🚀 go-pugleaf

>From Admin.JQJ@SU-SCORE Mon Nov  2 15:23:42 1981
I had been trying to avoid this change, but EDITOR-PEOPLE is now a digest
(of sorts).  The huge volume of mail to the list in the last few days has
prompted many people to withdraw from the list with comments like "too many
opinons, too little substance", or "my mail file looks like the top of my
desk--cluttered with junk".

I plan to remail as sent almost all messages sent to EDITOR-PEOPLE@SU-SCORE,
possibly batching several into one message.  I plan to filter out only a few
kinds of messages:
   o Very long messages, particularly those not directly relevant to
     discussion of editors.  In most cases I will store the actual message
     in the archive, and will include a pointer to it in the mail that I
     send to the distribution list.  Note that if I am sent a draft
     of an article on the psychology of editing I will publish it
     irrespective of length.
   o Messages of administrative interest only, e.g. requests to be
     added/removed from the list sent to EDITOR-PEOPLE rather than the
     proper destination, EDITOR-PEOPLE-REQUEST.
   o Messages which are clearly inappropriate to the discussion of
     editors.  If I decide that a discussion is getting off the subject, I
     will ask the sender if he/she is really sure that the message should
     be sent to the whole mailing list before I remail it.
One effect of this change should be noted:  mail sent via EDITOR-PEOPLE will
now be delayed until I see it, typically at least 1 day, and possibly as much
as 3 or 4 if I am out of town or otherwise unavailable.

My vision of the EDITOR-PEOPLE mailing list is of something much more
scholarly than the debating society it has recently become.  Even though I
emphatically do not intend to play the role of censor, as moderator I WOULD
like to plead that you try to think before you write.  Use this list as a
forum for publication of new results on editing, for requests for information
about editors, documentation, and research, or for serious discussion of text
editors, not as a place to air unsupported personal opinions.
-------