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On 29 Apr 2010, at 1:13 AM, Axel Dahmen wrote:

> To whom it may concern,
>
> I'd like to suggest to replace the current mailing-list way of  
> participation by a W3C forum server.

Hi Axel,

Thank you for the suggestion. I will forward to my systems team  
colleagues. We are looking at broader use of forums for some of the  
reasons you site. Please note that I don't have any time frame for this.

  _ Ian

>
>
> Using mailing lists has so many drawbacks that it seems archaic to  
> cherish them:
>
> 	• Mailing list e-mails flood the user's inbox
> 	• Mailing list e-mails get lost in Junk folders
> 	• Mailing list e-mails don't provide conversation context
> 	• Mailing list e-mails can't be moderated
> 	• Mailing list e-mails can't be voted for
> 	• Mailing list e-mails can't be systematically searched for
>
>
> In contrast to this, forums provide loads of advantages:
>
> 	• Forums can be structured
> 	• Forum topics can be grouped
> 	• Forum topics can be moderated
> 	• Forum topics can be voted for
> 	• Forum topics provide message threading and conversation flow
> 	• Forum topics can be searched for
> 	• Forum topics are easily archived
> 	• Forum topics provide e-mail notification to contributors
> 	• Forum topics provide user/usage statistics
> 	• Forum topics can be reconsidered
>
>
> Concluding, I strongly suggest to revise replacing the current  
> clumsy mailing list approach by a modern forum approach.
>
> Yours, sincerely,
> Axel Dahmen
> www.axeldahmen.de

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