🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, Nick Capon wrote:

> The same argument applies, with a larger margin of error, to tilde
> addresses. There is a significant chance that such pages are no longer
> available or dated, because they are quite probably the work of some
> individual who no doubt intends to keep them updated but has many other
> calls on his or her time.   Of course the same applies to other pages that
> are less easily discriminated against, but when one wants "a plausible
> answer to be looked at carefully"  this is an easy weed.

        It may be an "easy weed," but I think you'd be killing off the
flowers along with the weeds.  Keep in mind that at many universities,
all faculty have tilde pages.  Thus, if a world-renowned authority at
one of these universities creates a web page on her/his field of
expertise, the page may well be the best information available online,
but it will carry a tilde.

        And while it is often true that faculty have many calls on
their time, that's also true of the legions of volunteer and intern
staffers who maintain many organizations' web sites.

        My hope lies with better search engines and, especially,
better alternatives to search engines.  But no, I don't yet have any
specific suggestions.

        Joan

        Joan Korenman, Director
        Center for Women and Information Technology
        University of Maryland, Baltimore County
        Baltimore, MD 21250  USA
        korenman@umbc.edu
        http://www.umbc.edu/cwit/