- From: Daniel Glazman <daniel.glazman@disruptive-innovations.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:50:31 +0200
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Cc: "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
On 11/04/2007 08:58, Ian Hickson wrote:
> While I understand the desire to distinguish "active" participants from
> "observers", I'd like us to avoid preventing people (anyone, really, but
> especially those who have signed the patent policy) from contributing
> easily. There are people on the WHATWG list who have lurked for years and
> sent just one e-mail, but that e-mail may have solved a critical problem.
>
> This also bring up a second problem, which is that it isn't a boolean flag
> -- some people read and comment on everything, others have their pet
> feature and only pipe up for that. There's a continuum of activity.
>
> Finally, note that there are people who will send lots of e-mails but not
> contribute much ("+1" for instance), and there are others who are succint
> but very constructive. So even something like just statistical reports of
> bytes-per-month for each participant wouldn't necessarily be a good guide.
Ok. As I said, I was thinking at loud, a bit scared by the impressive
300+.
</Daniel>
Received on Wednesday, 11 April 2007 09:50:14 UTC