Subject: Re: [xsl] Opinions, please. Keep entire archive or toss old? From: Jon Gorman <jonathan.gorman@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:50:16 -0500 |
As a newcomer and a rather infrequent poster my input shouldn't be weighted quite as heavily as some of the others, but I do enjoy this list quite a bit. I say keep them all in. > Both were from people who seemed to be embarrassed that they had > asked beginner questions and wanted to be known for their more > advanced contributions. I'm sympathetic to some extent. I've made some mistakes over the years, and a few on this list. But on the other hand, I don't think I'm a total fool so if I make a mistake it's likely others are making the same. This is a strong argument for keeping them in. I would be hard-pressed to think less of anyone if I found them asking beginning or "silly" questions, unless they kept repeatedly asking the same type month after month. >One also implied that since the practice of > XSL has changed over the years the older postings are misleading. Of course, there can be downright mistakes in the archives....but I think that's just something we'll have to live with. Hopefully those mistakes would be caught in the same thread and people will actually read the whole thread. Practices and languages change, but hopefully people interested in XSLT have done some basic research and realize this. Also, anyone searching the archive I would hope does check out the date. There might be those who will need to know more about older versions. It's rare, but we've already seen a few in the past week or so where someone has says I'm using processor x which is a few years old and was wondering what to do. And there's a great deal that hasn't changed. I'll find things occasionally in the archives that are a few years old but still helped me. Of course, I'm a librarian. I'd just hate to think of that information as not being accessible since it seems quite a bit of it could still be useful. Jon Gorman
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