Proposition for a new list to replace Sounder

[Leo "TheHobbit" Cacciari]

Il 06/21/2011 02:13 PM, Alan Pope ha scritto:
> Basil.
> 
> On 21 June 2011 12:43, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:
>> 5 days ago I posted the following message as a response to Alan in a thread
>> which was already rather long and as a result I feel that many people have
>> simply did not read my post as they were "fed up" with the contents of that
>> thread by that stage.
>>
> 
> Tip: Change the subject of the mail if you're introducing new subject
> matter into the thread. That way it's more likely to get noticed than
> when buried in a thread about the new desktop.
> 
>> Alan, is there any reason, *ANY* reason at all, why a new mail list could
>> not be started to replace Sounder?
> 
> Plenty of reason why there couldn't, but no reason not to request one.
> New lists can be requested on the Canonical IS team request tracker.
> https://rt.ubuntu.com/
> 
> What purpose would the list have? We don't tend to create lists
> randomly, they get requested for a particular team or project.
> 
>> But a list which:
>> 1. is NOTarchived, and
>> 2. is *NOT* accessed by google
>>
> 
> Nothing stopping someone subscribing and archiving it. e.g.
> 
> http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=%22I+posted+the+following+message+as+a+response+to+Alan%22
> 
>> therefore making it "invisible" except to the participants of that list?
>> Make the list "open-ended" but still moderated to ensure that total
>> foul-mouthed
> 
> Perhaps if you'd kept the obscenity out I'd take this mail more seriously.
> 
> Al.
> 
Hi,
just a remark, in Australia, where the OP apparently write, and the USA
the term you qualify as 'obscenity' is perceived as a lot less insulting
than in the UK. See under "Differences in perceived levels of
offensiveness" on the related wikipedia entry.

TH

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