Fantastic Posts Web Site

[strom5150]

Hi all,

There is a lot of discussion about how to make it easier for new list 
members to get used to the discussion topics and posting styles in 
this group. The tool to do this already exists - the Fantasitic Posts 
Web site. 

The problem with this, as has been briefly mentioned in other posts, 
is that the site is so rarely updated. I just checked, and the "last 
update" date at the bottom of the page is still 7/6/03. Which it has 
been since, well, 7/6/03.

Before I joined the main list in June 2003, I took the time to read 
the entire Fantastic Posts site, and found it an invaluable 
introduction to the list, the theories, TBAY, and the acronyms. Once 
I was a member of the list, I could use the links to the actual 
messages, as well. I can't stress enought how valuable this was to 
me, even before reading the HBfile, etc.

Even now, I continue to check back to the site for new compilations 
of information, character updates, etc., but have been disappointed 
for over six months.

So, instead of coming up with new methods and processes, why not use 
the one that already exists (and does such a wonderful job)? Why not 
update Fantastic Posts more frequently - anytime there is a new 
theory, or at least ones that garner enough attention to get an 
acronym? And continue to update the links to the actual relevant 
posts, as well.

I realize that there may not be enough elves for this, but everything 
being suggested here seems to point to the need for additional elves 
in one form or another. Currently, do the elves doing the daily list 
readings pull out things that could go onto Fantastic Posts? If so, 
then what happens?

Just a thought.

Danielle, lurker who cares deeply