Hi everyone,
Thanks for the link, Bernhard! I didn't know about
that. I find the e-mail list is much easier than a
forum, too! Sherry
----- Original Message -----
From: S*@t-online.de
To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 2:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] One problem with
IAS - Discussion Forums
Dear a san juan,
speaking for me, I am fine with the
mailing list.
And I think it is much easier to look after a mailing list
for the
moderator, than running a forum; however, Steve might know
better.....
And as for searching, I am pretty happy with
this:
http://www.hort.net/lists/aroid-l/
Happy
searching, too,
Bernhard.
-----Original Message-----
Date: Thu,
10 Jul 2008 18:05:08 +0200
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] One problem with IAS -
Discussion Forums
From: a san juan <k*@yahoo.com>
To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
#6 It's
easier to follow the thread of a conversation in discussion
boards, unlike
in mailing lists, where the asynchronous, non-realtime
nature of the thing
makes it hard sometimes to follow the thread of
a
conversation.
--- On Thu, 7/10/08, a san juan <k*@yahoo.com> wrote:
From:
a san juan <k*@yahoo.com>
Subject: One
problem with IAS - Discussion Forums
To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
Date:
Thursday, July 10, 2008, 11:33 AM
I think one problem with the IAS is
that it does not have an "official"
forum or discussion board. People have
tried to start real discussion
forums once in awhile (my own board, the
current UBC board) but they all
peter out and die sooner or later (or
languish in a state of slow
death), mostly because the regulars on Aroid-L
tend to avoid them.
The Aroid-L mailing list is supposed to address
this, but one thing I
noticed is that the contents of the archive are NOT
available to google
search engine. ALL the enormous content from past times
is thus hidden
from potential aroiders. I encountered this when searching
for P. x
evansii information. All the hits I got where from other websites,
and I
had to directly go to the aroid-l site and do a second search
there.
This means that aroiders have to continuously tell people that there
is
such a thing as the IAS and that it DOES have a repository of
very
useful information in the Aroid-L archives.
Can we get it so
google can search the aroid-l archives?
As an aside, other plant
groupings have very successful discussion
forums, for example, the Palm
Society. The advantage of discussion
forums is (1) The layout is MUCH
better than email; (2) Topics are
segregated into useful sections (e.g.
Growing tips, General Discussion,
etc); (3) You can upload permanent images
into the threads; (4) It is
searchable by google; (5) You can use smilies
;-)
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