- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: 20 Mar 2002 13:22:33 -0600
- To: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
- Cc: www-tag@w3.org
On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 12:32, Tim Bray wrote: > In the last week or so, the www-tag volume has reached the point where I'm not really able to keep on top of it with real thoughtful attention to all messages. Me too, I'm afraid. I think think this is a result of having actual documents to discuss. That's a good thing; meanwhile... I suggest there are some obligations that come with the opportunity to review specific text: that is: please focus the discussion on the text! e.g. please keep in mind that getting the last word in an email thread is not the point; the last word is in the document. > Some of the techniques [...] A rule of thumb I like: If a thread goes back and forth three times without anybody suggesting textual changes to the document, something's wrong. Take it offline or something. www-archive is particularly handy for that, as observed by MarkB recently. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2002Mar/0095.html -- Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
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