Re: admin/list stuff
WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Sat, 30 May 1998 11:47:05 -0600 (MDT)
superb energy! what Sundeep has to say may be significant since he did
start a pretty nice FAQ site (I think Matt helped too)...dunno but it
sounds better than my book at the moment! will
On Sat, 30 May 1998, helena kim wrote:
> > Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 15:16:03 -0400
> > From: Curtis Maxwell Perrin <cmp4x@virginia.edu>
>
> > Is anybody else interested in Salinger's thoughts on Zen and haiku? Maybe
> > we could get a discussion going on that.
>
> this list really needs a faq.
>
> i am personally willing to take on the site design, maintenance, upkeep and
> administration, if those of you who have been on the list longer, or are more
> academic/knowledgeable about salinger write the actual answers and mail them to
> me. (volunteers can email me off the list)
>
> topics i would like to see addressed include seymour's suicide, franny
> pregnant?, salinger and zen, and all the chestnuts that have been cropping up
> repeatedly on the list.
>
> this is not intended to shut down discussion about certain topics, but to avoid
> repetition. the aim would be to aid the evolution of arguments on the list. ie,
> if you had this question and looked in the faq, it would tell you what had
> already been discussed on the topic and you could add a new angle or idea.
> also, please note that the archives of this list since june 1997 are located at
> http://www.nyu.edu/acf/staff/oconnort/JDS/
>
> listmaster tim has made a lovely and beautifully helpful searchable archive in
> which you can look for any previous discussion on a topic you find interesting.
>
> perhaps the faq could include some posting gudelines regarding use of quoted
> material in
> replies, lurking for a few days prior to posting, etc. (i know the digest
> incident wasn't dellera's fault. and thank you for apologising.)
>
> if anyone is restriced to email access, or doesn't have a web browser, please
> say so, and i will try and help by emailing you what you want.
>
> if my tone is a bit harsh forgive me. i know i don't contribute an awful lot to
> the list, and i'm aware that many of my suggestions are already in practice.
> but i *do* read every single digest, and compared to many of the other lists
> that i have been on the level of repetition and poor netiquette is quite high.
> i think this is mostly becasue many subscribers are students who go home for
> the holidays and never resubscribe, etc. but whatever the reason, i think the
> guidelines for the list should be made very clear to new users, and in the long
> run it helps us all. the list becomes less repetpetpetitive, new users feel
> more confident with all the resources at their fingertips, and the amount of
> clueless posts and trivial flames will drop.
>
> :helena
>