Re: Re. OT: publication of iris-talk

Dennis K wrote:
Seriously, it's a neat idea to create such a book, but it's sooo monumental 
a task, I doubt anyone (nor a group of anyones) could do it.

It certainly would be a labour of love, and not a money making exercise. 
Wilma Valette's book of a similar ilk, based on the old iris robin is a 
delightful book, but somewhat eccentric, and absolutely full of mistakes 
(many of them edited by hand in the copy I have). It would be worth anyone 
intending to repeat the exercise, doing some research as to what the profit, 
or indeed financial loss was.

Patricia writes:
>Which cultivars bloom well in which parts of <<the country>> ......of 
>course the wealth of information from iris-talkers in all parts of
><<the country>> on those cultivars that REBLOOM for them. .... commercial 
>growers in all parts of <<the country>>,

I guess this is where I lose interest in the project, as I have an odd 
feeling that the term <<the country>> does not mean the same thing to 
Patricia that it does to me.

>Do people still think such a process would inhibit participation in
>the e-group?

Yes, for certain people this will always be the case. 500+ members are 
clearly going to have much diversity of opinion. It would be a shame to lose 
some of our most knowledgeable contributions, because the thought of having 
to carefully consider every word puts people off writing.

The main problem I see here is that most topics are taken up and continued 
on by a number of people, all expressing different opinions. One or two may 
be reluctant to have their e-mails published, but much of their original 
mail may have been quoted, or misquoted by other listers. Who then owns the 
e-mail you are planning to print? The job of untangling such threads would 
be enormous, and would most likely create some controversy, and ill will. 
Subject headings are often changed mid thread, so you may have considerably 
more trouble than you think, untangling a thread, and finding out who you 
are actually quoting in your book.

My opinions only of course,
Don't print the in a book :-)
Cheers, jan

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