That is an awesome answer, Stuart did you still need some help with the approval task?
Thanks Marie.. ; ) On 4/14/06, Alastair McKenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ok. cool. that's the answer I needed. > > NG > > Stuart Whitmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: First off, thanks for > helping with reviewing feeds! :) > > > You can look through earlier message threads on this list about this > aspect of reviewing feeds, but I personally would not mark a feed > "dead" based only on lack of activity unless the last entry was over a > year ago (unless the final entry specifically states that the blog or > feed won't be updated anymore). > > Some feeds just aren't meant to have a lot of traffic, and if that > meets the needs of the publisher and subscribers, we're not doing > anyone a favor to reject such feeds based on lack of activity. > > As I see it, our main role is to ensure that the feed is technically > sound and not spam, and *not* make editorial decisions about the > content or the frequency of activity. > > When in doubt, it's definitely OK to just go on to another feed and > leave the one in question for somebody else to deal with. I do it > fairly regularly, if a feed is borderline between approval and needing > repair or has fairly stale content. The backlog of feeds needing > review is a concern, but not a big enough one that we should be > reckless with our actions on the feeds we review. > > Thanks again for your interest in helping review feeds, we can always > use more hands on that task! > > -- > Stuart Whitmore > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.just-stuart.com/ > > On 4/13/06, nedguy333 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm dipping my toe in, trying to do my bit to reduce the 'awaiting > > approval' pile, but I'm not terribly confident about what I'm doing. > > > > EG. the feed I'm looking at right now looks ok, but appears to have > run > > out of steam. The last headline was early December. My instinct is to > > reject it on the grounds that it is dead. But should I just add a note > > saying 'not approved because dormant'? If I do that I'm just leaving > > it for somebody else to approve/reject. 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