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prp
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The Proposed Decorum
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Jan 25 21:36 UTC 2000 |
Ideally I would start with extracts from item 152, but I'm stuck using
MS Telnet, so I won't try anything fancy.
In any case this item is designed to take over discussion of the
proposed Decorum conference.
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cmcgee
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response 1 of 120:
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Jan 25 23:05 UTC 2000 |
See my entry earlier. The Intro Conference was designed to help newcomers
learn about conferencing; shield them from the "too massive" Agora problem;
link interesting items so they would be intrigued enough to visit other
conferences; keep them from getting lost in dead conferences.
It might be instructive to answer two questions: Why did Intro die? How will
this be any different?
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orinoco
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response 2 of 120:
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Jan 26 02:29 UTC 2000 |
(And actually, I hope those don't get treated as rhetorical questions....I
didn't pay much attention to intro, but it sounded like a good idea at the
time, and I'd like to hear "what went wrong" from someone who was paying
attention.)
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don
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response 3 of 120:
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Jan 26 02:43 UTC 2000 |
It looked like it suffered the fate of most other conferences here;
centralization around agora. I think someone even mentioned it somewhere in
agora.
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don
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response 4 of 120:
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Jan 26 02:43 UTC 2000 |
(err, someone mentioned it in intro)
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flem
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response 5 of 120:
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Jan 26 20:04 UTC 2000 |
I'm still a bit confused as to the point of the proposed Decorum conf.
Is it to have a smaller, "moderated" version of Agora? If so, see
comments about Intro. Is it to have a conf where people are polite and
don't use dirty words? If so, what for?
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prp
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response 6 of 120:
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Jan 26 21:26 UTC 2000 |
Re 5 (flem): "If so, what for?" If you have to ask, you wouldn't
understand the answer.
re intro: It's not dead. There were 21 items with responses in
1999, 15 in the last three quarters, 13 in the last half, and
6 in the last quarter. I could never figure out why there are
both Intro and Info. Maybe they should be merged and restarted.
In any case I don't see Decorum as just for new users. Some people
hate rules of order; others love them for the rules. With luck
Decorum would appeal to neither of those groups, but rather to
those who like rules of order for the order. This group is
undoubtedly a minority on Grex, but they do exist here.
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aruba
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response 7 of 120:
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Jan 26 21:29 UTC 2000 |
Huh? I'm sorry, I don't get it. I haven't kept up with the item where this
idea was first proposed. Since this is the "official" proposal item, could
someone summarize what's going on?
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