On 1 Feb 2012, at 11:17, Damian Steer wrote: > What do people think? Would you prefer to keep [calls for papers etc] off > this list, or > are you not bothered?
Thanks to everyone who chipped in with their opinion. The consensus appears to be against accepting such messages. On 1 Feb 2012, at 11:49, John Fereira wrote: > If the "Call for Papers" or other type of conference announcement is being > made by someone that is already actively participating in the list I would > not tend to object. However, if it's coming from someone that is just > looking for as many mailing lists as possible to post to in an attempt to > attract conference attendees and isn't going to stick around to followup any > questions that might be asked, I'd prefer that the didn't use the list as > there are usually plenty of other places to discover the conference. That strikes me as an excellent rule of thumb in these matters. Thanks John. On 1 Feb 2012, at 11:30, Milorad Tosic wrote: > Due to my academic background, I would like to see such calls. Sorry Milorad, but you appear to be in a minority. However to be clear: these messages are also sent to the w3c semantic web / linked data lists, various ai lists, and many places I haven't heard of. If you're already subscribed to the w3c semantic web list [1] then you're missing nothing. Damian [1] <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/semantic-web/>
