This has to be one of the most interesting ideas that I have seen posted about what to do with/about 'x'. I love it because it's so easy and simple that it's brilliant. I remember a year ago when I first found out about this list through a friend of mine. I didn't get much guidance or help other than read the FAQ which meant that I had to go to another page and read an entire list of things to get to the topic that I was concerned about. That's a little daunting if you ask me. If it were posted to the list as ETREE FAQ, I'd be more inclined to read it than wade through the 20 or 30 messages flaming that one guy that mentioned he wanted a show from a band that we can't talk about.
Just my $.02. Myk http://buttercupsfield.rafansrule.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Rathbun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 7:51 PM Subject: [etree] A Modest Proposal > I have lurked for many weeks, watching the numerous > threads about 1) what to do with the newbies > frequently asking questions, 2) the illegal > music-traders posting ISOs for taper-unfriendly > artists, and 3) the flamers flaming each other and > anyone who dares to raise their head above the lip of > the trench... but I have a thought (or perhaps a part > of one). > > Surely some of us have visited the > alt.binaries.sounds.*.mp3 newsgroups on the Usenet. > They have an interesting way of dealing with FAQs and > newbies: THEY POST THE FAQ TO THE LIST. They post it > in little bits, with subject lines indicating the > topic, and the message limited to a discussion of a > single topic. > > It seems like they have a good idea, regardless of > whatever other misguided practices they may be engaged > in. > > I would suggest that such a simple and > easily-maintained solution be implemented for this > list. I write end-user software documentation for a > living, and one of my mottoes is, "I'd rather be right > than original." The problem we face has been faced and > solved before. Rather than wracking our brains for the > perfect solution, why don't we just adopt someone > else's? The present effort to consolidate the FAQ > seems like a good opportunity to make it happen. > > I am a digester, so I care not a whit whether I > receive frequent or infrequent postings from the list > moderator. Those of you who get each posting as a > separate email may find this practice irritating, but > a filter can easily be set up (in most email clients) > that would dump all messages containing, say, "ETREE > FAQ:" in the subject line. > > I would not mind seeing an occasional message posted > to this list like "ETREE FAQ: What do all those > acronyms mean?" with a discussion of the subject and > links at the bottom to the main FAQ page and the Etree > Help email address, etc. > > The entire set of FAQs could be posted on a rotating > basis, over a period of time, taking maybe 4 weeks to > post the whole set. (Are there 28 different topics? > More? Less?). > > I must have too much time on my hands. I will now duck > back into the trench, where the food is bad and the > water foul, but where the flame lights my way, rather > than burning off both my ears. Thanks for listening. > > > DKR<end> > Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games > http://sports.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > etree.org etree mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://mail.etree.org/mailman/listinfo/etree > > Need help? Ask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ etree.org etree mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://mail.etree.org/mailman/listinfo/etree Need help? Ask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
