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Subject: Re: [regrep] Re: [chairs] Re: [regrep] [Fwd: ObjectRef and RegistryObjectneed common base type]
Karl F. Best wrote: > Rex, Farrukh: > > It's been the case for quite some time now that a person must > subscribe to the comment list in order to post a comment. I know that > it sounds silly to require this, but we've got to keep the spam off > the lists and out of the archives, and the only other method is to > moderate all of the comment lists and I haven't heard anyone volunteer > to handle them all. Having to manage several lists on the web I now completely understand the rationale Karl presents for requiring subsription to all OASIS mailing lists. This has been the most effective way to eliminate automatically generated spam on a mailing list in my experience. I certainly feel comfortable that this policy is to protect us from SPAM and not motivated by any other sinister motives. Thanks for the explaination Karl. > > > We are putting together a web form that can be used to submit > comments; I hope that we can launch this pretty quickly (we're also > working on a couple other things at the same time). Once we have this > then the guy on the street won't need to subscribe in order to send > just one comment. > > -Karl > > > > Rex Brooks wrote: > >> Folks, >> >> I caught this on the ebxml registry list and while I have not checked >> on the actual procedures in place with regard to the current >> manifestation of OASIS poolicy on the public comment lists, I find >> this unexceptional. With apologies to OASIS, I have to say that I >> find the current policy to have, in effect, killed the public comment >> lists, to the detriment of the TCs and OASIS at large at a time when >> many of us are trying our best to improve the stature of OASIS in the >> arena of standards bodies. This is a shame, and I must admit that I >> have, in effect, also thrown in the towel because it is a fight that >> I doubt we can win. The official mind is made up, and regardless of >> the rationale, the effect may already be irreversible. After more >> than two years of working on the Human Markup Language, I have >> concluded that one would be foolish to stand in the line of fire when >> any human being or group of humans decides to shoot itself in the foot. >> >> As Pogo observed, "We have met the enemy and it is us." >> >> Ciao, but sadly, >> Rex >> >> At 10:00 PM -0600 9/25/03, Monica Martin wrote: >> >>> Farrukh Najmi wrote: >>> >>>> It seems that the regrep-comments list is now requiring that the >>>> sender be subscribed? This does not seem right. Should we not allow >>>> an external commenter to send comments unimpeded? I could not even >>>> figure out how to tell Mei Zhao to subscribe. Kathryn, could you >>>> please look into a solution to this recurring problem. >>>> >>>> In any event the issue/suggestion below seems to make good sense >>>> from an OO stand point. >>> >>> >>> >>> mm1: On the suggestion, sounds reasonable. On the issue about >>> comment list, I seem to remember some kind of an issue with Kavi and >>> the fact that the comment signup was either not intuitive or didn't >>> work correctly. The webmaster should know on the system aspects. As >>> to the change in process, I can't answer there. >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list (and be removed from the >>> roster of the OASIS TC), go to >>> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/regrep/members/leave_workgroup.php. >>> >> >> >> >> > > -- Farrukh
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