Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 20:38:45 -0700 From: Joe Warner <rootman@xmission.com> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@hub.freebsd.org>, bastill@sa.apana.org.au Cc: grog@lemis.com, dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au, hamellr@heorot.1nova.com, Joe.Warner@smed.com, postmaster@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hello from russia! Message-ID: <01022020581200.00415@blackmirror.xmission.com> In-Reply-To: <20010221033146.C46F737B401@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20010221033146.C46F737B401@hub.freebsd.org>
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================== snip ============================== > > > > However, problems with wording would be completely solved with a simple name > > change to -newbiechat or similar. > > I cannot understand why a name change presents such a problem. Could we at > > least be given an explanation? > > because at this point it seems to me that the problem is not > the name of the mailing list. we can change that. the problem is > people using the list for something other than its purpose. perhaps > that purpose has changed over time and renaming the list is the best > thing to do. i have not read newbies for quite a while. i am hoping > that greg and sue, who i hope have been with the list for quite a > while, will express their opinion on the matter. > > jmb > They have already expressed their opinion on the matter. Sue is for a name change. She's stated previously that a different name would have made things better from the beginning. Greg doesn't think changing the lists name would be of any benefit and that we should just accept things the way they are and deal with it. These aren't their exact words but this is how I understood their opinions regarding this discussion from responses they posted previously. Sue/Greg, if I somehow misundestood your previous responses, my apologies and could you please restate your positions on this. Regards Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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