Re: What's the purpose of this mailing list?

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson <quotation-ring@gunnar.cc>]

Thanks, all, for your feedback! I have updated the mailing list info
page at http://www.gunnar.cc/webring/quotes/mailarc/help , taking your
input into consideration. Further comments on how to introduce this
mailing list are much welcome.
I will shortly update the Quotation Ring Homepage and do some promoting,
so that our visitors be aware of the existence of the list.
This is a summary of the comments and suggestions posted so far, along
with a few comments by me:
 From Mary
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> I am very glad to have a place to send queries about the sources
> & wordings of quotes.
> ...
> About mixing ring management matters with queries about quotes:
> how many ring management matters are there, esp. now since you
> have the thing well-established?
My comment: You have a point, there are very few of them.
> ...
> Letting people post quotes on this site would be interesting,
> but I agree that this is the purpose of our quote sites, & I
> could see that becoming a huge (though irrelevant to the purpose)
> section of the postings.
My comment: Not sure if you are pro or con. Anyway, so far I haven't
changed my mind.
 From Susie
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> Agreed!
(i.e. to my statement that we should _not_ encourage people to
post messages with quotes just to share them with other people)
>
> Also, when we discuss quotation sources, wording, etc., we
> might indicate the source, according to whom, and leave it at
> that.  I have participated in other discussions around the web
> in recent years, and there always seems to be a potential for
> arguments about rightness, correctness, universal truth, etc.,
> etc.  ;-)
My comment: I'm not convinced. Is the kind of discussions you refer to
that bad?
> ...
> One tiny suggestion I would make is that readers share good
> sources for quotations they have found; i.e., books, other
> quotation e-mail lists, etc.
My comment: Agree, as long as it doesn't lead to too much
advertisements.
 From Katrina
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> How would it be if everyone made up a kind of personal email
> signature?  I'm thinking it could have their email address,
> website URL, & maybe their favorite quote.
My comment: The sender's email address is always in the email header.
It's always refreshing with quotes signatures, but it wouldn't be a very
good idea to make that a requirement to post to the list, would it?
(Maybe you didn't mean that - everybody is of course free to try to
convince people.) :-)
 From Sarah
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> I think this list should be open to all quote gurus, not just
> webring members!!
My comment: Agree.
Gunnar Hjalmarsson
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