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# Re: Proposed change to the MOO-Cows mailing list

- Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 10:15:36 PDT
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- In-Reply-To: <9505162238.AA0100@localhost> from "Alex Stewart" at May 16, 95 04:38:16 pm

    Pavel wrote:
    >>The question is, would the current list membership consider this a positive
    >>change?  I have given this message a Reply-To: line pointing responses back
    >>to me, personally.  I will summarize the results in a week or so and, if
    >>there's a preponderance of positives, implement the suggested changes.

    Alex replied:
    >Well, there are several questions here.  First of all, is this list just for
    >asking questions?  (my suspicion is that there's a distinct split between what
    >various people here want this list to be used for.  In many cases it's
    >actually quite useful to have a group discussion about something.  It's only
    >in recent months, for the most part, that this list has become simply a Q&A
    >thing for newbie wizzes)

    Why not split it then? Have two lists, one for Q/A posts, and one for
    discussion.  Perhaps even better, make a (moderated?) newsgroup for common
    Q/A and let the mailing list be used just for topical discussions and new
    troubleshooting.

    I want a mailing list that allows group discussions of topics that come up
    (as well as group discussions about questions on how to solve problem X), but
    I would rather not wade through a bajillion answers to "How do I make $news
    work" each month.  I would be more than willing to set up a Q/A Web site for
    those common questions, if that would reduce the typical-new-user-questions
    traffic on moo-cows.  (But as Alex noted later in his reply, how do you get
    the new users to take advantage of such a resource?)

    michael
    anomaly@u.washington.edu

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