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RE: [eclipse-dev] Proposal to reduce mailing list noise
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Excellent idea
+1
-- Scott
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: eclipse-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:eclipse-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ed Burnette
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 8:52 AM
> To: eclipse-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
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> Ironically, I'm contributing to the problem, but I'd like to
> propose a solution to reduce noise on the mailing lists by
> helping to direct user questions to the newsgroups instead of
> the lists. It's a little drastic, but... I suggest removing
> the 'mailing lists' link from the eclipse.org web page's main
> navigation bar. There should already be links in the
> development areas for the various projects (for example see
> http://dev.eclipse.org/main.html) and those links should be
> sufficient.
>
> Rationale: Having the mailing lists in such a prominent
> position on the web site is driving users to the lists, only
> to have them be (gently) chastised and sent back to the
> newsgroups. I do realize that the mailing list page has text
> that says user questions should not go there, but obviously
> many people don't notice that and skip down to the list of
> lists. Reducing the lists' prominence would hopefully make
> them less noisy and better suited for their intended purpose,
> but would not make the lists any less accessible for anyone
> involved with or interested in Eclipse development who really
> needs them.
>
> + / - anyone?
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