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Subject:Re: THANKS! Re: It's time to go From:Jean Hollis Weber <jean -at- jeanweber -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 05 Mar 2002 22:11:48 -0800
I'd like to thank Eric and Deb for a great list and a great website. I'm
impressed with what they have done and amazed that they have time to do it.
I've had my wrist slapped by Eric a couple of times over the years, and
I've always agreed that I deserved it. And with perhaps one exception, I've
always thought Eric's comments were thoughtful, well phrased, and right on
target. I wish he did have time to comment more on real issues rather than
spending time dealing with problem personalities.
I've long said that I can always tell when Eric is really busy, because
threads that need snipping go on too long before he gets to them. In other
words, problem days (when he doesn't step in) are, in my experience of
quite a few years, the exception. Unfortunately, problem posts do seem to
be increasing.
Eric asked for suggestions on how to deal with this. In addition to
agreeing with many posts pointing out that we should all police ourselves
(and how to do that), I have another suggestion. I don't know if this is
practical or not, but is there a way for a group of people to act as list
moderators, taking turns to deal with problems, so that Eric isn't stuck
with the whole job? HATT has five (I think) people filling that role, but
the setup at yahoogroups is different. TECHWR-L is, after all, a
privately-hosted and -run list. Obviously if Eric did want to share the
pain, the other people involved would all need to have similar views on the
interpretation of the rules.
Thanks again, Eric and Deb, for providing this valuable service to the
techwriting community.
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