Subject: RE: [xsl] Opinions, please. Keep entire archive or toss old? From: "Nathan Young \(natyoung\)" <natyoung@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 14:18:27 -0700 |
OK this is making me really curious. Will people please post a comprehensive list of the posts they are embarrassed about? I'd like to go back and take a look!!! ---->N > -----Original Message----- > From: bryan rasmussen [mailto:rasmussen.bryan@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 1:37 PM > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [xsl] Opinions, please. Keep entire archive or toss old? > > do not toss. > > after all if it were to the benefit of those that asked beginner > questions at some point in the list's history it would also be to the > detriment of those who asked smart questions or contributed smart > answers. Not to mention that someone might be linking to some early > smart answer and so forth. > > If you did drop it would these people next go after the internet > archive, not sure if they have the list archived but they might. > > This is one of the worst suggestions I have heard regarding a > technical matter from a technical community in a long period of time, > and I can only assume whoever made this suggestion knows it, or it > would have been made to the list. > > And that I say this, a guy who has probably asked some of the > stupidest things ever asked anywhere should cause these credit > boosting folks to reconsider IMHO. > > My mouth is filling up with bile and venom at the moment, I probably > shouldn't say any more. > > aaarrrrrggghhh, > Bryan Rasmussen > > On 10/12/05, Mulberry Technologies List Owner > <xsl-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Friends -- > > > > I have recently received two apparently unrelated requests to remove > > the first several years of the XSL-List archive from the server. > > > > 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. One also implied that since the practice of > > XSL has changed over the years the older postings are misleading. > > > > My personal inclination is to reject the requests, and the premise > > behind them. We all start every new technology as beginners, and > > those of us who know many things were beginners many times. > That's not > > something to be embarrassed about, in my opinion. I also do not see > > that the practice of XSL has really matured that > dramatically; people > > are still asking many of the questions we were discussing in 1998. > > > > But before making such a decision, I thought I'd ask the list for > > your opinions. (I would be willing to lop off the first few years > > if we really don't want them; I am not willing to edit the archive > > in any more manual or judgement-based way. I will not, for example, > > remove postings by people who don't want their names in the > archive.) > > > > So, what do you think? > > > > -- Tommie > > -- > > > ====================================================================== > > B. Tommie Usdin > mailto:btusdin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Mulberry Technologies, Inc. > http://www.mulberrytech.com > > 17 West Jefferson Street Phone: > 301/315-9631 > > Suite 207 Direct Line: > 301/315-9634 > > Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: > 301/315-8285 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in XML and SGML > > > ======================================================================
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