On Saturday 04 April 2009 20:54:21 Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன் wrote: > I am proposing an idea , Let me clarify in the first position that i am not > proposing a moderation system, but at the same time, there needs a system > like , when a user post some solutions or tutorial kind of stuff, he/she is > been rewarded with some marks. List admin , decision on reward of the mark > is final. This is some thing i have seen in the www.experts-exchange.com. > > To identify the post which seeks an valuation of its content, the subject > line can be tagged with [solution] or [tutorial] tag. This will nurture > people to give solutions , ponder them in giving contribution and will > really discourage noise.
this looks like a forum to me. I have noticed that the open source world is not to big on forums. Mailing lists and IRC are the main methods of communication. The problem with mailing lists is that everyone gets every mail, and it requires a fair knowledge of etiquette to make threads understandable. Further, as some one said in this list - one mans signal is another mans noise. In a forum one can pick and choose the threads one wants to follow. One can go back and edit/delete ones posts. Others could also edit/delete posts. If a forum has good membership, a knowledge base can be built up - and maybe a good community too. BUT the open source world is too impatient - we want solutions _now_. We believe in commit early commit often. We tend to throw out half baked ideas and solutions, passionately debate them and move on. We do not insist that every post be completely researched, well thought out and complete in every detail. We feel that completeness will evolve through discussion and experimentation. So a mailing list often looks very confused/chaotic/undisciplined. That is the way open source works. In mailing lists dedicated to a project, there is more focus and a clear line between on topic and off topic. This is not true of a generalised mailing list like this. There are hundreds of types of people here with very varied backgrounds and interests. So obviously there will be a lot of 'noise'. I know many people are longing for a good firm admin to keep discipline. I have seen lug lists like this - they are all dying or dead. -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
