Re: Quality of email postings

Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Other recent postings:
>
> Advocacy Wiki <- This one did get a little out of hand but was quickly

Quickly revolved?

  http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-advocacy/2007-08/threads.php#00039

> resolved in house by Dpage and Myself realizing we were cross arguing.
> Positive result was provided by better permissions on wiki *and*
> technical definition of requirements for sponsor page to be managed.
>
> Alexa for PostgreSQL <- Got to give Andy credit for even trying on that
> one but no flames resulted and the matter appears closed.
>
> New Database Attack <- Debunked the problem, thread closed
>
> >
> >> Why does this matter?  I have been approached by two sales people in the
> >> past few days who are subscribed to advocacy and want to help
>
> It certainly matters however keep in mind that PostgreSQL Advocacy is an
> *open* list about all things advocating PostgreSQL. That is an
> extremely broad topic and there are bound to be things that don't suit
> one person or another.

The bottom line is that even though I am interested in advocacy I am
starting to skip advocacy threads because the signal to noise ratio is
just too low, and I now hear other feel the same way.

See my other posting about suggestions to improve things.  Obviously I
realize this is open source and lots of issues are going to come up, but
the question is whether there is room for improvement and whether more
leadership and self-policing will improve things.

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