[Foundation-l] The state of Foundation-l (again) was: Recent firing?

[effe iets anders]

I would agree with that 'solution' if I would agree with the "delete and
ignore" solution, which is, imho, not a solution at all. That is a bit the
problem :) And I literally meant scare btw.

2009/11/7 <wjhonson op aol.com>

>  That's right, thats the position of the two sides of this discussion.
> I don't know if "scare" is the right word however.  I think the argument is
> something along the lines of "annoy" or "frustrate".  Mr Dalton put the
> counter-argument pretty well when it said, it only takes a second to delete
> an email.  I don't know why you want to go over this again.
>
> There are people on both sides of the issue.  We should just allow this
> part of the discussion to die.  That's my perspective.  Don't you agree?
>
>  <<The whole point of this discussion is that some people say "dont
> complain because you can ignore" and others say "you are making this list
> less useful and you scare people off with your emails". >>
>
>
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: effe iets anders <effeietsanders op gmail.com>
> To: WJhonson op aol.com
> Cc: foundation-l op lists.wikimedia.org
> Sent: Fri, Nov 6, 2009 2:20 pm
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] The state of Foundation-l (again) was: Recent
> firing?
>
>  without wanting to repeat things I just cant state it much more clearly,
> so let me quote birgitte, who started this specific thread:
>
>  "Maybe you would have a point if this was and email list targeted at
> people who spend every waking hour plugged into the internet.  I realize
> some of come close to that.  But that is not the target audience of this
> email list.  Nor the Wikimedia movement.  And if those of you who have the
> temperment and lifestyle for such participation do not control yourselves
> enough so that this forum might succeed in included more than just those
> participants similar to yourselves, Wikimedia will be sorrier for it."
>
>  The whole point of this discussion is that some people say "dont complain
> because you can ignore" and others say "you are making this list less useful
> and you scare people off with your emails".
>
>  eia
>
> 2009/11/6 <WJhonson op aol.com>
>
>>  In a message dated 11/6/2009 6:28:20 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>> effeietsanders op gmail.com writes:
>>
>>
>> except that this happens in many threads and is a general problem coming
>> back allt he time.>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  At the point at which any particular person is no longer interested in
>> reading a thread, they should stop reading it.  Then the thread can die a
>> natural death, and no one needs to get upset at a few messages a day
>> appearing in their mailbox.  As you can see the thread died all by itself.
>> On soc.genealogy.medieval, some of the vicious cat-calling threads go on and
>> on for a few hundred postings, and get quite nasty.  But they all die
>> eventually.  And these are between scholars (self-proclaimed at times).
>>
>> Will
>>
>>
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