Quoting Troy Arnold ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > But... this TLDP list needs a bit of cleanup. I've no doubt that the > Essex Linux Users group was 'da bomb when it was last updated in '97 > or so, but it's a looking a little peaked. :)
Given hundreds of (ever-changing) LUGs, no _useful_ help (this past decade) assessing their Internet presence, and language barriers, personally checking them -- continually -- tends to slide, on my priority list, somewhere behind lint-sorting. Example of non-useful help: A recent request to add a south Russian LUG's Web site to the above-cited roster (LUGs "using the Internet in an important or interesting way"): Upon examination -- non-trivial, as my Cyrillic is iffy, and my Russian abysmal, and therefore requiring about an hour of careful deciphering -- it's merely Yet Another Generic Drupal Site. "It's the sort of thing that will be enjoyed by those who enjoy that sort of thing" (quoth Mr. Lincoln) -- but "important or interesting" that ain't. When I very politely wrote back, tactfully mentioning that "important or interesting" criterion and asking what specifically one should notice, I heard back... nothing at all. Nada. Rein du tout. Zip. Not even a "Oh, I see. Well, thanks for your time, and for considering us." Anyhow, care to FedEx me a few kilohours' spare time to personally assess the world's LUGs' Internet presences -- or, better, volunteer to do that job yourself? No? How about starting small, and sending half a dozen "These guys impressed me" suggestions. That would be a little more useful than (paraphrasing): "Essex sux0rz. You need to do a bunch more work." _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
