FORKNI-L
Digest - 21 Jun 2013 to 22 Jun 2013 (#2013-92)
Sat, 22 Jun 2013
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Topics of the day:
1. FORKNI-L Digest - 20 Jun 2013 to 21 Jun 2013 (#2013-91)
2. o.O
3. Admin: Question about the quote limit rule
4. Admin: Oops -- McLisa broke a rule
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Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 17:06:24 -0400
From: Penny Thomas <drmusicpt@g.......>
Subject: Re: FORKNI-L Digest - 20 Jun 2013 to 21 Jun 2013 (#2013-91)
> Forkni-L lives?
>
> *looks around*
>
> ... wonder if anyone I know's still around. :)
I'm still around - I think I joined in 1996, or early 1997.
I don't say much, but I read all the posts
Hey, Brenda - long time, no see!!
Penny - aka Dark Maestro
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Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 18:33:22 -0400
From: L McDavid <mclisa1014@g.......>
Subject: Re: o.O
Nope, definitely not yearly.
<Screaming and running for cover :)>
They're at very irregular intervals, such as when there's enough
interest on list, enough insanity, ditto, and the List Gardener and I
have been drinking heavily. (Just kidding on that last.)
McLisa (Lisa McDavid)
"That will be trouble."
listowner, Forkni-l & Fkfic-l
mclisa1014@g.......
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Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 18:38:21 -0400
From: L McDavid <mclisa1014@g.......>
Subject: Re: Admin: Question about the quote limit rule
We do still have some people on digest, but so far most responders
favor repeal. Since I don't think there's much chance of jammed disks
now, we don't have to worry aout that.
As to Fkfic-l, let me think and consult Don. I don't think we need a
line limit there either, for the same reason as no longer needing one
on the main list. I know we're no longer even remotely high volume.
McLisa (Lisa McDavid)
"That will be trouble."
listowner, Forkni-l & Fkfic-l
mclisa1014@g.......
On 6/20/13, Brenda Bell <webwarren@e.......> wrote:
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> Poster: Brenda Bell <webwarren@e.......>
> Subject: Re: Admin: Question about the quote limit rule
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> At 12:15 PM 6/18/2013, you wrote:
>
>>Instead of just nagging about the limited quotations in reply rule,
>>I've decided to ask the posters' opinion.
>
> Here's my take:
>
> One should always have sufficient context in which to frame a reply
> -- no more, no less.
>
> Sometimes, if the point took a lot of space to make (say, it included
> a number of references to different episodes, or different characters
> an actor has played during his/her career), the quoted context might
> run six or seven lines. Under these rules, it requires the replier to
> paraphrase, rather than quote the original poster.
>
>>Originally the rule was put in place because we were a very high
>>traffic list...
>
>>...Our storage disk for the digest kept jamming and having to be
>>freed up by hand.
>
> It sounds like much of *this* issue has been resolved by the demise
> of the live show and the evolution of electronic communications technology.
>
>>The digest readers didn't like having to page past a lot of repeated
>>material.
>
> This is still a salient issue, though mostly among those new to the
> Internet, those who are too lazy to edit, and those whose systems do
> not allow them to edit or truncate the preceding thread in a reply
> without deleting the entire thread. (Gmail is like that, and much to
> my annoyance, SMS messaging has become like that as well.)
>
>>Now that we don't have either situation, I would like to know if you
>>feel that the rule is still needed.
>
> If we still have digest subscribers, we need some version of the
> rule; however, keeping the quote length to 4-5 lines may need to be
> relaxed (a few more lines added here or there).
>
> The other place where limits might be an issue to revisit would be on
> FKFIC-L -- do we still have technical issues with longer part posts
> and (outside of WARs) too much volume per day?
>
>
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>
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Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 18:40:42 -0400
From: L McDavid <mclisa1014@g.......>
Subject: Admin: Oops -- McLisa broke a rule
That last post, about the quote limits discussion, was meant to go
privately. Sorry.
McLisa (Lisa McDavid)
"That will be trouble."
listowner, Forkni-l & Fkfic-l
mclisa1014@g.......
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