I agree. Microformats are very organic at the moment and I think making more lists to discuss it would have the effect of braking up the community. Discussing on one list allows me to see what's going on as a whole and though one microformat might not suit my needs its good to see what's happening with it and if I can contibute in any way.
Please let's not start foking at this early stage!!! Tane http://digitalspaghett.me.uk On 11/28/06, Tim Hodson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm someone who signed up to this list yesterday as a newbie. I would rather have one list to look through, I can easily sift entries that are not relevant to me, but the sifting process also raises my awareness of topics and nuances of debate within the community. I do not want to be subscribing to every new list that comes along on the off chance that there might be something useful there. Cheers, Tim ======================= http://timhodson.com http://informationtakesover.co.uk On 28/11/06, Ben Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I'd expect that if someone was keen enough to be joining this list > > >they could probably pick up the concept pretty quickly. > > It's the people who are *not* keen enough to be joining this list who we > > need to consider. > > I'm not totally convinced about that ;) It's hard enough for keen > people to find the time to work on uf stuff. > > > My original comment was: > > For example, several academic and professional taxonomists have > > told me in e-mail that they would be interested in the species > > proposal, (and one astronomer, likewise, for mars/ luna), but do > > not have the time to follow a general mailing list; indeed, a > > couple asked me specifically if I would set up a separate > > mailing list for the subject. > > I wouldn't bet on academics contributing even if you do bend over > backwards to accommodate them*. If they're saying they're too busy to > read this list, then they could easily be too busy to contribute to > any list. > > That said, if a particular topic has several people expressing > interest; I guess what's the harm in setting up the list as a trial? > See if anyone other than those few people subscribe, as well as see > how the discussion goes. It might be an excellent result. > > cheers, > > Ben > > > [*] Perhaps I'm just cynical from spending the last six years in > higher education ;) > > -- > --- <http://www.200ok.com.au/> > --- The future has arrived; it's just not > --- evenly distributed. - William Gibson > _______________________________________________ > microformats-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss > -- Tim Hodson informationtakesover.co.uk www.timhodson.co.uk _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss
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