Arguments database.
object, 08 Sep 2005 22:11:33
SnowdropExplodes,
The database is crude, but is serving the purpose I had in mind when I
created it (allowing people to collect arguments in one place). If you've
got suggestions to improve it by adding new fields, perhaps you could
suggest some headings?
object
-OJT- , 08 Sep 2005 22:11:33
>Subject: Re: [backlash] [Backlash] A new record has been added to the
>database
>''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''Arguments''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''.
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>--- pearl_maude1@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > I agree. I thought the point of the argument data
> > base was to accumulate all possible arguments in one
> > convenient place so that we don't have to trawl
> > through all the many postings to be reminded of the
> > good points that have been made. (The formt is too
> > restrictive because it will only accept limited text
> > in the comment box).
> >
> > I assumed that full arguments would then be
> > developed for different audiences; response to
> > consultation paper; press briefings, leaflets. I
> > wouldn't expect the response to the Home Office to
> > bear much similarity to the press briefings.
> >
> > I imagined that different people or partnerships
> > would draft each of those documents which would then
> > come to forum for ideas, comment and amendment.
> >
> > Have I got this wrong?
>
>Sounds like what I had in mind when i saw the
>database.
>
>I agree, the format doesn't really allow for the
>flexibility to show the various links between the
>different points/arguments, and doesn't really show
>the history of the debate around each one.
>
>Ta,
>SnowdropExplodes
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SnowdropExplodes, 08 Sep 2005 23:55:04
--- the object wrote:
> SnowdropExplodes,
>
> The database is crude, but is serving the purpose I
> had in mind when I
> created it (allowing people to collect arguments in
> one place). If you've
> got suggestions to improve it by adding new fields,
> perhaps you could
> suggest some headings?
My complaint is not about the way it has been set up,
but that the size of the fields is limited, so we
can't extend the debate on each point indefinitely.
Since that is (as I understand previous comments) a
technical issue to do with the way the facility was
designed by the providers, it is a complaint that I
accept cannot be resolved easily.
No criticism of your efforts was intended!
Ta,
SnowdropExplodes
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