On 3 June 2010 16:48, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax abd@lomaxdesign.com wrote:
Underneath all this is a presumption that I have time to write more condensed material. I don't, generally. When I do have the time, and have a point to make, i.e., some message I consider necessary to communicate effectively to a broad audience, I do it.
So you'd rather waste lots of other people's time than spend your own on your presumably important messages?
Suggestion (not directive): If you're really not writing stuff to be read right now, a blog would be a better place for it. Also, more people would take the time to read it - Wikimedia-focused opinion blogs get a lot of attention. A precis here and a link would be fine.
- d.
On 3 June 2010 22:01, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
If you're really not writing stuff to be read right now, a blog would be a better place for it.
I suggested that a few days ago but Abd shot the idea down. I enjoy long blog posts because I can access them at my leisure; lengthy mailing list posts, on the other hand, I cannot avoid at least glancing at (unless I've set my client to hide the thread in question, which I shouldn't have to do).
Not saying this to try to prod him into stop posting here, but as a genuine statement: I happen to enjoy Abd's commentary /when I have the time to read it/. I'd happily read his blog regularly (especially if, as I suggested, he linked to it in his WikiEN-l posts where relevant).
AGK
On 3 June 2010 22:06, AGK wikiagk@gmail.com wrote:
Not saying this to try to prod him into stop posting here, but as a genuine statement: I happen to enjoy Abd's commentary /when I have the time to read it/. I'd happily read his blog regularly (especially if, as I suggested, he linked to it in his WikiEN-l posts where relevant).
Posting to both is fine too. Abd, start a Wikimedia blog and it *will* get readers.
- d.