Logistics and *non* elitist objectives. (Post Quality Discussion)

[M.Clifford]

I would like to offer a general answer to this question for all, if 
you're not already sick of me.

Kathy.K  wrote:
< How will removing the well supported and thought-provoking posts to
another place encourage posters on the main list to post well
supported and thought-provoking messages? >

People will go there for a read. I recommend management put a hit 
counter on Fantastic Posts to see if people are willing to navigate 
away from the list for a read.
I bet most all people here who have joined in the last two years 
have read and enjoyed FP.

The only problem is FP is mostly many years out of date anyway, it 
is no longer practicable for management to keep up it fully up to 
date. Besides it has become rather an elitist thing itself and the 
foster parent of the fantasy golden age by default of more recent 
FP's being washed away in tides of posting. The members will keep 
this one up to date themselves.  And it would give *everyone* an 
opportunity to inspire others by making available to *all* a 
recognised place for their thought provoking posts and not just a 
carefully chosen handful, some no longer even members, from the 
past. The theory list is *not* a discussion list, the discussion 
remains here, when members are done discussing their theories and 
want them preserved for future interest they put them there.

The third list would be a place that people can *nominate* to use 
for debates and in depth discussion. They could book it or post a 
TT/Snape question to it, or management can decide to open it for a 
certain topic each week. Either way, in this place tennis match 
posting is the norm not the exception.

Both lists can be unlisted in the directory with the only link being 
from the main list, but veiwable by the public so members need not 
join the extra lists if they only like to watch.

My battle is with Yahoomort...


Valky