From: Dr Balwinder S Dheeman Date: 2005-06-01T08:45:22+09:00 Subject: Re: Stats comp.lang.ruby (last 7 days) On 05/31/2005 10:22 PM, pat eyler wrote: > On 5/31/05, David A. Black wrote: > >>On Mon, 30 May 2005, Balwinder Singh Dheeman wrote: >> >> >>>DISCLAIMER >>>Please, take these stats with a grain of salt, quantity might not always >>>denote any quality; on Usenet a poster is better known by the content he >>>and, or she posts. >> >>If you absolutely must post these stats to the list, and if you >>absolutely must stick in some kind of so-called "disclaimer", why not >>say something positive? How about: >> >> If you browse the archives, remember that even people who >> are not among the top posters also often have very important and >> interesting things to say, even though they are not listed >> here by name. >> > > > I hate add email to what looks like a useless thread, but I have to agree > with David (and all the others who have voiced a similar opinion). > > This kind of posting doesn't add to much to the mailing list (if you must > post it, maybe you could coordinate with Tim Sutherland's weekly news). > > Worse, the disclaimer is alienating some of the long time, high value > members of the community -- If you must keep posting this, please either > drop the disclaimer or soften it. NP, I'll soften the disclaimer soon. -- Dr Balwinder Singh Dheeman Registered Linux User: #229709 CLLO (Chief Linux Learning Officer) Machines: #168573, 170593, 259192 Anu's Linux@HOME Distros: Ubuntu, Fedora, Knoppix More: http://anu.homelinux.net/~bsd/ Visit: http://counter.li.org/