And Another Thing . . .

[Cindy C.]

I forgot to ask about this earlier.

There is another way we could greatly streamline the culling 
process.  We could decide that we won't review the oldest messages.  
So, for instance, we could only cull from, say, messages 25,000-
present. 

I remember that when I worked on the Mysteries FAQ, there was a 
great leap in message quality right around the moment the pending 
messages system was adopted.  Suddenly, a greater percentage of 
messages had appropriate subject headers, weren't spam, weren't one-
liners and weren't OT.  I got the impression that the culling of the 
later messages was much more productive from that point going 
forward.

And frankly, there was also the fact that I was familiar with the 
reputations of the more recent posters in a way I wasn't for posts 
from years ago.  So when I saw a message from a particular person, I 
immediately had a good idea about whether the message was likely to 
yield a good link for the FAQ.

So.  Should we opt to narrow the universe of messages from which we 
cull to help speed up FAQ preparation?

Cindy