SLYTH: Getting Started

[derannimer]

Tom was wondering if we wanted to get started on the DE's or on Justice first. I'm 
voting -- for no particular reason -- for DE's.

Now, er. . . how do we *do* this? Do we start by writing the essay bits of it, or by 
combing through the archives trying to find interesting posts? And, um, I guess we do 
want to include posts from all through the archives; there is probably a lot of 
phenomenal stuff in there; but *how* in the *world* are we ever gonna be able to do 
*that?* There's over 80000 messages! 

How on earth do we ever pick which ones we want? Do we have to put them all to a 
vote or something? (That would be insane.) I mean, I trust y'all's judgement -- but if 
we do indeed write the FAQ so that at least some message numbers are incorporated 
into the text -- as I would like to do, and as Tom apparently would like to do also -- 
then it seems whoever (do we do that together, or singly?) is writing a given bit of 
essay. . . well, I mean, do they just plug in *all* the message numbers (appropriate to 
the subject) that *all* of us have nominated? How do we *winnow?*

And do we co-ordinate all of our efforts on a given topic at a time, or just grab onto 
whatever catches our fancy? And if the latter, what if the same basic thing winds up 
catching all of our fancies, and overlap ensues?

Anyone have any suggestions? `Cos I don't.



Derannimer