Re: ... a plea from the gallery

On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Harold A. Driscoll wrote:

> At 12:41 06-10-99 , Kynn Bartlett wrote:
> >At 01:12 PM 10/06/1999 -0400, Gary Alderman wrote:
> >>PLEASE !!! take this foolishness to private e-mail.  [...]
> >>You guys have caused the signal-to-noise ratio of this channel
> >>to degrade into unusability as you argue in diminishing spirals.
> 
> >I don't believe that this discussion is off-topic or inappropriate
> >for the list; I'm sorry that you aren't personally interested in
> >the topic, but please don't equate your lack of interest with a
> >mandate that the discussion terminate immediately.
> 
> Try:
> 	signal:	Discussion of The W3C Validation Service.  [0]
> 	noise:		anything else.
> 
> Let's have signal, and a lot less noise. Once upon a time this list was
> focused on "The W3C Validation Service."

Is that 'The W3C-endorsed validation service' or 'the validation
service running on the W3C server?'

thanks,

L.

'The W3C Validation Service Graphics' is such a loaded phrase.

> Such would seem a noble goal to
> return to, and a lot less hassle for those of us who have that focused
> interest.  Please.
> 
> /Harold
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