On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 4:47 PM, <mikelifeguard(a)fastmail.fm> wrote:
* Two [of
analyzed] lists -- textbook-l and wikija-l -- show
*increase* of traffic! It would be good to analyze why it is so. Maybe
they have the answer to our problem: increasing of list traffic
usually means that community is increasing. (Or they are just in the
earlier phase, which means that they will show decrease of traffic
during the next year or two.)
I would suggest that textbook-l traffic is up because we have had several
announcements lately, such as getting the Collection extension enabled last
week. In fact, the most voluminous threads over the past 6 months have been
on the subject of PDF generation, with one exception (a licensing issue).
I'm not sure what conclusions can be drawn from that additional information,
but I think the low level of traffic overall is probably relevant to an
accurate determination in that case.
Simply, you are working on specific goals. If this is the answer, it
is a very very simple one :)
So, maybe the question should be redefined to others: How many
specific goals do have other projects and supporting mailing lists?