial funding, your aspirations may soon get clogged up in expensive admin work, either eating away at your time (if you decide to shoulder that yourself) or your own personal resources. So my tip would be: contact a possible sponsor first - cooldrinks and beer will make it even to the last corner of Namibia, so being able to use their logistical infrastructure to deliver questionairs, application forms or just general information fliers could be a good start. Having such a sponsor however also means that you're not independant anymore - you'll be reporting to them, they will in due course tell you to stop doing this and start doing that (as a means to better place their products), etc. So in essence: without funding and without lots of experience, why not join with the NFA first to "get your feet wet" and establish important contacts, before attempting to go it all alone? |
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Written on: 20. 06. 2010 [18:31]
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Gambrinus
Franko
Topic creator
registered since: 28.07.2009
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Thx for the info! Lotsa work comin my way now! 
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Written on: 24. 02. 2011 [16:40]
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ongolo
w.A.Hundt
registered since: 24.02.2011
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Hi, I was here years ago and it was much more interesting, Why so few topics? Also, I have had an accident I have great difficulties reading this small type face. Regards. |
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Written on: 24. 02. 2011 [16:49]
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ongolo
w.A.Hundt
registered since: 24.02.2011
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"gjensen" wrote: "Danny" wrote: also i will see what other topics we can add.. you have any suggestions? Pm does not seem to work, trying to find out if Gerard Jense is the one I know? Regards |
