On 8 August 2011 16:14, Kay Schenk <[email protected]> wrote: ...
> From my perspective, I don't see the one BIG list as bad, but it would be > VERY helpful if folks could label messages more succinctly and restrict > discussion to rather specific aspects. +1 Not to mention useful subject lines (take a look at what the original subject was for the thread I took this from - I didn't edit the original and it is not truncated) > And, documenting what's been discussed is CRITICAL! It is madness to try to > sift through these messages to get to the "implementable" aspects. +1 I really like the practice I see in some communities where someone will take long rambling threads and post a "[summary] foo bar" mail the the thread periodically. This is brilliant for those needing to catch up and also acts as a description of "impementable" conclusions and community consensus that is emerging. Ross
