On Monday 14 May 2007 20:53, M Harris wrote: > On Monday 14 May 2007 20:38, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > anyone wanting/needing to search the > > archives which are approaching 50 percent trash. And the list > > archives *should* be one of our greatest assets. > > I was wondering about this topic a couple of days ago... I too have been > frustrated with the signal to noise ratio of the archive (and I am fully > able to admit my share [or more] of the noise). I am wondering if a > candidate system has been discussed for the archive? Its a little like > reverse list moderation... items are flagged (later, either by the OP or > the primary responder) for inclusion into the archive. A moderator reviews > the flagged posts and then updates the archive appropriately with topics > that actually provided resolution to a given problem. Even with correct > use of the list, there is probably a 60-40 signal to noise ration of > regular technical discussion and not all of it should merit the archive. > Right?
Good thinking, but making one system that will flag messages and sort them out is way harder than to create mail list and ask users to post according to the advertised topic. Actually only this list has a problem with to much load. Networking has no single post since May 7th, and the similar is with most of specialized lists. -- Regards, Rajko. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
