Re: OT: Lurking, and Invitations to the Archives

Anner, and all

I am sorry if it sounded like I was suggesting
that being referred to the archives was a brush
off.  I certainly did not intend that.  The
archives are wonderful and with a tutorial I am
sure I will gain even more information from them.
The really nice thing about the archives is the
information I have found that I didn't even
realize I wanted to know.

Martha
NW Oklahoma, USA
USDA Zone 6b


----- Original Message -----
From: <ChatOWhitehall@aol.com>
To: <iris-talk@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 9:54 AM
Subject: [iris-talk] OT: Lurking, and Invitations
to the Archives


In a message dated 7/17/00 10:29:44 AM Eastern
Daylight Time, mbrown@pldi.net
writes:

<< If I have a question I have  learned to check
the archives by repeated
 directives to do so by the responses to others
questions.>>

I'd like to say something in general about the
Archives and people receiving
the suggestion that they check there as an answer
to a question.

I don't think anyone intends to brush a questioner
off by suggesting they
visit the Archives, or suggest that their question
is not worthy, or worth
the time to answer.

But there are some discussions that have occurred
here over and over and at
great length, and these detailed discussions, many
containing really great
observations, often very specific to certain
localities, do not lend
themselves to being distilled into a single
response to a new question.
Indeed, they may require the questioner to
evaluate all the materials from
their unique position and arrive at independent
conclusions.

All the contributioins in the Archives were made
by active members of this
list, past and present. Every one took time and
effort, sometimes a lot of
time and effort, for someone to think about and
type up. Many called for
research in books. We refer people to our Archives
because we are PROUD of
them! They are the single richest storehouse of
detailed information on
irises ANYWHERE. People from all over the world
have contributed. People
interested in all kinds of irises have
contributed. People have provided
FIRST HAND information in considerable detail. The
Archives are where the
COLLECTIVE WISDOM of all of us here is stored. We
could not begin to give
better answers to some questions than those
already given, and we know this.
So, sometimes we suggest a visit to the Archives.

Please don't feel like a suggestion to poke about
in the Archives is a brush
off; it is not. It is an invitation to a great
opportunity for self-education.

I will now go make myself a large cup of tea and
see if I can write a brief
tutorial for our newer members on how to use and
love the Aladdin's Cave that
is the Iris list Archives. Maybe it will help
somebody.

Anner, in Virginia
ChatOWhitehall@aol.com


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