Re: [PROPOSAL] TL;DR editors

2013-04-09 Thread Greg Stein
It is not your job. You are one of many of the IPMC. You also happen to be the liaison to the Board. On Apr 9, 2013 9:39 AM, "Benson Margulies" wrote: > I assume that you will take that role for this thread. > > Some people might claim that this is my job in general. However, my level > of enthu

Re: [PROPOSAL] TL;DR editors

2013-04-09 Thread Ross Gardler
I think this should be adopted as best practice by all of us in all mailing lists - no I don't do it any more than the next person :-( Benson, it's not your job to do it - whatever others might say. Of course, the odd reminder from you (and others) might help. Ross On 9 April 2013 14:39, Benson

Re: [PROPOSAL] TL;DR editors

2013-04-09 Thread Upayavira
This is an interesting idea. It does, however, assume that the person who starts a thread is able to be sufficiently neutral to represent the whole story, rather than their own particular take on it. Such summarisation is something of an art. Upayavira On Tue, Apr 9, 2013, at 02:15 PM, Alan Cabre

Re: [PROPOSAL] TL;DR editors

2013-04-09 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Alan Cabrera wrote: > ...The amount of email on this list has grown beyond ridiculousness. I > propose a new required process on this list whereby anyone who starts a new > thread is required to diligently > monitor it and post a summary at the end... Good idea,

Re: [PROPOSAL] TL;DR editors

2013-04-09 Thread Rich Bowen
On Apr 9, 2013, at 9:15 AM, Alan Cabrera wrote: > Thoughts? Oh, yes, please. If it even happened half the time it would be absolutely wonderful. And I nominate Shane to be the default editor, because he's so very good at summarizing threads. ;-) -- Rich Bowen rbo...@rcbowen.com :: @rbowen

Re: [PROPOSAL] TL;DR editors

2013-04-09 Thread Benson Margulies
I assume that you will take that role for this thread. Some people might claim that this is my job in general. However, my level of enthusiasm for trying to sweep up after the elephant depends on the elephant. I think that the harder case is the one in which there is, apparently, no consensus. Wh

[PROPOSAL] TL;DR editors

2013-04-09 Thread Alan Cabrera
The amount of email on this list has grown beyond ridiculousness. I propose a new required process on this list whereby anyone who starts a new thread is required to diligently monitor it and post a summary at the end. The person would assume an editor role for that thread. [SUMMARY] Incubator