Re: RML MAy Archive

Andrew Boyd (andrew at pcug.org.au)
Thu, 08 Aug 1996 00:18:33 +1000

At 02:42 PM 8/6/96 -0400, you wrote:
>YO Andrew,
> Is anything being done to the archived files like organizing them by
>topic or cutting out nasty mail headers etc.. to brush it up for future
>reference. Well maybe we have not talked about anything worth saving :)
>between the slamming Roy for his spelling, Bruce for his Windat slop,
>and Peter for just knowing to damn much.

Yo Ted... there has been a lot of light without much heat lately, but there
are some worthwhile postings...

> Well if no one is doing it, I may be willing to play around with the
>files to organize them by some broad topics so we have a nice group of
>archived files to refer to in the future. Does anyone think this would be
>worth the time to do it or a waste of time???

Sounds good to me... I had in mind that someone would summarise the info
presented in the last 3 months archived postings, by thread or topic. I
personally think that this would not be a waste of time if you have it...
but be warned - there is a lot of material generated on this list (or there
was anyhow ;) ) - I just spent a couple of hours skimming through the May
postings, reading most but not all. But there is no reason why you
shouldn't go for it! To avoid duplication of effort, feel free to nominate
a topic that you will summarise, and let people know via the list, so that
if they were thinking of that topic themselves, they can either (a) pick
something else or (b) offer to collaberate. I am more than happy to put
the summaries, once done, on the archive page for all to access and enjoy,
as I did with Barry Mieklejohn's on Calcium. I think that general FAQ type
articles are more the province of the hobbyist groups'
pages/magazines/members' home pages, what do others think?

Regards, Andrew
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