http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: can/should spokes website be more accessible? en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 07:40:17 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10796#post-119585 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 14:51:54 +0000 chdot 119585@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@SRD</p> <p>Partly my fault. </p> <p>I just copied the link from this morning's Spokes tweet -</p> <p>"<br /> Spokes CycleCampaign (@SpokesLothian)<br /> 27/07/2013 12:55<br /> Our #LeithWalk view: 1307 at spokes.org.uk/wordpress/docu… Now you! @CyclingEdin @John_Lauder @CllrJimOrr @thecockburn @greenerleith @CllrChasBooth</p> <p>"</p> <p>I assumed that there would be a Spokes view based on what was seen on Tuesday!</p> <p>I presume that's still being worked on. </p> <p>EDIT Now it's ME that was confused there are links to CEC diagrams and the recent comments!</p> <p><a href="http://www.spokes.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/1307-Spokes-LW-comments.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.spokes.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/1307-Spokes-LW-comments.pdf</a></p> <p>I've also go used to Spokes doing things like saying 'latest Spokesworker' with a link to the list of all Spokesworkers. </p> <p>I've mentioned it, it's deliberate...</p> <p>"spokes docs felt to him like they were written for a bunch of academics"</p> <p>I suspect that many were written 'for' Government and council officials. </p> <p>To some extent the 'plain English' versions are the Spokesworkers and Spokes leaflets. </p> <p>Of course all this work is done by a tiny number of volunteers, who have built up expertise and working methods over <em>many</em> years. </p> <p>"but is it blocking people from engaging rather than facilitating them?"</p> <p>Do you mean engaging with Spokes or with the various issues by being better informed? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10796#post-119583 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 13:18:17 +0000 SRD 119583@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is it just me? I clicked the link that Chdot posted on the Leith walk thread. </p> <p><a href="http://www.spokes.org.uk/wordpress/documents/members-campaigning/edinburgh/leith-walk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.spokes.org.uk/wordpress/documents/members-campaigning/edinburgh/leith-walk/</a></p> <p>and as so often the case, found myself baffled as to which links I should follow. </p> <p>Actually, I know I am not alone, because this issue was specifically raised with me by a keen cyclist/activist, who suggested that spokes docs felt to him like they were written for a bunch of academics. </p> <p>There is of course a logic to the spokes set up so that data is carefully archived, but is it blocking people from engaging rather than facilitating them? </p>