[Foundation-l] Block update

stevertigo stvrtg at gmail.com
Tue Aug 11 18:02:47 UTC 2009


Tom and I don't agree on everything. In fact he's been the most vocal
critic of the disputes-l idea. The important difference being that he
doesnt just whine about other people's ideas/discussions/issues,
rather he tries To compose reasoned and sound objections and
alternatives.
-Steven

On 8/10/09, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'll begin to take this thread and your proposals seriously once they
> get some support from somebody besides yourself and Thomas Dalton.
> Nothing personal, it just doesn't seem like anybody else has been
> paying much attention to this thread so far.
>
> Mark
>
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 6:45 PM, stevertigo<owl at spaz.org> wrote:
>> Mark Williamson<node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Remind me, please, why we are still talking about this.
>>
>> Well, Thomas' idea about a lists-l list for discussing mailing lists and
>> mailing list issues is new, so there is no issue of "still talking about
>> this" when the "this" you refer to isn't one of the issues that I raised.
>> Thomas - instead of just complaining about having meta discussions here -
>> is actually doing something productive, and proposes an interesting
>> solution to everybody's problems:
>>
>> 1) nobody likes me taking issue with non-Foundation issues here on
>> foundation-l,
>> 2) but still my issues are legitimate and need to be addressed openly.
>> 3) A lists-l list would be the perfect place to discuss
>>  a) blocks,
>>  b) issues with list admins,
>>  c) new list proposals,
>>  d) proposals to integrate or deprecate existing lists, etc.
>>
>> Cary of course would run lists-l, and keeping list discussion there means
>> there would be no issues related to discussing meta ("off topic") issues
>> here. All that would show on here or on wikien-l is a pointer to the top
>> post in the thread on the lists-l archive, and everyone is happy.
>>
>> -Stevertigo
>>
>>
>>
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