Re: [sqlite] Purging the mailing list roles. Was: Please RestoreYour Account Access

2006-05-31 Thread drh
Dennis Cote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So far Richard has been quite benevolent. > It is easy to be benevolent when you have no real power. Nevertheless, your ruler thanks you for your kind remarks. ;-) -- D. Richard Hipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [sqlite] Purging the mailing list roles. Was: Please RestoreYour Account Access

2006-05-31 Thread John Stanton
Dennis Cote wrote: Dennis Jenkins wrote: There are probably many pre-existing web sites where anyone can create an poll they want, so it might take less than 10 minutes to construct a poll and post a url. Then again, I could be delusional ;) Dennis, Then you should go ahead and give it a go

Re: [sqlite] Purging the mailing list roles. Was: Please RestoreYour Account Access

2006-05-31 Thread Dennis Cote
Dennis Jenkins wrote: There are probably many pre-existing web sites where anyone can create an poll they want, so it might take less than 10 minutes to construct a poll and post a url. Then again, I could be delusional ;) Dennis, Then you should go ahead and give it a go. If it will only tak

Re: [sqlite] Purging the mailing list roles. Was: Please RestoreYour Account Access

2006-05-31 Thread Jay Sprenkle
On 5/31/06, Dennis Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: There are probably many pre-existing web sites where anyone can create an poll they want, so it might take less than 10 minutes to construct a poll and post a url. Then again, I could be delusional ;) yahoo groups will do it quickly but you

Re: [sqlite] Purging the mailing list roles. Was: Please RestoreYour Account Access

2006-05-31 Thread Dennis Jenkins
Dennis Cote wrote: > Dennis Jenkins wrote: >> Maybe someone could create a simple web site that lets us vote on the >> suggestions? >> > Unfortunately (or perhaps not) Richard runs SQLite and its related > community more like a benevolent dictatorship than a democracy. :-) > > I believe he liste

Re: [sqlite] Purging the mailing list roles. Was: Please RestoreYour Account Access

2006-05-31 Thread Jay Sprenkle
As with all benevolent dictatorships, everything goes relatively smoothly as long as the dictator remains benevolent. So far Richard has been quite benevolent. Definitely! One of the most pleasant individuals I've worked with. Thanks DRH! For all your hard work and tolerance! Especially the tole

Re: [sqlite] Purging the mailing list roles. Was: Please RestoreYour Account Access

2006-05-31 Thread Dennis Cote
Dennis Jenkins wrote: Maybe someone could create a simple web site that lets us vote on the suggestions? Unfortunately (or perhaps not) Richard runs SQLite and its related community more like a benevolent dictatorship than a democracy. :-) I believe he listens to the responses (especially

Re: [sqlite] Purging the mailing list roles. Was: Please RestoreYour Account Access

2006-05-31 Thread Dennis Jenkins
Dennis Cote wrote: > > I think an opt in mechanism with a CAPTCHA to allow an account to > continue to post to the list that is triggered every couple of months > wouldn't be a burden to those actively posting. First time or > occasional poster would receive an email when they try to post that > wo

Re: [sqlite] Purging the mailing list roles. Was: Please RestoreYour Account Access

2006-05-31 Thread Dennis Cote
Brandon, Nicholas (UK) wrote: So +1 for moderated posting status *only* if its done without additional effort of the poster (human moderator?). Brandon, Are you volunteering for the human moderator job? I'm sure that Dr. Richard Hipp's time is worth much more doing something (perhaps any

RE: [sqlite] Purging the mailing list roles. Was: Please RestoreYour Account Access

2006-05-30 Thread Brandon, Nicholas (UK)
>+1 for moderated posting status after days, -10 for all of the >other suggestions that will cause me to jump through hoops to stay subscribed. I would imagine 95% of the content of this list is done by 20 or so posters. I'm not one of them. For similar reasons for staying subscribed, I do