Hans and docs team,<br><br>Maybe we need to bring Moshe into the discussion: If the following were
on the horizon any time soon for g.d.o, I think it's the best venue for our work:<br>
<ol><li>history and diff for wiki nodes</li><li>full text in notification emails</li><li>mailhandler installation</li></ol>
If these things are pie-in-the-sky, then I'd vote for using the queue as the main gathering place.<br>
<br>
Either way I'm still in favor of deprecating the mailing list.<br><br>Hans makes good points about the queue. I criticized the queue for being too task focused and not good for discussion. But I agree with Hans that being overly focused is better than having too little focus.<br>
<br>Regarding the needs of those who prefer email: while there is <i>some</i> chance that g.d.o. might add Mailhandler, I think there is <i>no</i> chance that d.o. would. So while notifications are better on d.o. there wouldn't be hope that people could add comments or start topics via email.<br>
<br>[p.s. as more proof against list serves, note how Hans inadvertantly changed the subject title in responding to this thread -- thus messing with even the best of threading algorithms. Of course, Hans probably did that on purpose since he's in favor of deprecating the list serve :)]<br>
<br>Shai<br><br><br><br>Shai<br>I don't see a page in the Handbook describing the Documentation Team.<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 1:48 AM, HansBKK <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hans.drupal@gmail.com">hans.drupal@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Shai and docs team,<br>
<br>
I recognize that the queue wasn't designed for discussion, but I do<br>
think it in fact works well for that (as you agree).<br>
<br>
I think the culture of that medium being task-focused (as you point<br>
out), is helpful for those of us that tend to waffle on, especially<br>
when we do get pointed to past-but-still-active parallel threads we<br>
may not have seen.<br>
<br>
And I don't think the waffling gets in the way (too much?) for those<br>
more focused on getting specific tasks done - the recent/unread posts<br>
do float to the top, and once we've seen a topic no longer of interest<br>
to it we mentally screen it out just as we would in a forum.<br>
<br>
The fact that the queue works better than GDO (now does) as a<br>
discussion forum means (to me): don't convert the group to (another)<br>
discussion forum.<br>
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