I really feel guilty responding to this thread. But one way to solve the problem would be to limit all posts to 200 characters or some other agreeable number, with all additional material to be in an attachment, with a similar but longer allowable content. This may put some water on the flames, as by losing visibility the flame may go out. Another tack would be to require all posts to be either a question about a volunteer work in progress or an answer to the question. Either or both of these might return the list to some of its previous utility. Some questions one might ask are 1)how long should it take to get copyrightclearance on my project? 2) Where can I find canned examples of css I can use in my book which has sidebars in it? and similar sort of stuff. We don't need to discuss the future of unicode, or the lack thereof. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Col Choat" <cjc@gutenberg.net.au> To: "Project Gutenberg Volunteer Discussion" <gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 10:58 PM Subject: RE: [gutvol-d] Dear Jon and Bowerbird
I have only TODAY resubscribed after a long absence only to find all this rubbish still happening. Please, Jim, erase the graffiti! I am sure that I have missed a lot of useful information and discussion, but on balance I just couldn't stand it and it wasted a lot of my time even when I just tried to read enough to decide whether I was reading rubbish or not.
Col Choat
Heh. Remember, Michael predicted this, before the list was formed, back in '99. Guess the rest of us were a touch too idealistic to believe the day would come. But I think it has: why should any real volunteer want to post here anymore, with the threat of being dragged down into a mudfight? I never posted here much, but it was once a pleasant neighborhood, with valuable contributions.
How say the rest of you -- should we erase the graffiti?
jim
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